I Rule the Cultivation World by Collecting Trash

Nan Sining had just won the National Science and Technology Progress Award thanks to her garbage recycling System when she transmigrated into a cultivation world. When she opened her eyes, her senior sister was dragging her along as they fled for their lives. The good news was that although the original owner had been a mindless fool with a mixed five-element spiritual root, she was the heroine of a good-for-nothing cultivation novel. This adventure in a secret realm was the turning point where she would defy the odds. Her strength would rapidly improve, she would rise up and face-slap her enemies, become a powerhouse in the cultivation world, and ascend as a Sword Immortal. The bad news was that a female supporting character who had transmigrated into a book had arrived and would steal all the original owner's opportunities and treasures. Next, eldest senior sister would die protecting her; second senior brother would have his dantian and meridians completely ruined and become unable to cultivate; third senior brother would lose his life while seeking revenge; and fourth senior brother would fall for the female supporting character and betray the sect to help her exploit the original owner. This would drive seventh senior sister, who loved him, into a cultivation deviation. She would fall to the demonic path, become a target of the righteous sects, and bring shame upon their sect... Even her master, who had always doted on her, would have his soul scattered, never to gather again and be reborn. Worse still, the female supporting character already knew even better than she did where all the treasures and opportunities were. Nan Sining: Oh, really...? I've never met anyone who could take my things! The treasures are mine, the opportunities are mine, and garbage is an opportunity and treasure too! I've got the advantage! * Eldest senior sister clutched her chest and spat out a mouthful of blood. The spiritual energy in her body could no longer circulate, and she felt she didn't have long to live. She took Nan Sining's hand and spoke her final words. "Little Ninth, your eldest senior sister is going to die. From now on, you must be good and listen, and cultivate well... Cough, cough..." Nan Sining took out a little pill furnace with a broken leg. Following the System's instructions, she picked some common spiritual herbs nearby and stuffed them into the furnace. When she lifted the lid, spiritual energy swirled out, carrying a rich fragrance, and the shadow of a dragon flickered into view! Eldest senior sister, after eating the supreme-grade spirit pill: I broke through?! Second senior brother lay half-dead on the ground and handed Nan Sining his mustard seed pouch. "Junior Sister Ninth, these are all my belongings. There are a few Rejuvenation Pills inside. Remember to use them at a critical moment..." Nan Sining took out a few Rejuvenation Pills, kneaded them together with her hands, added a few drops of jade marrow liquid, and stuffed them into second senior brother's mouth. Second senior brother, who had given up on life: I'm about to form a golden core?! Before the sect tournament, seventh senior sister was in a rage because her beloved sword was badly damaged. "My sword's about to fall apart! What's the point of even competing?!" Nan Sining took the heavily battle-scarred spirit sword, riddled with cracks, and grabbed a few discarded swords. After a night of clanging and hammering, a sword beam pierced the darkness at dawn! Seventh senior sister, who had been ready to withdraw: Could this sword make the top ten on the Divine Sword Ranking?! And then... Everyone in the sect: Our little junior sister is the best in the world! Everyone in the whole sect: Junior Sister Nan is a cultivation genius! She's the pride of our sect! Everyone in the cultivation world: Little Ancestress, what do you think of our sect, school, or alliance? Would you be interested in serving as an honorary elder? Female supporting character who transmigrated into the book: What? I schemed for so long, so why do the opportunities and treasures still belong to her?! Fourth senior brother: Why am I always the one little junior sister dislikes? * So everyone in the sect started helping their little junior sister pick up garbage. What they did most often was take her wherever people were fighting. They'd watch the fight, then clean up the battlefield and pick up the junk! Nan Sining was perfectly content picking up trash in the cultivation world. So there's huge potential in the garbage recycling business! Until Nan Sining picked up a little beast with a black dragon tail. Her senior brothers and sisters all reached out in unison to stop her: Junior Sister! Don't pick that up! That thing can destroy heaven and earth! Nan Sining: I know it's scary, but it can help me find the best garbage! A few things to know before reading: 1. This isn't orthodox cultivation, but follows my own style. 2. The blurb was posted on November 9, 2023. A screenshot has been saved as proof. 3. There are plenty of personal world-building choices and plenty of authorial indulgence. Everything serves the plot. 4. Updates usually go up at 9 p.m. Any early or delayed updates will be noted in the blurb. (On publication days, updates usually go up early.) -----------------Up next-------- After the Marquis's Baby's Inner Thoughts Are Exposed, She Turns Around the Nation's Fate Jiang Xiannian closed her eyes, then opened them, and found herself transmigrated as the newborn daughter of a marquis's household. Jiang Xiannian was delighted: No more working like an ox for other people! From now on, I can lie flat amid fine clothes and good food, and be a happy lazy fish! But the gossip System gave her a few pieces of bad news: Bad news one: She's the real daughter in a story about a real and fake heiress. She's about to be switched with the fake heiress and abused like a slave by the fake heiress's family! Bad news two: Ten years from now, the marquis's household will be confiscated and the family exiled. The fake heiress will take the opportunity to switch places with her again, so as the daughter of a criminal, she'll have to suffer the hardships of exile! Bad news three: Twenty years from now, the northern Jing Kingdom will march south. Its iron hooves will crush the entire Xing Kingdom, and all the people of Xing will be enslaved, abused, and even killed at will by the people of Jing... And she, a descendant of the mighty Marquis Weiyuan, whom the people of Jing hate and fear most, will be found by them, tortured, killed, then humiliated and fed to dogs! It turns out this is a messed-up romance novel about a fake heiress and a prince! And she's the real heiress, destined to be cannon fodder! Having arrived at the turning point of fate but bound in swaddling clothes, unable to move, Jiang Xiannian let out a piercing scream in her thoughts: [Mom and Dad, save me! The wet nurse is going to take me away and abuse me! Aaaaaah!] The Jiang family froze in unison: What?! My daughter! My little sister! The wet nurse, who had almost succeeded, was caught on the spot. After Jiang Xiannian was held in her mother's arms, she finally calmed down and continued to eavesdrop on the gossip in her thoughts: [Huh? Switching the babies wasn't the wet nurse's own idea?] * To comfort their little girl, Madam Jiang took her to a temple to pray for blessings. As soon as Jiang Xiannian arrived, she realized something was wrong: [This place sounds familiar! Of course, it's where someone set up my eldest sister, leaving her no choice but to marry that scumbag from the Duke's household!] [Heavens, he's even more vicious than I thought! Several maids and servants in the Duke's household have already been beaten to death by him. He just pays people off to cover it up! No wonder my eldest sister nearly died from domestic abuse in the original story!] [Later, the marquis's household will be confiscated, and the Duke's household will divorce my eldest sister on the grounds that she has no children. She'll freeze and starve to death on the street. How awful! I wish I could find the person who set my eldest sister up and tear them limb from limb!] Madam Jiang and the eldest Jiang daughter: !!! So while Jiang Xiannian was still trying to figure out how to stop her eldest sister from meeting that scumbag, Madam Jiang had already ordered someone to seize the maid who'd been bribed. She sent her husband to storm the Duke's household and demand an explanation. (Updates have begun. Please visit my profile to read and add it to your collection!) Theme: You have to make your own way in life. Only by establishing yourself can you reach the far shore of your dreams