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Alpha

Arthur Stone

C59/100
No empty child has ever survived to a year of age — yet he has reached thirteen. Frail in body but strong in mind, he has been a burden his clan has paid dearly to keep alive, at the edge of civilization where money is scarce. He might have lived in this crippled state for many more years. But when unexpected guests arrive at the estate, everything changes: he will either die at last — or learn to survive on his own.
Goodreads4.34· 1.2K
CultivationLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Pilgrim

Harmon Cooper

C59/100
Danzen Ravja was abandoned at birth and raised by the Diyu Brotherhood to be an assassin. After one last disastrous job, he walks away and retreats to remote Genshin Valley, hoping to disappear in a small village and rebuild an old monastery. But his past follows him. His former teacher has put a contract on his life, and every assassin in the kingdom is hunting him. Worse, Danzen carries a dark secret: he is half-demon, and any spilled blood unleashes a horde of demons that will slaughter everyone around him.
Goodreads4.29· 1.3K
Anti-heroCultivationGrimdarkSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Netherwitch

Xylix

C59/100
When Eric Swallow received his first quest from the System, he certainly did not expect to end up in the netherworld — or to become a witch called Sylvia. Now stuck as a girl, she must adapt as a student of the Starlight Nether Witch Academy. But she will not remain there for long. The System's creator has a scheme that will inevitably break the post-war peace that followed Ragnarok, and as a bearer of the System, Sylvia will have no choice but to dive into Hell's darkest corners and its highest society — all while building a safe place for herself and the "gamers" who follow. Features politics, economics, kingdom building, soul cultivation, a complex magic system, and a slow-burn romance.
Royal Road4.56· 881
Base BuildingCultivationLGBTQ+LitRPGSchoolSecondary World+2

RE: Knight

S Williams

C59/100
Earth has been pulled into a vast multiverse trial where survival isn't guaranteed and failure means extinction. Humanity is scattered across dangerous levels, each more brutal than the last, racing to clear them before everything collapses. Ethan has seen how it ends. He fought through every level, watched heroes rise and fall, and stood on the final battlefield as the last survivor — only to realize that even victory had come too late. Until he is given a single question: would he like to restart? With nothing left to lose, Ethan accepts. It's time to pick up the mantle and become the Knight humanity needs.
Royal Road4.50· 959
Competent MCCultivationIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCRegression+2

Rebirth as a Wind Cultivator

Erios909

C59/100
When Li Mei dies in a traffic accident after another soul-crushing retail shift, she awakens inside her favorite game, Phoenix Kingdom Chronicles — inhabiting the body of Lin Xiulan, the scorned second daughter of a noble family. Armed with knowledge of the game and hard-won experience dealing with difficult people, Xiulan refuses to be the family's punching bag. She must master alchemy, tame spirit beasts, and perfect martial arts while fending off scheming sisters and a manipulative stepmother. She also carries knowledge of a devastating future that threatens the entire realm — and surviving her own family long enough to act on it will be the first challenge.
Royal Road4.53· 918
AlchemyCultivationIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnationWeak to Strong+1

Monarch

Extra27

C58/100
Rayne was a bastard — the only son of the fallen Duke Frayser, cast aside to die in an army that hated him for being alive. Then a soul from Earth took over his body. With the common class of a Soldier, a Lineage Quest to complete, and a unique trait for stealing skills, he must grow strong enough to survive a gritty world. Fighting goblins, trolls, and necromancers, he works to earn reputation and prestige in a kingdom that branded his bloodline as traitors — with kingdom building waiting in later volumes.
Royal Road4.46· 971
Base BuildingCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMilitary+3

Cultivating Earth

Cromethus

C58/100
After hundreds of thousands of years cultivating, Zhao Gang has finally reached the penultimate threshold — ready to ascend to the level of True Immortal. To avoid drawing the attention of his enemies, he selects the most desolate plane he can find: Earth. Fast forward three thousand years. Zhao Gang discovers what his long absence has wrought — a cultivation-free culture that has independently unlocked the deep mysteries of creation. Now he can't help but wonder how this tiny, energy-barren planet could affect the course of all creation. There's only one problem. For that to happen, he first has to succeed in cultivating Earth.
Royal Road4.63· 635
CozyCultivationSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicSuperpowers+2

