The Nine Realms of Brahma

[Xianxia, xuanhuan, cultivation, Eastern fantasy, enlightenment, passionate, mythology, sect founder, grand worldbuilding, no System, imaginative fantasy]

In the Jiuhuan Daoyan Realm, the Daoists and Confucians stand side by side, ruling heaven and earth. The cycle of reincarnation proceeds in order, unchanged through the ages.

Xia Yan, crown prince of Great Xia, was born accompanied by the sacred sounds of the Great Dao, yet his heart yearned to leave the mortal world behind. After suddenly awakening to the truths of birth, aging, sickness, and death, he resolutely abandoned his splendid empire and set out alone into the vast world of mortals, seeking the path to ultimate liberation.

At the foot of Withered Glory Mountain, before the bodhi tree, he subdued his inner demons and saw through to the source. In a land without Buddhas, he attained enlightenment alone and achieved supreme perfect awakening! In an instant, Buddhas across the ten directions praised him, while Daoist patriarchs across countless worlds nodded in approval!

Taking the character Yan from his name as crown prince, he expanded and transformed countless wondrous teachings, founding the third system of cultivation ever known in this realm: Buddhism! He was honored as the Buddha of Wondrous Light!

From then on, Confucian gentlemen whose words carried the force of law encountered compassionate monks chanting the Buddha's name, while Daoist immortals with myriad supernatural powers beheld the Buddha of Wondrous Light, who delivered all living beings.

This is a difficult path of founding a new way, beset by doubt and discord, yet radiant with the light of wisdom and compassion.

See how Crown Prince Xia Yan, in an age when Daoism and Confucianism reign supreme, develops Buddhism, saves all living beings, and ultimately establishes the Buddhist Pure Land beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, achieving an unparalleled legend!