Arc 10Su Qiao Returns to the Su Family

Su Qiao rejected Lin Feng, reunited with her father, and rescued Li Hanzheng after he secretly protected them. She began cultivating and testing her abilities, then confronted Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan at the city gates, leaving Su Yunyan convinced she had stolen an Ability Core.

  • Su Qiao rejected Lin Feng, reunited with her father, and learned how Lin Feng had tricked her into surrendering Su Man’s Ability Core before arranging her death.
  • Su Qiao defended Su Zhiyuan from Liu Xiaolian and her companions, revealed her enhanced strength, and promised her father she would find a better way to support them.
  • Three men sent by Su Yunyan tried to steal the Ability Core, and Li Hanzheng secretly killed them before collapsing from his worsening poison.
  • Su Qiao brought Li Hanzheng home, used energy from Su Man’s Ability Core and Spirit Spring water to save him, and discovered that the treatment had left him behaving like a child.
  • Su Qiao began cultivating, chose a Soft Sword, and left home to test her abilities outside the city, where she hunted two enormous mutated rabbits.
  • Su Qiao returned carrying the rabbits and challenged Su Yunyan’s claim that they were cousins as Long Xiaoyuan watched.
  • Su Yunyan attacked Su Qiao with Water Arrows, but Su Qiao dodged them and secretly struck back with nearly invisible Water Needles.
  • Su Yunyan realized Su Qiao had both Speed Mutation and Strength Mutation and suspected she had used an Ability Core.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted (1)

Su Qiao entered a new world in the middle of a marriage discussion with her boyfriend and his contemptuous mother. She learned that Huo Hanfeng was nearby as the world’s ultimate BOSS, with a dangerously high Darkening Value, but she did not take 444’s warning seriously.

  • Madam Lin insulted Su Qiao and warned her to behave and get a medical examination before marrying her son.
  • Su Qiao asked 444 what was happening, and it explained that the young man beside her was her boyfriend and they were discussing marriage.
  • 444 warned Su Qiao not to agree to the marriage because Huo Hanfeng was sitting in the back of the restaurant.
  • Su Qiao realized Huo Hanfeng had followed her into this world and felt happy to be near him.
  • 444 revealed that Huo Hanfeng’s Darkening Value was already 9/10 and still rising, but Su Qiao remained unconcerned.

Ch. 227Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (2)

Su Qiao met Lin Feng and Madam Lin, who tried to dictate how she should behave after marrying into the Lin Family. She rejected their contempt by eating freely and making the dishes unappealing to them.

  • Madam Lin warned Su Qiao not to bother her Ability User son and ordered her to cut ties with her relatives, especially her crippled father.
  • Su Qiao looked over Lin Feng, insulted the idea that he was precious, and began eating instead of answering him.
  • Madam Lin mocked Su Qiao's table manners, and Lin Feng told his mother to say less.
  • Su Qiao stirred every dish with her chopsticks, then picked at her ear and ran her fingers through her hair while insisting her hands were clean.

Ch. 228The Darkened Big Shot Is So Pure (3)

Su Qiao drove Madam Lin away by pretending to be unhygienic, then learned from 444 that Lin Feng was involved in the Original Avatar’s death. When Lin Feng returned to demand they settle their marriage, Su Qiao rejected him and insulted his appearance.

  • Su Qiao claimed she wiped her hands and other body parts with a dirty cloth, making Madam Lin and Lin Feng lose their appetite.
  • Madam Lin refused to accept Su Qiao as a daughter-in-law and stormed out, while Lin Feng chased after her.
  • Su Qiao asked 444 why it had not warned her that Lin Feng was a scumbag involved in the Original Avatar’s death.
  • Lin Feng returned and angrily asked Su Qiao why she had behaved that way when they had agreed to settle their marriage.
  • Su Qiao denied agreeing to marry him and mocked his appearance.

Ch. 229Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (4)

Su Qiao humiliated Lin Feng at a restaurant, rejected his threats, and left without agreeing to marry him. Li Hanzheng watched her go and became intrigued by her, while Su Qiao sensed something strange about the hazy sky.

  • Su Qiao mocked Lin Feng and held his wrist when he tried to slap her, surprising him with her strength.
  • Su Qiao told Lin Feng to pay the bill, then rejected his threats and said she would never marry him.
  • Li Hanzheng watched Su Qiao leave and imagined her in a pink, fluffy Princess dress, feeling his restlessness ease.
  • Li Hanzheng put on his black Baseball Cap and hurried after Su Qiao as his obsessive-compulsive disorder acted up.
  • Su Qiao looked at the gray, hazy sky after leaving the restaurant and felt that something was strange.

