Arc 12The Sacred Fruits and a New Beginning

Su Qiao won the Sacred Fruits, cured Li Hanzheng, and rescued her father from the Long Family before she and Li Hanzheng lived out their lives together. After Li Hanzheng died and Su Qiao moved to another plane, she awoke in her former body and trapped Lin Jiarou and her companions in a cave.

  • Su Qiao took the Sacred Fruits from the Golden Tiger’s home, won the competition with a level-seven Mutated Bear, and returned to find Long Xiaoyuan and Su Yunyan waiting for her.
  • Long Xiaoyuan pursued Li Hanzheng over the Sacred Fruits, but Su Qiao enlisted Gu Changqing’s Research Institute and persuaded Li Hanzheng to return with her for treatment.
  • Su Qiao cured Li Hanzheng’s poison, while her father awakened an Ice Ability and Gu Changqing received her Cultivation Method and medicinal formula.
  • Long Xiaoyuan’s group captured Su Qiao’s father, so Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng stormed the Long Family villa and defeated the gathered fighters.
  • Su Yunyan destroyed Long Xiaoyuan’s Ability Core and poisoned him, while Su Qiao treated her father and the Long and Su Families fell from power.
  • Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng stayed together for the rest of their lives, but after Su Qiao died, Li Hanzheng spent years searching for a place to rest beside her.
  • Su Qiao moved to another plane, malfunctioning 444 left her in darkness, and she awoke in her former body after Lin Jiarou had taken her Storage Bag.
  • Su Qiao discovered a hidden space and medicine in a white box, then revealed that she had poisoned Lin Jiarou and the other disciples, who turned against Lin Jiarou when they could no longer use spiritual power.
Chapters 276–300 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 276Blackened Bigshot, So Pure (51)

Li Hanzheng spent the night beside Su Qiao, struggling with his feelings while she slept. At dawn, he quietly returned to his room, and 444 woke Su Qiao to tease her about his reaction.

  • Su Qiao gave Li Hanzheng a towel blanket and told him to sleep on the floor if he had bad sleeping habits, but he lay stiffly beside her on the bed.
  • Li Hanzheng watched Su Qiao sleep and thought about how he had noticed her unusual abilities but did not care about them.
  • Su Qiao hugged Li Hanzheng in her sleep, and he stayed awake all night, unsure whether her actions were intentional.
  • At dawn, Li Hanzheng carefully moved Su Qiao's limbs away and returned to his room, where he collapsed onto the bed.
  • 444 laughed about Li Hanzheng's behavior and called for Su Qiao to wake up, but she complained about the noise.

Ch. 277The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (52)

Su Qiao joined the D Zone contestants before the wilderness finals and confronted a red-haired B Zone student who had been insulting them. The finals had not yet begun, and Red Hair threatened to make her kneel once the competition started.

  • B Zone students mocked the D Zone contestants, while the A Zone students ignored them.
  • Red Hair shoved at a D Zone boy, and the others held the boy back to avoid trouble before the finals.
  • Su Qiao arrived, and the D Zone contestants felt relieved to have her support.
  • Su Qiao tricked Red Hair into calling himself trash, then insulted his appearance.
  • Red Hair threatened to make Su Qiao kneel and lick his shoes during the competition.

Ch. 278Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (53)

Su Qiao mocked Red Hair and Liu Zhiming after they threatened her, then entered the competition alone. When Liu Zhiming’s group caught up and tried to capture her, Su Qiao attacked them with her Mental Ability.

  • Su Qiao mocked Red Hair as he left, then confronted Liu Zhiming, who blamed her for injuring Su Yunduo and threatened her.
  • Su Qiao left the D Zone team alone when the competition began, while the other students hoped to avoid the stronger teams.
  • 444 warned Su Qiao that Red Hair’s and Liu Zhiming’s teams were catching up in the forest.
  • Liu Zhiming ordered his four men to capture Su Qiao and offered them ten level-two Mutated Beast Cores as a reward.
  • Su Qiao unleashed her Mental Ability on Liu Zhiming’s five men, causing them severe pain.

