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The Foundation of Smoke and Steel

JCAnderson2025

C46/100
I woke up in another man's body on the day of his arranged marriage to the most terrifying woman in the Kingdom. He was supposed to die — and the worst part is he already did, because he's still here, in my head. Bitter. Brilliant. Watching me relive every mistake he made in a life that ended with betrayal, heartbreak, and murder. But I'm not Ethan Zhou. I'm a systems engineer with a background in strategy, survival, and zero interest in playing by the rules of a cultivation world obsessed with bloodlines, legacies, and face. Together — whether we like it or not — we build something better. I'll play the quiet husband, the loyal son-in-law. Until it's time to rewrite the foundation beneath the empire's feet.
Royal Road4.16· 709Goodreads5.00· 3
CultivationGenius MCHaremIsekaiReincarnationSecondary World+3

System of Nil

Tim Paulson

C46/100
Nathan Cheng, known as Nil, is a game developer with four consecutive game jam wins — but a gaping hole in his heart from his sister's untimely murder. When he wakes up in an arcane world with a familiar System, he's given one mission: defeat the dark king, or die. Success means returning home on the day before his sister was killed. Only Nil's knowledge of the System — and his perfect memory — can let him advance fast enough to avoid being overwhelmed. The mechanics are far more complex than they appear, with thousands of hidden secrets waiting to be exploited. It'll take more than just brains. He'll need a mountain of grit and guts.
Goodreads4.30· 381
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGMystery+1

Guardian's Journey

Roman Savarovsky

C46/100
Dedicated his whole life to becoming the next Guardian of the Empire, the protagonist became the youngest of the Genius rank — striking fear into the hearts of his enemies. But evidently, that wasn't enough. His real journey only began when he lost everyone dear to him and used a secret Guardian technique to travel one day back in time to get revenge on those responsible. Only now it seems he's gone back much further than one day, and there are many more culprits to tackle than he expected.
Goodreads4.31· 292
CultivationGenius MCIsekaiRegressionWeak to Strong

The Factory Must Grow - Book 3: The Wheels Must Turn

NorskDaedalus

C46/100
Constructing a portal is a monumental undertaking, yet the Forerunners have guided dozens of civilizations to that end and know exactly what is needed: thousands of laborers, hundreds of brilliant artisans, dozens of powerful mages. As the culmination of years of work, they tear a hole in the fabric between realities and travel between worlds. There is simply no reasonable way for only five people — prepared for a standard Isekai scenario yet now stranded on a hostile and alien world where mere survival is a challenge — to ever build a portal. But reasonable people don't become Forerunners.
Royal Road4.55· 603
Base BuildingCraftingGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

Traclaon Armageddon

Alex Kozlowski

C45/100
Eric Peters has been reborn — sent back in time to change humanity's fate. After experiencing a future where all of humanity's planets and colonies had been purged, Eric refused to fall, and an Entity chose him to be humanity's last hope. The Reborn are galactic boogiemen — myths used to terrify children and curb the aggression of advanced alien civilizations, usually granted powers able to destroy star systems. But in Eric's case, the Entity gave him abilities barely classed as special. With only his memories and a couple of minor boons, he must survive evil elements within humanity, circling alien races, and change history enough so that when the Traclaon Empire declares war, his species can fight back.
Goodreads4.29· 528
Genius MCLitRPGRegressionSci-fiSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

We Lease The Kraken!

Osamaru Ta

C45/100
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 Road4.60· 235
CozyGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryMonster TamingMystery+6

Storm Strider

Maradina

C45/100
Nearly a century ago, rifts opened and giant magic-blooded bugs descended upon humanity. Born and raised in a small desert village, Sand-Dancer Marisol wants nothing to do with the distant war. All she wants is to sail to a legendary island city and bring back a vial of healing seawater for her sickly mother. But when leviathans attack her ship and strand her in the middle of the sea, she's forced to pick a class from a system. Three out of four classes will save her life and bring her home — but only one will let her stand on water, move forward, and save her mother. So what if her system tells her she has less than a one percent chance of making the journey? Marisol will skate to the city or die trying.
Royal Road4.58· 511
Class SystemGameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

Born Different

Vnator

C45/100
In the dark caverns of a secluded dungeon, Click the spider is born with the impossibly rare gift of great Intelligence. Only the strongest of monsters can hope to survive in the savage dungeon, and Click must make the most of their unique abilities to come out on top — or at least alive. Click can best be described as Lawful-Neutral, finding merit in making and benefitting from allies rather than trampling everything underfoot. Not a hero, but definitely not a mindlessly evil villain.
Royal Road4.58· 508Goodreads4.59· 22
Anti-heroBase BuildingDungeon CoreGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+4

Mask of Humanity

SlaughterBot

C45/100
In New London, year 2493, Nicolai is a centuries-old killer whose brain was implanted into the body of Zero-Twelve, a militarized killbot. Numb and apathetic, he is a cog in the machine — until Heaven arrives and the Great Game begins, and he is reborn as a human, his old body recreated along with the madness and blood rage that characterized his past. Given one direction — find the Lizard — Nicolai is thrown into Nightmare, a world of cultivation, undead, demons, spirit beasts, sects, and clans. He finds himself in a decaying castle constructed by a mysterious people, now filled with purposeless undead caught in an ancient war entering its final stages. For Nicolai, this new world is a dream come true. After a century trapped in metal, he is free — and he can resume his endless goal: to become the greatest fighter alive.
Royal Road4.46· 631
Anti-heroCultivationGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkIsekai+7

