The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

In an instant, the little conch's pink hair turned blue—a deep blue like the ocean.

"What are you doing! Let go of Eudora!"

Just then, a group of mermaids rushed over from a distance. They all glared angrily at Gu Ran, and the leader was Alice.

Her eyes were filled with resentment and anger as she looked at Gu Ran, devoid of any of the romance she once had.

The other mermaids were also hostile towards Gu Ran, clearly having heard Alice about Gu Ran's heinous act of murdering the elder.

Now, seeing the ruins belonging to their mermaid clan in ruins, and knowing that Gu Ran, this great villain, seemed to be doing something strange to Eudora, they were instantly enraged and launched an attack on Gu Ran.

A dozen water arrows were shot at Gu Ran, trying to force him to leave Eudora.

At this moment, the ruins were almost completely destroyed. Apart from the one where Gu Ran and the others were, all the other spaces were lost in the void.

The surging seawater poured down immediately, quickly filling the ruins.

The water arrows that were originally aimed at Gu Ran to deter him, fearing they might accidentally hurt the little conch, suddenly became erratic, with some even heading straight for the sleeping Eudora, causing the mermaids who rushed over to panic.

Gu Ran glanced at the mermaids indifferently, waved his hand to block the water arrows that were aimed at the little conch's body, and didn't care about the water arrows that were aimed at him.

Although his dantian was completely destroyed and he had lost all his spiritual power, these water arrows posed no threat to him due to his strong body.

Sure enough, when the water jets hit his arms and back, he barely felt anything, not even a tickle.

After seeing how Alice and the others treated him like an enemy, Gu Ran sighed and swam away with the surging seawater.

As for the little conch, he wasn't worried. Firstly, the mermaids would arrive and take her away soon. Secondly, with the protection of the Heart of the Ocean, the seawater couldn't harm the little conch in the slightest.

If he doesn't leave now, he'll only be drawing Alice and the others into a fight with him.

So Gu Ran temporarily retreated, but he didn't go far. After leaving Alice and the others' sight, he hid and observed them.

He was still worried; he wanted to see the little conch awaken.

Alice and the others, however, felt that although they had almost failed, the final result was still good. They had driven Gu Ran away and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They had already learned about Gu Ran's strength before, and they were still filled with fear.

They were afraid that Gu Ran would massacre them, but they couldn't just abandon Yudora.

Because the merfolk chieftain, Eudora's mother, was in the group. On the way, she kept saying that Eudora was the last hope of the merfolk, and that Eudora must not be harmed. Even if they all died, they must save Eudora.

Although they didn't quite understand the chieftain's words, they would still save Eudora out of consideration for their own kind.

Fortunately, everything is going relatively smoothly so far. Eudora has been found, and the villain Gu Ran has been driven away by them.

After the seawater filled the ruins, Gu Ran could no longer hear what Alice and the others were saying.

He only saw that when they first discovered that the little conch's hair had turned blue, they were startled, as if they thought they had found the wrong person. But then the little conch's mother showed extreme joy, as if she knew very well what this meant, especially after her gaze lingered on the necklace around the little conch's neck for a long time.

Gu Ran felt as if he were watching a pantomime. He could sense the emotions of the characters, but he himself was like an audience member, indifferent and devoid of emotion.

Gu Ran watched quietly as Alice and the others left the ruins with the little conch shell.

......

"Impossible...impossible...impossible." When Ariel saw Gu Ran personally put the Ocean Necklace on the little sea snail, and then the little sea snail's hair turned completely blue, she seemed to understand everything, but she still refused to believe it.

Suddenly, a crystal-clear drop fell to the ground.

Ariel paused, then wiped her eye with her finger.

Tears?

Why did I shed tears?

I clearly don't remember any of this. The pink mermaid in the screen is clearly not me. Why am I crying?

Ariel's hand unconsciously touched the Heart of the Ocean necklace on her chest.

What part of the soul's essence is sealed inside?

The other powerful humans also looked at each other in surprise.

The truth seems to be becoming clearer.

However, there are still many things they haven't figured out.

So at this point, they hadn't made much of a fuss yet, and were simply continuing to watch the screen.

Could it be that the Sea Queen really is... Gu Ran's first love, the tyrant's first love?

Lin Fan felt a little panicked. He never expected things to change so drastically. If he hadn't seen that Ariel hadn't changed her attitude like Gu Qingqing had and wanted to rescue Gu Ran immediately, he would definitely be at a loss right now.

However, the Sea Queen's silence gave him some time to consider the upcoming situation and how to deal with it.

......

within the light screen.

Gu Ran followed behind Alice and the others, as if reluctant to part with them, seeing them off, or perhaps escorting them.

