From star gatherer to leader of humanity

"This Foundation Establishment stage..."

Xu Bai felt the changes within himself. First, his dantian. Thirty thousand strands of spiritual energy transformed into spiritual liquid and condensed in his dantian. The capacity of his dantian expanded tenfold compared to before, and the spiritual energy he could mobilize from his dantian was also several times greater than when he was in the Qi Refining stage.

Within the Lesser Dao Embryo, his physical body was also strengthened, and his momentum to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage was further enhanced. Now, Xu Bai sensed that his physical strength was no less than that of those body cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining.

"Now, within the human race, I can be considered to have escaped the bottom ranks."

"It's a pity we've become unregistered residents and can't go back anytime soon." Xu Bai sighed as he recalled the scene of his family of four together.

Pushing open the door to the spiritual energy room, I found Xu Hun, Xu Ai, and Li Weiwei all standing outside.

"Congratulations, Master, on advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage! Your cultivation journey has reached a new level!"

Haha, congratulations to you too!

Upon arriving at the main control room, Xu Baifa discovered that the treasure ship was docked inside a broken celestial body, the entire interior of which had been transformed into a small base.

"How far is this location from the coordinates?" In the control room, Xu Bai asked, looking at the flight log of the magical artifact spaceship over the past nine months.

"It is 100 million miles away from the coordinates. The information given by the master before said that this place is inhabited by human traitors. Therefore, the master did not dare to make contact with it easily while in seclusion. However, through the Void Eye detection system inside the treasure ship, it was detected that ships often pass by in the vicinity."

"I've hacked into the technological spaceship's system and obtained some basic intelligence."

As Xu Ai spoke, she pointed out a light screen and pulled it in front of Xu Bai.

The light screen displayed the basic information about the traitor's base.

"It's a habitable planet! How did they get it in here?!"

Xu Bai was somewhat shocked when he saw a lush, life-bearing planet shrouded in clouds in the picture. However, his expression became even more shocked when he saw the stargate outside the planet.

"There are even star gates! Aren't these things only the Heavenly Craft Immortal Sect capable of building? Each one costs as much as a celestial artifact!"

Seeing the strength of the other side, Xu Bai's resentment towards becoming an unregistered resident lessened considerably.

"Master, when should we make contact?" Xu Hun, who had been silent until now, asked.

"You guys stay here for now. I'll take the magical mining spaceship to scout ahead. Once it's safe, I'll bring you over." As he spoke, Xu Bai felt a surge of anticipation.

"Master, why don't I go? My soul is placed in the Lesser Cycle of Reincarnation, so I can be resurrected even if I die."

"No need, I can go by myself. Your going might cause misunderstandings." Xu Bai waved his hand, opened the spaceship's hatch, and walked out.

The magical mining spaceship emerged from within a shattered celestial body, leaving a trail of light before accelerating toward its destination.

Xu Bai piloted the magical mining spaceship, slowly navigating within the Shattered Star Sea, carefully observing his surroundings.

When they got within 100,000 miles of that coordinate, an alarm suddenly sounded in the spaceship.

Before Xu Bai could recover, he saw a woman dressed in a Taoist robe carrying a spirit sword on her back, flying alongside the spaceship, looking at Xu Bai with curiosity.

Xu Bai's heart tightened as he suddenly felt a sword intent locking onto him, threatening to erupt if he made the slightest move.

"Greetings, senior." Xu Bai stopped the spaceship and stood in the control room to bow.

"How did you come to know about this area?" The woman's ethereal voice clearly reached Xu Bai's ears.

"I am a star gatherer from the city of Shattered Star 25. A senior told me about these coordinates."

"A Foundation Establishment stage Star Gatherer?" The sword cultivator woman only hesitated for a moment before letting Xu Bai pass.

Afterwards, Xu Bai traveled tens of thousands of miles through the Shattered Star Sea and suddenly appeared in a blank area, where a bright blue planet appeared in the distance.

In the outer space of that planet, a mechanical star revolves around it, illuminating the entire blank area as if it were daytime.

"Master, information about the spaceport berth has been detected. Do you wish to dock?" Hakimi's voice rang out.

Hearing that voice, Xu Bai suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia.

"Hakimi, can you fly by yourself now?" Xu Bai asked with a smile.

"Yes, please grant me your permission, Master."

"I grant you the highest level of authority," Xu Bai said.

"Yes, Master."

The magical mining spaceship turned in mid-air and flew towards the spaceport outside the planet, smoothly coming to a stop in its parking spot.

As soon as Xu Bai stepped off the spaceship, he saw two powerful figures in uniforms, exuding the aura of the Golden Core stage.

"Personal terminal~" One of the Golden Core stage experts held a special device in his hand.

Xu Bai extended his hand, which was carrying a personal terminal. The special device gently swept across Xu Bai's personal terminal, and a light screen appeared in front of the Golden Core stage expert.

"Wow! He joined the Star Gathering Team less than four years ago, with no identity or background, and he's already reached the Foundation Establishment stage!" The Golden Core stage expert was somewhat surprised.

Xu Bai looked through the back of the light screen and saw that it contained detailed information about him, including data on the spirit ore he had submitted to the Star Gathering Team.

"The senior gave me these coordinates back then, saying it would save my life, but he didn't tell me where this is. Could you two seniors please tell me?" Xu Bai watched the two people's actions and felt something was wrong. Could this not be the traitor's base?

Upon hearing Xu Bai's words, the two Golden Core stage experts exchanged a glance and laughed.

"You brat, stop testing me. This is the so-called base of traitors that those immortal sects talk about. As for other things, you'll know once you settle in." The Golden Core stage expert said, glancing at Xu Bai's magical mining spaceship.

"With such a clean background, the heads of personnel departments in the sect will definitely like it."

After checking Xu Bai's information, one of the Golden Core stage experts drove a service vehicle and took Xu Bai to that blue planet.

Upon entering the atmosphere, Xu Bai sensed a pure spiritual energy.

Looking back at the atmosphere, they discovered a layer of array patterns faintly visible, drawing in and out the spiritual energy from the Evolutionary Shattered Star Sea and channeling it into the planet.

"This spiritual energy..." Looking at the earth below and feeling this pure spiritual energy, Xu Bai felt a sense of pleasure within him.

"The spiritual energy here is free; you can absorb it to your heart's content, but please don't damage your meridians." The Golden Core stage expert controlling the floating vehicle glanced back at Xu Bai.

"I still don't know your name, senior." Xu Bai could sense the goodwill of these two Golden Core stage experts.

"My name is Zhang Yu. You can call me Brother Yu. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be fellow disciples in the same sect from now on."

The base's hovering service vehicle turned in the sky and flew towards the tallest building on the ground below.

"Sects?" Xu Bai inexplicably thought of what Xu Hun had once said.

"Xuan Guang Sect, you grew up in the human realm, so you probably haven't heard of it. You'll find out during the introductory training."

The service vehicle slowly descended to the top of a tall tower, where a woman dressed in a long red dress, looking mature and glamorous, was waiting with a mysterious smile on her face.