Tlotoxl's attempts to expose Barbara as a false goddess and maintain his authority within the Aztec priesthood.

Barbara, posing as the goddess Yetaxa, escalates her confrontation with Tlotoxl by drawing a knife to his throat after he orders Ixta to execute her servant. Her threat—'If my servant …

Ian urgently warns Barbara that Tlotoxl and Tonila are conspiring against her, revealing the High Priest’s growing influence among the Aztecs. Barbara, disillusioned by Ian’s insistence that the entire culture …

After Tlotoxl’s failed poisoning attempt, Barbara seizes the moment to assert her dominance as Yetaxa. When he claims his act was a test of her divinity, she exposes his lie …