A breathtaking canvas of golden hues unfurled across the distant horizon, welcoming the world's awakening to a fresh day and the auspicious birth of a newborn divine entity. Time seemed to halt for a second as the majestic merman traced a graceful arc through the air, only to resume once again when he dived into the water.
Gu Luoxin clutched his chest, gasping for breath. Every fiber in his body was buzzing in excitement and his mind was blissfully blank. That ethereal and dazzling figure seemed to have been branded into his eyes and heart.
"Xiao Shen… becomes a merman?" he mumbled in a daze. Then as the realization sank in, he exclaimed again, louder this time, "Oh my God, Xiao Shen becomes a merman! Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen, he—" he turned to Jin Jiuchi, intending to share the euphoria, only to find the man with his head tilted up, both hands covering his face. Upon closer inspection, he was trembling as well. Gu Luoxin was taken aback. "Da Shen, what's wrong with you?!"
