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Micro - Efficient and Reliable Cultivation

eric_river

C53/100
In a world where cultivation has long been the practice of the powerful, a failed summoning puts the soul of a beloved truck into the body of a potential hero — and the fate of the world must take a backseat. Join Micro as he journeys from dungeon to dungeon, mastering all the skills he can acquire from the Core Cards each dungeon holds. Every road is full of adventures, mysteries, monsters, new friends, and potholes. Will he one day become powerful enough to return to his garage at the end of a long trip?
Royal Road4.61· 589Goodreads4.00· 1
ComedyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiNon-human MC+5

Young Master Xian Sure Has Changed

EliXiR_

C53/100
You ever had one of those days where you wake up in a strange place, wearing strange clothes, trapped in the body of a young master in a cultivation universe? Our narrator wakes up in exactly that situation — inhabiting the body of Xian Qigang, a young master so awful he apparently kicked puppies for breakfast. If Xian Qigang's powerful family ever discovers what's happened, kicked puppies will be the least of his worries. Fortunately, he has an ally: Meng Yi, Manager and Head Servant of Xian Qigang's estate. With her on his side, he just might survive this madness in one piece.
Royal Road4.35· 850
ComedyCozyCultivationSecondary WorldTransmigration

The Idle System

Pegaz

C53/100
After an unexpected death, John wakes in another world where a system guides him. Known as a Sider — someone reincarnated from Earth — his initial aim is simply to survive. But his journey unfolds into something larger: a goal with a hard deadline, a royal family with designs on using him for their own ends, and forces larger than any of them at play. If John fails to reach his new goal in time, his one chance at a new life will be over.
Goodreads4.15· 1.2K
CultivationLitRPGOlder MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+2

Death's Favorite Warlock

Charles Dean

C53/100
Lars wakes each morning to a voice in his head urging him to kill — claiming she's just handing him quests to help him level. He ignores it. The cultivators who bullied him his whole life are as far above him as gods, and killing isn't in his nature anyway. Then a murderous sect descends on his village, slaughters everyone he knows, and takes his mother as a slave. Lars has no choice but to trust the voice, complete her quests, and find a way to grow strong enough to get her back.
Goodreads4.31· 969
Anti-heroCultivationGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGWeak to Strong

The Apocalypse Grinder

Adventuresse

C52/100
Ronan Steele was in a meeting when the apocalypse struck. Now he must defeat hordes of goblins to complete a system tutorial and make it back to an Earth that has been merged with three other planets — a world now overrun by mutated beasts and dangerous invaders. Ronan carries one advantage no one else has: when he dies, he wakes at the start of the tutorial again, keeping his skills and earning an XP boost each time. The further he goes, the more his heritage grows. Driven by a single goal — to bring down the system that forced this tragedy on his world — Ronan grinds through an endless apocalypse, life after life.
Royal Road4.12· 863
CultivationGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticStats+3

Unfortunate Transmigrator

Rustpen

C52/100
As far as life-changing events go, suddenly remembering your previous life ranks pretty highly — especially when it makes you realize the world you're in is exactly like the setting of a cultivation novel, and the people around you are just like the characters. Hao Zhen, a lowly outer disciple of the Blazing Light Sect, finds out firsthand what that's like after a series of unfortunate events. His aptitude for cultivation is passable at best, he has no background to speak of, and he lacks any special powers. Faced with cultivation novel shenanigans at every turn, Hao Zhen isn't sure whether his genre savviness and modern knowledge will be enough to keep him alive.
Royal Road4.53· 751
ComedyCultivationReincarnationSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

Twisted Garden (Pokemon AU)

Aleister Adair

C51/100
Erika may have been born lowly, but she knows she is destined for glory and greatness. Street rat, trash, orphan — these labels are mere fetters to be shattered. One step at a time, Erika will claim everything that is rightfully hers. And what the world cannot give her, she will take by force. A darker, grittier, and more realistic take on Pokémon with xianxia elements and a unique power system.
Royal Road4.61· 401
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MC+1

