Best Cultivation Books & Web Serials
Xianxia-inspired progression where power comes from refining qi, breaking through realms and surviving sect politics - Western cultivation serials alongside translated classics.
Ranked by a blended score: ratings from readers here count alongside each story’s ratings on the site it is published on, and a series is ranked once, as a whole. The list refreshes hourly.
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Sky Pride
Warby Picus
Web Novel★9.52 - 2
Rock falls, everyone dies
zechamp
Web Novel1 reader★9.38 - 3
BOC Alternate Universe: Soaring Heaven's Isle
Casualfarmer
Web Novel★9.25 - 4
Ave Xia Rem Y
Mat Haz
Web Novel★9.19 - 5
Beware of Chicken
Casualfarmer
Web NovelSeries · 6 books · 2 readers★9.09 - 6
Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World
PlumBlossom0_0
Web Novel★9.07 - 7
Forge of Destiny
Yrsillar
Web Novel★9.07 - 8
Cultivation System: Elder Edition
beddedOtaku
Web Novel★8.99 - 9
Path of the Berserker
Wayne Mitchell (Narrator), Rick Scott (Author)
Series · 5 books · 1 reader★8.98 - 10
Leaving A Legacy (A Xianxia story)
212perseus
Web Novel★8.89 - 11
Ten Realms
Michael Chatfield
Series · 12 books · 1 reader★8.85 - 12
The Lone Wanderer: A World-hopping LitRPG Adventure
PathOfPen
Web Novel1 reader★8.85 - 13
Reborn as a Demonic Tree
XKARNATION
Web Novel★8.83 - 14
Path to Transcendence
l-Ryn-l
Web Novel1 reader★8.82 - 15
Unintended Cultivator - A Xianxia-inspired Cultivation Novel
Edontigney
Web Novel★8.81 - 16
Power Overwhelming
Vihyungrang
Web Novel1 reader★8.77 - 17
Paragon of Mana
K. Ashoke
Web Novel★8.76 - 18
![God of Trash [Cultivation LitRPG] From Trash-Tier to the Ultimate Trash! [Five Full Books! 5!]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2Fgod-of-trash-aabavxhipby.jpg%3Ftime%3D1740595404&w=3840&q=75)
God of Trash [Cultivation LitRPG] From Trash-Tier to the Ultimate Trash! [Five Full Books! 5!]
noct
Web Novel1 reader★8.75 - 19
Cultivation is Creation
Kynan
Web Novel★8.70 - 20
Dao of the World Walker (Craft-based Slice of life Xianxia with World Hopping)
MylanWrites
Web Novel★8.68 - 21
The First Legendary Beast Master
Aoki_Aku
Web Novel1 reader★8.63 - 22
RE: Knight (Book 1 Complete)
S Williams
Web Novel★8.62 - 23
![Path of the Berserker (A Daopocalypse Progression Fantasy) [Book 6 In progress!]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F54944-path-of-the-berserker-a-daopocalypse-progression.jpg%3Ftime%3D1766572379&w=3840&q=75)
Path of the Berserker (A Daopocalypse Progression Fantasy) [Book 6 In progress!]