First Fist

TJ Reynolds

C58/100
Once a soldier, now an outcast. Luca must overcome fate as he walks the path of a cultivator, seeking the Seventh Bridge to the Heavens. Few men served Mindea as faithfully as Luca during his years in the army. When every Elixir of Awakening failed to rouse his dormant core, he relinquished his dreams — only for even that to be torn away when his men collide with an unexpected fate. A monk from distant Shuya who wields all the elements at once forces Luca to question everything he knows about cultivation. Now exiled, he must gather allies, battle Mana Beasts, and ascend as quickly as possible — for enemies are already stirring in the distant reaches of Andaya.
Goodreads4.34· 1.1K
Base BuildingCultivationMilitarySecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Dungeon from the Void

Shane Purdy

C58/100
A young dungeon core emerges from the void into the world of Midgard, bound to an element so rare only the most powerful beings have ever encountered it. He establishes himself in a secluded mountain range, far from any kingdom. In a world where daring cultivators fight through dungeons to carve out their place, how will Midgard react to this strange new core — and his extremely dangerous element?
Goodreads4.37· 561
Base BuildingCultivationDungeon CoreSecondary World

Keeper of Totality

Infinityphoenix

C58/100
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 Road4.63· 603
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Tal, The Risen

A. Stargazer

C58/100
Tal is one of the elite undead soldiers of the Zozheim empire, resurrected from the corpse of an uncounted sacrifice. He does not know the man's name. He does not care. The body is his now. They say Tal exists to serve — and so he drowns and murders and pillages in the empire's name. But one thing is becoming clear: he exists. And soon, that fact will terrify his creators and their enemies alike.
Royal Road4.64· 398
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkHorror+8

Jumpspark

chakfor

C58/100
Each human contains a spark of divinity. Only a few ever learn to access it — but for those few, a reward awaits in the afterlife. Meet Karlus, a 26-year-old construction manager who managed to access his spark. Join him on a journey of discovery as he explores a new world and new powers, meeting new friends and ancient heroes along the way. A western-style xianxia blending cultivation with classic adventure.
Royal Road4.61· 797
CultivationReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft MagicWuxia

Immovable Mage

ImmovableMage

C57/100
What do you call a mage incapable of casting spells? In this story, we usually call him Terry. When the boy is accepted into Arcana Academy, his talent in mana foundation management awes everyone — making the eventual disappointment all the greater when Terry proves to be an utter failure at spellwork. Diagnosis: major aspect impairment, no cure. Faced with expulsion, Terry finds unexpected kindness that costs him his academy place but gives him a home with a caring family. Resigned to exploring mana cultivation, he never stops searching for his own path as a mage — day after day, season after season — looking for compatible spellwork. All to finally find the only spell he can cast. A journey to discover that even a narrow path of magic can lead to the territory of legends.
Royal Road4.53· 878
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGenius MCHard MagicMysteryOverpowered MC+4

Ten Thousand Tragedies

NMR-3

C57/100
Death is the greatest teacher, and 721 has a lot of learning to do. The Martial Arts Alliance stands at the precipice of defeat as war threatens to consume the world — its sects and great families rotten at the core. As a slave soldier of the Red Dawn Sect, 721 is not allowed a name, feelings, or thoughts. His death is not a tragedy, only a statistic. But death isn't the end for him: every time he dies, he wakes up again 24 hours before it happened. With only a vague memory of who he once was, he will rise to the highest peaks — his road paved with his own bones.
Royal Road4.63· 522
CultivationGrimdarkMilitaryMysteryPost-apocalypticTime Loop+3

