The first order of business is to restore the island, that means that he needs to absorb all the chaos Qi that is now everywhere in the island, fortunately it was easy for him, not to mention the scarabs are also helping him by absorbing some of the chaos Qi.
Even though they aren't able to break their limit because the world supress them, they could use the energy they had absorbed to increase the power of the runes, as long as the power and capability of their devouring rune, their strength would be able to match that of a true Saint.
The Lunar Rune Scarabs and the Solar Rune Scarabs, aren't able to absorb as much as the Primordial Rune Scarabs because most of their energy are used to balanced and temper their bodies.
They aren't simple Rune Beasts but dual Rune Beasts, during the day, the Solar Rune Scarabs would absorb the pure yang Qi of the sun and with the supplement of the other energy their strength increases little by little.