On the western Immortal Continent, ever since Tathagata attained the Dao in the distant, ancient past, he had established himself in the West and founded a great teaching, known in the Immortal Realm as the Fourth Teaching.
Unlike the three great teachings before it, the Fourth Teaching did not command a heaven of its own.
Nor was there soil in the Nine Heavens Realm for the Fourth Teaching to grow.
They could only seek a path to expansion on the Immortal Continent.
Thus, the Immortal Clan's mighty figures of the Fourth Teaching turned their gaze toward the western Immortal Continent, those lands that had been incorporated into the Immortal Realm last.
They cultivated those lands deeply, spread Buddhist teachings, and recruited disciples, transforming the western Immortal Continent into the Fourth Teaching's domain step by step.
And throughout this period of growth, Dao Ancestor had actually paid them no heed, tacitly allowing them to develop and prosper.
Although friction arose from time to time between the Three Teachings and the Fourth Teaching, no earth-shaking war had erupted, as though they were exercising restraint.
Until this day.
The Fourth Teaching's followers had already spread throughout the western Immortal Continent. Across the entire Immortal Realm, from the Nine Heavens above to the Three Thousand Domains below, disciples of the Fourth Teaching traveled the world.
The Fourth Teaching's leader, Dao Lord Tathagata, had been waiting for an opportunity.
Tathagata was a heaven-sent prodigy, his extraordinary talent unrivaled throughout the Immortal Clan!
Dao Ancestor had once said himself that, had Tathagata not been born at the wrong time, he would have been the next Dao Ancestor!
Thus, despite Tathagata's extraordinary talent, Dao Ancestor had not accepted him as a disciple.
Dao Ancestor believed that this was someone like himself. Teaching Tathagata his own Dao would