Beyond Qingming Hetong Heaven, you received successive reports that Emperor Donghua and Witch Emperor Houtu had greatly increased in strength. Fluctuations of aura frequently appeared where they were, clearly showing that the Empty Sea runes you had obtained had played a major role. This left you somewhat envious once more.
As for the Seal upon the Ancient Demonic Creature, everything remained well for now, with no further changes. As more and more analyses were conducted at close range, the Seal's effects would only improve in the future. So long as no one deliberately released it, this trouble would gradually fade away, and there was no need to worry too much about it bringing calamity upon a region again.
As for that strange Spirit Race expert and the faction behind it, you did not tell Xiao or Yu Yanli. Although the two had a good relationship with you, it had not reached the point of a life-and-death friendship. They could be trusted, but it was still better to keep such major matters hidden.
You only informed Ye Xing, telling her to be more careful. If she had the chance, she could pay closer attention to hidden records and see whether the Dao Sect possessed any strange accounts concerning Star Envoys, Moon Venerables, and the like...
However, over the past hundred-odd thousand years, there had been no useful information concerning the Moon Venerable or Star Envoys, nor had you encountered that strange Imperial Realm Spirit Race expert again. Yet you had received news from the Dao Sect regarding changes in Fallen God Land. It could now be confirmed that this place would open within the next three hundred thousand years at most. You could begin preparing in advance to enter Fallen God Land.
Yet even during the periods when the Innate God's