After the three main halls (the Da Cheng Temple, the Yi Gate and the Chong Sheng Shrine) and the two small rooms of the main hall were completed, the construction was temporarily halted because of a sudden drop in donations. By 1935, Huang Tsan-chun(黃贊鈞) and Koo Hsien-jung(辜顯榮) began urging for the construction to be resumed, and went out to collect more donations.

Materials were bought and workers were hired to continue the construction. But by this time, the original designer, Wang Yi-shun(王益順), had already returned to Quan Zhou (where he died), and so the construction was finished by Taiwan craftsmen. The Ling Xing Gate was the first to be completed, followed by the Li Gate, Yi Path, Hong Gate, Pan School, Pan Pond and Wan Ren Palace Wall. Construction was finished in 1939, resulting in the impressive architecture we now see today. Altogether, two different fund-raising campaigns were held, collecting a total of NT$260,000. The entire temple compound covers an area of 148,285 square feet and the buildings cover an area of 43,75 square feet.

The newly completed temple had only been in use for a few years when World War II broke out. The Japanese ordered an end to traditional Chinese ceremonies, and Japanese Shinto ritual music was played in the temple for a brief period until 1945 when Taiwan was returned to the Republic of China (R.O.C.).