pf
Filters

Tags and status are community-built and still a work in progress.

See something wrong or missing? Open any series and hit “Suggest an edit”.

Status
Power system
Setting
Progression
Protagonist
Tone
Relationships
Content warnings
Drugs
Gore
Profanity
Sexual Content
Clear all filters

Browse

426 series

The Heavenly Way

Golden Thame

F24/100
When thrown into a different world, the typical isekai protagonist gets some sort of a cheat. In Xiao Yun's case, all he got was crippled cultivation and a crumbling clan. If one thing sets him apart from the masses, it's his Earthly knowledge — and he is forced to put that knowledge to use to find a safe place for himself in this new and absurd reality. Featuring a smart, cunning protagonist navigating clan building and politics, the story deliberately subverts familiar cultivation tropes and gives clichéd characters and situations its own personal twist.
Royal Road4.51· 200
Base BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiSatire+1

Dungeon Bringer

Nick Harrow

F24/100
White-hat hacker Clay Knight is given two hours to fix a compromised network for the Inkolana Cartel. When he hacks the hackers, he stumbles into an ancient ritual that summons him to Soketra — a forgotten world of dungeons and monsters. There, a fierce pride of warrior cat women believe Clay is the reincarnation of the ancient Dungeon Lord Rathokhetra. With raiders on his doorstep, Clay must master his new dungeon-building abilities and protect his growing army of guardians from a fate worse than death.
Goodreads3.94· 531
Base BuildingDungeon CoreHaremSecondary WorldTransmigration

I Don't Want to be the Hive Queen

ValetheHowl

F24/100
Marcus had a truly terrible Monday: a horrible customer, getting fired, and then getting shot dead in a robbery. He woke up in the body of a weak, strange creature in a fantasy world full of deadly monsters. Now Marcus must find a way to survive as a Vex Queen. His own bravery and determination aren't enough — he needs to build a Hive. And the monsters closing in are only the first of many threats to come.
Goodreads4.07· 510
Base BuildingLitRPGMonster TamingNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World

Runeforged: Path of the Paladin

M.S. Davidson

F23/100
Ben Crawford shouldn't be here. One moment he's on Earth; the next he wakes up in an inescapable room that seems intent on erasing him. Then, just as suddenly, he's somewhere else entirely — dropped onto a world where humanity is barely more than a myth. On Ark, power is everything, and Runebinding magic is the key to survival. Ben shouldn't be able to use it, but he can — and he's learning faster than anyone should. Fighting alongside monster hunters and wielding powers of Light, Ben quickly discovers that being an anomaly comes with a price. Some see his strength as an opportunity; others see it as a threat. As faction politics turn against him and ancient powers take notice, Ben must navigate a world that doesn't know what to do with him, all while something far more dangerous watches from beyond. Humanity was never meant to be part of this story — but to survive what's coming, Ben must forge a new path as the first Paladin in a world that needs one.
Royal Road4.49· 293
Base BuildingCozyCultivationHard MagicIsekaiOverpowered MC+5

System Cultivator: Righteous Young Master in an Unworthy World

RAIDBOSS

F22/100
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 Road4.51· 107
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCLitRPGRegressionSecondary World+1

Bob the Walking Bank - A Monster Evolution Lit-RPG

Absurdist Ape

F22/100
Investment Banker Robert Stadler was not a happy man — cheating wife, estranged family, soul-crushing work. During a drunken night grieving all of the above, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime via speeding box-truck. Non-refundable. The new start was not as a human being. Now an F-ranked monster — a Lesser Mimic — trapped in an alien dungeon and very much at the bottom of the food chain, Bob must survive a world where his species demands an ever-more-obscene amount of treasure to evolve. His solution: teach the locals how to make their money work for them. It's time to make way for the capitalist revolution.
Royal Road4.38· 329
Base BuildingComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Elf Empire

