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The Saga of Keres

Lucian T. Einar

D41/100
1897. As the world teeters on the edge of war, Volundr — Ambassador of the Society of Nations — assembles a diverse group of individuals with extraordinary abilities. Among them: Steve, a devoted single father searching for his missing lover, and his mischievous daughter Alice. Others seek redemption, vengeance, or simply a place to belong. Cursed and desperate for answers, they agree to assist Volundr in exchange for his teachings on thaumaturgy and alchemy. Their first mission takes them to the Unseen City, under the threat of a devastating terrorist attack — where the most powerful thaumaturgist the world has ever seen has plans of her own. An alternate-historical fantasy set in the late 1890s, where magic clashes with science, kaiju roam the earth, and an unlikely band of heroes must confront forces both seen and unseen.
Royal Road4.59· 130
AlchemyAnti-heroGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnation+4

The Phoenix

The Phoenix

D40/100
She entered the Tower seeking death. Instead, she keeps finding reasons to live. In this life she is Bella, a jaded med student trying to catch up on centuries of medical innovation — or at least she was, before the Tower appeared. With the promise that she would find whatever she sought at the top, she entered hoping to end her curse. But even with hundreds of lives of experience to draw on, reaching the top is no easy task. The Tower is filled with wonders she could only dream of, and what she once believed was the peak of power turns out to be only the first rung of a much larger climb. Her foundations are unshakable, but the Tower is deeper, deadlier, and more exhilarating than anything she has ever faced.
Royal Road4.57· 377
Competent MCCultivationGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnation+4

Agent of the Realm?

Andur

D39/100
Seria is the goddess of life and death — fathered by Chaos, born by Order, and the first ambassador to leave the realm of Dedessia to make contact with other realms. Dedessia is a harsh place where even immortals, demons, and gods struggle to survive, yet its people carved out a great kingdom worth being proud of. When Seria ventures out as their representative to make first contact with neighboring realms, she receives a fireball to the face. Her wrath should be the least of their fears — they should hope her parents never pay them a visit.
Royal Road4.53· 494Goodreads4.17· 35
ComedyNon-human MCSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicWuxia

DAOPOCALYPSE: A cultivator invades a litRPG world

RAIDBOSS

D38/100
Feng Sai was raised to become a god — until a stranger tore his future away in a single sentence. Exiled to a territory no cultivator would look at twice, he discovers a secret path to godly power: an all-powerful System left behind by an angry, revenge-fueled god. But Feng Sai had already learned to live among mortals, building a better country brick by brick from within. Now, with the power of a god in his hands, he must decide whether to change the entire world — or destroy it.
Royal Road4.56· 437
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

Planetary Cultivation

Lochar

D38/100
An alien cultivator arrives on Earth to claim its Heavens, only to find a world completely bereft of cultivators or a Heavenly Realm to claim. Unwilling to leave empty-handed, Lei Zhaohui sets out to force the planet's cultivation until a Heavenly Realm is formed — and if none rise to defend it, he will take it for his own. Nicole Firen is a young woman who would simply like her world to start making sense, but finds herself thrust into a position of importance as the planet begins to change around her.
Royal Road4.56· 435
CultivationSecondary WorldSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWuxia

Burning Starlight

Ryan Stennet

D37/100
Retirement was supposed to be simple: a quiet apartment near the Saginaw River, maybe a hobby or two. Blake Connover survived decades of military and mercenary work to earn that peace. It lasted two weeks. When a mysterious wormhole tears open above the river and drags Blake into the unknown, retirement becomes the least of his worries. Stranded on an alien world and fused with an advanced bio-tech suit he barely understands, Blake has to adapt fast. The suit's real owners want it back, the locals aren't exactly friendly, and the universe is a lot bigger — and stranger — than he ever imagined. From haunted starships to cosmic cultivation, his retirement plan is officially out the window.
Royal Road4.55· 458
CultivationIsekaiLitRPGMilitaryOlder MCSci-fi+2

Alpha Strike: An Interstellar Weapons Platform's Guide to Hostile Takeovers

Osamaru Ta

D37/100
Meet ALPHA-555-12-4412: an unstable, unpredictable, and possibly insane Sapient AI of dubious morals with a love for everything that goes "Boom!" — the perfect spearhead for the technologically advanced Third Galactic Federation of Sapients and its Galactic Unification Project. When Alpha finds himself trapped in a world filled with reality-warping magics and thousand-year-old Cultivators, he quickly learns he might be out of his depth. And like any good fish out of water, he adapts — by giving the fish robot legs and equipping it with a battleship-rated intercontinental Railgun. Soon all those under the Firmament will learn one thing is certain: Alpha isn't trapped in this world with them. They're trapped in here with him.
Royal Road4.39· 502
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCGrimdark+10