Ch. 279Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (54)

Su Qiao defeated Liu Zhiming’s group with her mental ability, then found Li Hanzheng had attacked another group despite her warning. She told him to leave and watch over her father, and after they kissed, she continued toward the people from A Zone.

  • Su Qiao killed Liu Zhiming and his teammates with a mental attack, while Red Hair and his companions fled.
  • 444 alerted Su Qiao that Li Hanzheng had used his ability, and she found him beside the remains of his victims.
  • Su Qiao scolded Li Hanzheng for using his ability and told him to return to protect her father from Su Yunyan.
  • Li Hanzheng kissed Su Qiao’s cheek, and she kissed him on the lips before telling him to leave.

Ch. 280Blackened Big Shot, So Innocent (55)

Su Qiao parted from Li Hanzheng and rushed to find the Sacred Fruit Tree, which could help cure his poison and restore her father's ability. She followed the students from A Zone toward West Mountain, then used 444's scan to locate a powerful Mutated Beast farther east.

  • Li Hanzheng blushed with joy after Su Qiao kissed him, then agreed to protect her father while she left to pursue something important.
  • Su Qiao used Lightness Skill to leave, and Li Hanzheng used Teleportation to return to Su Qiao's Father.
  • 444 told Su Qiao that the people from A Zone were heading to the foot of West Mountain, where Long Xiaoyuan and Su Yunyan had gone in the previous life.
  • Su Qiao overtook the A Zone students and asked 444 to scan for the strongest Mutated Beasts or Mutated Plants.
  • 444 directed Su Qiao east for seven or eight li, toward the forest's strongest Mutated Beast.

Ch. 281The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (56)

Su Qiao traded Spirit Spring water with a Mutated Golden Tiger guarding the Sacred Fruit Tree and won its trust. The tiger shrank to puppy size and followed her, while Su Qiao prepared to pick the fruit and leave before others arrived.

  • Su Qiao recognized the high-tier ninth-level Mutated Golden Tiger as resembling her childhood companion, Little Gold Tiger, and decided not to kill it.
  • Su Qiao offered the tiger Spirit Spring water in exchange for the fruit and warned that powerful Ability Users would soon come for its home.
  • After drinking the water, the Golden Tiger approached Su Qiao and licked her face, showing it wanted to follow her.
  • Su Qiao refused because the tiger was too large, so it shrank to puppy size and let her pick it up.
  • Su Qiao decided to gather the fruit and leave quickly.

Ch. 282Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (57)

Su Qiao picked all the Sacred Fruits and stored them before leaving with Little Gold. Long Xiaoyuan’s group arrived too late, blamed Li Hanzheng for taking the fruits, and set out to find him; on the way back, Long Xiaoyuan found a heap of severed limbs.

  • Su Qiao used her Lightness Skill to pick every Sacred Fruit, stored them in the Spatial Grid, and left with Little Gold.
  • Long Xiaoyuan and the Long Family arrived at the bare Sacred Fruit Tree and realized another person had taken the fruits.
  • Long Xiaoyuan suspected Li Hanzheng had defeated the level-nine Beast King and taken the Sacred Fruits, while the others debated whether he was still alive.
  • Long Xiaoyuan planned to use the group’s resentment to help eliminate Li Hanzheng, regardless of whether they recovered the fruits.
  • Long Xiaoyuan spotted a heap of limbs behind a mound and smiled faintly.

Ch. 283Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted

Su Qiao won the student competition after casually hunting a level-seven Mutated Bear, then returned home to find Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan waiting with a group of people. She taunted Su Yunyan about her weakened ability while suspecting the visitors were looking for Li Hanzheng.

