"Thank you all for your high regard. It seems that if I can truly obtain a territory of one province, then I will accept this position of Heavenly Lord without hesitation."

"Although, as it stands now, it's just an empty title, don't you all want to carve out a piece of the inner mountains and rivers?"

Many Dharma Teaching leaders focused their gaze on Lei Wang. Of course, each of these leaders had their own thoughts. The grudges and grievances within the Dharma Teachings could be traced back several generations. The turnover of believers and territories, the plundering of incense to strengthen themselves, even the placement of spies in each other's sects, or privately sabotaging each other's Dharma masters, and even overturning their altars.

This kind of struggle was more intense and obvious than that of the Three Teachings.

The Three Teachings had great power and involved many affairs of the world. If they truly fought, it would be easy for the imperial court to intervene and difficult to control. The Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Four Hundred and Eighty Buddhist Temples during the Southern Dynasties, and the destruction of the old Confucianists by the new Confucianists during the Song Dynasty all proved that once the Three Teachings began to spread, they would inevitably be accompanied by the change of the world's monarchy, which the imperial court had to guard against.

However, the Dharma Teachings were entrenched in the Southeast. Although they had been passed down from ancient times, they did not have a unified belief. Some originated from Buddhism, some from Confucianism, some from Taoism, and even more from the wild mountains, from those who followed demons, from those who followed ghosts, from those who followed monsters, from spirits and strange creatures, from heavenly gods, from folk gods, from sea gods... Their origins, doctrines, and roots were all different and could not be united.

Therefore, their power was far less than that of the Three Teachings. Moreover, the Southeast to the South Sea were all places beyond the reach of the imperial court. Therefore, the struggles of the Dharma Teachings were small, and the imperial court was difficult to manage. Moreover, it was unwilling to waste money and food just to intervene in the trivial matters of the sects.

"The arrival of the Great Master has shown us a new path."

"If we want to confront the imperial court, we must put aside the grudges of the past ten generations and the hatred of nine lifetimes, unite, and truly make the Dharma Teachings a great religion, instead of being scattered, entrenched in the Southeast, fighting and snatching, fighting to the death for a few cents of incense and a few drops of sesame oil, with the disciples succeeding the deceased masters."

"Now, it has been nearly a thousand years since the Dharma Teachings existed in the world!"

"The Three Teachings humiliate us, and the imperial court also regards us as worthless. The last time a Taoist master from the imperial court came to our Dharma Teaching territory, he caused trouble in front of the gate of the South Sea and destroyed the Dharma altars under our sects. This is an irreconcilable hatred!"

"If we don't unite, the imperial court will sooner or later dispatch divine soldiers to incorporate us all. At that time, we will become lackeys, with our lives in the hands of others. Is this still us Dharma Teaching cultivators!"

"What is the Dharma Teaching! It is not among the Three Teachings, it jumps outside the Six Paths! Our life and death are determined by ourselves, not by Buddha, not by Tao, not by Confucianism, and we open the door of convenience outside the Three Teachings, not saving people by their innate nature, but by great love!"

"This is called 'teaching without discrimination'!"

"We can't offend the Three Teachings, we can't offend the imperial court. Not being able to offend is the same as others being able to easily manipulate our lives! If you don't want to leave your lives to fate, when will you wake up!"

At this time, Lei Wang's words carried the Heavenly Dragon Thunder Sound of Buddhism and the Dragon's Roar of Taoism. The combination of these two sound techniques caused the leaders of various sects, who might have grievances with each other, or have knots in their hearts, or have similar doctrines, or have far different doctrines, to be struck by lightning in an instant. Their spirits paused for a moment, and when they regained their senses in the next moment, they felt great fear in their hearts.

Lei Wang's strength had increased!

He was even stronger than the last time they met!

"Lei Wang is already at the peak of Pure Yang, half a step to immortality?"

"Congratulations! Congratulations! Lei Hall is unbreakable, and Lei Wang has hope of ascending!"

"Taking it to the next level!"

"Immortality is in sight, immortality is in sight!"

After entering the Pure Yang realm, it was difficult to improve for a long time. The spiritual energy in the human world was too scarce to compare with that of the inner mountains and rivers. Therefore, the masters of Shangqing Mountain, Chongyang Palace, and even the several Pure Yangs of Wudang Mountain, were trapped in the Pure Yang realm for a very long time. Moreover, the lack of spiritual energy also meant a low lifespan.

Living together with heaven and earth, heaven and earth are one with me. The so-called immortals eat the morning glow and exhale energy, precisely because terrestrial immortals can only travel in the mountains and rivers of the earth, taking the spiritual energy of the mountains, rivers, and seas to nourish themselves. Once the spiritual energy is thin, the lifespan of the terrestrial immortals will not be long either.

But the feeling Lei Wang gave them at this time was already different from when they had met in the past!

