"Praise the supreme Main God! He watches us from the sky with crimson eyes!..."
"Ancestors! God Mountain and the divine sea! Great God Huitzilopo has descended! He has descended!... He appeared from the heavens!..."
"Buddha! Main God! What is this?! This... this red eye in the heavens... what on earth is this?!..."
"Bodhisattva protect me! Heaven protect me! Main God protect me!... This lowly one... this lowly one kowtows to you! You are the true great god-Buddha!..."
The noon sun shone over Whale Port, where Longships gathered. The unbroken rows of sheds and Meat Drying Racks, along with the Main God shrine built of piled stone, all proclaimed the prosperity of this harbor camp. At this moment, the sacred rite reached its climax. The enormous "Eye of the Gods" floated above the harbor, gazing upon this farthest corner of the Northern Continent. And a full two thousand tribesmen gathered from every group knelt on the ground in terror and awe, praying from the depths of their hearts toward this unimaginable miracle!
"Praise the Main God of the southern tribes! He is the Ancestral God of great power, the great Mountain God Huitzilopo!..."
"Ah! This is... this is... the miracle of the Rubber People's Main God!... 'At fifteen hundred years, Anavatapta Dragon King shall hold all and enter the sea; thus shall the Dharma be extinguished'... My Buddha! In this Dharma-ending age, when the Tathagata has entered nirvana and true fruition is hard to attain... there is actually... there is actually a great god-Buddha who can manifest the Law in the mortal world?!... Thus have I heard... no! Thus have I seen with my own eyes: Huitzilopochtli is a true great god-Buddha!"
The "Eye of the Gods" floating in the sky blocked the sun overhead, and a ring of golden light