  • Long Xiaoyuan and the others confirmed that Li Hanzheng had raided the holy-fruit site, but Long Xiaoyuan believed he had already left.
  • Su Qiao hunted a level-seven Mutated Bear and won first place in the competition, earning a B Zone pass, ten level-six Mutated Beast Cores, and two bottles of ability-replenishing potion.
  • Su Qiao carried the bear home and noticed a crowd gathered outside her apartment; 444 identified Long Xiaoyuan, Su Yunyan, and their companions.
  • Su Qiao checked that her father and Li Hanzheng were not home, then asked the visitors what they wanted.
  • Su Qiao mocked Su Yunyan for having regressed to level three and being unable to circulate her ability.

Ch. 284A Darkened Tycoon, So Pure-Hearted (59)

Su Yunyan accused Su Qiao of ordering Li Hanzheng to destroy her Ability Team, while Long Xiaoyuan claimed they had come to take Li Hanzheng for questioning. Su Qiao recognized their interest in Li Hanzheng’s Ability Core and rejected their accusations.

  • Su Qiao threatened to hand Li Hanzheng over to powerful Ability Users, enraging Su Yunyan.
  • Long Xiaoyuan rebuked Su Yunyan and politely asked Su Qiao for help.
  • Su Qiao mocked Long Xiaoyuan’s request, suspecting he wanted Li Hanzheng’s Ability Core.
  • Long Xiaoyuan said Li Hanzheng had gone berserk, killed Ability Users and civilians, and needed to be taken in.
  • Su Yunyan accused Su Qiao of having Li Hanzheng wipe out her Ability Team, and Su Qiao challenged her account.

Ch. 285Blackened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (60)

Su Qiao confronted Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan, refusing to reveal Li Hanzheng’s whereabouts or submit to their threats. As the Ability Users prepared to attack her, Little Jin emerged from her bag, and they recognized him as a powerful high-level Mutated Beast.

  • Su Qiao accused Su Yunyan of plotting against her and her family, then denied responsibility for the Su family Ability Team’s deaths.
  • Long Xiaoyuan demanded that Su Qiao reveal where Li Hanzheng was hiding and threatened to subdue her if she refused.
  • Su Yunyan and the Ability Users urged Long Xiaoyuan to seize or cripple Su Qiao, but Su Qiao declared she could handle them herself.
  • Little Jin poked his head out of Su Qiao’s bag and roared at the Ability Users.
  • The Ability Users recognized Little Jin as a golden tiger whose strength seemed to exceed Level Nine, and they became wary.

Ch. 286Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (61)

Su Qiao faced Long Xiaoyuan’s group with the Little Gold Tiger, but Li Hanzheng appeared to confront them. He struck Su Yunyan down after she confronted him, while Su Qiao remained worried that using his ability could worsen the virus in his body.

  • Long Xiaoyuan recognized the Little Gold Tiger as a Tier 9 Beast King and assumed Li Hanzheng had given it to Su Qiao.
  • Su Qiao urged Little Gold to attack the Ability Users, and the tiger grew into its enormous Beast King form, frightening them.
  • Li Hanzheng appeared, and Su Qiao pulled him behind her while worrying that using his ability could trigger the virus in his body.
  • Li Hanzheng told Su Qiao that her father was fine and would return soon.
  • Su Yunyan confronted Li Hanzheng, who struck her with a powerful force and sent her crashing to the ground.
  • Su Yunyan, injured and afraid, looked to Long Xiaoyuan for help.

Ch. 287Darkened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (62)

Li Hanzheng confronted Long Xiaoyuan and the ninth-level Ability Users over their attempt to seize the holy fruits, then fled as they pursued him. Su Qiao chased after them and stopped a Guard Patrol group at the city gate, asking whether they came from the Research Institute.

  • Li Hanzheng accused Long Xiaoyuan's Long Family of trying to dominate North City and the Four Major Cities, and said Long Xiaoyuan had drugged him and bought off his subordinates.
  • Long Xiaoyuan accused Li Hanzheng of taking all the holy fruits from West Mountain, while three ninth-level Ability Users demanded the fruits for themselves.
  • Li Hanzheng mocked the group, glanced at Su Qiao, and vanished with his Spatial Ability as Long Xiaoyuan led the others after him.
  • Su Qiao pursued Li Hanzheng with 444 tracking his Soul Fluctuation, worried that the poison might flare up as he used his ability.
  • At the city gate, Su Qiao stopped a Guard Patrol captain and asked whether his group was from the Research Institute, then pointed out Long Xiaoyuan and his pursuers.

