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Route to Power

CSStephen

B65/100
Truth is stranger than fiction. Laiton had loved Pokemon, but that was a TV show meant for children — simple and easy, filled with obvious problems meant to teach moral lessons. Now he's found himself in a very different world: a place with culture, economics, and politics, inhabited by people with their own passions, goals, and prejudices. What's a reincarnated man to do when he finds himself in a vaguely familiar land filled with adventure and endless possibility — but not all of those possibilities are good?
Royal Road4.67· 363
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MC+3

Transcending Dreams

S. C. King

B64/100
For William, dreaming about waking up in a cultivation world quickly spiraled into a nightmare. Bound by captors with dark intentions, he watched innocent lives taken before a passing cultivator saved him on a whim. But freedom didn't mean safety. Now William must navigate the treacherous terrain and society of a cultivation world — one where the System has gamified the path to power, and where the locals have a new name for him: Wei Liang.
Goodreads4.40· 584
CultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSchoolStats+1

Dao of the Deal

jacobk

B64/100
When Muchen wakes up as an orphan living a hardscrabble life in a world of magical kung fu, he immediately sets his sights on the obvious goal: get rich. Money can make ghosts work hard, let alone cultivators. He can worry about immortality once he has secured a comfortable standard of living. Unfortunately, on the Qianzhan Continent, it takes a clever mind to earn a fortune — but it takes strength to keep it.
Royal Road4.64· 920
ComedyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiMerchantReincarnation+1

Applied Cultivation

CatVI

B63/100
They called him trash — until he put the Dao under the microscope. When demons slaughter his new family, computer scientist Johan — now reborn as Yu Han — survives by pure wit. He gains access to the mysterious system that all cultivators use to defy the heavens. But it won't be enough. Betrayed and stripped of everything, his only path forward is joining a prestigious immortal sect. Before he can even step inside, he slaps the faces of two powerful young masters. Yu Han should have no path forward — but in his past life he was a corporate warfare consultant who treated business rivals like failed hypotheses to be mercilessly eliminated. Trash talent? He'll prototype his own. Watch this blood-thirsty fatty sprint toward immortality, bringing algorithms to sword fights and treating cultivation like a hostile takeover.
Royal Road4.27· 1.2K
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekai+6

Behemoth

lkal92

B63/100
Cyril, the affable third prince of the Wandering Phoenix Tribe, awakens in the desert with no memory of his recent past. Destined to serve as the future Librarian of his people, he never expected to become the vessel of Behemoth, one of the World Titans — celestial beings ancient as the world itself, viewed like the eruption of a volcano or a tsunami capable of washing away an entire nation. More interested in reading romance novels than conducting war, Cyril seeks only to return to his family. But he soon discovers he is not the only anomaly to arise, and not everyone has such peaceful intentions. Armed with an unfathomable reservoir of mana and the spirit of a colossus, Cyril must stand tall through the upheaval of the old world and the birth of a new one.
Royal Road4.67· 275Goodreads4.12· 67
CultivationGoreGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Paragon of Mana

K. Ashoke

B63/100
Ethan died and was reborn into a world of Classes, Skills, and Mana. Reincarnated as Ember Blackstone, a descendant of a prestigious family of knights, he believed he had won the lottery. But the high society of ascendants can be cutthroat, and with his lacklustre talent he should have been left to fade into quiet obscurity. Against all expectations, his skills and rank advance faster than anyone. Ember dreams of magic and a fulfilling life with his loving family — but when tragedy strikes, he has to fight to make ends meet. To keep his dream alive and protect those he loves, Ember must rise beyond the limit and become more mana than a man.
Royal Road4.54· 1K
Class SystemCozyCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+4

Alpha Cultivation

Sunny Sain

B62/100
Titan Maximus Chadman, the seventh head of the Alpha Cultivation sect, practices the Dao of Chadness and cultivates Big D energy. Now that foreign cultivators have taken over Earth, he may be modern civilization's only hope.
Royal Road4.65· 539Goodreads4.50· 2
ComedyCozyCultivationOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSatire+1

Beware of Kittens - Scientific Sorcery!

