Double

The Endless Abyss was like a hideous wound stretching across the boundary between reality and the unknown. This was the absolute domain of darkness, where ink-thick blackness spread unchecked, as if it meant to devour every last shred of light and hope. The laws of time and space had been mercilessly scrambled here, as though an invisible pair of mad hands were wantonly kneading them. Every inch of air brimmed with unknown terror and mysterious pressure. All common sense and understanding had lost their meaning here, and every being daring to enter this domain would be drawn into the endless vortex of its unfathomable darkness.

At this moment, Li Yang was deep inside a naturally formed castle.

This castle, located in the Dark World of the Endless Abyss, was like an ancient giant beast lying in wait, silently coiled within this chaotic domain.

The castle's outer walls were built from strange black boulders, each one unimaginably huge. Their surfaces were rough, yet they radiated a cold luster, as if silently recounting the vicissitudes and mysteries of time. The boulders fit tightly together, forming an indestructible barrier that cut off prying eyes and intrusion from outside, as though guarding some unknown secret.

The castle gates towered into the clouds, standing dozens of zhang high. Both doors were covered in intricate runes and bizarre patterns. The runes flickered with a faint, ghostly glow, dancing like will-o'-the-wisps. The patterns depicted all kinds of strange creatures and mysterious scenes. Some resembled ancient, solemn sacrificial rituals, while others seemed to portray the chaos of the universe at its birth, filled with the unknown and the mysterious. The gates were tightly shut, radiating a heavy pressure that kept all unwelcome guests at a thousand li's distance.

When he stepped into the castle, an old and rotten