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Mediocre Master: I Can See Your Hidden Potential! (A Xianxia Sect-Building LitRPG)

Calmari

F16/100
In the world of cultivation, talent is everything — and for Lu Chen, it was his greatest failure. After a lifetime of playing high-stakes strategy games on Earth, he wakes up as the Sect Leader of the Coiling Dragon Sect. It's a prestigious title hiding a crumbling ruin: mediocre disciples and a leader stuck at Foundation Establishment with zero hope of breakthrough. But his transmigration came with a gift — Truth Seeker's Gaze. With a single glance, flawed cultivation manuals reveal themselves as masterpieces, worthless spirit stones become hidden gems, and a mortal servant girl the world writes off as talentless is exposed as a monster with a Dormant True Dragon Bloodline and a Sacred Cosmic Bone. While other Sect Leaders chase after genius disciples, Lu Chen begins his Trash Collection. He doesn't need to be the strongest cultivator — he just needs to hold the leashes of the monsters he's about to unleash.
Royal Road4.08· 277
Base BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

Blood Berserker

Sant33

F15/100
Ripped from a mundane life and dropped on a monster-infested island, Nathan faces an extinction-level event that the world is calling a catastrophe — and he calls his grand opening. Armed with a sword and a blood-based class that can evolve from rare to legendary, Nathan slashes through demons and monsters alike, driven not by fear but by ambition. Legends are forged, not born.
Royal Road4.00· 272
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdark+8

Planar Lord Destruction

Wizardly Dude

F14/100
The Planar Lords took everything from him. He intends to return the favor. Leo had spent years preparing to follow in his parents' footsteps as a Cartographer — until the Planar Lords collapsed his home plane and killed everyone in it. Left with only cryptic dying words and a mysterious box hiding a never-before-seen power, his journey across the infinite planes of existence begins very differently than he had imagined. Because the Planar Lords aren't planning to stop at the death of one world. Leo's world may not have been the first to fall at their hands. But he plans to make it the last.
Royal Road4.37· 245
CozyCultivationGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MC+3

Mysteries of Sacra

Robert Wolf

F13/100
One moment, Kai was an ordinary teenager on Earth. The next, he is torn into Sacra — a savage realm ruled by spirit beasts, ancient mana, and fallen gods. Alone, untrained, and relentlessly hunted, his only goal is survival. When he saves a dying beast and kills a deadly predator, everything changes. He discovers a terrifying power: the ability to absorb the souls of his enemies and claim their skills as his own. Each soul strengthens him, but also warps him, as their memories claw at his mind and threaten to consume what is left of the boy he once was. With companions Umbra and Scry as his anchors, Kai must decide who he wants to be — and what he is willing to sacrifice — to escape Sacra and return home.
Royal Road4.42· 115
CultivationIsekaiMonster TamingOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Death Cultivator

eden Hudson

F13/100
When regular high schooler Grady Hake is mistakenly taken by the Angel of Death, he thinks his life is over. Then he wakes up on a prison shuttle bound for Van Diemann's Planet, a penal colony run by brutal gangs of criminal cultivators. This is his life now. If he wants to survive it, he'll have to learn to harness his unique Death Spirit, make friends with alien outcasts, appease a band of hungry ghosts, and fight his way into one of the strongest gangs on the planet.
Goodreads3.97· 367
Anti-heroCultivationIsekaiSci-fiStatsWeak to Strong

Between Two Heavens

mdbob

F12/100
Shen Wei is a twenty-two-year-old orphan working as a Junior Furnace Monitor at Clearsky Pharmaceuticals in Yongcheng — a megacity in Tianji, a modern cultivation world where spiritual energy has been industrialized and nearly depleted. With Grade C spiritual roots and a cultivation stuck at Qi Condensation Stage 3 for over two years, he has no realistic path to advancement. His only distinction is an unusually deep knowledge of cultivation theory, studied obsessively despite having no means to apply it. During a routine late-shift inventory, Shen Wei discovers a jade pendant classified as an inert artifact. It is warm to his touch and reacts faintly when he channels Qi into it. He pockets it. That single action will change the course of his life.
Royal Road4.37· 227
CultivationIsekaiSci-fiSecondary WorldUrban FantasyWeak to Strong+1

