He was thereafter inaugurated as the third chief priest of Eihei-ji Temple, but after the death of Ejo, he moved to Kaga Province and became the founder of Daijo-ji Temple by converting it from a Shingon Sect temple to a Zen temple.
その後永平寺第3世に就任するが、懐奘の没後は加賀国に移り、大乗寺を真言宗寺院から禅院に改めその開山となった。