Reikenzan: Eichi e no Shikaku

The residents of the Oji village, deceived by the Shichi School, were now prisoners to the hope that anyone can become enlightened.

Oriku decided that the only way to set them free from the evil sect was to create his own sect and rule over them himself.

This Oji Village will be the perfect place due to it's feng shui.

I've decided to build my own houdan here.

And he succeeded.

*Thank you to Angela for proofreading*

I beg you, please bestow upon us the senen.

You see, the senen isn't something that can simply be given to someone.

Exactly.

Please reconsider.

We beg you!

Still, as long as the founder...

Since the houdan has now been built here, I don't think it appropriate to constantly reject these people's wishes.

Founder...

There's no need to thank me.

It's not like I came to visit the mortal world.

In three days I shall preach a sermon in front of the houdan.

It will be up to you how much you learn from it.

Thank you!!

He's left.

I see...

Got it.

Please continue your investigation.

Yes, sir!

It's been two months since brother has stopped coming to the elder meetings.

Don't tell me... Don't tell me brother has...

Brother!

So in other words, elder Kain betrayed us.

Elder Shachi, you were friends with him for a long time, were you not?

Do you also think he's betrayed us?

I don't know, when it comes to brother...

Then go make sure.

If it's actually true, we will have to make him go through a lot of atonement.

And I would like you to do it yourself.

Is that understood?

I understand.

Kotora, the Oji village is your hometown.

What happened to your family?

I left the village by myself.

My mother is still in the village.

Do you want to see her?

No.

Why is that?

Are you not proud that you're part of the Shichi school?

You really are dumb.

Can't you even do that?

You can't beat Oriku at anything.

I'm gonna become a disciple of the Reiken sect.

The Reiken sect?

Isn't that the oldest, largest and one of the top sects there is?

I'm sure you can make it!

Good luck!

You can do it!

How about you join us, the Shichi school?

But I have no senen.

Anyone that trains with us can become an enlightened.

Really?!

I don't mind, everyone's like that.

I'm the same as you.

Me and elder Kain have known each other for more than 100 years.

We were both confident that we'd be able to join one of the 10,000 Enlightened Alliance Sects, however...

We hit a wall.

It was then that we met the head of our school.

And that's how we joined the Shichi school.

Once we joined, we realized that this was a place for the failures.

Still, I've come to think that helping others less gifted than myself gives my life that bit more value.

It can't be said that the growth of the Shichi school these past years has been smooth sailing but,

the group itself is devoid of problems.

There has never been any internal conflict.

You can't eat that!

Huh, you spilt it again...

What? You need to pee?

Dad, he...

Again!? It's about to start you know.

Nearly all the villagers are here.

They really want to become enlightened, don't they.

Oriku's parents.

I just hope we don't get exposed.

It's time.

I don't want to use up your time.

So, today I'll be talking about an important topic. The senkai, the world where the enlightened live.

Everyone wants to live happily,

to live in peace,

to live a long prosperous life.

Don't you all think that?

That exists in the senkai.

There is no worldly gain nor strife.

There's only a peaceful and calm livelihood.

Firstly, as soon as the new enlightened that ascended from this world step foot in the senkai, they are highly praised by seventy-two nymphs of unparalleled beauty.

All the enlightened in senkai live in luxurious palaces, own vast pieces of land.

Even the greatest kings of this world cannot compare with the lowest class enlightened.

How can we become enlightened?

Do I also have potential?

Can anyone become enlightened?

Does everyone know how many levels of the celestial sphere there are above the mortal world?

There are a total of nine floors stacked on top of each other.

However, these floors didn't all exist since the creation of heaven.

It took many years for them to build up.

It's lowest level, the one right above the human plane, used to be a human plane as well.

How can he say such a lie so seriously...

And finally, the ones to become enlightened are you.

When will that be?

In about 10 million to 20 million years.

In 10 million years...

We obviously can't wait that long.

The time is not exact.

It all depends on how much training the person aiming for it does.

Yeah, but still...

Once there is a total of a million ascenders in one world, that world also ascends along with them and becomes a senkai.

When that happens even common people can ascend to the senkai.

Founder-sama, how many people in this world have already become enlightened then?

I would say less than a hundred.

Have you given up already?

That means that we will be long gone by the time a million people ascend.

Exactly, there's no way we can do it.

It makes no difference after all.

Then why don't you try become the ascenders' forerunners?

Someone has to become one of those million ascenders.

Otherwise, it doesn't mater how much time passes, this world will never ascend.

Because it will be impossible during your generation?

That might be true.

But why don't you try to become a forerunner?

If no one does anything, then nothing will change.

The most important thing for people is life.

And we only have one!

Before the end, when you look back at your life,

you don't want to think to yourself that you wasted it, that it was good-for-nothing and that you had no pride in your accomplishments.

I want to be able to say that I gave it my everything.

That I tackled the most important lesson that life has to give.

Don't you think that's the kind of life you should be living?

It is true that I was born with senen so I don't understand the hardship of those who didn't.

However, not everyone that has started down the enlightened path was born with talent.

Even among the people that were born with senen, very few have actually managed to become enlightened.

Now, think about this.

Why did those people even train?

For what reason?