The grand, bloody New Year festival lasted an entire day, from sunrise over the rainforest to sunset. The Eye of the Gods, Heavenly Fire and Thunder, a divine descendant's sacrifice, blood-oath conversion... Under Xolotl's personal direction, the Kingdom's conversion rite nearly pushed mystery and shock to their very limits, even surpassing this era!
Under a series of soul-shaking shocks beyond their understanding, the chiefs and envoys from the southern jungle tribes all knelt before the Main God's priests with awe that came from the depths of their hearts. They drank the Blood Wine of the Moon Water Divine Descendant, swore the blood oath of conversion to the Main God, and carved the Main God's emblem! And once they returned to their respective tribes, they would spread everything they had witnessed today—these "miracles of the Main God"—among the Jungle Tribes, laying an early foundation for the Main God's priests to preach afterward!
And when the night curtain of sunset descended, it was time for the grand banquet to entertain the envoys of the various tribes. Though it was called a banquet, the heart of this gathering was for the chiefs of the tribes to formally express their loyal submission to the king, and to establish a covenant of lord and vassal.
For this crucial gathering, an ancient Temple from the Olmec era was cleaned out and put back into use. On the highest Divine Altar at the center of the Temple stood a two-meter-tall human-bodied idol of the Main God, surrounded by glittering jade, gold, silver, and Bronze vessels. Blazing torches were raised high in the hands of Kingdom Warriors, while hundreds of Imperial Guards stood watch inside and outside the palace. And on the mottled wall slabs around the Temple, faded murals of the gods still remained, engraved with reliefs