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The Phoenix

The Phoenix

D39/100
She entered the Tower seeking death. Instead, she keeps finding reasons to live. In this life she is Bella, a jaded med student trying to catch up on centuries of medical innovation — or at least she was, before the Tower appeared. With the promise that she would find whatever she sought at the top, she entered hoping to end her curse. But even with hundreds of lives of experience to draw on, reaching the top is no easy task. The Tower is filled with wonders she could only dream of, and what she once believed was the peak of power turns out to be only the first rung of a much larger climb. Her foundations are unshakable, but the Tower is deeper, deadlier, and more exhilarating than anything she has ever faced.
Royal Road4.57· 375
Competent MCCultivationGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnation+4

Immortality Starts With Investment

RighteousEgg

D39/100
A lost soul from Earth crosses over to a cultivation world and finds himself in the body of a member of a small Qi Refining family. The original owner had poor cultivation talent and wasted his resources on a female cultivator. Fortunately, the newcomer has a system: as long as he gives gifts to that same female cultivator, the system returns tenfold, a hundredfold, or even thousands of times the value back to him. Ye Chen would never admit he was a simp. He's just making an investment.
Royal Road4.18· 564
ComedyCultivationHaremLitRPGTransmigrationWeak to Strong+1

Burning Starlight

Ryan Stennet

D38/100
Retirement was supposed to be simple: a quiet apartment near the Saginaw River, maybe a hobby or two. Blake Connover survived decades of military and mercenary work to earn that peace. It lasted two weeks. When a mysterious wormhole tears open above the river and drags Blake into the unknown, retirement becomes the least of his worries. Stranded on an alien world and fused with an advanced bio-tech suit he barely understands, Blake has to adapt fast. The suit's real owners want it back, the locals aren't exactly friendly, and the universe is a lot bigger — and stranger — than he ever imagined. From haunted starships to cosmic cultivation, his retirement plan is officially out the window.
Royal Road4.56· 456
CultivationIsekaiLitRPGMilitaryOlder MCSci-fi+2

License to Cultivate

MTalon

D38/100
Chang-li may be a humble scribe, but he dreams of becoming a cultivator. When a ghost's legacy gives him a chance to follow that dream, he seizes it — defying the hidebound Empire and its vast array of rules and customs as he masters lux and perfects himself. But a cultivator needs more than just power. He needs a sect. What starts as a scheme to avoid punishment becomes far more as Chang-li and his friends find themselves reviving the ancient Sect of Morning Mist and its lost techniques. A slave can win his freedom. A princess can discard her upbringing. The sect offers a chance to claim what's forbidden — if they can avoid entangling marriages, official scrutiny, and the wrath of more powerful enemies. Cultivation with a tower-climbing twist. Character-driven and full of action and intrigue.
Royal Road4.56· 442
Base BuildingCultivationSecondary WorldTower ClimbingWeak to StrongWuxia

DAOPOCALYPSE: A cultivator invades a litRPG world

RAIDBOSS

D38/100
Feng Sai was raised to become a god — until a stranger tore his future away in a single sentence. Exiled to a territory no cultivator would look at twice, he discovers a secret path to godly power: an all-powerful System left behind by an angry, revenge-fueled god. But Feng Sai had already learned to live among mortals, building a better country brick by brick from within. Now, with the power of a god in his hands, he must decide whether to change the entire world — or destroy it.
Royal Road4.56· 437
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

Scale & Sea

James T. Callum, K.H. Sohmer

D37/100
Deklin will become a villain to rival the gods — but he knows no such power yet. He's just a fourth-year magi looking for a post-midterm vacation. When a failed portal spell strands him on a dangerous Worldshard, Deklin unwillingly enters a world where Spire Climbers compete for ever-higher standings and Cultivators bind magical Aspects to strengthen their spirits. Transformed into a dragonblood and branded as an outcast, he is forbidden from advancing past the first threshold — to seek anything more is to risk execution and slavery. To attain limitless progression, Deklin must defy the Lightbound kingdoms and their corrupted heroes to carve out a cursed and forgotten path of darkness.
Goodreads4.26· 303
Anti-heroCultivationIsekaiLitRPGStatsTower Climbing

Alpha Strike: An Interstellar Weapons Platform's Guide to Hostile Takeovers

Osamaru Ta

D37/100
Meet ALPHA-555-12-4412: an unstable, unpredictable, and possibly insane Sapient AI of dubious morals with a love for everything that goes "Boom!" — the perfect spearhead for the technologically advanced Third Galactic Federation of Sapients and its Galactic Unification Project. When Alpha finds himself trapped in a world filled with reality-warping magics and thousand-year-old Cultivators, he quickly learns he might be out of his depth. And like any good fish out of water, he adapts — by giving the fish robot legs and equipping it with a battleship-rated intercontinental Railgun. Soon all those under the Firmament will learn one thing is certain: Alpha isn't trapped in this world with them. They're trapped in here with him.
Royal Road4.40· 495
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCGrimdark+10

The Yellow River Saga

Owlsdoom

D36/100
Some accept their place in this world, while others struggle against fate itself, defiant to death. Heaven, indifferent and uncaring, reigns supreme over all. The Yellow River Saga is an epic xianxia adventure told in a classical style. At its center is Yu Chen, a young boy who once dreamed of a simple life but finds himself thrust upon the path of cultivation. Guided by an enigmatic being of unfathomable power, he begins a journey of personal transformation that will shake the foundations of the world and test the limits of his spirit and will.
Royal Road4.56· 337
CozyCultivationSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to StrongWuxia

