From star gatherer to leader of humanity

"Alright, you guys stay in the base. I'll go back to Shattered Star Hall now and come back after I retrieve the two puppets."

"You guys should come up with a plan first."

After leaving the base in his magical artifact spaceship, Xu Bai directly jumped through the void to the Shattered Star Sea near the Shattered Star Hall planet, and then switched to his magical artifact mining spaceship.

At the spaceport, Xu Bai looked at the list of spirit ore and the after-tax price, and nodded in satisfaction.

"In the past, this amount would have been enough to set off fireworks."

The spirit ore that was originally worth more than 10 million strands of spirit energy in Shattered Star City has become more than 30 million strands of spirit energy here, which is 30,000 spirit stones, and that is after tax.

"Congratulations, you've struck it rich again!" Zhang Yu, who was patrolling the spaceport, said enviously.

"Senior Brother Zhang, how about we collect some protection money here?" Xu Bai joked.

"I wouldn't dare. Before you came, my boss greedily accepted bribes from several members of the Shattered Star Hall."

"The disciples from the Enforcement Department came up as soon as they smelled the scent. After capturing my superior, they whipped him 70 times with lightning whips, which shattered his nascent soul, forcing him to rebuild it all over again." Zhang Yu couldn't help but shudder at the thought of that scene.

"Is it that strict?" Xu Bai couldn't help but exclaim.

"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't be able to gather so many mining ships." Zhang Yu looked toward the unloading port, which was densely packed with at least several thousand mining ships queuing up.

"I'm going on patrol now, you go ahead with your work." After saying that, Zhang Yu transformed into a streak of light and left.

At that moment, a magnificent shadow slowly emerged from the stargate, and a giant spaceship, three thousand meters long, flew out of the stargate and docked outside the main port of the spaceport.

Looking at the Xuan Guang Lantern logo on the side of the spaceship, Xu Bai felt he needed to reassess the strength of the Xuan Guang Sect.

A small spaceship landed among the mountains. As soon as Xu Bai stepped off the spaceship, he saw a completely different scene outside the cave.

The area that was once lush with trees has now been transformed into a garden, where Livi is watering the spirit flowers.

Xu Ai stood at the entrance of the cave, surrounded by several light screens, which displayed data that Xu Bai could not understand.

"Welcome home, Master." x2

"The garden is very nice," Xu Bai praised.

"It's mainly thanks to Weiwei. She knows the Moon Spirit Clan's unique Wood Spirit Technique, which allows these spiritual flowers and herbs to grow strong."

"Weiwei, I'll buy some more seeds of spiritual herbs and flowers for you."

If you can cultivate spiritual herbs and flowers well, you can also earn spirit stones.

"Yes, Master," Livivi replied happily.

Half a month later, in the Valley of Divine Artifacts, at the Iron Bone Cave.

As soon as Xu Bai arrived, he saw two puppets standing on either side of the door.

The Xuan Tie Giant Tiger is majestic and imposing, even more robust than when it was first built. The Xuan Tie spirit pieces around its body are thicker, and there are four weapon compartments inside the outer armor. It is unknown what weapons are stored inside.

The Moon Soul Tiger is slightly smaller than the Black Iron Giant Tiger, and its dark blue skin is extremely dazzling, showing little change from when it was first seen.

"The Xuan Tie Giant Tiger is suitable for close combat. I have strengthened its external scales, making it difficult for ordinary attacks to break through them. In addition, it has four built-in laser impact cannons. In close combat, as long as you find an opening and fire a shot, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator can be seriously injured. Later, with the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger Soul Weapon attached, it will be a perfect fighting machine."

"As for the Moon Soul Tiger, I integrated a soul power diffuser and a mental shock impact cannon into it. Combined with the Moon Soul Tiger Soul Soldier's soul tiger roar, it can directly kill a Golden Core stage star beast."

"These two tiger-shaped puppets work together seamlessly."

Master Iron Bone stepped out, patted the two puppets, and was very satisfied with his work.

The two puppet cores flew towards Xu Bai.