Vitaly S Alexius

B62/100
Ioan Starfall, a Nordstaii teen on the cusp of adulthood, drowned as his village was set ablaze by a dragon. A biochemist from our world woke up in his body — and refused to become a hero seeking revenge when offered incredible power by a witch. There are far more important things on the to-do list. Reborn in a land of Nordic cultivators and giant monsters, there is a whole new world of science to explore, witchy powers to experiment with, and magical creatures just waiting to be dissected.
Royal Road4.67· 219
ComedyCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

Bards of the Broken Empire

Cooper Wai, Robyn Wideman

B62/100
Max Stone's laid-back life ends when a foolhardy rescue attempt earns him a trip to the afterlife. Instead of heaven or hell, his soul becomes a bargaining chip in a game between gods. He wins a second chance and chooses to keep his memories, awakening reincarnated in the frail teenage body of a recently deceased boy on Eedan — a world of chi cultivation, magic, and monsters. Starting weaker than the lowest-ranked cultivator and immediately drawing the ire of arrogant nobles, Max must leverage his Earth-born wits and a unique blessing to survive, master chi, and claw his way up in a world where power is everything.
Goodreads4.41· 263
CultivationHard MagicLitRPGReincarnationSchoolWeak to Strong

Tempered in the Force

FullMetalStu

B62/100
An old man dies in one world and a young boy wakes up in a galaxy far, far away. A Star Wars fanfiction with cultivation fantasy influences.
Royal Road4.67· 216
CozyCultivationIsekaiReincarnationSci-fiWeak to Strong

Aurora Scroll

Avery Light

B62/100
Isekaid into another world, the protagonist arrives armed with genre savviness and a determination to twist every cliché to his benefit. Cockroach villains? Dealt with before they become a problem. Trash young masters? Avoided and handled quietly. Damsels in distress? Not his responsibility. A power fantasy built around a hardcore internet citizen who knows every trope in the book — and uses that knowledge to carve a path from weak to unstoppably strong.
Royal Road4.21· 1.2KGoodreads3.60· 5
Anti-heroComedyCultivationIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

Kind Young Master

Wen Lambo

B61/100
Gao Fushuai had given up on cultivation before being chosen as a disciple by Xiao Sheng, the legendary "Living Blade." His master must soon ascend to the heavens, and Fushuai is determined to be worthy of that legacy before he does. When the Living Blade ascends, Fushuai will be left to find his own Path. The more power he gains, the more clearly he sees that the will of heaven is twisted by death, suffering, and dishonor — corrupted to its roots. To heal the world, he will shatter the heavens.
Royal Road4.67· 183
Competent MCCultivationOverpowered MCSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

This Venerable Demon is Grossly Unqualified

Turniper

B61/100
Elder Hu Xin, the Crimson Saint of the Pathless Night Sect, is missing — not physically, his body is still walking the sect like he owns the place. But behind his eyes, a stranger is panicking, because his transmigration experience came with no instructions and none of Elder Hu's centuries of memories. Fellow elders, disciples, and dogs of the orthodoxy all have expectations about who Hu Xin is — and Hu Xin has no idea what those expectations are, let alone how to meet them. He doesn't even know how to work his own cultivation, let alone nurture someone else's. Shielded by audacity and armed with bullshit, this newly venerable and grossly unqualified demon is making it up as he goes.
Royal Road4.64· 668
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationIsekaiMysteryOverpowered MC+3

Secrets

David Musk

B61/100
Mana artists rule the world, and the path to power is a well-kept secret — restricted to state-approved programs and schools. Akari Zeller will never be a mana artist. Not if society has its way. She's a Bronze with no money, no family, and no connections. But technology is advancing too. And to a skilled hacker like Akari, no secret is safe forever. The dark web holds the keys to true power, advancement, and her only chance of survival.
pf6.0· 1Royal Road4.52· 1KGoodreads3.67· 65
Anti-heroCultivationGenius MCHard MagicMysterySchool+2

I Am Become Death

J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)