Therefore, after sensing Lei Wang's aura that was unlike that of a mortal, there were still a few leaders who had complaints about Lei Wang in their hearts. At this time, they became the first few people to congratulate him, but their expressions were not very happy, but full of fear, and their words were more about being shocked.

Lei Wang had just used the Thunder Sound techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist religions to shock them and show his strength. At this time, it had indeed shocked the other leaders, causing their expressions to change constantly, and the thoughts in their hearts were turning rapidly.

"Huh? Lei Wang, the aura on your body... it's somewhat similar to my sect's Divine Lord."

At this time, a Taoist dressed in yellow robes, wearing a black crown, and carrying a Dharma sword on his back, looked at Lei Wang, his words full of doubt:

"Taiyi Leisheng Buzheng Tianzun... Lei Wang's Lei Hall, isn't it worshipping Lei Zu?"

Among the Dharma Teachings, they often did not worship each other's main gods. Some gods were transferred from the Three Teachings and had their own folk incarnations, and they often had their own nicknames in the Dharma Teachings.

Taiyi Leisheng Buzheng Tianzun, in the Dharma Teachings, was the name of the main god of the Huaguang Sect, Emperor Huaguang!

Lei Wang's Lei Hall was even more arrogant, directly claiming that he was the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Yuqing Zhenwang descended into the world, which had a great origin with Taoism. In the Tang Dynasty, he descended into the world and transformed into a mortal as "Lei Zhenwang", and after reincarnation, he was called Lei Wang Dasheng, which was "transforming into a mortal to become a saint."

"I hold the Heavenly Thunder Sea Thunder, and Huaguang holds the Jade Thunder Fire Thunder. We are all Thunder Walkers, like the ghosts of the Heavenly Department's decrees. Worshipping Buzheng Tianzun in the Lei Hall is to show my sincerity."

Lei Wang looked at the yellow-robed Taoist: "Ha, you are just one of the three deputy sect masters, not the sect master, so you don't know some things. It's not just your Huaguang Mountain's Buzheng Tianzun!"

Then, he looked at all the other leaders, naming them one by one!

"Guangze Dasheng Sect, Grand Duke Hongsheng, Great King of Mount Nanyue Zhurong; Zhushan Guanyin Teaching, South Sea Guanshiyin Bodhisattva; Kaishan Shengwang Teaching, Mountain and River Saint Lord Dayu."

"Puji Shengmu Teaching, Mazu Tianfei; Jishi Teaching, Jigong Zhenren; Zhenxin Teaching, Haotian Jinque Jade Emperor; Sanshan Great Teaching, the Heavenly Gods Sanshan Kunji of the Song Dynasty."

"Yusi Teaching, Liandu Ancestor, Three Heavens Secretary Yan Hui; Wu Po Teaching, Empress Dowager Dasheng Emperor Wu Zetian; Wujiang Sect, Green Canopy Yellow Banner Qin Emperor Fu Jian."

"Maitreya Teaching, Maitreya Buddha; Taigong Teaching, Jiang Ziya Zhenren; Yaowang Sect, Yaowang Sun Simiao."

"And... Wantian Dachang Teaching, the master of the Five Directions of Rampage Soldiers, Chi You, and Wantian Dazhu Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji."

"After that, there will be nothing else, just waiting for you all to invite the statues into my Lei Hall."

Lei Wang finished speaking.

The faces of the surrounding Dharma Teaching leaders changed drastically, as if they had heard something incredible. Looking around, a few of the mentioned leaders were not present, which made the other Dharma Teaching leaders feel even more fearful.

"You...! You have already united... trying to dominate the South Sea!"

Hearing this question, Lei Wang said casually, "Everything is just for forming a great religion."

The yellow-robed Taoist's expression also changed at this time, but he chose to remain silent.

Lei Wang then looked at Fo Gui and asked, "But even if we form a great religion and occupy a province in the inner mountains and rivers, we may not be able to escape the interference of the Four Heavenly Hearts of the human world, right?"

"Even though Vajrapani is behind us, wanting to support us, who are the other three?"

Fo Gui did not hesitate: "You don't need to probe carefully. As for the Four Heavenly Hearts, my Lord has already interfered with the other three's prying eyes. You are talking with us here, and the heavens will not hear it."

After saying that, he pointed to the top of the sky, then put his hand down and drew two strokes in the void.

"Now, the Four Heavenly Hearts closest to the human world, the Buddhist one is Vajrapani, a young man, whose appearance brings great purification to the world."

"The Confucian one is the Six Heavens Envoy, a middle-aged man, wearing a blue robe and a white crown, whose appearance brings great sacrifices to the world."

"The Taoist one is the Purple-Clad God, a young boy, riding twelve white horses, whose appearance brings great wars to the world."

"The alchemist one is the Shan Hai Youxian, an old man, wearing coarse gray clothes, and this one is the only Heavenly Heart who does not avoid his own name, but some things still cannot be said explicitly, lest they be sensed."

"He once annotated the *Shan Hai Jing*, whose appearance brings great changes to the world."