Ch. 230Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted (5)

After merging with Su Qiao’s memories, Su Qiao learned about the post-apocalyptic world and her life in North City’s slums. Her memories revealed that Lin Feng had deceived her into giving up her mother’s Ability Core and then left her to die, while the Great Demon King remained missing.

  • Su Qiao slipped into an empty alley and told 444 she needed to understand the situation before she could find the Great Demon King.
  • An unseen man watched Su Qiao quietly and counted her eyelashes as she stood with her eyes closed.
  • Su Qiao merged with her memories and learned that humanity had rebuilt its cities three hundred years after the zombie apocalypse.
  • Su Qiao’s memories showed that her mother, Su Man, had been a powerful Ability User, but the Su family cast Su Qiao and her father, Su Zhiyuan, out after Su Man died.
  • Su Qiao learned that Lin Feng had tricked her into surrendering her mother’s Ability Core, then lured her outside the city, where a mutant beast killed her.

Ch. 231The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (6)

Su Qiao learned that Su Yunyan wanted her mother's Ice Ability Core and was pursuing Long Xiaoyuan, her arranged fiancé. She returned to E Zone to check on her father and unexpectedly met Su Zhiyuan in the street.

  • 444 explained that Su Yunyan had targeted Su Qiao's mother's Ice Ability Core to try to awaken a second Ability.
  • Su Qiao learned that Long Xiaoyuan was the Long Family genius and her mother's prearranged match for Su Yunyan.
  • Su Qiao decided that she would eliminate Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan, then headed back to E Zone to check on her father.
  • A young man who had been following Su Qiao wondered whether helping her would make her try on a pink princess dress.
  • Su Qiao encountered Su Zhiyuan, who had just left work at the Lime Factory, and 444 identified him as her father.

Ch. 232Darkened Bigshot, So Pure (7)

Su Qiao received rabbit meat from her father and realized how much her past behavior had hurt him. When Liu Xiaolian and her friends mocked him, Su Qiao comforted him and faced their insults.

  • Su Qiao's Father brought her rabbit meat and cautiously explained that he had avoided the school entrance so her classmates would not see him.
  • Su Qiao learned from 444 that she had once refused to acknowledge her father because she was embarrassed by him.
  • Su Qiao reached out to stop her father from leaving, but Liu Xiaolian and her friends arrived and mocked him for being poor and shabby.
  • Su Qiao's Father anxiously insisted that the rabbit meat was clean and that he had paid for it.
  • Su Qiao reassured her father as Liu Xiaolian and the other girls continued insulting them.

Ch. 233Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (8)

Su Qiao confronted Liu Xiaolian and her three companions after they harassed her, revealing strength far beyond an ordinary person. As the fight escalated, 444 explained that an enhancement potion had boosted Su Qiao’s physical abilities and revealed she possessed a Mental Ability.

  • Li Hanzheng hesitated in the shadows, wondering whether he should step in to rescue Su Qiao.
  • Su Qiao sent Liu Xiaolian flying with one punch after Liu Xiaolian tried to hit her.
  • Liu Xiaolian ordered her three companions to attack, while Su Qiao’s Father urged Su Qiao to flee.
  • Su Qiao moved her Father behind her and faced the four attackers as watching students expected her to lose.
  • 444 told Su Qiao that an Intermediate Enhancement Potion had made her ten times stronger than an ordinary person.
  • 444 revealed that Su Qiao also possessed the mysterious Mental Ability.

Ch. 234Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (9)

Su Qiao defeated Liu Xiaolian and three other girls, revealing strength that shocked everyone who saw it. She left with Su Qiao's Father, who worried that the fight would bring trouble at school, but she reassured him.

  • Su Qiao swiftly knocked Liu Xiaolian and the three girls to the ground before a man in the shadows could intervene.
  • The onlookers began to suspect that Liu Xiaolian and the others had staged the attack, while the hidden man regretted missing his chance to act and admired Su Qiao's fighting.
  • Su Qiao left with Su Qiao's Father after mocking Liu Xiaolian, who threatened revenge and then hurried away to tell Su Yunduo about Su Qiao's strength.
  • The other girls feared that Su Qiao was a powerful Strength Mutant, and Liu Xiaolian questioned how that could be possible.
  • Su Qiao's Father worried that the girls would retaliate at school, but Su Qiao told him not to worry.

