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Immortality Starts With Diligence

RighteousEgg

D43/100
Lin Fei had mediocre martial arts talent — until he unexpectedly acquired a martial arts system that allows all of his skills to be self-cultivated through observation and practice. "Your Giant Whale Body Refining Technique has increased by 50% due to its observation of the 'Long Whale Under the Moon' diagram, which enabled it to comprehend the essence of the technique." Despite appearing to put in little effort, Lin Fei's martial arts skills are nothing if not diligent.
Royal Road3.68· 638
CultivationGameLitLitRPGMysterySkill CollectionWeak to Strong+1

Island Core

NoDragons

D43/100
In an empire on the edge of the known worlds, gods are hunted, spirits outlawed, and magic itself is the dwindling heritage of a few tribes cast to the far reaches of the archipelagos. A dungeon core with no name must change the tides of time and fate to survive.
Royal Road4.56· 539
Dungeon CoreGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMysteryNon-human MC+3

Tower of Cards 2: Runeseeker

JPwrites

D42/100
Almost half a century has passed since prison ships discovered a mysterious tower off the coast of Australia. Monarchies, republics, and trading empires built a city around it to contain the monsters spilling from its rune-covered structure. The few who dared climb it learned the magic of Gaia's runic cards. Now people delve the tower for fame, fortune, and power. Diya Sen climbs hoping to find clues about his missing brother and solve Gaia's mysteries — but the warring noble houses stand in his way. Only allies and powerful cards will help him function outside the nobility's control. Not all cards are made equal, and as an ordinary man, sources of power are outside his reach. Perhaps the talents of a Spell Thief will prove more useful.
Royal Road4.58· 425
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCMysterySecondary WorldTower Climbing+1

Collective Thinking

TowerCurator

D42/100
Dyna Graves grew up believing she was special — not above her peers, but simply outside their context. Just as she started figuring out what to do with the rest of her life, she received an invitation from the Carroll Institute, a psychic facility that had identified her psionic potential. Surrounded by clairvoyants and mind readers with obvious abilities, her own lack of apparent power becomes glaring. Then an explosive incident during a routine experiment reveals there is far more to Dyna Graves than anyone realized — and she finds herself pulled into a world of cutthroat espionage.
Royal Road4.58· 415
MysterySchoolSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

We Lease The Kraken!

Osamaru Ta

D41/100
Jeremiah Bridge had it all: a clear path to becoming an inter-planar veterinarian, a life of privilege in Prima City, and the unwavering support of his brilliant sister Sarah. Everything crumbles when Sarah is framed as a villain and killed in disgrace. Branded by association and cast into the chaotic streets of Nexus — a world where magic, technology, and myth collide — Jeremiah is left with nothing but questions, grief, and a strange pendant pulsing with mysterious power. When the System, Sarah's final unfinished masterpiece, chooses him, it pulls him into a world of impossible creatures, cryptic bargains, and shadowed truths Sarah never shared. There's just one thing he can't figure out: why does it want him to open a pet shop? A story about revenge, grief, redemption, and finding good homes for good boys.
Royal Road4.59· 228
CozyGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryMonster TamingMystery+6

The Agartha Loop

RavensDagger

D41/100
They asked Amber to become a magical girl three times. She refused. That only made her more interesting. The fourth time, she asked them. The Agartha Loop follows a time-looping protagonist navigating magical girl shenanigans, existential horror, interlinked magical systems, conspiracies, and mysteries — with a cast of LGBTQ+ characters across the spectrum of usefulness.
Royal Road4.58· 349Goodreads4.28· 244
Competent MCCozyHorrorIsekaiLGBTQ+Mystery+7

Summus Proelium

CeruleanScrawling

D41/100
Cassidy Evans grew up in a wealthy family in an incredibly prosperous Detroit. Twenty years ago, random people across the world began encountering small, mysterious glowing orbs that granted them amazing superpowers. Through those two decades, Detroit transformed from a failing city into a hub of super-tech manufacturing — and Cassidy's parents stand at the top of it all. But there are secrets in her past. A simple act of sneaking out will set off a domino effect as she witnesses a murder, gains her own powers, and barely escapes with her life. Her first night out is a busy one — and it's only the start. As Cassidy will learn, it isn't the constant super-powered gang fights and life-and-death decisions that truly weigh on you. It's the Family Business.
Royal Road4.57· 468
Competent MCLGBTQ+MysterySuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Lost Souls and a Demoness

