Hongjun's First Sermon saw no unexpected developments or anomalies, apart from Cundi and Receiver not arriving late.
It was essentially no different from the many Primordial Wilderness-style novels Bai Yu had read.
The First Sermon lasted ten thousand years—not long, but not short either. Since this was only the First Sermon, Hongjun covered only the realms from Celestial Immortal to Great Luo.
As for Enlightenment of the Dao and the path of severing the three corpses, Hongjun did not discuss them.
Only at the Second Sermon would Hongjun explain the Three Corpses Severing Method and the Quasi-Sage realm.
And only at the Third Sermon would Hongjun begin discussing the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
Delivering sermons also required a gradual progression.
Hongjun was spreading the Dao, imparting the Dao, not merely teaching techniques.
If he were merely teaching techniques, there would have been no need for three sermons.
Having discussed the Dao with Hongjun before, Bai Yu found this sermon rather dull. He followed it for only a thousand years before turning his gaze toward the deepest reaches of the Endless Void.
In other words, Yang Mei's Daoist Temple.
Ten thousand years had passed, yet Yang Mei still could not recover his composure, showing just how devastating a blow he had suffered.
Moreover, Yang Mei was actually following Hongjun's sermon as well.
But Yang Mei had yet to attain Enlightenment of the Dao, and Hongjun had denied the Innate Gods and Demons the right to attend. Forget the Purple Cloud Palace—Yang Mei could not even enter Purple Cloud Heaven!
Thus, Yang Mei knew nothing of the situation in Purple Cloud Heaven, much less what was happening inside the Purple Cloud Palace.
Back when Hongjun attained Enlightenment of the Dao, it had stirred towering waves among the Innate Gods and Demons.