This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Mingyue's heart trembled violently.

Set up another one...

Shinto...

With just this one sentence, she could imagine how astonishing Li Daoxuan's plan was.

If this divine power is truly as miraculous as Li Daoxuan described, then the divine path must undoubtedly be unimaginably great.

Mingyue was not quite sure what the connection was between establishing a separate path and her junior brother Wang Yangming.

Li Daoxuan did not explain, and Mingyue did not ask again.

Suddenly, an invisible golden ripple spread out from between Li Daoxuan's eyebrows.

In an instant, everything around them changed.

The whole world turned into a vast expanse of golden white.

The distant imperial city, mountains, and rivers have all disappeared.

All that remains is Chongwen Mountain at our feet and the Confucian Temple atop its summit.

The people in the temple also disappeared, and the statues of the Confucian sage and the seven great sages enshrined on the altar directly shed their clay forms and transformed into several divine beings radiating a soft, luminous white light.

Mingyue immediately realized that this place was not the real world, but a world that was somewhere between illusion and reality.

Or rather, the domain of a powerful individual.

"Master...Senior Sister..."

Just as Mingyue was taking in the world around her, a familiar voice suddenly caught her attention.

Following the sound, they saw Wang Yangming jump down from the altar, walk quickly to the two of them, and bow down in worship with an excited expression.

Mingyue stood there, stunned, her face full of surprise.

"Junior brother, what's wrong with you...?"

Li Daoxuan, standing to the side, explained with a smile:

"After Yang Ming passed away, his spirit was preserved by the faith of millions of students, and this spiritual world was built on the foundation of this Confucian temple."

"Or it could be called the divine realm, a domain space belonging exclusively to the gods."

As soon as Li Daoxuan finished speaking, Wang Yangming responded with a smile:

"The concept of 'gods' is something we've never even considered."

At this moment, the seven sages who had received incense offerings along with Wang Yangming and thus had their souls preserved forever also stepped forward and respectfully bowed to Li Daoxuan, saying:

"Disciple greets Grandmaster."

When they traveled the world with Wang Yangming to study Confucianism, they heard Wang Yangming say that he had a mentor who taught him many principles that had never existed before.

It was based on his mentor's teachings that he created the Confucian school.

Therefore, the true patriarch of the Confucian school should be the patriarch of the Taoist school right before our eyes.

Li Daoxuan readily accepted, raising his hand in a gesture of support, saying:

"Get up, everyone."

The seven sages rose and looked at Li Daoxuan, who still looked like a young man, with great curiosity in their hearts.

They had all heard what Li Daoxuan had said.

They also had experience with things like divine power, faith, and the poison of desire.

However, they were unable to extract pure divine power from that complex belief, so they did not know that it had the wonderful uses that Li Daoxuan had described.

"The so-called God is that which is wondrous in all things and speaks of them."

"Nothing moves all things faster than thunder, nothing bends all things faster than wind, nothing dries all things more than fire, nothing pleases all things than marshland, nothing moistens all things more than water, and nothing brings all things to an end and all things to begin."

"Therefore, water and fire interact with each other, thunder and wind do not contradict each other, and mountains and lakes communicate with each other, and then they can transform and create all things."

Hearing Li Daoxuan say this, Wang Yangming seemed to understand something and replied:

"This is recorded in the Book of Changes that my master passed down."

Li Daoxuan nodded slightly.

"The Book of Changes (I Ching) is a book that understands the changes of heaven and earth and observes the birth and death of the universe."

"God is not actually incomprehensible."

"In general, gods are the natural laws governing the operation of all things, and the way of gods is to personify these laws and use the natural power of all things to condense them into humanized gods."

"Just as mountains have mountain gods, rivers have water gods, the sun, moon, and stars have celestial gods, and the underworld and the cycle of reincarnation have ghosts and gods, etc..."

Hearing this, Wang Yangming basically understood what Li Daoxuan was going to do.

But it was precisely because of this that Wang Yangming was even more shocked.

The esteemed scholars behind him looked on incredulously.

Only the bright moon, after its initial surprise, now remained indifferent.

Since it was the master who did this, it was perfectly normal.

In Mingyue's eyes, there was nothing her master couldn't do, neither in heaven nor on earth.

Wang Yangming exclaimed in surprise.

Li Daoxuan shook his head.

"It seems you still don't understand what gods are."

Wang Yangming, puzzled, bowed and said:

"Please enlighten me, Master."

Li Daoxuan pondered for a moment, then turned around and waved his hand.

The world before my eyes suddenly changed drastically.

Everyone felt as if they had returned to the Confucian temple and saw scholars bowing and praying beneath the altar.

"Look, what are they doing?"

Li Daoxuan pointed to the people kneeling below and asked.

Wang Yangming's gaze sharpened as he looked at the scholars below, and his tone became unfriendly as he said:

"A bunch of unambitious people."

Upon hearing this, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha... seeking fame, you're going a bit to the extreme."

Wang Yangming still looked down on the students who were praying to the Confucian sage for blessings to pass the high school entrance exam, and his face was grim.

But Li Daoxuan's next question left him stunned.

"It's true that they lack ambition, but without them, where would you, the Confucian sage, come from?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yangming's face stiffened, but the disciples behind him looked slightly annoyed.

"Grandmaster, you are mistaken. Your position as a Confucian sage was not obtained by these ignorant and incompetent people, but was personally conferred by the Emperor of the Great Zhao Dynasty and jointly promoted by thousands of scholars throughout the land."

"How dare you talk back to the Patriarch!"

"boom..."

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted, causing the entire divine realm to shake violently.

The person who spoke even felt his soul was about to be scattered.

The speaker was none other than Mingyue, the second sect leader whom all the disciples of the Taoist sect feared most.

Li Daoxuan waved his hand and laughed:

"Hey, Mingyue, don't be so fierce when a younger generation like me speaks from the heart."

As the tremors subsided, the seven great sages felt a chill run down their spines.

I never expected that this second leader of the Taoist sect would be so terrifying.

Wang Yangming quickly turned around to look at the disciple who had spoken, and sternly rebuked him:

"Why are you interrupting when our master is speaking?"

Da Xian was terrified and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake.

Li Daoxuan laughed and said:

"It's alright, it's alright, don't be afraid, say whatever you want to say, speak freely."

The great sage was terrified.

"This disciple has been rude; please forgive me, Grandmaster."

Li Daoxuan comforted him again:

"It's nothing, it's nothing."

"However, what you just said was incorrect."

Wang Yangming nodded thoughtfully, presumably having understood Li Daoxuan's meaning.

"The title of Confucian Sage is merely an empty name."

"It doesn't matter who bestowed the title."

"The important question is why you and your disciples were able to achieve immortality through this empty fame, and continue to receive incense offerings after death?"

Wang Yangming seemed to be deep in thought, then pointed to the kneeling students below the stage and said:

"Is it because of them?"

Li Daoxuan nodded.

"That's right, it all boils down to two words—faith."

"Taking a specific example and expanding on a broader scale, the concept of 'God' only has meaning because there are people and faith."

"Of course, there are also some who are born with the ability to control certain natural forces from birth."

"People generally call these beings innately divine, but the concept of innate divine is also something that people have added to them."

"Therefore, establishing a divine way is not about creating gods."

"Because there are people, God has always existed."

"Thunder and rain, the changing seasons, the sunrise and sunset, and so on—all these natural changes are, in a sense, the workings of divine power."

"The path of the gods at the age of thirty is simply to summarize and categorize these natural forces and endow them with personality."

"While receiving offerings from all living beings, we can also better serve the world and all living beings."