B61/100
Matthias Stonebreaker is tormented every day. He has no talent for The Gift of magic or the Enforcement of life energy, and will one day be forced beyond the frontier where ferocious monsters destroy all who cannot defend themselves. He certainly cannot — until a near-death experience awakens a new path to power: the path of Divine Breath. Now he must learn to cultivate the very energy of the gods to steal their divine strength. Supported by his cursed brother and younger sister, he will walk the path of shadow and death itself. But he must be careful — in this world, even death could die.
pf6.0· 1Royal Road4.65· 438
CultivationGrimdarkOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong+1

Keeper of Totality

Infinityphoenix

B60/100
The death of the Hero reset the timeline — not what Lucy had intended when she made that last soul attack while dying. Returned to Earth, she attempts the obvious: use her knowledge of the future to dominate the System's five realms. Except things go wrong immediately. A Shard of Totality is now lodged in her eye, her Status is broken, and the Hero remembers everything — and has his own agenda involving her other identity, Adrianna Riftmire. She may be doomed. But as a master of soul magic and former Archmage, she is far from defenseless. This might just be her best chance to permanently defeat the Hero of Light, whose powers distort destiny to ensure his success.
Royal Road4.64· 602
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Regressor Sect Master

SpaizZzer

B60/100
Tundra Fox, a cultivator of immense power and Sect Master of the Verdant Snow Sect, faces an eldritch god from beyond and dies. A time-artifact, however, sends his soul back 10,000 years — to the earlier years of growing his Sect. With cultivation, base building, and the foreknowledge of a regressor, Tundra Fox sets out to prevent family deaths and conflicts, and to raise descendants who don't become arrogant young masters. A story about healing relationships and finding enlightenment in family life rather than solitary cultivation.
Royal Road4.56· 980Goodreads4.26· 448
Base BuildingCultivationHaremOverpowered MCRegressionSecondary World+1

The Devil Herself

13 Sparks

B60/100
Ellen goes from being a flight attendant to being mistaken for the devil herself. It all starts locked in a dungeon — a place to meet the best sorts of people — where she saves the life of a psycho cultivator. She never figures out if he's a hero or a villain, but he's certainly good at killing people. He takes a shine to her and teaches her how to cultivate to defend herself. But he's busy trying to kill his cousins, so Ellen's cultivation takes some unexpected turns: she becomes a pyromaniac, starts abusing geometry, and eventually steals some hellfire because it's not hot enough until you melt the walls. A slow-burn romance between a workaholic and someone dense as a brick, with a good helping of magic, violence, and sarcasm along the way.
Royal Road4.66· 244
ComedyCultivationIsekaiSlow BurnWeak to StrongWuxia

Blueprint for Immortality: a Crafting Xianxia

NoDragons

B60/100
Booker has woken up in the wrong body — one ruined by drug use, trapped in a dead-end life as the lowest possible apprentice in a massive sect. But that doesn't faze him. When he looks at the mountains, he sees a climb waiting. Better yet, he carries the assistance of a magical book that lets him craft any pill in existence perfectly — a skill alchemists would fight and die for. With his crafting skills, patient soul, and relentlessly upbeat attitude, Booker sets out to climb the first of many mountains. A slow-life xianxia with a focus on crafting and character-driven exploration of the genre's world and people.
Royal Road4.51· 987
AlchemyBase BuildingCozyCraftingCrafting PowerCultivation+6

Leaving A Legacy (A Xianxia story)

212perseus

B60/100
What happens when a young master from a declining cultivator clan decides to simply be a decent human being? Zhao Ren is not a typical young master — no arrogance, no entourage, no random face-slapping. He prefers books to throwing his weight around, and was raised to turn around his family's fortunes. But instead of following convention, he found his own way to the Dao. A cultivator who favors sustainable herb-growing, leaves behind inheritances instead of looting, and spares a thought for those who come after? Who even plants a tree that won't bear fruit until long after he's dead? Everyone thinks he must be crazy. So how does he keep getting stronger?
Royal Road4.63· 804
ComedyCozyCraftingCultivationSecondary WorldWuxia