"Hm?" Xiang An frowned, stroked his beard, and immediately understood what Karna meant.
"A familiar presence."
"I think I understand why you would sense something familiar from me, Karna." Xiang An nodded and sighed softly.
"It should be related to this Saint Graph of mine."
"Saint Graph... You mean a concept?" Karna frowned slightly.
"Precisely." Xiang An nodded. "The conceptual element that formed this Saint Graph when I was summoned is 'King Yama.'"
"My three thousand yin soldiers and the Four Ghost Generals were likewise born from that legend."
Xiang An took two steps forward, placing one hand behind his back at his waist. He puffed out his chest and gazed at the sky, stroking his beard as his cape fluttered in the wind.
"King Yama." Karna stood some distance behind Xiang An, his expression thoughtful.
"You should be the great hero recorded in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Your bloodline was inherited from the sun god Surya." Xiang An sounded remarkably familiar with the subject as he spoke.
"And you should know that Surya had other children before you."
"...Yama, Yami, Manu, the Ashvins, Shani, Tapati?"
Karna clearly had an excellent memory, rattling off a string of names.
"Yama was the first to experience death, so he became the lord of the world after death. He is also called King Yama, and naturally, he can be called King Yama as well." Xiang An explained to Karna. "The concept of Yama as [King Yama] is one of the elements that forms my Saint Graph."
"In fact, it is not only India's Yama. The Central Plains' King Yama and Japan's Enma were all regarded as part of the concept of [King Yama], becoming part of my Saint Graph."
"...So that was it." With the question in his heart answered, Karna did not