The mysteries of a Sage were profound and difficult to grasp. Of everyone present, the Three Pure Ones undoubtedly had the keenest comprehension.
Yet even they could only commit the teachings to memory by force and leave understanding them for another day.
That lecture lasted a thousand years.
Hongjun was making no attempt to hide this private lesson.
It could even be called a fourth sermon, and this time he was teaching the Dao of Sages!
Fuxi, who had slipped in to hear the lesson, was the most excited—and the most relieved.
Thank goodness he had returned to Purple Cloud Palace instead of joining the others in hunting Hong Yun.
Otherwise, how could such a heaven-sent opportunity ever have fallen to him?
And this was clearly a private lesson the Sage had arranged for his own disciples. Fuxi had been allowed to stay entirely because of his younger sister, Nüwa!
Seen that way, Primordial Violet Qi was not absolutely essential!
Fuxi could barely understand the Dao the Sage taught this time, but he knew how profoundly mysterious it was. These were supreme truths!
And to him, they were.
To Bai Yu and Yang Mei, the mysteries of a Sage that Hongjun taught were nothing special. His teachings even contained many pitfalls; they were not the true ultimate truths of the Great Dao.
But they were more than enough to impress Fuxi and the others.
Even the Three Pure Ones were listening in a daze of rapture!
"I shall now merge my body with the Dao. You may watch. This, too, will be a great opportunity for you."
After speaking, Hongjun's expression turned solemn. He brought forth the Jade Plate of Creation, and violet qi rose and spread through all of Purple Cloud Palace.
A vast, boundless heavenly might descended without