Ch. 235Darkened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (10)

Su Qiao reassured her father that she was fine, then ate the Mutated Beast Meat he had brought her. When she revealed that she had awakened a Strength Mutation, her father was overjoyed and relieved that she could better protect herself.

  • Su Qiao stopped her father from blaming himself and asked him about the meat he had brought.
  • Su Qiao's Father gave her warm rabbit meat and found her a place to sit and eat.
  • Su Qiao recognized the rabbit meat as Mutated Beast Meat and enjoyed it.
  • Su Qiao's Father asked whether she had awakened an ability after remembering her sudden strength.
  • Su Qiao told him she had become incredibly strong and hungry, and her father celebrated her Strength Mutation.

Ch. 236Blackened Big Shot, So Innocent (11)

Su Qiao learned how poor her family was and made sure her father ate some of the Mutated Beast Meat he had brought for her. As they headed home after dinner, Li Hanzheng secretly watched them and considered how to give Su Qiao some meat.

  • Su Qiao decided to keep her Mental Ability secret from her father until she understood it.
  • 444 told Su Qiao that her father had gone without meat for months while sending his earnings to support her schooling and living expenses.
  • Su Qiao insisted that her father eat some of the Mutated Beast Meat, and he was moved by her concern.
  • Li Hanzheng watched from the shadows and debated leaving a bag of Mutated Beast Meat jerky for Su Qiao without being seen.
  • Su Qiao sensed someone watching her, and Li Hanzheng used Teleportation to move farther away.
  • Su Qiao and her father finished their meal and headed home as it grew dark.

Ch. 237Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (12)

Su Qiao insisted that her father stop working at the Lime Factory, but three intermediate Ability Users ambushed them and demanded her mother's Ability Core. As the men threatened Su Qiao, her father threw himself in front of her and attacked them with his thermos.

  • Su Qiao told her father that the Lime Factory was harming his health and promised to find another way to earn money.
  • Her father refused to quit, but Su Qiao insisted that she had already learned everything at school and could support them.
  • Three men emerged from an alley and demanded that Su Qiao's father hand over his late wife's Ability Core.
  • 444 identified the men as intermediate Ability Users sent by Su Yunyan to steal the core.
  • The lead man threatened Su Qiao, and her father pulled her behind him and hurled his thermos at the attackers.

Ch. 238Blackened Bigshot, So Pure (13)

Su Qiao and her father were attacked by three men, but Li Hanzheng killed them before they could hurt anyone. Su Qiao sensed Li Hanzheng hiding nearby and offered to help with the Ability Rampage that his poisoned body had suffered.

  • The three men mocked Su Qiao's father and threatened Su Qiao, so she stepped in front of him to protect him.
  • Li Hanzheng secretly killed the three men with a swift attack, then hid nearby, afraid Su Qiao would fear him.
  • Li Hanzheng's overuse of his ability worsened the poison in his body, and Su Qiao went with her father to search for him.
  • 444 explained that Li Hanzheng could conceal himself with his Spatial Ability, and Su Qiao pinpointed his hiding place.
  • Su Qiao told Li Hanzheng she was a Mental Ability User and could help him, leaving her father confused about her claimed ability.

Ch. 239Darkened Overlord, So Pure-Hearted (14)

Su Qiao discovered that Li Hanzheng had been betrayed, abandoned by his family, and was suffering from a dangerous ability rampage. After he collapsed, she carried him home to treat him, where she and her father recognized signs of Ability Berserk Syndrome.

  • 444 explained that Li Hanzheng had been poisoned after his brothers betrayed him, lost control of his ability, and been rejected by his family.
  • Su Qiao told Li Hanzheng that she would cure him as repayment for saving her and her father.
  • Li Hanzheng appeared before Su Qiao and her father, then collapsed after a fit of coughing.
  • Su Qiao carried the unconscious Li Hanzheng home while her father followed with their thermos.
  • Su Qiao and her father examined Li Hanzheng at home, and Su Qiao's Father suspected he had Ability Berserk Syndrome.

Ch. 240Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (15)

Su Qiao learned about Ability Berserk Syndrome and heard how it had led her mother to take a fatal mission. Her father showed her her mother's Ability Core and began explaining her mother's remarkable past, leaving Su Qiao asking why her mother had chosen her.

