Outside of the Tower of Life.
A radiant obsidian pillar rose beside the massive verdant doorway. Its surface gleamed with verdant-gold light separated into one hundred distinct square sections, each representing a floor within the Tower of Life.
This was the Observation Pillar. It allowed those outside to witness the progress of entities currently attempting their evaluations…tracking their advancement through visual representation that made every floor's activity visible to external observers.
Many blinking dots of light populated the higher floors. The twentieth through thirtieth floors showed considerable activity…dozens of verdant circles representing Living Lives currently pushing through those levels with varying degrees of success. Even up to the fiftieth floor, scattered lights indicated beings attempting to reach heights that only exceptional candidates ever achieved.
