"We absolutely cannot allow the Jade Emperor to seize the authority of the human race. Even if he is to win, it should be a pyrrhic victory; we must not let him win easily."
This was the thought of a Taoist Monarch upon learning that the Jade Emperor had obtained the Kongtong Seal and was preparing to vie with the Human Race Five Emperors for control of the human race.
There's no such thing as a perfect secret; perhaps at the very start, the news of the Jade Emperor obtaining the Kongtong Seal could be kept private, but as not only he witnessed it, others would not simply sit back and do nothing even if he wanted to keep it secret.
After all, for the Witch God Sect Leader, handing the Kongtong Seal to the Jade Emperor initially was to divert the Jade Emperor's attention and provoke a conflict between him and the Human Race Five Emperors, to fish for benefits amidst the chaos.