Brewing Bad

DWinchester

C45/100
Lucas is a dick, but you would be too if you died in a meth lab explosion and found yourself in a fantasy world. Now, with only his ruthlessness and an ever-increasing body of alchemical knowledge, he has to make his way in this new world — because being poor sucks no matter where you are. He has no idea what's going to happen, but he isn't dying again, because he already knows the afterlife is pretty much bullshit.
Royal Road4.50· 614
AlchemyAnti-heroBase BuildingCraftingGameLitGenius MC+3

Spring Time (A One Piece Fanfiction)

Arthedain

D44/100
Humans are supposedly adaptable, but whoever said that probably never considered being thrown headfirst into the world of One Piece — especially not in the middle of the canon timeline. A former physicist turned pirate navigates the many dangers and opportunities of his second life, trying to find a new dream. Stuck in Bellamy's body, he'll first have to survive the whims of a certain Royal Warlord.
Royal Road4.59· 304
ComedyGenius MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World

Somebody Stop Her

Vitaly S Alexius

D44/100
In the sleepy town of Saint Mary, the Kilborne superhero family's new neighbors are more than just odd — they're supervillains. School would be a breeze for Martin Kilborne if it weren't for Alexa Terranova, his raygun-toting classmate who recruited him as her minion. Martin becomes quickly tangled in Alexa's supervillain plots: stealing an ice cream van, destroying the Superstate, and bewildering time-travel escapades leaping between his Earth and a dead world 400 years in the future. His life transforms from mundane to madcap — an ever-accelerating train ride with no brakes, packed with adventure, dark comedy, and post-apocalyptic cosmic horror.
Royal Road4.59· 298
Anti-heroComedyGameLitGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+4

City of Desire

A WAN

D44/100
Remus had plans: build a quiet business empire within the safety of the empire he knew. His family had other ideas. Shipped off to Greltheaven — a dangerous border city filled with opportunity and peril in equal measure — he swears revenge and sets about making the best of a terrible situation. The business fate has handed him is a brothel. Remus intends to make it the most successful one the city has ever seen, and use it as the foundation for something much larger — if the city survives long enough for his plans to bear fruit.
Royal Road4.14· 657
Base BuildingGenius MCHaremLitRPGMerchantMilitary+1

A Hundred Halls: Gamemakers Online

Thomas K. Carpenter

D44/100
Could you defeat the world's hardest immersive game? Alexandria Duke must learn how — or risk losing everything. When Alex joins Gamemakers Online, she finds there are no newbie areas, no tutorials, and nothing but vicious critters hunting her down. Alex is a veteran platinum achievement hunter who has solved previously unwinnable scenarios, and she won't give up now. But as she delves deeper into the game, she discovers it hides sinister secrets. If she can't survive the first year, she'll lose more than her own life.
Goodreads4.30· 260
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingGenius MCLitRPGMysteryVRMMO

Advent of Eternity: A Tactical LitRPG

Actus

D44/100
The Gods were believed to be immortal — so far beyond the natural laws of the universe that their crimes went unpunishable. A clock hung over every mortal, counting down to the day the Goddess of Death claimed them. Knell Coda was never born in the normal sense. He came into the world outside the reach of the gods, to a family that had committed the cardinal sin of defying them. Their meddling wound the hands on a new clock — one that hung above the heads of the gods themselves, because of one secret Knell uncovered: the Gods can be tricked, defeated, and killed. To most, seeking the head of a goddess would be madness. To Knell, it is an inevitability.
Royal Road4.52· 589
Anti-heroComedyGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPG+3

Fate Alchemist

Felix Taylor

D44/100
The demons won. The world ended. Wulf, one of the last survivors, is sent back forty-one years to prevent the apocalypse — starting over as a first-year at Istalis Academy with his advancement reset. There's a catch: he's been given a seemingly useless crafting class instead of his former fighter abilities. No one can know, or he'll be expelled. But the more Wulf learns, the more he suspects the class change is no accident — perhaps what mankind needs isn't just his future knowledge, but someone whose legendary class can change fate itself.
Goodreads4.29· 374
CraftingDungeon CrawlingGenius MCLitRPGRegressionSchool

Tower of Cards 2: Runeseeker

JPwrites

D43/100
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

The Exalted Mage

Kairami

D43/100
The hardest thing about being a mage of ruin and tempests is having to hold back. Veronica's magic isn't subtle — it's cataclysmic. Specializing in widespread destruction magic, she could tear apart mountains, raze armies, and bury cities. She was the first and only mage to reach the 10th tier, and because of that she was humanity's last hope against the demons. Until the day she fell, alone, as the world burned around her. In her final moments she cast her soul back in time. Now nineteen again, she has years to prepare before the invasion begins anew. She must find allies, raise students, and rally forces to stand beside her — and this time, freed from the curse that shackled her body in her previous life, no one knows how far she can truly ascend.
Royal Road4.19· 641
Genius MCLGBTQ+LitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MCRegression+2

The Distinguished Mr. Rose: LitRPG Adventures of a Gentlemanly Madman

QuiteTheSlacker

D42/100
There is one thing Lucius values above all else: beauty. As the humble owner of a flower boutique — one with a bloody secret hiding underneath — he is surrounded by all the beauty he could ever want. Flowers, art, people — everything in no short supply. When he is suddenly whisked away into the sky along with the rest of humanity and forced to participate in a series of games, trials, and adventures into foreign dimensions, Lucius discovers a new frontier. A wide universe, unique lands brimming with beautiful, blossoming souls. With style, grace, and gentlemanly candor, he seeks to draw out the inner beauty in all — and will not rest until they bloom as their truest selves.
Royal Road4.58· 363
Anti-heroGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+3

Island Core

NoDragons

D42/100
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