CHAPTER 1360: CHAPTER 487: THE SPIRIT IN THE COFFIN EMERGES!

Li Ping’an exclaimed, "What a guy!"

The atmosphere in the Vast Wilderness Heaven and Earth was so eerie, the Sea of Blood was about to undergo significant changes, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc was ready to strike, and outside Xuan Capital City, five hundred great gods and demons were raring to go...

Yet this Transcender Teacher was leisurely sitting alone, drinking by himself.

The big villain was confirmed!

Little crabs scuttled over to the low table on the cloud, and Li Ping’an sat down to the left of the spirit in the coffin this time.

He had no choice, the spirit in the coffin had placed the wine goblet there.

"The little thing is quite cute."

The spirit in the coffin said with a smile, took a sip of wine, exhaled a breath, and popped two plump ’peanuts’ into his mouth, squinting contentedly and comfortably.

"What are you here to inquire about this time?"

"Hongjun."

Li Ping’an replied succinctly:

"Disciple is now engulfed in great confusion; the matter of the Human Emperor being besieged in the Sea of Blood seems more complicated than it appears.

"Teacher, can you clarify a few doubts for me? You don’t have to expect any reward."

"You’re such a sly one, always coming to take advantage of me, aren’t you?"

The spirit in the coffin said gently:

"Just ask, if I can’t answer, I’ll just shake my head, and you shouldn’t ask further, so as not to put your teacher in a difficult position."

"Alright, fine."

Li Ping’an pondered for a moment and first asked, "Does Hongjun want to kill Xuanyuan Huangdi?"

"Yes."

The spirit in the coffin replied:

"Hongjun has a Divine Skill I don’t know how he implements, which is to influence people’s minds.

"The Calamity Venerable was influenced by him at the end of ancient times, stepping forward to prevent the complete rise of the Human Race, and now Calamity Venerable has become an abandoned pawn, with Maitreya taking over.

"Is the Chaos Bell in Hongjun’s hands?"

"I don’t know exactly," the spirit in the coffin said, "what I dread most is the three treasures of the opening of the sky; the Pangu Banner is alright, just extremely sharp, the Tai Chi Diagram divides yin and yang, and the Chaos Bell stabilizes the years; these two are quite troublesome."

Li Ping’an asked again, "Teacher, you previously said Kunpeng is a seed you planted casually, is there a conspiracy of Hongjun behind this?"

"I am also waiting for this answer, but I suspect Hongjun did something."

The spirit in the coffin, maintaining the appearance of Wang Ri Old Man, chuckled while stroking his beard:

"Hongjun’s ambitions this time are not small, but I didn’t expect even you could feel his strangeness.

"You are in the midst of the situation; how did you discover these things?"

"I haven’t actually discovered anything specific, just felt that things are somewhat abnormal in various places."

Li Ping’an said:

"Houtu fellow daoist chatted with me a bit, and the Heavenly Dao also told me that there’s a calculation by Hongjun behind this.

"The Heavenly Dao previously deceived me, making my sense of crisis multiply a hundred times, causing me to review many pivotal moments in my journey, as if there’s an invisible hand pushing me forward.

"I now suspect it’s Hongjun pushing me."

"You’re feeling wrong about this, don’t rely on feelings, intuition; you must investigate and analyze."

The spirit in the coffin laughed:

"In reality, you are not Hongjun’s favored candidate for the Heavenly Emperor; his favored candidate is his boy, Haotian.

"However, in ancient times, I had him seal Haotian Boy, delaying the establishment of the Heavenly Court, postponing the perfection of the Heavenly Dao, to ensure this world loses the opportunity to become perfect.

"My goal has always been this; I’ve already told you before, I just want this world’s remnants."

"So I have restrained Hongjun to do certain things...

"All of Hongjun’s setups, his ultimate aim, is to break with me today."

Li Ping’an was taken aback: "Break today?"

"Yes," the spirit in the coffin said leisurely, "he thought he had covered all his tracks perfectly, but as you said, he’s too impatient, his Dao heart is out of balance."

"Hongjun’s Dao heart is unbalanced?"

Li Ping’an found it inconceivable.

"Hmm," the spirit in the coffin said, "the main reason is me; from ancient times to now I’ve been pressuring him, dangling the matter of transcendence before him, causing his Dao heart to be sensitive and fragile."

Li Ping’an’s forehead was full of black lines.

He seemed to detect a bit of a long-married couple’s meaning.

The spirit in the coffin continued, "This is not a joke; this is what I’ve observed and analyzed as having the greatest impact on Hongjun’s Dao heart, the three matters being: me accepting you as a disciple, Taiqing forcing him to sever Haotian, and you obtaining the Jade Pool."

Li Ping’an: ...

"Teacher, please don’t joke about this."

"Of course it’s no joke, I know Hongjun all too well."

The spirit in the coffin said with a smile:

"I will briefly recap today’s events for you.

"After the battle for the Primordial Phoenix Dao Body at the Undying Volcano, Kunpeng gained the greatest advantage, dragging his seriously injured body into the Chaos Sea.

"It was at this time that Hongjun began his move.

"He first ordered the Daoist Maitreya to take the Chaos Bell and find Kunpeng. Kunpeng was desperately hiding at the time, but escaping Hongjun’s notice is difficult; Hongjun had long marked him.

"Because Kunpeng was originally a piece I planted, Hongjun dared not directly control Kunpeng, so he had to have Maitreya negotiate cooperation with him.

"This was their conversation at the time."

The spirit in the coffin tapped the table, and at the center of the low table appeared a bronze mirror, reflecting the images of Maitreya and Kunpeng.

This should be in a secret realm somewhere in the Chaos Sea.

The Daoist Maitreya was a slightly chubby Daoist, with an exposed chest, a peaceful face, always speaking with a smile.

"Kunpeng, are you willing to just escape like this? The hatred of the Three Sovereigns who killed you, do you really not want to avenge it?"

"This hatred I will definitely avenge, no need for you to worry, fellow Daoist."

"Worry? Not at all, this poor daoist just enjoys helping others; look, what is this?"

"The Chaos Bell? Such a treasure has actually fallen into your hands."

"Indeed, you recognize quality," Maitreya said with a smile, "I can just borrow the Chaos Bell Fellow Daoist to accomplish a task, can’t say it’s in my hands."