John Stovall

F22/100
Leo wanted to make something of himself — specifically, to build dams. But when he, his girlfriend, and her loan-shark boss all get dragged through a portal to another world, he quickly decides this new realm is the place for him. Everyone has magic, and a fallen kingdom desperately needs someone willing to fight for what's right and build a grand civilization. With a not-quite-a-princess elf and a crippled dragon at his side, Leo must race to build his empire before the loan shark Kruegar can finish him off with a legion of orcs.
Goodreads4.15· 433
Base BuildingComedyCraftingIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Unseen Cultivator

Mechalich

F22/100
Long ago, demonic cultivators betrayed the Dao and cast down mighty sects, leaving only ruined wastelands behind. The few survivors took refuge in hidden pocket realms, striving to regain the strength necessary to reclaim the world. Now, twenty-five hundred years later, opportunity may have finally arrived. Qing Liao never dreamed of becoming a cultivator, but mandatory testing reveals his potential and draws him into the Celestial Origin Sect. As he trains to wield stellar qi, he discovers an unusual quirk that places him at the center of the war between demonic and orthodox factions. Elsewhere, Grand Elder Itinay has schemed for millennia waiting for her moment, while Scoria Scorn — a cultivator who chose the demons — hunts down every remaining fragment of human existence. As immortals collide, one cultivator waits unseen, an arrow cloaked in shadow.
Royal Road4.50· 171
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkPost-apocalypticSecondary World+1

Six Souls

Milc

F22/100
Ray was a professional killer, bound by a code that kept him sharp, careful, and alive. When a mission goes wrong, he awakens in a brutal new world where survival means taking lives and growing stronger with every soul consumed. Among six exiles from Earth, only one can return home — and five must die. Ray needs to get back to settle a score, so the other earthlings are out of luck. Empire-building, conquest, and survival in a Dark Souls-inspired world where the system arrives early and mercy arrives never.
Royal Road4.49· 228
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+3

Villainess of Tangled Tragedies

Pope Pug

F21/100
After a late-night drive ended her life, a woman wakes inside the first webnovel she ever mocked. In "Tower of the End," Celestia von Reingarde was nothing more than a petty villainess — a spoiled noble girl remembered only for bullying someone until the hero arrived. One humiliation, and she faded away so the harem could bloom. Except now she has become Celestia. She planned to slip quietly into the background and let the story run its course — until a system warning made that impossible: [Warning! Existence will be erased when Story Relevance reaches 0/100.] Obscurity means death. To survive, Celestia must become relevant.
Royal Road4.34· 324
Anti-heroBase BuildingIsekaiLitRPGSchoolSecondary World+2

The Science of Cultivation

randombluecat

F21/100
Reincarnated into a world of cultivation, scientist Langley Seiker no longer has to dream about immortality — it's now possible. Except he has no talent. Through a chance encounter, he gains access to his familiar laboratory, which allows him to systematically study the mechanics of cultivation. Other cultivators ponder how to advance to the next realm. Langley cracks it with science — systematically unraveling not only how to cultivate, but also how to refine pills and inscribe talismans.
Goodreads4.16· 285
AlchemyBase BuildingCraftingCultivationGenius MCReincarnation

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

Calmari

F20/100
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 Road4.09· 329
Base BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

Henchman

Carl Stubblefield

F20/100
Gus is a Henchman — content with his mid-level role on an orbiting space base and under no illusions about the dangers of getting too ambitious around Supervillain bosses. His father pulled strings to land him the job. Then the base is destroyed and Gus is hurled toward the planet below, surviving only because of a damaged escape pod and the sudden awakening of his own latent powers. Stranded on a deserted island and inexplicably hunted, Gus has to stop being a minion and start being the master of his own story. As some would say — he's no longer just a Henchman. He might be a Villain now.
Goodreads4.03· 464
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedySci-fiSuperpowersWeak to Strong

