I Rely on Picking Up Trash to Dominate the Cultivation World

Nan Sining, a renowned green technology researcher and recipient of the National Science Progress Award, transmigrates into the body of a foolish junior sister in a cultivation world. She inhabits the protagonist of a novel titled "The Transmigrated Villainess Defies Heaven in Cultivation," but discovers that the story has been rewritten by Luo Qingyao, a transmigrated villainess who remembers the original plot. Luo Qingyao has stolen Nan Sining’s destined opportunities, including the Sword Bone, and orchestrated the deaths of Nan Sining’s senior brothers and sisters to eliminate any threats to her own rise. Nan Sining is bound by a Recycling System that aids her in gathering information and refining resources, and she resolves to save her sect from the tragic fate outlined in the rewritten narrative.

During a trial in a secret realm, Zhang Yun, a disciple loyal to Luo Qingyao, attempts to steal a Blazing Heart Soul-Nourishing Fruit from Nan Sining by claiming it is poisonous. Nan Sining, recognizing the lie, eats the fruit herself, which restores her intelligence and cultivable potential. Enraged, Zhang Yun attacks her, but Senior Sister Qin Sangyue intervenes, saving Nan Sining at the cost of her own life. Qin Sangyue is gravely injured by a Kuiwood Serpent, a beast provoked by Luo Qingyao’s deliberate actions to eliminate witnesses and secure the fruit for herself. As Qin Sangyue lies dying, she reveals that Luo Qingyao has been systematically targeting Cijian Peak, stealing resources and sabotaging their progress out of jealousy and fear of their seniority.

Nan Sining refuses to accept Senior Sister’s impending death. Utilizing the System, she learns alchemy and attempts to refine a Great Rejuvenation Pill. Despite her low cultivation level, she succeeds by combining her modern scientific understanding with the cultivation world’s spiritual energy, breaking through to a higher realm during the process. The pill heals Qin Sangyue’s fatal wounds and boosts her cultivation, allowing her to break through to the next stage before the secret realm ejects her. Nan Sining and Third Senior Brother Zhou Lixing remain behind to continue their mission, determined to retrieve the Dragon Head Blood Ginseng needed to save Second Senior Brother Yuan Qing’an, whose body is plagued by rampant spiritual energy.

Nan Sining devises a plan to rob Luo Qingyao’s group. Disguising herself and Zhou Lixing, she lures a beast tide toward Luo Qingyao’s camp, causing chaos and separation. While Luo Qingyao escapes, Nan Sining and Zhou Lixing ambush her sycophants, stripping them of their wealth and obtaining two Dragon Head Blood Ginsengs. They then target Luo Qingyao directly, using a knockout powder to incapacitate her and her followers. Nan Sining plunders Luo Qingyao’s storage rings and artifacts, further weakening the villainess’s resources. In a moment of vengeance, Nan Sining attempts to damage Luo Qingyao’s Sword Bone, but the secret realm’s transmission forces them to leave before she can complete the act.

Upon exiting the secret realm, Nan Sining lands on Seventh Senior Sister Hua Shengqing, reuniting with her senior siblings. The aftermath of the robbery becomes public when the half-naked cultivators are discovered, leading to a confrontation with Luo Qingyao and her supporters from Medicine King City. Nan Sining publicly exposes Luo Qingyao’s role in the fruit incident and her theft of the Sword Bone, turning public opinion against the villainess. Shen Tangyuan, a senior disciple from Medicine King City, intervenes to de-escalate the conflict but hints at deeper machinations. Meanwhile, Second Senior Brother Yuan Qing’an suffers a qi deviation, which Nan Sining stabilizes by force-feeding him the Blood Ginseng. The events solidify Nan Sining’s role as the protector of Cijian Peak, as she begins to systematically dismantle Luo Qingyao’s schemes and restore her sect’s fortunes.