The God Below the Waves
Ren Kisaragi was a marine biologist, a man bound by logic, curiosity, and the fragile illusions of humanity. One deep-sea expedition changed everything: an accident in the ocean’s uncharted trench should have ended him, but instead, it marked the beginning of something far older and far crueler.
He awakens in the crushing, lightless depths as a fragile squid—no longer human, no longer mortal, yet not fully beast. Alone in the Abyssal Realm, a world governed by ancient magic, unimaginable pressure, and the whispers of a sentient ocean, Ren’s body and mind are rewritten. Every kill, every consumed predator, every fragment of memory stolen fuels his evolution. The Abyss watches, hungry, patient, teaching him, testing him, bending him toward a purpose he cannot yet understand.
As centuries pass, Ren grows beyond the limits of human thought and flesh. He absorbs the instincts, knowledge, and powers of leviathans, mutates under crushing pressure, and learns the forbidden magics of civilizations lost to time. With each transformation, the line between man and monster blurs—and the whispers in his mind grow louder, questioning his humanity, his identity, and his very will.
But the Abyss is not merely a teacher. It hungers. It manipulates. And in its depths, nothing survives unchanged. Every predator hunted, every memory reclaimed, every fragment of power earned brings Ren closer to godhood—and madness.
Now, the ocean itself stirs. Surface explorers begin to notice anomalies, while the descendants of the Old Sea Race stir in ruins deep below. Ren must decide: to remain tethered to the humanity he has lost, or embrace the Abyss completely, becoming a god of darkness, evolution, and dominion.
In a world without light, where hunger teaches, fear guides, and evolution is the only law, only one question matters:
Will he survive the Abyss—or will the Abyss consume him?
