
by Calmari
In the world of cultivation, talent is everything. For Lu Chen, it was his greatest failure. After a lifetime of playing high-stakes strategy games on Earth, Lu Chen wakes up as the Sect Leader of the Coiling Dragon Sect. On the surface, it’s a prestigious title. In reality, the sect is a crumbling ruin, his disciples are mediocre at best, and he is a "Middling Master" stuck at the Foundation Establishment stage with zero hope of breakthrough. But as his starting point threatens to end his new life before it could even begin, Lu Chen discovers his transmigration came with [Truth Seeker's Gaze]. With a single glance, the world changes. The "trash" cultivation manuals in his library are actually flawed masterpieces. The "useless" spirit stones in the garden are hidden gems. And the mortal servant who helps in the kitchens? To the world, she is a girl with no spiritual roots. To Lu Chen’s eyes, she is a veritable monster. [Name: Ling'er][Hidden Talent 1: Dormant True Dragon Bloodline (SS)][Hidden Talent 2: Sacred Cosmic Bone (SSS)][Status: Undiscovered. Current Fate: Death by Overwork in 3 years.] Either one of these talents would guarantee a future among the Nascent Soul old monsters roaming the Lower Realm. But together? She would become a threat that even the Upper Realm had no answer for. While other Sect Leaders chase after "genius" disciples with B-grade roots, Lu Chen begins his "Trash Collection." He doesn't need to be the strongest cultivator in the world; he just needs to be the one holding the leashes of the monsters he's about to unleash. "You call them trash? In my eyes, they are the Sovereigns of the next Era!" 2-3k word length chapters expected 4x a week, Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri. Writathon may increase the output!
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| 1 | Prologue | 0 |
| 2 | 2. Welcome to the Coiling Dragon Sect | 0 |
| 3 | 3. Congratulations on Your New Goddess | 0 |
| 4 | 4. First Day as a Broke Sect Leader | 0 |
| 5 | 5. Power Check! | 0 |
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| 6. The Ethics of Looting Your Seniors |
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| 7 | 7. Bowing to the Past, Budgeting for the Future | 0 |
| 8 | 8. A Nascent Soul’s Junk is a Foundation Establishment’s Treasure | 0 |
| 9 | 9. Onboarding | 0 |
| 10 | 10. Face-Slapping the Mediocrity Out of My System | 0 |
| 11 | 11. Junior, You Dare Question My Financial Planning? | 0 |
| 12 | 12. Fellow Daoist, Please Stop Flexing Your Bloodline | 0 |
| 13 | 13. Heavens, Please Nerf the Kitchen Girl | 0 |
| 14 | 14. The Sacred Cosmic Bone vs. The 1st Grade Alphabet | 0 |
| 15 | 15. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Grandmaster | 0 |
| 16 | 16. The Boy Who Ran, The Girl Who Stayed | 0 |
| 17 | 17. I Survived a Mutiny and All I Got Was This Lousy Jade Pendant | 0 |
| 18 | 18. Body Refinement | 0 |
| 19 | 19. Just Trust Me, It’s "Normal" | 0 |
| 20 | 20. There Are No Secrets, Only Things Ling’er Hasn’t Seen Yet | 0 |
| 21 | 21. Junior, Your Dao Is Wrong (According to My Disciple) | 0 |
| 22 | 22. Monkey Steals Peach, Heaven Steals My Patience | 0 |
| 23 | 23. My Talent Is Truly Hopeless | 0 |
| 24 | 24. Senior, Please Do Not Perceive Me | 0 |
| 25 | 25. All Under Heaven Competes for One Offer | 0 |
| 26 | 26. I Believe This Violates the Natural Order | 0 |
| 27 | 27. This Old Man’s Back Cannot Withstand This Dao | 0 |
| 28 | 28. Heaven Above, That Chicken Had Potential | 0 |
| 29 | 29. The Mediocre Sect Leader’s Guide to Faking It ‘Til You Make It | 0 |
| 30 | 30. Min-Maxing the Monster | 0 |
| 31 | 31. Using a Nascent Soul’s Legacy to Store Pork | 0 |
| 32 | 32. My SSS-Rank Carry is Backseat Gaming | 0 |
| 33 | 33. Junior, You Dare Question My Gender?! | 0 |
| 34 | 34. Plagiarizing Fictional Immortals and My Disciple is Calling Me Out | 0 |
| 35 | 35. Your Five-Element Balance is Making the Ancestors Look Like Trash | 0 |
| 36 | 36. Stress-Testing (My Ribcage) | 0 |
| 37 | 37. The Art of the Deal: Sect Leader Edition | 0 |
| 38 | 38. The Dao of 'Trust Me, Bro' | 0 |
| 39 | 39. The 12-Year-Old Who Cried 'Breakthrough' | 0 |
| 40 | 40. Pivot! Pivot! | 0 |
| 41 | 41. I Have Eyes But Cannot See the Loneliness of the Peak | 0 |
| 42 | 42. The Cost of Innovation is a Good Hat | 0 |
| 43 | 43. The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Sect Leaders | 0 |
| 44 | 44. In the Tall Grass | 0 |
| 45 | 45. Post-Crisis Management for the Transmigrated Soul | 0 |
