The Goddess Church's Greatest Dark History

The sacred hall blazed with light as the baptism proceeded.

This was a wondrous structure. During its construction, it had incorporated incomprehensible symbolic elements and localized distortions of natural laws. Standing outside the Baptism Hall, one might think it was merely a rather tall domed building. But upon entering, its vast interior would leave anyone astonished. It could accommodate twenty people gathering within without seeming empty, or millions holding worship without seeming crowded. Yes, the inside of the Baptism Hall changed constantly. The space here would always remain in just the right state. No matter how many believers entered, it would prepare suitably sufficient room for them. "Do not disrespect the Goddess through emptiness, and do not shame our Lord through crowding." That was the purpose of the temple's randomly shifting dimensions.

The Baptism Hall was a circular domed structure. Its interior had no pillars or similar supports, only several thick vines hanging down from the lofty ceiling. The walls were covered in intricate murals. Unlike typical religious imagery, these frescoes did not depict divine miracles or devout believers on pilgrimage, but all kinds of wild animals, plants, and humans. These images represented the abundance of life in the world. In fact, they included every kind of life in the entire universe, even single-celled organisms—painted at a one-to-one scale. As Lilina put it, "I painted them, anyway. If you can't see them, that's your eyesight problem."

Painting the forms of every living creature in the universe onto the walls of a single hall sounded impossible, which was why these murals were the Baptism Hall's second marvel. They did not show everything they contained to every viewer. The murals seen by each person who came here were different. Only those who better understood the essence of life and respected nature's balance