Mike finds himself transported to the temple in the middle of Hsui Tai's sacrifice. There he is hailed as the god Kishnu...and scheduled to be sacrificed alongside Hsui Tai.
John and Mike have a time trying to talk Hsui Tai into believing in herself as a Tomorrow Person rather than as a goddess. She doesn't believe them, but she changes her mind when, back at the temple, the Sage is just as willing to sacrifice John needlessly alongside Hsui Tai herself and Mike as the reincarnation of Kishnu.—statmanjeff