Mage Steel: A Western Sci-Fi Cultivation Series

Dominick R

C57/100
A thousand years ago, Earth fell. Rifts tore open reality, flooding the planet with eldritch horrors. Humanity evolved, adapted, and awakened to new powers — but it wasn't enough. Earth was abandoned and humanity scattered to the stars. Now, Knights are all that remain of Earth's warrior legacy: humans wielding Rift-forged power armor and ancient combat disciplines, fighting for hire across the galaxy. Cadet Kon was training to join their ranks until his ship was shot down and he crash-landed on a Rift-infected world crawling with pirates, bandits, and relics of a dead civilization. Cut off from command and surrounded by monsters that should not exist, survival becomes the first test of many as Kon fights his way through a world lost to madness.
Royal Road4.63· 506
CultivationHard MagicMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

Xianxia Senior Brother of a Heavens Favoured

Trixx

C57/100
Faust aims for the Nascent Soul realm — satisfied if he can achieve a level that commands respect across the continent and pass on peacefully in old age. In preparation for his younger sister entering the sect, he pushes for his breakthrough and enters the Inner Sect of the Clear Mirror Sect. The new disciple intake, however, is unlike any before it: prodigies from prestigious clans and talents from across the continent, some even matching the great sects. Heaven's Gaze itself is fixated on the new disciples, signalling a heaven's favoured among them. Faust sweats as he worries whether his plan to live leisurely and raise his family into a fledgling Nascent Soul clan will survive the chaos that's coming.
Royal Road4.63· 465
Base BuildingCozyCultivationGenius MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

Ancient Being Predecessor of the Primordial Era

Z. Robert Nights

C56/100
Being mistaken for an Ancient Predecessor usually results in heavenly benefits — not for James Anderson. Thrown into an isolated training realm with no tutorial and no guidance, he spends eons alone, kept sane only by system notifications and rewards. When even those stop, he jumps off the precipice. A tear in reality deposits him into a cultivation world gone awry, where demons and evil cultivators dominate and the righteous cower in caves. James is dragged into petty squabbles and the lives of the last remaining Hu family members, all while navigating with the belief that he isn't actually that strong.
pf4.0· 1Goodreads4.36· 517
CultivationHaremLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World

Ponder the Orb

Scribe_Apprentice

C56/100
When Mark is ripped from Earth and dropped into a realm of wizard towers and magic, he is taken in by an unlikely group of hermits who spend their days smoking halflings' leaf, arguing over spell theory, and quietly pondering glowing orbs. They call themselves the Blue Wizards. The powerful White Tower sect calls them a disgrace. As Mark begins training with them, he realizes something unsettling: their strange "orb pondering" might actually be a lost path to real power. Learning to cultivate mana, unlock spells, and navigate a mysterious inner world that shouldn't exist, he is pulled deeper into a system that clearly has plans for him. Unfortunately, those plans involve overflowing rifts, undead hordes, and a rapidly escalating necromancer problem threatening the entire Middle Realm. It turns out slowing down, smoking pipeweed, and contemplating the universe is a lot more dangerous than it looks.
Royal Road4.56· 819
ComedyCozyCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+3

Hail Thy Gods

Godric

C56/100
Born under the oppression of noble houses who believe they have the divine right to rule, Kalon dreams of restoring glory to his people. For a thousand years his people have toiled under the galactic nobility — so long that most have forgotten their once great empire. Starting from the lowest caste in the galaxy, Kalon must break the system of oppression to rise and see his dreams realized. Allegiances will sway as conflicts ignite across the stars. Worlds will burn, empires rise and fall, and republics shatter as gods grown deaf to suffering are challenged by the forsaken. A sci-fi xianxia blending cultivation and divine blessings, with slow progression and a competent, daring protagonist.
Royal Road4.58· 786
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdark+5

Rogue Cultivator

Alex Karne (TheDeliciousMeats)

C56/100
It's all fun and games until someone gets hit by a truck — then it's an isekai LitRPG. Zane is a young man with the Chef class, questionable morals, and a rapidly growing collection of pet spirit beasts. Pinky is a kitsune out for fortune and fun. Using nothing but friendship, murderous pets, and overpowered techniques, they must climb a divine mountain to claim their reward — or die trying. Too bad they have already managed to enrage a powerful sect of cultivators. Apparently the elders don't appreciate having their disciples turned into pet food.
Royal Road4.63· 426
Anti-heroComedyCozyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLit+7