Later he traveled through various provinces and received a revelation from Kumano Gongen at Kumano Hongu-taisha Shrine in Kii and is said to have found Ji Sect.
その後は諸国を遍歴し、紀伊の熊野本宮大社で熊野権現から啓示を得て悟りを開き、時宗を開宗したとされる。