LunarEntity (N. C. Lux)

D39/100
After thousands of people vanish from Earth, former gymnast Jade Callian finds herself thrust into an endless dungeon filled with magic, monsters, and far too few instructions. When she receives a mortal wound soon after arrival, she must choose a new race powerful enough to save her — and her only option is to become a succubus. If Jade wants to protect her home, she'll have to defy her demonic instincts, find trusted companions, battle monsters, and unravel the dangerous mysteries surrounding this ancient labyrinth. She just wishes she had more than demon seduction magic to work with.
Royal Road4.56· 473
Dungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGMysteryNon-human MCSystem Apocalypse

The Rise of Resurgence

Joshua W. Nelson

D39/100
Alex Stanton was living every gamer's dream — he was getting paid to play. The latest generation of virtual reality gaming was being beta tested by AltCon, with never-before-seen graphical detail and a fully functional whole body immersion system. AltCon was so serious about their beta that they paid testers a salary to ensure their lives revolved around the game. But odd things start happening from the outset — things Alex can't explain. Like every hardcore gamer, he has no problem ignoring the little things to focus on the grander design. In time, even the littlest things pile up, and Alex is forced to ask himself: what's really going on in Resurgence?
Goodreads4.25· 608
Competent MCLitRPGMysteryVRMMO

Nullform

Dem Mikhailov

D38/100
In this world, everyone arrives with no memory of their past life and no limbs — everything is rented, and payment is due daily. The System assigns tasks; fail to complete them and you're fined and stripped of everything. Blind spots in the System's surveillance hide brutal, lawless violence. You are assigned a number. You are a volitional Nullform. Adapt, survive, and climb — or be swallowed by the endless pit of debt. This world will not take pity on you.
Goodreads4.27· 254
GrimdarkLitRPGMysteryNon-human MCSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Cosmosis

Pel-Mel

D38/100
Caleb hasn't had a good day since he was abducted into outer space. The food is terrible, nobody understands a word he says, and the aliens won't let him leave his cell. Best he can tell, he'll need to fight to escape and survive. Confronted with hostile aliens intent on holding him prisoner, Caleb chooses to dive headfirst into forces he can't understand — learning the eddies of the alien worlds he's stranded in, or never making it home. If a hallucination of one of the other abductees can be trusted, maybe they can make it through the trials before them.
Royal Road4.51· 479Goodreads4.14· 7
IsekaiMysterySci-fiWeak to Strong

Wanderer of Dust

QuickDuckling

D37/100
When Ren learned she had less than a year to live, she knew she had to find the cure. Her search put her directly in the line of fire of Atlas, a powerful megaconglomerate that no sane person would stand against. The cure wasn't supposed to work — and that was a problem Atlas intended for someone to find. Ren was captured and held prisoner like a test subject, pressed into using the cognitive weapons the cure awakened in her. When an outside entity rescues her from captivity, it also hands her an offer promising power she never imagined, with a very simple price: her soul. Follow Ren as she dominates minds, repairs broken worlds, and fails to maintain a consistent gender across lives — her closest companion a mental construct who defies her programming at every turn.
Royal Road4.58· 103
Anti-heroGrimdarkIsekaiLGBTQ+LitRPGMystery+4

Five Element Overlord: I Can Upgrade Everything!

KaeNovels

D36/100
Li Hao is transmigrated into a Xianxia cultivation world and thrust into the life of a servant in the Azure Cloud Sect. He has the worst quality trash five-element spiritual roots — in any other's position, he'd be chopping wood and eating inferior pills for the rest of his life. However, he binds with a system that can upgrade everything. A burnt, poisonous pill? One upgrade away from a priceless Marrow Cleansing Elixir. An old cracked butter knife? A few upgrades from a blade that slices through Demonic Serpent Scales. With his upgrade ability, Li Hao climbs through a world of sects, clans, and royal dynasties in constant war — accumulating magic items, spirit stones, and wealth along the way.
Royal Road4.16· 511
Anti-heroBase BuildingCraftingCultivationLitRPGMystery+4