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

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

Unbound Elder

9igtR33n

D34/100
An Archmage thrown into a xianxia world — with his Dantian recently destroyed. What does he do with a lifetime of arcane knowledge and no foundation left to build on? How does he apply what he knows? How fast does he die? Or does he thrive?
Royal Road4.36· 462
ComedyCozyCraftingCultivationGenius MCIsekai+3

The Quintessence: Crucible

C.M. Carney

D33/100
On the world of Crucible, humanity's spiritual artists train to fight in a war of universal proportions. Aryc Tal Venn has the potential to be one of the gods. But when he accidentally unleashes heretical powers during his Challenge, he is forced to flee his home or face the wrath of the Inquisition. With his sister by his side, Aryc begins a quest to uncover the truth of his own existence — only to discover a terrible secret with the power to destroy humanity. Will Aryc master his unnatural powers in time to save the people of Crucible, or will he be the harbinger of humanity's destruction?
Goodreads4.08· 672
CultivationHard MagicLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

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

Reach Heaven Via Feng Shui Engineering, Drug Trade And Tax Evasion

melmonella

D33/100
In a world of immortals and demon beasts, where a modern empire seeks to break old blood debts, dispel superstitions, and resist the Heavens that smite all who step out of line, young cultivator Qian Shanyi is drawn into the orbit of a classical xianxia protagonist whose luck gushes out of his ears. Can she survive, thrive, and ascend into the Heavens using nothing more than cunning and tenacity? It starts with engineering and turns into tax evasion, but at the heart of it is one question: cultivation is the ultimate freedom, but what does freedom mean when the Heavens hold all the cards?
Royal Road4.53· 406
Base BuildingCultivationDrugsGenius MCMysterySecondary World+1

I am the Heroine's Master?

HereticDonor

D32/100
When Mo Jian wakes up as a Core Formation cultivator in the world of a story he recognizes, his first thought is to stay as far away from the hero and the heroine as possible. After all, he has taken the place of a man destined to die by the hero's sword. Instead, he intends to explore this world, see all its wonders, and live an enjoyable and fulfilling life — everything he was unable to do on Earth. However, the plot of the story keeps tugging at him, and he inadvertently finds himself as the heroine's teacher.
Royal Road4.46· 414
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationReincarnationTransmigrationWuxia

Knives & Levels: Survival LitRPG Apocalypse

Zach Skye

D31/100
When Earth is thrust into a deadly multiverse labyrinth, a kitchen worker armed with only his knives and wits must lead his coworkers to survive, level up, and uncover the secrets of their new reality. Colt King never thought much of his kitchen job — until Earth was integrated into a greater reality and his workplace became the heart of a dungeon teeming with monstrous creatures. With limited resources, dangerous coworkers, and no clue about the world outside the dungeon, Colt must step up to lead. Every stat point counts, every decision matters, and survival means more than just making it out alive.
Royal Road4.48· 403
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MC+4

The Adept Archives

Darren Hultberg Jr.

D30/100
In the realm of Eon, strength is the rule of law. Adepts — powerful cultivators who wield mystic spirit energy — battle for control of ancient relics imbued with the power of gods. At night, darkbeasts born of a mysterious fog called the veil hoard those same relics in their dungeons and destroy any adept who ventures too close. When portals begin pulling warriors from other worlds into Eon's brutal battlegrounds, one police officer from Earth finds himself fighting to survive — and discovers he may have the spirit needed to shake the realm to its core. As Roy rises through the ranks of rogue adepts in the outlaw city of Shadowreach, dark forces move to tear everything apart.
Goodreads4.00· 629
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

System Cultivator: Righteous Young Master in an Unworthy World

RAIDBOSS

D30/100
He was born to rule the world — a prince, a prodigy, a once-in-centuries talent destined to usher in a new era of prosperity. Instead, at a young age, his foundation was shattered, his cultivation destroyed, and his path to immortality severed. Exiled to a barren backwater without qi, he learned to live as mortals do — for today, not for a future that might never be. Brick by brick, with the help of his countrymen, he built a new and better world. Then, buried beneath an ancient desert, he discovered a legacy capable of granting him god-like power — hidden precisely where no cultivator would think to look. Now he must decide: retake his throne and fix his father's broken empire from within, or destroy it.
Royal Road4.55· 104
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCLitRPGRegressionSecondary World+1

Tale of an Ordinary Cultivator

Sweating Cloud

D29/100
An ordinary cultivator — that was the best way to describe Zhao Yunxiao. Be it in strength or talent, he had always been in the middle of the pack, neither excelling nor falling behind. And he didn't think badly of it. Some people were destined to become stars in the skies; some were born to be rocks on the ground. Both were necessary to maintain balance. As someone ordinary, Zhao Yunxiao did his best to live his ordinary life to the fullest — careful, meticulous, understanding everything fully before acting, knowing his limits, dreaming only of freedom. But one day he realized something seemed amiss. Perhaps even the rocks on the ground had their chance to shine under the right circumstances.
Royal Road4.42· 384
CultivationSecondary WorldTragedyWeak to Strong