The Emperor Without An Empire

Drew Royston

C51/100
They stole his empire, his cultivation, even his name. Their mistake was leaving him alive. Now going by Shen Taros, he carries seven hundred years of experience in an eighteen-year-old body with the spiritual capacity of wet parchment. A god-like cultivator will hunt him within the year. In the meantime, he is opening meridians one painful breath at a time, learning alchemy from a terrifying mistress, and picking entirely avoidable fights with powerful people who consider themselves beyond justice. Between all of that, working in a decrepit fish warehouse, and dodging loan sharks, he is making remarkable progress. They wanted this Emperor permanently retired. He intends to disappoint them.
Royal Road4.63· 130
AlchemyBase BuildingCraftingCultivationIsekaiLitRPG+3

Cultivating Common Sense In A Xianxia World

JohnPLoveRaft

C50/100
Transmigrated into a fifteen-year-old farmer's body, the protagonist finds himself in a xianxia world before sects, before elders, before any of the usual structures — and without a System, a golden finger, or a cheat to help him along. Cultivation exists, but no one has mastered or systematized it. Warlords conscript farmers into meat grinders, and cultivators operate like weapons of mass destruction. Armed with knowledge of three hundred cultivation novels and a commitment to rational thinking, he must throw out every trope he ever read. No convenient cave with an ancient manual. No sect to join. Just a world that needs someone to introduce a little common sense — and build the institutions from scratch.
Royal Road4.17· 794
Base BuildingCozyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4

Surgecaller

Todd Herzman

C49/100
Huon is weak — a surgecaller who escaped into the wilds with only one goal: survive. Now he is Oathbound, forced to fight in an arena and become stronger than he ever thought possible. As he realizes he can grow powerful, a new goal forms: kill the dragon rider, the Immortal of Fire. His goal is impossible. To succeed, he'll have to advance beyond anything the realm has ever seen — in a world with magical beasts where surgecallers can cultivate essence to strengthen their weapons, enhance their bodies, and wield elemental magic.
Goodreads4.23· 1K
Anti-heroCultivationHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Theos

Arthur Wordsmith

C49/100
Luke died, and he didn't like it. So when a chance to stave off death for good presented itself — along with powers he could only have dreamed of — he took it and didn't look back. Nothing comes free, however. Wielding an artifact desired by forces far beyond his imagination, he must use wits, luck, and pluck to survive a manhunt orchestrated by the rulers of his new world: a pantheon of deities drawn straight from myth — the Olympians. All he needs to do is ensure the witness to his resurrection doesn't talk, figure out how cultivation works, and do some quests. It could be worse.
Royal Road4.57· 697Goodreads4.21· 285
Base BuildingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Wreath of Lilies, Cauldron of Poison

DrunkMinstrel

C49/100
Wang Tian Gu, the Tyrant who massacred countless warriors in Jiang Hu for 600 years, has died — taking with him the Soul Reversing Sutra, one of the Eight Treasures of Jiang Hu. Through a whim of fate, he transmigrates into the body of a young woman in a world far different from his own. This new world is ruled by levels, status, and skills, where heroes and demon lords clash and beautiful warriors fight for dominance. Other transmigrators have already planted roots here, backed by divine boons and cheats. For them, this is a game. For him, it is reality. Watch as the Heavenly Poison King raises havoc upon this world — all for the sake of his Dao, and for the sake of revenge.
Royal Road4.33· 735
Anti-heroCultivationGameLitHaremLGBTQ+Overpowered MC+5

Nameless Sovereign

Nameless Author

C48/100
Red wakes without memories in a cursed prison — the moonstone mines. To escape, he must embrace a dark power that would mark him for death if any cultivation sect discovered it. He hides his true abilities while racing to advance, outpacing the mines' deadly curse. But survival is only the beginning. Red seeks the strength to understand the nature of his mysterious power and to uncover the truth of his forgotten past.
Goodreads4.27· 942
CultivationGrimdarkLoner MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Thresholder

Alexander Wales

C48/100
This is Perry's third world, or fourth if you count Earth. In the first, a brilliant scientist named Richter gave him a working suit of power armor before dying to an attack from a seemingly sourceless adversary. In the second, he became a knight fighting in a war against a callous enemy. There are others like him — thresholders, always in opposition — and it's becoming clear that hopping from world to world is going to be his way of life. Now he finds himself in a place doing its best impression of Victorian London, facing a new enemy that will test all the knowledge and power he has accumulated so far.
Royal Road4.54· 645
Competent MCCultivationIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