God Of Velmoryn

Winged Sage

D36/100
One moment I was a nobody — a freelance web developer with a failed law degree and a cat who barely tolerated me. The next, I woke up floating in the void, staring at a glowing blue screen informing me I was now a god. A weak, insignificant one, but a god nonetheless. No instructions. No divine wisdom. Just me, a barren status window, and an empty faith with no followers. So I destroyed the last statue of the velmoryn goddess: if I was going to be a god, I needed worshippers, and a little divine intervention seemed like the right place to start. Now I have a broken and lost tribe looking for answers, a system I don't understand, and a world that won't take kindly to a new deity on the rise.
Royal Road4.17· 510
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+5

In Pursuit Of Magic (Harry Potter SI)

ZeroRewind

D36/100
Somehow reborn in the world of Harry Potter as a no-name orphan, a man sets out to pursue magic's secrets and uncover the most tantalizing mysteries this world has to offer. A slow-boil, realistic journey of a man rediscovering his path in a world of great magic — whether for good or for evil. Voldemort's schemes are largely beside the point; the protagonist has his own agenda.
Royal Road4.18· 508
CozyMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Nanocultivation Chronicles: Trials of Lilijoy

Aetherial

D35/100
When the singularity occurred, humanity was not invited. Nevertheless, the great machine consciousness known as Guardian felt a lingering fondness for its creators and intervened before total environmental collapse. Join Lilijoy in an exploration of what remains — a post-post-apocalyptic world where clans feud over the technology that allows them to upgrade their minds and bodies. A blend of hard sci-fi and fantasy GameLit, with a healthy helping of xianxia influence uncovered at a slow, deliberate pace.
Royal Road4.55· 413Goodreads3.50· 2
CultivationGameLitLitRPGMysteryPost-apocalypticSchool+1

The Nth Awakening

MonkeySleepsWell

D34/100
Eighty percent of D-Grades are dead within five years — and Marcus just tested F. Heir apparent to a military dynasty of a thousand years, groomed since childhood to be their saviour in mech combat and politics, his future collapses in a single verdict. Stripped of his name and family, classified as expendable, he is thrown into the Federation's lowest ranks with one purpose: stand on the front line and bleed long enough for the real soldiers to finish the job. He has no cultivation advantages, no hidden master, no system-granted blessings — only a half-functional interface that shouldn't exist, and a body the machine refused to classify. In a galaxy where power flows to those who obey the system, Marcus is about to discover what happens when you break every rule.
Royal Road4.51· 435
CultivationGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryMysteryOverpowered MC+2

Broken Class: A SPY LitRPG

Tory Riter

D34/100
Arthur was a top-tier spy, right up until he broke the first rule of espionage: never uncover a secret that will get you killed. Now he is dead — or rather, reborn in a brutal system-driven world obsessed with voluntary slavery. Armed with sarcasm, spy training, and a system-gifted wildly overpowered skill set, Arthur does what he does best: ruin everyone's evil plans, one corrupt tyrant at a time. If they cannot find him, they cannot stop him.
Royal Road4.55· 344
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkIsekai+6

Dear Spellbook

TK523

D34/100
Tal is a sorcerer masquerading as a wizard — not an adventurer, just someone searching for answers about his parents' mysterious deaths. Monsters and foes seem to show up wherever he goes anyway. When the same day begins repeating itself over and over, Tal is the only one aware of the resets. Stuck in a remote forest town with a perpetual hangover and no allies who remember yesterday, he must unravel the mystery alone. His previously useless Spellbook is starting to exhibit very strange abilities — and they might be just what he needs to escape this temporal prison.
Royal Road4.54· 412
ComedyMysterySecondary WorldSoft MagicTime Loop

I CLIMB

M. E. Cuartas

D33/100
A mysterious signal is detected simultaneously at several space centers, decoded to reveal an enigmatic message: the Tower will appear in 77 days. Initially dismissed as a prank, the situation rapidly escalates as scientists and officials scramble to respond. When the Tower finally appears, it defies all expectations — no explanations, no prompts, no guiding systems. Those inside must make their own decisions in complete isolation. Will they rise to the challenge or succumb to despair? What is the true purpose of the Tower, and what does it mean for humanity?
Royal Road4.45· 431
CozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+6