| 46 | 46. The Mountain is a Slope, the Peak is a Cliff | 0 |
| 47 | 47. Managing Loneliness and High-Speed Disciples | 0 |
| 48 | 48. The Pressure Cooker Method of Heavenly Ascension | 0 |
| 49 | 49. Leaving the Shallow Water | 0 |
| 50 | 50. A Dragon in the Clearance Rack | 0 |
| 51 | Interlude: Better than Before | 0 |
| 52 | 51. The Cryptography of a Dyslexic Dragon | 0 |
| 53 | 52. Ambushing the Ambushers | 0 |
| 54 | 53. Value Investing in the City of Stars | 0 |
| 55 | 54. 900-Year Old Cold Case | 0 |
| 56 | 55. I Tried to Find a Hidden Dragon but Only Found a Mad Senior and His Candle-Hat | 0 |
| 57 | 56. Is It Wrong to Woo a Middle-Aged Blacksmith with Gardening Tools? | 0 |
| 58 | 57. Why Be a Hero When You Can Be a Middleman? | 0 |
| 59 | 58. Junior, Your Destructo-Disc Is Too Noticeable! | 0 |
| 60 | 59. DaoDash | 0 |
| 61 | 60. Trust is a Dangerous Thing | 0 |
| 62 | 61. Even in Xianxia, Ticketmaster is the True Villain | 0 |
| 63 | 62. A Sect Leader’s Guide to Insider Trading | 0 |
| 64 | 63. My Nascent Soul Blade Has Severe Abandonment Issues | 0 |
| 65 | 64. Dropping Your Ankle Weights Does Not Give You Plot Armour! | 0 |
| 66 | 65. My Disciple’s Copy-Paste Eyes Are Overpowered! | 0 |
| 67 | 66. Recouping the Cost of Admission on Day One | 0 |
| 68 | 67. A Frog at the Bottom of the Well Watching Dragons Fight | 0 |
| 69 | 68. The Stench of Success | 0 |
| 70 | 69. Fellow Daoists, I Think Your Entire Magic System Has a Skill Issue | 0 |
| 71 | 70. Narrative Demands the Spearman Fails | 0 |
| 72 | 71. Striking Down the Power of Love with an Inverted Triangle Frame | 0 |
| 73 | 72. Chains Hidden Beneath Silver | 0 |
| 74 | 73. Freezing a Loan Shark's Assets (Literally) | 0 |
| 75 | 74. The Abacus is Mightier Than the Sword | 0 |
| 76 | 75. The Dao of Terrible Timing | 0 |
| 77 | 76. Carrion Birds Gather | 0 |
| 78 | 77. Leaving No Scraps | 0 |
| 79 | 78. The Fading Glow of a Million Stolen Secrets | 0 |
| 80 | 79. Immutable Supreme Sealed Soup Vessel | 0 |
| 81 | 80. Somewhere Between Your Way and Mine | 0 |
| 82 | 81. Preventing The Head of My Finance Hall From Medical Malpractice | 0 |
| 83 | 82. The Bones of the Sect | 0 |
| 84 | 83. The Night of Seven Scratches | 0 |
| 85 | 84. Bang the Pot If You See the Masked One | 0 |
| 86 | 85. Turning a Local Nuisance into an Underpaid Security Guard | 0 |
| 87 | 86. Nine-Century Pickles | 0 |
| 88 | 87. My Tsundere Blacksmith’s Tool-Heart Only Beats for High-Tier Swords | 0 |
| 89 | 88. A Sect Leader’s Guide to Introducing RPG Terminology to Cultivators | 0 |
| 90 | 89. Hello, We Have Been Trying to Reach You About Your Pressure Cooker’s Extended Warranty | 0 |
| 91 | 90. The Customer Is Always Right Until the Gaze Says Otherwise | 0 |
| 92 | 91. Language of Commerce | 0 |
| 93 | 92. The Dao of Human Resources | 0 |
| 94 | 93. DaoDash Guarantees On-Time Delivery Even in Enemy Territory | 0 |
| 95 | 94. Ensuring My Disciples Suffer the Exact Same Training Trauma I Do | 0 |
| 96 | 95. Farming the Rival Sect for XP | 0 |
| 97 | 96. That’s an Order! | 0 |
| 98 | 97. Disobedient Obedience | 0 |
| 99 | 98. Pressure Washing the Sect Leader | 0 |
| 100 | 99. The High Human Cost of Preserved Meat Logistics | 0 |
| 101 | 100. The Shallow River Reverses Its Flow | 0 |
| 102 | 101. A Calculated Fall To Shake the Mountain’s Foundation | 0 |
| 103 | 102. Realizing the Basin is Not the Deep Sea | 0 |
| 104 | 103. The Danger of an Orderly Mind | — |
| 105 | 104. Someone Who Can Keep Up | — |
| 106 | 105. A Miraculous Eye Cannot Replace a Wise Heart | — |
| 107 | 106. Separate Jade from the Chaff | — |
| 108 | 107. The Trash-Collection Campaign Has Officially Expanded | — |
| 109 | 108. My Cabbages! | — |
| 110 | 109. Zhuang Zhou | — |
| 111 | 110. Out of Office: Headhunting | — |
| 112 | 111. The Breakfast Club | — |
| 113 | 112. Establishing the Hierarchy | — |
| 114 | 113. Records of the Grand Historian | — |
| 115 | 114. No Strings Attached | — |
| 116 | 115. Meritocracy | — |
| 117 | 116. Horns of the Dragon | — |
| 118 | 117. One Year | — |
| 119 | 118. Probationary Period | — |
| 120 | 119. The Pavilion’s DRM Cannot Recognize My Cheat | — |
| 121 | 120. Down Bad in a Bamboo Forest | — |
| 122 | 121. Hippity Hoppity, Your Storage Pouch is Now My Property | — |
| 123 | 47. Managing Loneliness and High-Speed Disciples | 0 |
| 124 | 47. Managing Loneliness and High-Speed Disciples | 0 |
| 125 | 47. Managing Loneliness and High-Speed Disciples | 0 |
| 126 | 47. Managing Loneliness and High-Speed Disciples | 0 |
| 127 | 124. Perfect Guest | — |