Ch. 288Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted (63)

Su Qiao bargained with the Research Institute to hold off Long Xiaoyuan’s group, then caught up with Li Hanzheng and confronted him as he tried to end their relationship. Li Hanzheng insisted they were strangers and pushed her away, while Su Qiao recognized that he feared bringing danger down on her.

  • Su Qiao offered the Research Institute the Cultivation Method and toxin-purging formula in exchange for help holding off Long Xiaoyuan’s pursuers.
  • Gu Changqing accepted Su Qiao’s offer and sent his people to work, while Biaozi questioned whether he should trust her.
  • Su Qiao used Xiao Si’s location tracking to catch up with Li Hanzheng.
  • Li Hanzheng told Su Qiao to return and said they should stop seeing each other, claiming his earlier help had repaid what she had done for him.
  • Su Qiao understood that Li Hanzheng was trying to protect her from Long Xiaoyuan and his own troubles, but Li Hanzheng denied their closeness and said he had no time to waste.

Ch. 289The Corrupted Big Shot Is So Pure-Hearted (64)

Su Qiao convinced Li Hanzheng to return with her by promising she had found a treatment for the poison in his body. He agreed and led her to a hidden courtyard where her father was staying.

  • Li Hanzheng caught Su Qiao after he flung her away, then apologized when she pretended to be badly hurt.
  • Li Hanzheng revealed that the poison might make him lose control, but Su Qiao said she had found a treatment using holy fruits and other ingredients.
  • Su Qiao gave Li Hanzheng the choice of returning with her willingly or being knocked out and carried back, and he agreed to go with her.
  • Li Hanzheng revealed that he had bought a small courtyard under another identity, where Su Qiao's father was staying, and led her there.

Ch. 290Blackened Bigshot, So Pure (65)

Su Qiao reunited with her father, showed him her competition rewards, and introduced him to the Little Gold Tiger, which had brought back a giant bear. After preparing medicine that removed Li Hanzheng's poison and eased the pain in his abilities, she told him he was free to leave, leaving him unsure whether he could stay.

  • Su Qiao reassured her anxious father and showed him the Mutated Beast Core and B Zone pass she had won.
  • Su Qiao's Father was startled by the Little Gold Tiger, but Su Qiao calmed him and the tiger shrank down after she scolded it for frightening him.
  • Su Qiao and her father welcomed the bear that Little Gold had brought back, and the three people and one beast ate the roasted meat that night.
  • Su Qiao finished preparing medicine late at night, and Li Hanzheng found that his ability flowed freely and no longer caused pain.
  • Li Hanzheng nervously asked Su Qiao if he could stay, but she told him that he could go wherever he wanted now that his poison was gone.

Ch. 291Heavily Darkened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (66)

Li Hanzheng pretended to be ill and pleaded with Su Qiao to let him stay, while Su Qiao's Father revealed that he had awakened an Ice Ability like Su Man's. The next day, Gu Changqing, director of the Research Institute, arrived at school to meet Su Qiao.

  • Li Hanzheng pretended that he was still suffering from poison and begged Su Qiao not to send him away, promising to follow her from then on.
  • Su Qiao reassured Li Hanzheng that she was not sending him away.
  • Su Qiao's Father rushed in and told Su Qiao that he had awakened an Ice Ability like Su Man's.
  • Su Qiao comforted Su Qiao's Father, while Li Hanzheng quietly brought him water and a towel.
  • Gu Changqing arrived at the school and introduced himself to Su Qiao as the director of the Research Institute.

Ch. 292Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (67)

Su Qiao gave Gu Changqing a Cultivation Method and a medicinal formula for treating Ability Users, then left after warning him not to seek her out again. Gu Changqing recognized her importance, ordered an investigation into the Research Institute’s compromised affairs, and revealed that the Mutated Golden Tiger in E Zone was probably her pet.