The Yellow River Saga

Owlsdoom

D37/100
Some accept their place in this world, while others struggle against fate itself, defiant to death. Heaven, indifferent and uncaring, reigns supreme over all. The Yellow River Saga is an epic xianxia adventure told in a classical style. At its center is Yu Chen, a young boy who once dreamed of a simple life but finds himself thrust upon the path of cultivation. Guided by an enigmatic being of unfathomable power, he begins a journey of personal transformation that will shake the foundations of the world and test the limits of his spirit and will.
Royal Road4.56· 338
CozyCultivationSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to StrongWuxia

License to Cultivate

MTalon

D37/100
Chang-li may be a humble scribe, but he dreams of becoming a cultivator. When a ghost's legacy gives him a chance to follow that dream, he seizes it — defying the hidebound Empire and its vast array of rules and customs as he masters lux and perfects himself. But a cultivator needs more than just power. He needs a sect. What starts as a scheme to avoid punishment becomes far more as Chang-li and his friends find themselves reviving the ancient Sect of Morning Mist and its lost techniques. A slave can win his freedom. A princess can discard her upbringing. The sect offers a chance to claim what's forbidden — if they can avoid entangling marriages, official scrutiny, and the wrath of more powerful enemies. Cultivation with a tower-climbing twist. Character-driven and full of action and intrigue.
Royal Road4.55· 451
Base BuildingCultivationSecondary WorldTower ClimbingWeak to StrongWuxia

Unbound Elder

9igtR33n

D35/100
An Archmage thrown into a xianxia world — with his Dantian recently destroyed. What does he do with a lifetime of arcane knowledge and no foundation left to build on? How does he apply what he knows? How fast does he die? Or does he thrive?
Royal Road4.26· 495
ComedyCozyCraftingCultivationGenius MCIsekai+3

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M. E. Cuartas

D34/100
A mysterious signal is detected simultaneously at several space centers, decoded to reveal an enigmatic message: the Tower will appear in 77 days. Initially dismissed as a prank, the situation rapidly escalates as scientists and officials scramble to respond. When the Tower finally appears, it defies all expectations — no explanations, no prompts, no guiding systems. Those inside must make their own decisions in complete isolation. Will they rise to the challenge or succumb to despair? What is the true purpose of the Tower, and what does it mean for humanity?
Royal Road4.44· 455
CozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+6

I am the Heroine's Master?

HereticDonor

D34/100
When Mo Jian wakes up as a Core Formation cultivator in the world of a story he recognizes, his first thought is to stay as far away from the hero and the heroine as possible. After all, he has taken the place of a man destined to die by the hero's sword. Instead, he intends to explore this world, see all its wonders, and live an enjoyable and fulfilling life — everything he was unable to do on Earth. However, the plot of the story keeps tugging at him, and he inadvertently finds himself as the heroine's teacher.
Royal Road4.45· 454
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationReincarnationTransmigrationWuxia

Reach Heaven Via Feng Shui Engineering, Drug Trade And Tax Evasion

melmonella

D33/100
In a world of immortals and demon beasts, where a modern empire seeks to break old blood debts, dispel superstitions, and resist the Heavens that smite all who step out of line, young cultivator Qian Shanyi is drawn into the orbit of a classical xianxia protagonist whose luck gushes out of his ears. Can she survive, thrive, and ascend into the Heavens using nothing more than cunning and tenacity? It starts with engineering and turns into tax evasion, but at the heart of it is one question: cultivation is the ultimate freedom, but what does freedom mean when the Heavens hold all the cards?
Royal Road4.54· 411
Base BuildingCultivationDrugsGenius MCMysterySecondary World+1

The Legendary Poet

Nejm

D33/100
He needed a sword. The system gave him a pen. Klaid is a former kendo prodigy who treats VR as a ruthless economy, optimizing every second to pay for his mother's medical bills. On launch day, exploiting a lore paradox earns him the one class he can't solve: the Legendary Poet — a power-gamer's nightmare that runs entirely on emotion, the very thing Klaid discarded long ago. Now trapped between a dying mother in reality and a useless class in-game, Klaid must learn to feel again — not to heal, but to turn anguish into DPS. The narrative voice evolves alongside the protagonist as cold logic gives way to something more.
Royal Road4.53· 416
Anti-heroCraftingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+6

No Need for a Core?

