After she left, the blonde woman entered the palace.
Some time later, she stood before a lone colossal silhouette sitting on a grand throne at the end of the room.
"I have returned, Father." The woman bowed to him.
"How did that man who claims to be Tian Yang look to you?" The silhouette asked.
"Well, I’ve never met him before, so I can’t really say whether he’s real or not. However, he answered the questions quite calmly," she said.
The silhouette extended his massive arm—thick enough to carry mountains—toward her and silently beckoned.
The woman nodded and offered the piece of paper on which she had written Tian Yang’s answers to him.
The entire room fell dead silent as the silhouette read the answers.
A moment later, the entire palace trembled as the silhouette burst out laughing.
"F-Father?!" The woman exclaimed, looking baffled.
"Bring him to me!" he spoke in a demanding and urgent voice, refusing to elaborate further.
"Yes!" The woman said before hastily leaving.
Meanwhile, as Tian Yang and Ren Xia waited for the woman’s return, the ground suddenly trembled beneath them, followed by the unmistakable sound of someone laughing.
"What a powerful presence," Ren Xia remarked, feeling the energy that rippled through the air with that laughter.
"It must be Kulas. I guess he’d just received my answers," said Tian Yang.
Minutes later, the woman returned.
"Come with me. The Giant Emperor has summoned you," she said.
Tian Yang and Ren Xia followed her, while a group of giant guards trailed behind them, watching their every move to ensure they didn’t attempt anything suspicious.
They entered the palace shortly later and continued following the woman through the massive halls.
As they walked, one of the guards suddenly spoke, a hint of hesitation in his voice, "Your highness, that voice just now... was that..."
"Yes, it was my father. Surprising, wasn’t it?" she responded without stopping or looking back.
"Yes... I have never heard His Majesty laugh in such a manner before."
"Me neither." The woman turned to look at Tian Yang and continued, "Whether he’s laughing because he’s angry that another imposter showed up or he’s the real deal... I guess we’ll find out soon enough."
Tian Yang raised an eyebrow. "Do impostors show up often, claiming to be me? And how would they even know about my relationship with Kulas?"
She replied, "Plenty of humans come seeking an audience with the Giant Emperor. Sometimes, one of us accidentally mentions your name since we were all instructed to remember it, and those humans seize the chance, claiming to be you just to meet the Giant Emperor."
"How did it end?" Ren Xia asked, curiosity in her voice.
"Not well," the woman replied. "And not just for the humans who lied. The Giant Emperor was furious the first time it happened, and many suffered that day, giant or not. Since then, we’ve started requiring verification before we let anyone claiming to be Tian Yang meet the Giant Emperor."


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