"By dripping blood to bind it to its master, this puppet is essentially no different from a magical artifact. There are two puppets inside the core, and the specific control methods and information are all contained within it."

"However, these puppets consume a lot of spirit stones. If you are proficient in spirit gathering techniques and can condense spirit liquid, you might be able to save a little."

Master Tiegu's words seemed to awaken Xu Bai.

"Spirit Gathering Technique, this can save some spirit stones."

"Master Iron Bone, there will definitely be more puppets that need your crafting in the future. I'll be troubling you a lot then." After Xu Bai recognized the two puppets as his masters, he rode towards the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger and waved to Master Iron Bone.

"The rules cannot be broken. Only those who can bring me the spirit ore or spirit items I need can cut in line," Master Ironbone said calmly before returning to the cave.

The Xuan Tie Giant Tiger and the Moon Soul Tiger Puppet attracted the attention of many weapon refiners in the Divine Artifact Valley.

They stood not far from the puppet, observing it from top to bottom.

"What a waste! The whole thing was made into a puppet. Each of the six tails on the back of this Xuan Iron Giant Tiger could be made into a magical whip with a little extra material."

"The scales of the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger can also be forged into a set of heavy armor."

"The soul of the Moon Soul Tiger, combined with its two eyes, can be used to create a Soul-Stabilizing Pearl."

Listening to the words of the weapon refiners around him, Xu Bai cupped his hands in greeting to them.

"Young man, next time you find a good alien beast corpse, don't refine the whole thing into a puppet. You can disassemble it and refine several treasures."

"Large puppets consume too much spiritual energy; those with limited resources can't afford them."

"Gentlemen, I hope we can cooperate in the future." After saying this, Xu Bai controlled the two puppets to fly towards the cave.

Shattered Star Sea, outside the base.

A spatial fluctuation was seen, and a dark black magical artifact spaceship leaped out from the void.

Back at the base, many soul cultivators who had been preparing gathered together, eagerly watching Xu Bai.

"Let's not rush off. Let's test the combat power of the soul soldiers and puppets together."

As Xu Bai spoke, he waved his hand and released the two puppets, as well as the soul weapons of the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger and the Moon Soul Tiger.

The Xuan Tie Giant Axe and the Moon Soul Tiger, which had already transformed into soul weapons, immediately turned into two beams of azure light and attached themselves to the puppet forged from their corpses.

Suddenly, the two puppets seemed to come alive, unleashing two different and powerful auras.

"Xu Hun, take them both out for a combat capability assessment. Once we've determined their strength, we can formulate a battle plan."

"Yes, Master~"

Xu Hunxing left the base with two soul soldiers in a great hurry.

Three hours later, Xu Hun appeared in front of Xu Bai with an excited expression.

"Master, attack head-on!"

"The Nascent Soul stage expert in that memory was just a magic cultivator. If Iron Tiger and Moon Tiger join forces, they can kill that Nascent Soul stage expert in the fastest time."

"Once a Nascent Soul stage expert dies, the remaining Ghost Face Clan members will all become nourishment within the Myriad Soul Banner."

"Let's play it safe and stick to the original plan, but this puppet can still be strengthened a bit."

Xu Bai arrived at the base's landing area, where the puppets of the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger and the Moon Soul Tiger stood quietly.

"Blue attribute, that's better. Purple would be a waste." Xu Bai placed one hand on the scales of the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger puppet.

Xuan Tie Giant Tiger Puppet - Attributes: Rapid Recovery (Blue) [With an indestructible core, all injuries can be healed in a short time], Void Spirit Gathering (Blue) [Autonomously absorbs spiritual energy from the void and converts it into energy], Heavy Armor (Blue) [Triple armor], Giant Cannon Power (Blue) [Impact cannon power +100%], Protect Master (Blue) [When the master is threatened, it unleashes three times its own combat power (must be within a ten-mile radius of the master)], Reserve Energy (Blue) [Daily absorption of spiritual energy will extract a portion, which will be crystallized and stored in the puppet's body, and will be unleashed in desperate situations (after the second half of the energy is activated, the puppet will enter a ten-year dormant period)].