Ding!
[Injecting Abyssal Energy into the Door]
Whuuummmm..... whooooshhh...
At a strong force, something burst out of his body. It was dark and ominous.
"So this is called Abyssal energy." The system had told him he needed to inject Abyssal energy, and now this dark mana was flowing out of him. Thus, he was certain—this was the Abyssal energy.
But the question was, why was this dark and ominous energy coming out of his body?
Crack!
Right at that moment, cracks began appearing on the door. The door consumed a lot of his Abyssal energy and was on the brink of destruction.
Just then,
Boom!
With a loud explosion, Gray was thrown back onto the floor. The door was completely shattered, revealing a room. Meanwhile, a surge of ominous dark energy, similar to Abyssal energy, rushed out of the room.
Whoooos
Gray closed his eyes in surprise, but the dark energy rushed toward him and engulfed him.
Ding'
[Absorbing Abyssal energy]
Gray then felt ants crawling all over his body. He felt uneasy and rubbed his body. But to his surprise, there were no ants; it was the Drak energy slowly entering his body.
After some time, the smoky dark energy was completely absorbed by him, and he could see again.
In his view, he saw the room from which the Abyssal energy had rushed out. It was lit by a white crystal that felt like ice.
Gray stood up and approached the room. The room's temperature was chilling, and inside the room was an altar where a dark ball—specifically something similar to a black hole—was spinning.
"What is this??" Gray was nervous but approached it anyway.
Just as he came close to the black-hole like ball, his chest burst open.
Gskkkk
He looked down and saw his chest wide open in the middle, but unexpectedly, no blood was coming out.
Then, He saw something even more surprising: a black blade was slowly emerging from his chest. Moreover, he recognised it instantly.
"This sword!!"
Ding'
[The Sunless sword is manifesting]
* * *
In Gray's previous life, after he was castrated, someone approached him and told him that his manhood could regrow if he found the immortality potion.
Thus, he embarked on a journey to achieve immortality. But that immortality potion was just a legend and searching for it alone wasn't effective.
So, he joined the Imperial family as a eunuch and began gathering information and manpower. In the process, he gained the Emperor's favor with his knowledge of the modern world and eventually rose to the position of Chief Eunuch.
Even though he was just the Chief Eunuch, in reality he held more power than the Emperor himself. Using that power, he searched for immortality like a madman.
After searching for nearly forty years, he finally found an immortality potion. And with it, he also found a black blade. More precisely, it was a demonic sword that could kill even an immortal being. And there was also a tombstone describing how he could die after being an immortal being.
Anyway, he took the immortality potion and became an immortal being. But unfortunately, his manhood didn't grow.
In the end, his life was just a useless race to nothingness.
Depressed, he tried to kill himself, but because of immortality he couldn't die. Thus, he arranged a ritual instructed by that tombstone and told the Court Guardian to pierce his heart with the black blade.
But rather than dying, the sword was absorbed into him, and he found himself in Gray's body.
* * *
Ding'
[The Sunless Sword is manifesting]
"!!!!!!" His eyes went wide in shock as he recognized the dark blade. 'This is the same blade!!'
There was no mistake, it was undoubtedly the black blade Gray had found in his previous life.
But why was it coming out of his chest, and why now? Why was it reacting to the Abyssal energy?
Gray's mind became filled with questions.
Meanwhile, the black blade completely came out of his chest, and his chest quickly closed as if nothing had happened.
Skkkr
The black blade then rushed into the black hole like vortex and collided with heavy force.
Vrmmm
After that, the black blade was absorbed into the black hole, and it shook violently as if it would burst at any moment.
Gray realized it would explode, so he tried to run, but before he could even turn the black hole exploded.
Vrrrrrrrm booom!
Gray got caught in the explosion and instantly lost consciousness.
* * *
After gaining consciousness Gray looked around, confused, "Where am I?"
He was standing on a mirror-like water surface, and the sky above him resembled outer space—starry, with small stars scattered across it.
The sky was as dark as night, while the water surface glowed like daylight. It was truly otherworldly. The space was also vast, there was no end.
Gray was captivated and confused at the same time.
Just a moment ago, he was in the isolation chamber and the dark blade had collided with the black hole like vortex, causing an explosion. But the next moment, when he opened his eyes, he found himself here
"Where am i?" Gray murmured.
Just then, a voice rang in his ear from behind
"Welcome to my realm."
Gray flinched and turned around.
He saw a person wearing luxurious clothes walking toward him. He had crimson eyes and crimson hair, and on his head was a godly crown.
He looked so majestic that Gray was momentarily dazed.
Just then, Gray noticed that an ominous dark energy was seeping out of him. It was similar to the Abyssal energy he had injected at the door.
Though faint, it was undoubtedly Abyssal energy.
Confused, Gray asked in a low voice, "…Who are you?"
The Crimson-haired man stopped in front of him and smiled gently as he spoke,
"You don't have to be so on edge.... I'm also from the modern world"
"What…" Gray was momentarily puzzled. "by modern world do you mean…?"
"Yes, I came from Earth… the 21st century."