"Too many people have been coming to Sigma District lately. I've had to be twice as careful just to come here and meet you."
A figure in a white robe entered an underground stone chamber. The chamber was empty except for a circular stone altar roughly ten meters in diameter at its center.
At the center of the circular altar was a round depression bearing a lifelike dove in relief. Three tiers of steps rose around the dove, extending toward six sides of the altar.
The altar's platform was pieced together from six different materials, each extending outward from the center in a fan-shaped section. Each section bore several words carved in openwork Huaguo script.
The stone surface inscribed with [Heavenly Lord] gave off a cold, white, jade-like glow, free of desire and serene.
The light-brown slab inscribed with [Fanyang] had faint cracks and traces of footprints, carrying an air of dust.
The red sandstone inscribed with [Asura] was rough and covered in scars, as though it had been dug out of a battlefield.
The section inscribed with [Fusheng] was paved with bluestone and concrete bricks in irregular layers. The sound of dripping water echoed through the gaps, and murky patches of moss seeped across the surface.
The charred, withered-black stone inscribed with [Greedy Soul] was densely covered in blood-red fingerprints.
The pitch-black lava inscribed with [Netherworld] bore exceedingly faint chain marks and nail holes upon its surface.
The six slabs on the altar offered a faint depiction of the six paths of reincarnation.
The figure who had just spoken stepped onto the altar and sat cross-legged on the slab inscribed with [Heavenly Lord].
One person sat upright on each of the other five slabs as well. All six wore identical white robes.
[Asura] spoke. "[Heavenly Lord], I thought you