The Mirror World Progression Saga

Rain Harlow

F20/100
Sammy struggled through college until she was magically transported to another realm and transformed into a goddess. Now she must acquire followers to appease an ever-helpful System — and her powers have something to do with mirrors. Sammy will struggle to take over the world one follower at a time, and in doing so, save more than herself.
Goodreads4.14· 397
Base BuildingClass SystemIsekaiLitRPGMysteryNon-human MC+1

This Necromancer Raised Civilization Instead Of The Dead

Bimbanana

F20/100
In a world of magic and dragons, humanity's greatest hope is the Summoned Heroes. The Church of the Goddess, the only institution capable of performing the summoning ritual, made a catalogue — different tiers, different classes, different budgets. Because even the poor deserve their own personal hero. Unfortunately, one budget-conscious kingdom got Theo: a professional séance scammer and a necromancer who couldn't control the dead. So they threw him away. What no one knows is that Theo can summon the dead — but his System only lets him call souls from Earth. From Archimedes to Nikola Tesla, Julius Caesar to George Patton, Leonardo da Vinci to Steve Jobs. Men who shaped civilizations, now answering to a scammer. A kingdom forged from Earth's greatest minds to devour other kingdoms — and perhaps even the Goddess herself. There is just one problem: right next door lies the Demon Kingdom, and it has been waiting.
Royal Road4.48· 184
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCraftingGameLitGenius MC+11

Broken Soul

Macou_Crow

F20/100
A high fantasy story following Michael, son of Count Cedric Rowan, through his life of learning, fighting, and rising to his duty. Designed to be a slow-starting and accelerating story, it begins with a young protagonist and follows him across a long arc of growth — including kingdom building and the politics and warfare of a somewhat realistic medieval setting.
Royal Road4.47· 258
Base BuildingMilitarySecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Cultivator vs. System

Valerios

F20/100
Long Fang is stranded in a foreign world where proper cultivation has been replaced by blue-screen System notifications. His response: ignore the System entirely and build a sect to spread cultivation the old-fashioned way. The System does not take kindly to being rejected. As Long Fang's stubbornness draws increasingly dangerous System-backed foes, he must grow stronger and wiser — while keeping his wholesome sect of followers alive against everything the System throws at them.
Goodreads4.11· 444
Base BuildingComedyCompetent MCCultivationLitRPGSecondary World

The Dungeon Alaria

Joshua Kern

F20/100
On the eve of the apocalypse, Liam is transported to another world — along with his house. Two moons hang overhead, and the people of this new land seem intent on attacking him. Stranded in a world where he doesn't speak the language, he must survive while a gorgeous princess holds the key to understanding what is happening. Set in a world where a goddess is losing control of her creation, this series blends portal fantasy with GameLit mechanics.
Goodreads4.13· 406
Base BuildingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Supersum: Living in Another World

Chiruschka

F19/100
A man from Earth dies and is reincarnated in a world of magic and swords, reborn as a beast-kin with wolf ears and a fluffy tail. Follow him as he discovers the mysteries of magic and the system, navigates intricate politics and cultures, and forges his own path in a new world. The story features multiple POVs, slow-burn pacing, kingdom-building elements, and a LitRPG system layered over a rich secondary-world setting.
Royal Road4.04· 320
Base BuildingCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MC+4

Goth Mommy, Bone Daddy: Life's a lich, Then you die

ReignyDaze

F19/100
Modivar, the last light of salvation, had done it. He reached max level and saved the world. All it cost him was everything he had ever known and loved. Now he is cursed — he broke his oath, and that oath is killing him. So instead of living out his days as a hero, he chose to go as far away as possible and spend whatever time he has left as nothing more than a simple potion seller. He found a village with no name, no buildings that weren't run down. At his wit's end, at the end of his life, he didn't expect to find Belladonna. He didn't expect to find love. He didn't expect to find a reason to live on beyond death. What started as a prank gone horribly wrong turned into a love story that would last an unlifetime.
Royal Road4.26· 304
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyCraftingNon-human MC+4