A. B. Zagaroth

D32/100
An ancient, dreadfully powerful entity once sealed away to slowly fade into oblivion is revived by a chance encounter — though in a much reduced state. A temple monk on her way home for vacation is distracted into exploring a newly formed Spiritual Nexus by the cuteness of its rabbit monsters, setting off an entirely unexpected chain of events. A kitsune whose death moved a goddess to pity is revived as a reincarnated Nexus Core, a land spirit of endless potential whose life is tied to a crystal sphere that must be carefully guarded. Thrown together by a twist of luck, these three navigate a complex relationship and build their own rules to live by. But there are those who are not pleased to see the return of this ancient being.
Royal Road4.45· 429
Base BuildingCozyDungeon CoreHaremLGBTQ+Non-human MC+5

The 37th Tier [Hundred Year War|Avatar The Last Airbender SI]

R. Lockey

D32/100
An airbender who can't fight is just a monk who's really good at running away. Sonam died in the 21st century and woke up at the Southern Air Temple — with twelve years before Sozin's Comet and a head full of memories from a world where this one was a TV show. The Air Nomads have thirty-six tiers of airbending. Every monk considers fighting back beneath them. Sonam is building the thirty-seventh tier, convinced that pacifism is a death sentence for everyone he knows — even if the order would rather exile him than learn it.
Royal Road4.54· 308
Base BuildingGenius MCIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+5

Friendly Neighborhood Necromancer

AdvonKoulthar

D31/100
To be taken to another world — isn't that what nearly everyone wishes for once in their life? To use their knowledge of how these situations usually go and seize control of their own destiny. Unfortunately, this man arrived as his new character in the VRMRPG Underworld of Armok — at Level 1, with no status window, and no grand power to ease the way. In safety there are few benefits; only by taking risks far beyond his level can one proceed. Transported to another world, he wants to do good and be a hero. There's just one caveat: he's a Necromancer, and his greatest source of strength will probably get him lynched.
Royal Road4.33· 435
ComedyCozyIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldSummoning+2

The Ghost of the Wastes

JCAnderson2025

D30/100
The Wastes do not create heroes. They create survivors. Cale Arcanus vanished ten years ago when a transport was lost beyond the borders of civilization. Presumed dead, his name became a footnote in a tragedy the Dominion preferred to forget. But the Wastes did not kill him — they forged him. In a land where mana turns feral, monsters replace law, and mercy gets you buried, Cale survived by mastering older methods of power: methods that do not fit neatly into cores, rankings, or institutions. Now he has returned. Arclight Academy wants to classify him, noble houses want to control him, and military and political powers want to decide whether he is an asset or a threat. They are already too late. Behind a quiet demeanor and a worn mask, Cale walks back into a world that no longer recognizes him — and one that will soon learn what it means to provoke something forged outside its rules.
Royal Road4.01· 443Goodreads4.82· 17
Base BuildingCompetent MCHaremLoner MCMilitaryOverpowered MC+6

The Adept Archives

Darren Hultberg Jr.

D30/100
In the realm of Eon, strength is the rule of law. Adepts — powerful cultivators who wield mystic spirit energy — battle for control of ancient relics imbued with the power of gods. At night, darkbeasts born of a mysterious fog called the veil hoard those same relics in their dungeons and destroy any adept who ventures too close. When portals begin pulling warriors from other worlds into Eon's brutal battlegrounds, one police officer from Earth finds himself fighting to survive — and discovers he may have the spirit needed to shake the realm to its core. As Roy rises through the ranks of rogue adepts in the outlaw city of Shadowreach, dark forces move to tear everything apart.
Goodreads4.00· 629
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

Reroll Saga: I Brought Sarcasm To A Sword Fight

Runewriter

D29/100
Hal Miller wanted comfort, not chaos. Now he's trapped in a world where plumbing is myth, toothbrushes are sorcery, and nobles are parasites in fancy shoes. With a sarcastic AI in his head and a head full of modern logic, Hal is about to break every rule this world has. Armed with stubborn ingenuity and a talent for making things explode in instructive ways, he sets out to drag an entire medieval society into a new era — one scientific-magic experiment at a time.
Royal Road4.26· 421
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyCraftingGenius MC+5