Only three seconds? He's already the Lord of All Realms, so it doesn't matter.

"Do you have any other ideas?"

The green-robed priest at the head of the crowd looked smug, certain that Ye Xuan was at his last gasp.

Faced with the siege of thirty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, let alone this young man, even if it were him, he wouldn't have a good solution.

He was brimming with confidence, no less than Yan Gaosong, who had just challenged him to a duel.

However, this ritual master did not consider himself arrogant. After all, he had thirty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators behind him. In this short-lived world where there were no stronger beings, how could they not be able to surround one person?

He looked at Ye Xuan with a playful expression, but his orders were swift and decisive. He immediately instructed the many protectors and the ancestral hall ritual staff to begin setting up the formation.

Everyone took out the bronze mirrors from their pockets and absorbed the power of the blazing sun. However, unlike before, it was no longer a spider web formation that bound people.

The thirty-six people were divided into six groups, each group occupying a corner, and eventually formed a six-pointed star on the city streets.

The light reflected by the bronze mirror connected the six dots, and a huge six-pointed star array suddenly appeared above Ye Xuan's head.

Compared to the spider web formation he had just encountered, he clearly felt a surge of killing intent while under this formation.

Ye Xuan estimated that if the power of this formation were to dissipate, he would likely perish...

But how will Ye Xuan, whose spiritual power has been mostly depleted, face the formation formed by these 36 people?

His gaze swept over the people in the ancestral hall from all directions, and a bold plan immediately formed in his mind.

He extended his perception to an area even larger than the six-pointed star array, surveying the entire situation with his consciousness, and then quickly began to run within the array.

The green-robed ritual figure, floating in mid-air, saw Ye Xuan running around aimlessly inside the magic array like a headless fly, and was certain that he was out of options.

No matter how fast you run, you can't escape this formation.

His words were disdainful, and he took the lead, pouring his own spiritual power into the bronze mirror to accelerate the formation of the array.

In contrast, Ye Xuan continued running within the range of the magic array, and no one knew what he was trying to do.

"..."

Half an hour passed in a flash, and Ye Xuan returned to the starting point, simply remaining calmly in the same spot.

"Since you've already realized it, then prepare to die!"

At the command of several robed priests, the six-pointed star array, which was said to be enough to obliterate the legendary Heavenly Dao Immortal Venerable, finally took shape.

The green-robed ritual master, positioned at the heart of the formation, carefully maneuvered the bronze mirror in his hand. Just as the reflected sunlight was about to shine on Ye Xuan, a sudden change occurred!

Within the solid hexagram formation, the light in the southern corner suddenly dimmed slightly without warning.

He quickly looked in that direction, only to be met with a horrifying sight—

Of the five people residing in a corner of the south, two of them had their backs blown open, and new willow seedlings sprouted from their exposed flesh!

"When?!"

Those dressed in robes were all at a loss, their minds distracted by this sudden change, especially the one at the center of the formation, who could see all the changes clearly.

But he hadn't seen at all that strange white light left behind when Ye Xuan ran...

With everyone's minds in such turmoil, they could no longer hold the bronze mirrors firmly, and the newly formed six-pointed star formation began to sway.

The next moment, another person in the crowd exploded and died! The manner of death was exactly the same as that of the two guardians just now, both dying under the magic of the immortal seed.

Yan Gaosong was utterly desperate. He didn't bother to think about whether there was any hope for them. He threw down the bronze mirror in his hand and was about to fly out of the city.

He doesn't want to die, he really doesn't want to die!

However, Ye Xuan would not let him have his way.

The next outburst occurred on Yan Gaosong's back...

A sliver of white light appeared in everyone's sight, then disappeared into Yan Gaosong's body. The immortal seed sprouted and took root in his flesh and blood, eventually absorbing all the life force and growing into a willow sapling nearly a meter tall.

The cultivation and life force of the first two protectors, along with Yan Gaosong, all returned to Ye Xuan's body.

Without needing to absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth through his Taoist robe, his power returned to its peak, and his cultivation even improved by an inch.

This time, it was his turn to look at the green-robed ritual performer with amusement.

"Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?"

The priest in the green robe clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his flesh. Ignoring the scattered six-pointed star array, he drew his sword and prepared to strike first.

However, the priests and protectors around him were so frightened that they fled in all directions. With only the sixth level of Foundation Establishment cultivation, how could he possibly stand up to Ye Xuan head-on?

A powerful palm strike sent him flying, sword and all, flying, crashing heavily onto the stone slabs by the street.

The formation he had just created had exhausted most of his mental energy, and now he could only lie sprawled by the well, watching helplessly as Ye Xuan drew closer and closer to him.

The green-robed priest finally coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes bloodshot. He was not convinced!

He hadn't been reckless, so why did he end up like this?

At this moment, Chen Qinghe, who had been hiding somewhere since the beginning, emerged from the cover of a pile of ruins.

The green-robed priest's pupils widened instantly, because he saw a point of white light enveloped in spiritual energy in Chen Qinghe's hand!

"It's you..."

When he was forming the six-pointed star array, he was able to see all the changes in the whole situation, so how could he not have noticed the child in front of him?

However, most of their attention was focused on Ye Xuan, and they thought he was just a kid who had already cultivated Qi and was just running around, so they didn't take him seriously.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qinghe secretly buried the immortal seed that Ye Xuan had given him under some ruins.

At the crucial moment, the white light swiftly drifted behind the unsuspecting group...

The man in the green robe was relieved; only regret and a final trace of resolve remained in his eyes.

A surge of violent power welled up within his chest. "My lord, he wants it!"

Before Chen Qinghe could finish speaking, Ye Xuan raised his hand and shot out a white light, stopping the sudden surge of spiritual power in his chest.

"Why do they all love to self-destruct?"

He thought to himself that self-exposure would be too tragic, so he might as well help him get out of this predicament sooner rather than later...

After finishing the ritual in the green robe, Ye Xuan turned to look at the others who were fleeing in all directions. If these people all ran away, who would offer sacrifices to the Immortal Willow?

As he stepped forward, he simultaneously condensed white light in his palm. He would then inject the white light into the bodies of several people he could catch up with.

In the end, apart from the one he deliberately let go, all the other temple guardians and religious performers who came on this trip had a green willow sapling on their chests.

The life force and cultivation of the thirty-four Foundation Establishment cultivators were all transformed into nourishment and returned to Ye Xuan himself.

Without any side effects, his cultivation level reached the eighth level of Foundation Establishment!