Gatekeeper of Ashes

Dong Zhao's first thought was: I'm not gone yet. Death shouldn't be like this. There is no darkness, no light, no judgment or peace. There is only a feeling that is infinitely diluted, like a drop of ink falling into a violent ocean, and it should disappear without a trace in an instant. But he still exists. In an incomprehensible way. He couldn't "feel" his body, no heartbeat, no breathing, no coldness or warmth. But he could "feel" the connection. Two strong, cold, and painful connections extended from both ends of his non-existent "spine", like invisible nails that nailed him into the void. One end is connected to a slowly rotating whirlpool composed of blue ashes - that is the last remaining information structure of the "Secret Code of Nether Ruins", which is wailing for self-annihilation. At the other end, there is a "door" connected. A huge, ancient, silent black stone door, engraved with the symbol he burned on his forehead before he died. The stone door opened slightly with a hair-like gap, and thick, dark golden "light" flowed out of the gap. And he was nailed between the two. It's not a bridge, it's a straight string, bearing the opposite tearing force from both sides. The ashes will pull him into complete annihilation. The door was about to suck him into the unknown behind the gap. In this tearing pain, Dong Zhao "awoke". Not waking up, but realizing the fact that one "exists".