  • Su Qiao's Father explained that Ability Berserk Syndrome afflicted high-tier Ability Users and had no known cure.
  • Su Qiao's Father revealed that Su Yunyan's mother had taken a dangerous mission to die after her ability began running wild.
  • Su Qiao clarified that she only wanted to see her mother's Ability Core, and her father handed her the blue crystal.
  • Su Qiao's Father described her mother as a gifted level-nine Ice Ability User known as the Ice Queen of North City.
  • Su Qiao asked why her mother had chosen her.

Ch. 241Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (16)

Su Qiao learned how her parents had chosen each other despite the Su family's opposition, then turned her attention to Li Hanzheng's critical condition. She used Spirit Spring water to ease his symptoms and considered using an Ability Core to help him break through to Level Ten.

  • Su Qiao's Father told her how he and Su Man grew close as childhood companions and how she chose him despite the family's objections.
  • Su Qiao reassured her father that Su Man alone could decide whether she had felt wronged, and he went to cook for his hungry daughter.
  • Su Qiao asked 444 about Li Hanzheng's condition and poured Spirit Spring water down his throat to reduce the effects of the toxins.
  • 444 suggested the Ability Core might help Li Hanzheng suppress the poison by aiding his breakthrough to Level Ten.
  • Su Qiao blamed the people who poisoned Li Hanzheng and resolved that they deserved to die.

Ch. 242The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (17)

Su Qiao used an Energy Converter and Spirit Spring water to transfer energy into Li Hanzheng, ending the turmoil in his body as he appeared to advance. After learning how Li Hanzheng had died in his previous life and brought the world to ruin, she resolved to remember Long Xiaoyuan.

  • Su Qiao bought an Energy Converter for 500 Points so she could extract energy from the Ability Core without damaging it.
  • Su Qiao transferred energy from the core into Li Hanzheng and fed him Spirit Spring water until a powerful surge erupted from his body.
  • Su Qiao retreated while Li Hanzheng's ability fluctuations settled, then saw that his body was recovering as he slept.
  • Su Qiao asked 444 about Li Hanzheng's previous life and learned that Long Xiaoyuan had hunted him for his Ability Core.
  • 444 told Su Qiao that Li Hanzheng had died by self-detonation, spreading upgraded Zombie Virus and plunging the world into chaos, and warned her not to anger him.
  • Su Qiao decided to remember Long Xiaoyuan.

Ch. 243The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (18)

Su Qiao learned that Li Hanzheng’s brain had been damaged by the virus, leaving him with the mind of a child, and decided she could not abandon him after he saved her family. Su Qiao’s Father agreed to keep him, though he worried that he would need to find another job to support them.

  • Su Qiao explained that she had used the Ability Core’s energy to save Li Hanzheng, and Su Qiao’s Father accepted that it had been used.
  • Su Qiao suspected that someone in the Su family had sent people to steal the Ability Core, and Su Qiao’s Father recalled how the family had exploited her mother.
  • Li Hanzheng woke up behaving like a child, clung to Su Qiao, and called her “Big Sister.”
  • 444 told Su Qiao that the virus had damaged Li Hanzheng’s brain and made him an idiot.
  • Su Qiao told her father she could not abandon Li Hanzheng, and Su Qiao’s Father agreed but said he would look for another job.

Ch. 244Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (19)

Su Qiao's Father let Li Hanzheng stay despite his resentment over the Ability Core, while Su Qiao looked after Li Hanzheng in his childlike state. The chapter ended with Su Qiao asking her father where he would sleep after he offered her his room.

  • Su Qiao warned her father that the Su family might come after the Ability Core again, and he worried they would try to take it back.
  • Li Hanzheng complained that he was hungry, so Su Qiao and her father fed him despite his enormous appetite.
  • Su Qiao took Li Hanzheng to the bedroom and tried to put him to sleep, while he insisted on staying with her.
  • Su Qiao's Father threatened to withhold meat and visits with Su Qiao unless Li Hanzheng went to sleep, and Li Hanzheng called him bad.
  • Su Qiao pulled her father out of the bedroom and learned he had prepared his room for her; she asked where he would sleep.

Ch. 245Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted (20)

Su Qiao learned about her Mental Ability, tested her cultivation, and chose a weapon to prepare for the dangerous world. She also heard 444’s suggestion for earning money by writing novels.