Rise of the Archon

Havoc1021

C48/100
In the Kingdom of Ferris, mages are not born but made. Through magic and arms, Ferris has grown to rule nearly the entire known world. Vayne was intended to live and die as an advisor to the nobility — nothing more. But a vision of his future reveals a terrible truth: he would grow to become the strongest mage of his time, only to fall in battle against strange invaders from beyond the impassable oceans. Now Vayne must choose — follow his intended path, fight a hopeless battle, or defy fate entirely and forge himself into the greatest mage the world has ever seen.
Royal Road4.54· 643
CozyCultivationOverpowered MCRegressionSchoolSecondary World+2

Memories of the Fall

Rith

C48/100
Sisters Jun Arai and Jun Sana, along with their friends Juni, Ling, and Shu, make their living as members of the Hunter Bureau — an organisation dedicated to dealing with the terrifying flora and fauna of their home Great World. When they are dragged into a grand scheme to uncover the ancient secrets entombed within the Yin Eclipse Mountains, one of their world's foremost forbidden zones, they must survive dark machinations, eldritch undercurrents, and the echoes of a terrible conflict trying to re-emerge into an unsuspecting cosmos that rather hoped it was done with that sort of thing.
Royal Road4.59· 541Goodreads5.00· 3
CozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkMysteryPost-apocalyptic+3

Department of Dungeon Studies

JPwrites

C47/100
Nox is an alchemist by trade, but he dreams of magehood. Fate dealt him unfavorable cards, yet he has learned to compensate with scholarly pursuits, tenacity, and sheer grit — qualities that catch the attention of Woodson University's scouts. The Department of Dungeon Studies values the mind and its ability to overcome all limitations. After all, they stripped the divine of their titles, turning gods into Dungeon Lords and their domains into Dungeons. The department will give Nox the tools to achieve his ambitions, and his limitations will push him to the forefront of arcane discovery. More immediate challenges remain, though. Nox lacks the means to pay the university's ridiculous tuition. Only alchemy and smart business deals will earn him the hundreds of gold coins he needs.
Royal Road4.56· 575Goodreads4.29· 684
AlchemyAnti-heroCraftingCultivationDungeon CrawlingLitRPG+3

Five Element Overlord: I Can Upgrade Everything!

KaeNovels

C47/100
Li Hao is transmigrated into a Xianxia cultivation world and thrust into the life of a servant in the Azure Cloud Sect. He has the worst quality trash five-element spiritual roots — in any other's position, he'd be chopping wood and eating inferior pills for the rest of his life. However, he binds with a system that can upgrade everything. A burnt, poisonous pill? One upgrade away from a priceless Marrow Cleansing Elixir. An old cracked butter knife? A few upgrades from a blade that slices through Demonic Serpent Scales. With his upgrade ability, Li Hao climbs through a world of sects, clans, and royal dynasties in constant war — accumulating magic items, spirit stones, and wealth along the way.
Royal Road4.13· 733
Anti-heroBase BuildingCraftingCultivationLitRPGMystery+4

A modern girl in a medieval cultivation world

MentalLogic

C47/100
Sabina lived to 104 — manufacturing weapons during the war, running bakery and clothing chains, teaching teenagers — and by the end, boredom was doing her in more than her failing body. Then she is transmigrated into a Xianxia cultivation world, inhabiting the body of a 13-year-old commoner named Sa Bina. The problem: nobody believes she's a commoner given how she speaks and carries herself, and she winds up enrolled in a school for nobles. All she wants is to have fun in her new life, but everyone keeps expecting her to grow up and take responsibility.
Royal Road4.56· 619
Anti-heroComedyCozyCultivationIsekaiOlder MC+4

Wake Up Cultivator, We've Got Young Masters to Shoot

SnazzyCub

C47/100
Erevan is a magical engineer from a world of dungeon-delving and slinging spells — until his party stabs him in the back and he wakes up sharing a body with Li Jian, a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Cult in an entirely different world. The problem: Li Jian's soul is still in there, and the two have to cooperate. Together they'll face a martial world full of peril: insecure rich young masters, scheming Demon Supremes, and bitter ex-fiancés. Good thing two of those problems can be solved with bullets.
Royal Road4.61· 179
ComedyCozyCraftingCultivationOverpowered MCReincarnation+3