The night of carnal depravity was over, but not the war.
"The border of the 7th Firmament lies just beyond this ridge, my Emperor. But the scouts have stopped. The path ahead is not a simple geographic boundary. We have reached the administrative anchor of this entire layer."
Adonis did not slow his pace.
"The Gateway of Life and Death," Adonis noted, "The threshold where the departed souls of this firmament are meant to ascend to the higher layers for systemic judgment."
"Yes," Sirius replied, her expression hardening into a frown. "But something is profoundly wrong. The standard spiritual currents have completely reversed. The ambient energy smells of rot, stagnation, and restricted essence."