  • Su Qiao asked 444 about the energy in the air and learned that it could not identify it precisely.
  • Su Qiao studied information about Mental Ability and discovered she could sense things several kilometers away.
  • Su Qiao tried cultivating and found that her body could cultivate at an unusually fast speed.
  • Su Qiao chose a Soft Sword to buy as a weapon.
  • Su Qiao asked about ways to earn money, and 444 suggested that she register as an online author and write novels.

Ch. 246Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (21)

Su Qiao corrected 444’s apocalypse novel and cultivated overnight, reaching the third level before preparing to go outside the city. 444 proudly reported that its novel was becoming popular and claimed it would soon become a Minor Deity.

  • Su Qiao advised 444 to revise its novel’s cultivation method and explain how toxins in zombie cores could cause Ability Berserk Syndrome.
  • 444 published its apocalypse novel and pinned it to the top of the site, then watched readers click in throughout the night.
  • Su Qiao finished cultivating and discovered she had reached the third level after one night.
  • 444 excitedly told Su Qiao that it would soon become a Minor Deity, leaving her doubtful about what it meant.

Ch. 247Blackened Bigshot, So Pure (22)

Su Qiao left the city alone to gather mutated herbs and hunt young mutated beasts, ignoring the dangerous men who followed her. After demonstrating her martial arts, Internal Energy, and Mental Ability to 444, she began her search in the wilderness.

  • Su Qiao praised 444 for its popular novels, then packed her Soft Sword and a bag and left a note for Su Qiao's Father before slipping out of the house.
  • Su Qiao passed through the city gates alone, drawing suspicious looks from Ability Users and the attention of several ill-intentioned men.
  • 444 warned Su Qiao that men were following her, but she ignored them and sprinted toward a small forest.
  • Su Qiao demonstrated her Lightness Skill, used a leaf as a weapon, and controlled Silver Needles with her Mental Ability.
  • After testing her skills, Su Qiao stopped and began her search; 444 wondered what she had found.

Ch. 248The Darkened Big Shot, So Innocent (23)

Su Qiao hunted two mutated rabbits and returned to the city, where she encountered her cousin Su Yunyan, whom she had planned to target. Long Xiaoyuan approached as Su Yunyan questioned how Su Qiao had managed to hunt the rabbits.

  • Su Qiao dismissed 444’s suggestion to research the Ability Activation Agent and planned to deal with Su Yunyan.
  • Su Qiao used her Mental Ability to hunt two enormous mutated rabbits and hurried back toward the city.
  • The gatekeepers were astonished when Su Qiao returned carrying the rabbits, realizing she was a Strength Ability User.
  • Su Yunyan mocked Su Qiao and questioned whether someone had helped her hunt the rabbits.
  • Long Xiaoyuan approached Su Yunyan and asked who Su Qiao was.

Ch. 249Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (24)

Su Qiao confronted Su Yunyan after Su Yunyan exposed her family ties and the crowd mocked her as an abilityless outcast. Su Qiao deliberately provoked Su Yunyan, leaving 444 and Long Xiaoyuan wondering what she intended to do.

  • Su Yunyan told Long Xiaoyuan that Su Qiao was her cousin and the frail daughter of Su Man, whom her father had taken away from the Su Family.
  • The crowd recognized Long Xiaoyuan and mocked Su Qiao, while Su Qiao told Xiao Si to remember those who had gone too far.
  • Su Qiao ignored Long Xiaoyuan and challenged Su Yunyan’s claim that they were cousins, insulting her jealousy and character.
  • Su Yunyan privately suspected Su Qiao had used an Ability Core and threatened to take it from her.
  • 444 asked why Su Qiao had provoked Su Yunyan, and Su Qiao said he would understand soon as Long Xiaoyuan watched her in surprise.

Ch. 250Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (25)

Su Qiao defied Su Yunyan, who tried to cripple her, and secretly struck back with hidden Water Needles. Su Yunyan later realized Su Qiao had gained Speed Mutation and Strength Mutation, while Long Xiaoyuan remained unaware of her abilities.

  • Su Qiao insulted Su Yunyan, prompting Su Yunyan to threaten to teach her a lesson.
  • Su Yunyan fired Water Arrows at Su Qiao, who dodged them and secretly sent nearly invisible Water Needles into Su Yunyan.
  • Long Xiaoyuan suspected Su Qiao might have a hidden ability but dismissed the strange movement he had noticed.
  • Long Xiaoyuan comforted Su Yunyan and told her not to get angry over an irrelevant person.
  • In a secluded corner, Su Yunyan realized Su Qiao had both Speed Mutation and Strength Mutation and assumed she had used the Ability Core.
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