Into the Shadow’s Grasp

The water around Daniel pulsed with a strange, heavy rhythm as he drifted slowly away from the rift's edge. Every inch he swam upward was a battle against an unseen force—a pressure that seemed to come not only from the crushing depths below but also from the mysterious unknown above. The abyss was no longer a distant threat; it had marked him, changed him in ways he was only beginning to understand.

His bioluminescent scales flickered erratically, each pulse mirroring the turmoil in his soul. The memory of the entity's haunting words—"You are not ready. But you will return."—still echoed in his mind like a dirge. His internal system, ever vigilant, had recorded the transformation with its final, cryptic notification:

[New Evolutionary Path Unlocked: Abyssborne Form]