Truthfully, Hao Ren did not have much interest in the origins of the Ebon Blades or the ritual itself. He went there because the MDT had detected a signal.
There was a rhythmic pulse inside the Sacred Armory. The signal was short and repetitive, but it was slightly different than another pulse they detected—the pulse Nolan detected in the core of the planet.
After entering the Sacred Armory, the signal that the MDT had detected was getting stronger, and the MDT was now starting to lock on to the source of the signal.