  • Su Qiao handed Gu Changqing the Cultivation Method and medicinal formula, and dismissed Liu Dong’s doubts by telling him to test them.
  • Su Qiao told Gu Changqing not to look for her again, while he warned Liu Dong to respect her and said the Research Institute might need her help.
  • Gu Changqing said Li Hanzheng had likely reached Level 10 and suspected Su Qiao had cured his Nameless Virus.
  • Gu Changqing ordered Liu Dong to investigate how the laboratory’s poison had leaked and to cut off the Long Family’s influence in the Research Institute.
  • Gu Changqing told the others not to capture the Mutated Golden Tiger in E Zone because it was likely Su Qiao’s pet.

Ch. 293Blackened Big Shot, So Pure (68)

Su Qiao gave Gu Changqing a Cultivation Method and formula that could prevent ability rampages, then gave Li Hanzheng an improved method. When Long Xiaoyuan's people captured her father, Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng rushed to the Long Family villa, where Long Xiaoyuan was waiting for them.

  • Su Qiao left the school after handing Gu Changqing the Cultivation Method and formula, then gave Li Hanzheng an improved version for himself.
  • Li Hanzheng promised to protect Su Qiao, and she warned him not to trust people too easily.
  • The next day, Su Qiao learned that Long Xiaoyuan's group had captured her father while he was packing at their old house.
  • Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng hurried to the Long Family villa in A Zone, where Long Xiaoyuan confronted them on the Training Ground.
  • Su Qiao rejected Long Xiaoyuan's attempt to justify himself as 444 searched for her father.

Ch. 294Blackened Bigshot, So Pure-Hearted (69)

Su Qiao subdued Long Xiaoyuan, exposed her role in Su Yunyan’s loss of ability, and found her injured father in the Long Family’s underground room. Her father urged her to flee because the Long and Su families had brought several Tier 9 Ability Users.

  • Su Qiao overwhelmed Long Xiaoyuan with her Mental Ability and revealed that she had concealed it from him at the city gate.
  • Su Yunyan accused Su Qiao of poisoning her, and Su Qiao admitted it before Li Hanzheng sent Su Yunyan flying.
  • Little Four located Su Qiao's Father, and Su Qiao went to the Long Family’s Underground Room to rescue him.
  • Su Qiao found her injured father, who urged her to leave because the enemy group included six or seven Tier 9 Ability Users.

Ch. 295Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (70)

Su Qiao avenged her injured father by destroying the Long and Su Family fighters, then punished Su Yunyan for her role in his injuries. She left Long Xiaoyuan alive and paralyzed as the sole surviving family member besides escaped servants.

  • Long Xiaoyuan's father arrived with reinforcements, and Su Qiao vowed to kill everyone who had hurt her father.
  • Li Hanzheng teleported Su Qiao's Father out of danger while Su Qiao attacked the gathered Ability Users.
  • Su Qiao killed nearly all the Long and Su Family fighters, and Li Hanzheng defeated the remaining ninth-level Ability Users.
  • Su Yunyan begged Su Qiao to spare her, but Su Qiao accused her of ordering the torture of Su Qiao's Father.
  • Su Qiao broke Su Yunyan's left leg and pierced her left eye with a Silver Needle, while Long Xiaoyuan watched in fear.

Ch. 296The Darkened Big Shot, So Pure (71)

Su Qiao saved her father after defeating Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan, while the Long Family and Su Family fell into ruin. Years later, Su Qiao's father returned home to find her cooking while Li Hanzheng peeled fruit on the sofa, and he angrily accused him of making his daughter work.

