The intelligence from Great Black Heaven did not immediately alter the Multiverse's existing landscape.
Saine merely raised the monitoring level around the outskirts of Dark Universe Time-Space.
Mechanical Civilization did not mobilize its legions because of it, and the Lords of Dimension of the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction likewise received no new orders for war.
Before obtaining more concrete information, a blurry image and several batches of anomalous resource movements were not enough for Saine to interrupt his many ongoing experiments.
But not long afterward, another piece of news made Saine temporarily leave Evil Swamp Time-Space.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had mysteriously vanished for many years, had returned once more.
Hongjun first appeared in Primordial Universe Time-Space.
There were no astonishingly large Rule Anomalies, nor was there the origin tide commonly seen when a Lord of Dimension descended.
By the time part of the Destruction Divine Kingdom's garrison forces in Primordial Universe Time-Space noticed him, Hongjun had already stood in that starry expanse for quite some time.
He still wore that plain Daoist robe.
The Great Dao Sword on his back also gave off no sharp aura.
Hongjun merely asked about Locke, Saine, and the circumstances of his disciples over the past few years.
Afterward, he traveled through the Cross-dimensional Passage controlled by the Destruction Divine Kingdom and arrived in Gear Time-Space.
When Saint Laozi learned of Hongjun's return, he was jointly refining a furnace of Golden Cores with Duan Ning.
The rule changes inside the pill furnace had already reached their final stage.
Yet Laozi merely cast a stabilizing restriction into the furnace, then left the alchemy area with Duan Ning.
For Laozi, it was not unfamiliar for his master to leave for years without leaving any clear message behind.
But this was not the Material Star Realm, after