The Elders were shocked to hear that and they appeared extremely astonished.
After Li Moying ascended, Blue Profound Sect's disciples had treated Huang Yueli as their new Sovereign. The scene that happened in front of the mountain entrance had already won her enough prestige. Cang Po Jun and the others treated her with the same kind of loyalty that they treated Li Moying. In actual fact, there was no way to budge her status at all.
The only reason why they didn't hold the Sovereign conferring ceremony was because as the previous Sovereign's wife, her status was already high enough.
Moreover, everyone knew that she and Li Moying were deeply in love. They were afraid that they might accidentally remind her about the sad things hence they didn't dare to suggest this at all.