  • Su Yunyan used her Mental Ability to destroy Long Xiaoyuan's Ability Core and poisoned him, blocking his meridians.
  • Su Qiao's Father told Su Qiao to care for herself and suggested Li Hanzheng was reliable, while Li Hanzheng promised he would not give her a chance to find someone better.
  • Su Qiao treated her father's injuries with medicine made from the Sacred Fruit, and he eventually recovered.
  • The Long Family disappeared from North City, while the ruined Su Family was driven into D Zone; Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan ended up in poverty and tormented each other with daily fights.
  • Su Qiao stopped visiting Su Yunyan and Long Xiaoyuan, while Su Qiao's Father later returned home and scolded Li Hanzheng for letting Su Qiao cook.

Ch. 297Darkened Big Shot, So Pure-Hearted (72)

Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng became powerful and widely admired figures, spending their long lives together without having children. After Su Qiao died first, Li Hanzheng concealed her body and carried her to a secret resting place where he could remain beside her.

  • Su Qiao's Father visited her and Li Hanzheng, and she took his basket of vegetables while urging him to move in with them.
  • The chapter recounted how Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng rose to prominence, lived to one hundred and eighty, and remained together despite having no children.
  • Su Qiao devoted her life to researching Mutated Plants, while Li Hanzheng accompanied her around the world.
  • Su Qiao died first, and Li Hanzheng silently wished for another chance to meet her and grow old together.
  • Li Hanzheng covered Su Qiao with a coat, carried her to his vehicle, and left the base at night to protect her body.
  • After five years of searching, Li Hanzheng had found a secret resting place where he intended to accompany Su Qiao in eternal sleep.

Ch. 298Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, A Little Sweet (1)

Su Qiao woke in the past after being betrayed and killed by Nie Feng, learning that he had treated her as a substitute for her reborn elder sister, Su Lanqing. Injured and hunted by Lin Jiarou and the others, she found a mysterious white box in her hands.

  • Su Qiao left for the next plane and asked 444 to locate the man she had parted from, but 444 malfunctioned as she fell into darkness.
  • Lin Jiarou led five companions through a bamboo forest to find and kill the injured Su Qiao before she could escape.
  • Su Qiao awoke in a cave wearing her Spirit Abyss Sect robe and realized she had returned to the time before her death.
  • Su Qiao recalled how Nie Feng had shattered her sea of consciousness to help Su Lanqing seize her body, and regretted trusting him.
  • Su Qiao discovered that Lin Jiarou had taken her Storage Bag, then a white box suddenly appeared in her hands.

Ch. 299Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, a Little Sweet (2)

Su Qiao discovered a Spatial Artifact filled with medicines and Spiritual Liquid, then used medicine to recover from her injuries. Lin Jiarou and five others found her in a Stone Cave, where Su Qiao faced them down despite being outnumbered.

  • Su Qiao found a peculiar alternate space in her sea of consciousness containing a jade bathtub full of Spiritual Liquid and a case of medicines.
  • Su Qiao swallowed medicine for internal injuries and felt much better within moments.
  • Lin Jiarou led five others into the Stone Cave and confronted Su Qiao.
  • Su Qiao warned them that they should run, and the others feared she had sent a voice transmission to Peak Master Nie.
  • Lin Jiarou assured the group that the secret realm blocked voice transmissions and declared that Su Qiao would not escape.

Ch. 300Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, a Little Sweet (3)

Su Qiao poisoned Lin Jiarou and the five disciples accompanying her, leaving them unable to use spiritual power and at her mercy. As the group begged for their lives and blamed Lin Jiarou, Su Qiao learned that Lin Jiarou had arranged to bully and kill her out of jealousy over Uncle-Master Nie.

  • Lin Jiarou ordered the six disciples to attack Su Qiao, but Su Qiao warned them that they were suffering pain in their Dantians.
  • The six disciples discovered they could no longer circulate spiritual power, and Su Qiao revealed that her cave trap had poisoned them.
  • Lin Jiarou demanded the antidote and threatened Su Qiao with punishment, but Su Qiao pointed out that no one could send a message from the secret realm.
  • Liu Jun begged Su Qiao to spare him, and the others soon followed.
  • The disciples blamed Lin Jiarou for plotting against Su Qiao because she liked Uncle-Master Nie and had used her status to make them obey.
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