tw: gore and death
"What would this something be?" Lan Tian asks.
"I have no idea, but it can't be anything good. You have to understand, there's no reason for a god to kill her own worshipers, they're the source of our powers. A God's power increases the more humans pray to them. My belief is that, because Xie Xiu is acting so outside the scope of the natural cosmic laws, the universe tries to right itself by rejecting the existence of the humans whose prayers she answers, however, this must change them monstrously, or threaten to expose her in some way she can't risk."
"You lied to us about the temple, right?" Wu Yun says.