Rick Scott
Web Novel★8.61 - 24
![Trinity of Magic [Progression Fantasy]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F62929-trinity-of-magic-progression-fantasy.jpg%3Ftime%3D1782644816&w=3840&q=75)
Trinity of Magic [Progression Fantasy]
Elara
Web Novel1 reader★8.58 - 25
Monarch Litrpg (Army fantasy)
Extra27
Web Novel1 reader★8.57 - 26
![[DEV EDITS COMPLETE] MMA: Magic Martial Arts [Baby Reincarnation, Progression]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F166756-mma-magic-martial-arts-baby-reincarnation.jpg%3Ftime%3D1779508291&w=3840&q=75)
[DEV EDITS COMPLETE] MMA: Magic Martial Arts [Baby Reincarnation, Progression]
Poor Lost Child
Web Novel★8.55 - 27
The Weirkey Chronicles
SarahLin
Web NovelSeries · 12 books★8.53 - 28
Heretical Fishing
Haylock
Web NovelSeries · 7 books · 1 reader★8.46 - 29
A Thousand Li
Tao Wong
Series · 12 books · 1 reader★8.44 - 30
Patriarch Reliance
Er Gen
Light Novel★8.39 - 31
![My Wife, the Cultivator [Timeloop, Cultivation]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F161230-my-wife-the-cultivator-timeloop-cultivation.jpg%3Ftime%3D1781093447&w=3840&q=75)
My Wife, the Cultivator [Timeloop, Cultivation]
DepressedDaoist
Web Novel★8.37 - 32
![I Am Weapon [Mage, Litrpg, Academy, Progression]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F171153-i-am-weapon-op-mc-mage-litrpg-academy-progression.jpg%3Ftime%3D1780580846&w=3840&q=75)
I Am Weapon [Mage, Litrpg, Academy, Progression]
ZeroXnobody
Web Novel★8.37 - 33
![Unbound Ascension – Coreless [System Apocalypse - LitRPG - Weak to Strong]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F155037-unbound-ascension-coreless-system-apocalypse.jpg%3Ftime%3D1775581163&w=3840&q=75)
Unbound Ascension – Coreless [System Apocalypse - LitRPG - Weak to Strong]
Carcian
Web Novel1 reader★8.34 - 34
![Skill Hunter -Kill Monsters, Acquire Skills, Ascend to the Highest Rank! [Cultivation LitRPG] [Stubbed]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F85690-skill-hunter--kill-monsters-acquire-skills.jpg%3Ftime%3D1735864061&w=3840&q=75)
Skill Hunter -Kill Monsters, Acquire Skills, Ascend to the Highest Rank! [Cultivation LitRPG] [Stubbed]
noct
Web Novel1 reader★8.34 - 35
Street Cultivation
SarahLin
Web NovelSeries · 4 books★8.29 - 36
The Worst LitRPG Story on Royal Road
J Regan
Web Novel★8.27 - 37
Tales of Destiny
Yrsillar
Web Novel★8.27 - 38
![Sovereign Sight [Progression Fantasy, Cultivation, Clever Strategist, High Perception MC]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F171595-sovereign-sight.jpg%3Ftime%3D1780469190&w=3840&q=75)
Sovereign Sight [Progression Fantasy, Cultivation, Clever Strategist, High Perception MC]
Nicoli Gonnella
Web Novel1 reader★8.17 - 39
12 Steps to Transcendence: A Skill-Grinding LitRPG
Mishri
Web Novel1 reader★8.12 - 40
![Qi Like Tar [XianXia, Progression Fantasy]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F172245-qi-like-tar-xianxia-progression-fantasy.jpg%3Ftime%3D1781199464&w=3840&q=75)
Qi Like Tar [XianXia, Progression Fantasy]
breadvirus
Web Novel★8.12 - 41
![Tales of the Endless Empire [LitRPG Apocalypse]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F95818-tales-of-the-endless-empire-litrpg-apocalypse.jpg%3Ftime%3D1774029427&w=3840&q=75)
Tales of the Endless Empire [LitRPG Apocalypse]
The Curator
Web Novel★8.07 - 42
Hell Horizon: Healer
Freeid
Web Novel1 reader★8.01 - 43
Fate Unraveling
Rustpen
Web Novel★8.01 - 44
The Dao of Reincarnation: Ascending Through a Hundred Lives
RighteousEgg
Web Novel★8.00 - 45
![Planar Lord Destruction [LitRPG, Modular Skill System, Progression]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F147966-planar-lord-destruction-litrpg-modular.jpg%3Ftime%3D1771273871&w=3840&q=75)
Planar Lord Destruction [LitRPG, Modular Skill System, Progression]
Wizardly Dude
Web Novel1 reader★7.98 - 46
![Immortality Starts With Investment [XIANXIA LITRPG]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F109082-immortality-starts-with-investment.jpg%3Ftime%3D1742198085&w=3840&q=75)
Immortality Starts With Investment [XIANXIA LITRPG]
RighteousEgg
Web Novel★7.98 - 47
Five Element Overlord: I Can Upgrade Everything!
KaeNovels
Web Novel★7.93 - 48
![Mysteries of Sacra [Isekai] [Weak to OP] [Beast Companion]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F133253-mysteries-of-sacra.jpg%3Ftime%3D1761922858&w=3840&q=75)
Mysteries of Sacra [Isekai] [Weak to OP] [Beast Companion]
Robert Wolf
Web Novel1 reader★7.68 - 49
Reverend Insanity
Gu Zhen Ren
Web Novel★7.61 - 50
Mad God
Corty
Web Novel1 reader★7.47