I Eat Cultivators

rachasudd

F12/100
A nameless test subject, abandoned by the demonic cultivators who created him, awakens in a facility with three past lives, no identity, and the ability to talk to the leaking tap in his cell. After escaping through absurd regeneration and slapstick body horror, he enters a xianxia world of sects, spirit beasts, and convoluted cultivation conspiracies. Mentored by a perverted talking cabbage and joined by a growing cast of equally confused travelling companions, he drifts between side quests — slowly growing stronger while trying to figure out who he is, where he came from, and what he actually wants. This is a slow-burn, slice-of-life cultivation adventure built on comedy and character. Demonic revelations, unsettling abilities, and genuine horror creep in as the story unfolds.
Royal Road4.38· 168
ComedyCultivationHorrorNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Towers & Rifts

Nephilim Night

F11/100
Viktor spent centuries cultivating power in his world before being betrayed and killed. His soul lingered for decades—until a god took pity and granted him a place in the eternal divine game known as Towers and Rifts. Reincarnated in a new body with none of his old strength, only his knowledge intact, Viktor starts from the bottom on the day a Tower spawns and a System activates for everyone. He's been at the top before. Nothing will stop him from getting back there.
Goodreads3.57· 349
CultivationLitRPGReincarnationStatsSystem ApocalypseTower Climbing+1

Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Ezy - Dreams Abyss

F10/100
An unfortunate man finds himself stranded in a hostile forest with a system that has turned his gender upside down. Transformed into a beast, he must scavenge and survive while navigating a Cultivation Society that either kills monsters like him or seeks to collar them as contracted pets. As his system pushes him toward evolving into a divine beast — or possibly back into a human — he must find his place in a world that sees him as property. A slow-paced xianxia cultivation story with gender-bending and yuri romance elements, focused on a non-human protagonist carving out a life in an unfamiliar world.
Royal Road4.25· 216
CultivationHaremIsekaiLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MC+4

Climbing the Ranks

Tao Wong

F10/100
When the Towers arrived without warning, chaos ensued. Decades later, the enchantments and mana cores harvested from within them power the most advanced technologies in the world. For Arthur Chua, climbing Malaysia's Beginner Tower is the only escape available to someone without money or connections—he's not looking to be a hero, just a survivor. Fate has other plans. The reason for the Towers' arrival will finally be revealed, and humanity will face another seismic shift—if Arthur can live long enough to see it.
Goodreads3.87· 335
Base BuildingCultivationLitRPGStatsSystem ApocalypseTower Climbing+1

The Reluctant Healer

TheChainBoy

F10/100
Earth's system integration sent humanity to distant planets for a tutorial — all except Matt. Left behind on a transformed Earth where mana has mutated beasts into monsters, he must survive alone in a harsh Egyptian desert with the one class everyone considers useless: Healer. A mysterious interim leader, a dungeon placed in the middle of nowhere, and a class ridiculed by the entire system stand between Matt and reuniting with his friends. A slow-burn LitRPG about a healer determined to prove himself against a system — and people — who have written him off.
Royal Road4.25· 220Goodreads3.75· 279
Competent MCCultivationDungeon CrawlingLitRPGLoner MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Core of Knowledge

Ghostman

F9/100
The Crazed Scholar. The Hoarder of Knowledge. The Thief of Ten Thousand Techniques. After ten thousand years, a cultivator attempted to ascend — to join the Heavens, to become a God. He failed. Yet the story of Xu Han did not end there. The Heavens gave him another life: as a dungeon core.
Royal Road4.31· 161
ComedyCraftingCultivationDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MC+3

Founder of the Beastkin Clan

Saberfang

F8/100
Kai Tong, a cultivator of the Ember Sword Sect, is an enigma among his peers. While others are consumed by the pursuit of immortality, Kai finds little interest in such ambitions — instead finding greater purpose in caring for the mystical creatures entrusted to him. His peaceful life is upended when vivid dreams from another world thrust him into unforeseen danger. These dreams grant him unusual knowledge, setting him on a path no cultivator has ever dared to tread. As Kai uncovers a revolutionary cultivation method, he defies tradition and reshapes the fabric of his world — establishing the Beastkin Clan, a society of mythical creatures bound by unity and strength. A slow-burn story of an MC who refuses to be ruthless, where fluffy companions matter as much as cultivation breakthroughs.
Royal Road4.19· 197
Base BuildingCozyCultivationMonster TamingReincarnationSecondary World+2

