In response to the decree, the unicorn bowed where it was and said, "Your grace is boundless, my god. No one can match your excellence and generosity."
After the conversation ended, the Apex God returned to what he was doing before the message arrived. He continued scavenging through the ruins he had found earlier.
This is essentially what every Dao Lord is doing to get resources in the upper realm. They go through the ruins of ancient cultivators, looking for useful materials.
After so many thousands of years without Natural Energy, most of the materials in the upper realm have decayed. Anything living has surely died by now.
Even the buildings have become as fragile as a layer of dust. They fall apart with a touch and shatter into dust.
On the plus side, the ruins' fragility makes them easy to explore. He can go stomping through them without worrying about traps, arrays, formations, etc. But this also means that it is very difficult to find anything valuable.
