July, Mesoamerica, 17 degrees north latitude. The Mixtec Highlands, ancient city ruins. "Black City and the Temple of Heaven," Tilantongo.
"Nunu, Huahi, Andehui (uu Tnoo-Huahi Andehui)! 'Eight Deer Claw' came from the divine realm, united all the Mixtec tribes, then trod upon a five-colored rainbow and returned to the sacred Black City of the divine realm, the heavenly temple that enshrined the 'Nine Gods of Wind' and the 'Rain God'!..."
The Mixtec Main God priest, Yuntian Andivi, wore the Main God's black priestly robes, his expression solemn. In both hands he held the Main God's golden hummingbird emblem, taking his place at the front of the High Priests and clearing the way for the Prophet Priest Elder Xolotl behind him. Step by step, with an incomparably complicated heart, he entered the center of the entire Tilantongo Black City—the great plaza of ten thousand square meters—then ascended the "Temple of Heaven," lofty and massive beyond compare, twenty-six meters high, with a base more than fifty meters across, standing upon a highland hill over two thousand meters above sea level.
"The Main God bears witness! The Temple of Heaven pyramid is the most magnificent, most sacred ancient Mixtec temple! It stands eighteen men high, with a base thirty-six men in length and width, built entirely from finely carved stone blocks. Its outer walls are covered in colorful plaster murals, depicting the heroic deeds of gods, ancestors, and warriors... Those wave-like carved patterns are the wind patterns of the ancient god 'Nine Gods of Wind,' and the Cloud Patterns of the old god 'Rain God'..."
"One, two, three... thirteen!... The stone steps run straight from the base to the altar at the summit, thirteen steps in all, symbolizing the thirteen heavens in the Mexica People's ancient myths! At the top of the heavens