Thanks to the conch necklace given to her by the small conch shell around her neck, Gu Ran can still move freely in the seawater for a long time.

It seems that apart from Grandmother Little Conch, the other mermaids could not locate Gu Ran by the necklace around his neck, so none of them noticed that Gu Ran was following behind him.

When Alice and the others successfully returned to the mermaid tribe's territory, Gu Ran silently stopped at a distance and watched quietly.

Although Gu Ran did not approach the merfolk, he could still faintly hear their indignant and abusive voices, all directed at him, thanks to his keen hearing.

Gu Ran didn't care about this. He simply found a secluded rock, sat on it, and looked up at the sky.

He recalled the process of meeting the little conch and eventually falling in love with each other, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

The little conch still didn't wake up in the following days.

Gu Ran waited and guarded on a reef on the outskirts of the merfolk territory.

During this time, he could faintly hear the little conch mother telling the sleeping little conch about the cruelty of the human named Gu Ran, cursing him angrily, completely forgetting that he had saved her and the other mermaids.

On the third day, the sleeping little conch finally woke up.

"That's wonderful! You're finally awake! There's hope for the revival of the mermaid race!" The little conch mother exclaimed, wiping away her tears of joy.

"The Merfolk race, there is hope for revival..." A hint of confusion appeared on the little conch's face.

However, the images and sounds that appeared in her mind soon made her understand her identity and the mission she was entrusted with.

"I am Ariel... the Queen of the Mermaids, and the Queen of the Seas..."

The little conch couldn't help but speak her mind, and at the same time, her expression turned serious, exuding authority.

The little conch mother was taken aback, then she shouted happily, "That's right, you are Ariel, the Mermaid Queen, and you will be Ariel, the Sea Queen!"

She was so happy she was almost going crazy. She didn't seem like a mother at all, but more like a fanatic. She was insane and kept shouting things like "The Mermaid Clan will be restored," "You are the Empress," and "We must kill Gu Ran, the great enemy of the Mermaid Clan."

All of these words were affirmed by the new "little conch"—"Ariel".

Gu Ran watched from afar, her expression slightly bitter.

He knew that she had ultimately lost that quality.

Originally, the fusion of relics always begins with the qualities that the soul cherishes most.

The quality that Little Conch cherishes most is clearly him, and the experience of falling in love with him.

Instead, the obsession with reviving the mermaid race and making her the queen of the sea race was strengthened.

However, the awakened little conch did not immediately become a top-tier expert; its strength remained roughly the same as before, making it a weakling.

It seems that because the inheritance of the ruins was not as formal as that of previous empresses, or perhaps it was a side effect of him forcibly binding the soul and body together using external means, in any case, although the little conch obtained the empress's will and the Heart of the Ocean necklace, it was still in a state of weakness.

Unwilling to give up, the little conch immediately went into seclusion, wanting to accelerate the growth of its strength.

The other mermaids eagerly awaited the revival of their race, but before they could witness that revival, they were faced with the crisis of extinction.

"A huge group of big creatures is swimming towards us!" a mermaid cried out in panic.

The "big guys" that the merfolk talk about usually refer to sea monsters or ferocious beasts. These are beings that they used to look up to but dared not offend, and they could only stay far away from them.

But now that their entire clan is here, how can they hide?

"They must be after the heritage of our mermaid race. We must not let them destroy the hope of the mermaid race's revival," the little conch mother said through gritted teeth.

Meanwhile, after the mermaid who brought the message swam back, Gu Ran glanced at the location of the mermaid clan and then swam towards the direction he sensed.

"It's been a few days since I last fought. I wonder how much of my original strength I have left?"

Gu Ran soon encountered those aggressive sea monsters and ferocious beasts swimming towards him.

Facing the tiny Gu Ran, most of the sea beasts and ferocious beasts didn't even notice him and charged straight at him.

Gu Ran patted his arms and thighs. He hadn't felt much before, but now he realized that after he shattered his golden core and destroyed his dantian, a huge amount of dissipated energy had filled his body, further strengthening it to its limit during the tempering process.

At this moment, he seemed to lack the methods he had used before in dealing with these big guys, but after Gu Ran thought about it for a moment, he had another idea.

Gu Ran sank directly into the sea, quickly smashed a reef that looked like a pillar reaching to the sky with his fist, and then swung this "giant stick" to its limit.

Soon, red appeared in the sea, and large areas of the sea were dyed red.

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Although he had lost his spiritual power, Gu Ran felt that he had entered a more mysterious realm.

This state of being doesn't make him stronger, but rather allows him to establish a direct connection with his surroundings.