The Alchemy Empress: 10,000 Years Later

LTKnight

F8/100
After ten thousand years perfecting a single pill in seclusion, Bai Fanxian emerges to find the world transformed. Cultivation is now rare and weak, true alchemy has faded into legend, and nobody alive knows what the masters of the past were capable of. Armed with ancient mastery and unmatched power, she sets out to remind everyone exactly why "Alchemy Empress" was once the most revered title in the cultivation world.
Royal Road4.04· 200
AlchemyCompetent MCCozyCultivationIsekaiOverpowered MC+4

I'm a Fake Genius in a Cultivation Sect

TG Parsons

F7/100
A young man from Earth dies and his soul is placed in a new body in a cultivation world. Handsome, intelligent, and seemingly blessed by the heavens, Jun De appears fated to dominate the world — though all he really wants is to live life to the fullest.
Royal Road4.16· 187
ComedyCozyCultivationHaremOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Phoenix Flight

RainyLiquid

F6/100
After losing everything in ice and flame, Davi Hawker sets out on a quest to slay the evil Dragon that brought ruin to his village. Olivia Lot, a girl said to possess the weakest type of magic — blood magic — dreams of leaving her village and becoming an Arcane Knight, a powerful soldier who explores dungeons and slays monsters. Destined for greatness, these two meet and embark on the adventure of a lifetime, gathering powers, skills, and spells across a world that blends knights and science-fiction elements.
Royal Road4.26· 127
CultivationDungeon CrawlingHaremLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MC+5

Extra's Mantle: Wait, What Do You Mean I Shouldn't Exist?!

NekoSama#9999

F6/100
In the beloved novel "Mantle of Gods," four chosen heroes are destined to save the world — and fail spectacularly, leaving reality to burn in eternal darkness. As a reader of that story, transmigrating into it as Jin Winters, a nameless extra not even mentioned in the text, was already bad enough. Landing in Vienna — one of four cities slated for annihilation in the opening act — made it worse. Armed with meta-knowledge and a cancer survivor's stubborn refusal to die quietly, Jin awakens the mysterious "Mantle of Harvest," a power system the protagonists never fully understood. But knowledge only matters if you live long enough to use it. Ninety-one days until the veil falls. Ninety-one days to grow strong enough to change a fate written in blood.
Royal Road4.15· 168
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLit+15

Immortal Druid

Alfir2

F6/100
A gamer wakes up in a fantasy world inhabiting the body of his max-level Druid from an online game — only to find this new world is nothing like the genre he expected. Flying swords, qi beams, and arrogant young masters litter the landscape, a far cry from the cozy woodland retreat he had planned. He figured he could ignore all of it: vibe in the woods, pursue the Dao of Camping, mind his own business. But this isekai world is neither cozy nor forgiving, and sometimes the greatest enemy turns out to be oneself.
Royal Road3.90· 172
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyCultivationGameLit+6

Planeswalker - Requiem for the Immortal

Zarthos

F6/100
What happens when a serial transmigrator is forced to marry a crippled cultivator? Qin Yun, once a scientist, has been reborn again and again, hopping from strange worlds to stranger still with an extraordinary device aiding his journey. His latest landing places him in a world where men grow to become legends — born into a prominent clan on the edge of warring nations, yet unable to follow his ancestors' path. Another path remains open, one shunned by his peers as lesser, but Qin Yun trudges on regardless. Then news reaches him: his wedding is afoot, the bride unknown, his estranged family pushing hard for this union. His new wife is far from what he expected — disfigured when her breakthrough went wrong, crippled and discarded. Bound by an oath upon the altar, Qin Yun vows to help restore her strength and beauty, even as countless forces conspire against them.
Royal Road4.25· 111
CozyCultivationIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnation+4

Cultivating Redemption

DC Zhen

F5/100
He was a demigod chasing immortality until a curse shattered everything. Yu Di was born to ascend — cultivation was his life. Now, every time he uses Qi, he loses levels. Permanently. Broken and powerless, Yu Di retreats from the world until his ex-lover drops off a surprise: their three-year-old daughter. With no power left to chase, Yu Di devotes himself to raising Yu Lin — teaching her, protecting her, finding peace in fatherhood. Until the local Immortal sect threatens to take her. They want him to join, or they'll burn the village to the ground. Yu Di agrees. For her. Then a voice echoes in his mind: Curse Unlocked: 0.3% Lifted.
Royal Road4.14· 162
Anti-heroCultivationSecondary WorldTragedyWeak to Strong