Novels Like Solo Leveling — System & Progression Fantasy

末日之后的开始 · TurtleMe

King Grey, the strongest king, is reborn as Arthur Leywin in a magical world. While originally English, it draws heavily from Chinese web novel cultivation conventions and is massively popular on the same platforms.

人渣反派自救系统 · Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Shen Yuan transmigrates into the scum villain of a cultivation novel he hated and must prevent the protagonist from killing him. A hilarious meta deconstruction of web novel tropes with genuine emotional depth.

亏成首富从游戏开始 · Icy Night

Pei Qian receives a system where he must lose money in business, but every venture accidentally becomes wildly successful. A brilliantly comedic business novel.

我想成为影之强者 · Daisuke Aizawa

Cid Kagenou pretends to be a shadow mastermind but accidentally becomes one. A Japanese isekai phenomenon that dominates CN/EN web novel platforms.

盘龙 · I Eat Tomatoes

Linley Baruch, a young noble from a fallen clan, discovers a mysterious ring that sets him on a path to become the most powerful being in the multiverse. One of the foundational works that popularized Chinese web novels in the West.

完美世界 · Chen Dong

Shi Hao, the Stone Emperor, grows from a child in a remote village into the supreme being of the heavens. Praised for its imaginative power system and epic scope across multiple eras.

疯巫妖的实验日志 · Angry Squirrel

An immortal lich with a useless system tries to save the world from an incoming apocalypse while dealing with absurd situations. A hilarious Western-fantasy-styled Chinese web novel.

奥术神座 · Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

Meng Qi enters a mysterious Six Paths Reincarnation system that sends him on missions across different worlds. An innovative multi-world cultivation story from the Lord of the Mysteries author.

教程太难了 · Gandara

Lee Ho Jae chooses hell difficulty in a mysterious tutorial and becomes absurdly overpowered. A Korean survival-game novel popular across CN and EN platforms.

反派退休 · Romeru

The strongest villain in the world retires and pretends to be normal. A comedic take on the overpowered villain trope with surprisingly deep themes.

小说的恶党 · Taxi

Jin-woo possesses the body of a villain in a novel and decides to use his cheat-like abilities for a comfortable life, accidentally becoming beloved by everyone.

史上第一祖师爷 · August Eagle

Lin Feng transmigrates and receives a system that requires him to build the greatest sect in history by recruiting specific disciples. A hilarious sect-building comedy.

回归者 · Toika

Yi Ji-Hyuk returns from another world after thousands of years, just wanting to be lazy. But monsters keep invading Earth and he's forced to help. A hilarious Korean web novel popular across platforms.

武炼巅峰 · Momo

Yang Kai, a lowly sweeper of a martial sect, discovers a black book that grants him incredible cultivation talent. He rises from the bottom to the very peak of the martial world across thousands of chapters of continuous progression.

逆天邪神 · Mars Gravity

Yun Che, possessing the Sky Poison Pearl and a powerful legacy, reincarnates and defies heaven itself. Known for its large-scale harem, dramatic confrontations, and relentless power escalation.

绝对选项 · Pear Lands in the Autumn Spring

Shi Xiaobai is forced to make absurd choices by a mysterious system, leading to hilarious and dramatic situations. A fun comedy that parodies cultivation and hero tropes.

我可能是一只假的修仙者 · Bright Moon Likes Several Cups

Lin Yi, a college student transported to a cultivation world, gains a bizarre system that gives random tasks with death penalties. A meta-comedy that lovingly parodies cultivation tropes.

仙王的日常生活 · Ku Xuan

Wang Ling, an absurdly overpowered cultivator, tries to live a normal school life while hiding his god-level abilities. The source material for the popular donghua adaptation.

我在仙界苟了千年 · Let Me Laugh

Han Jue, with a system that rewards cautious cultivation, hides in his sect for thousands of years and becomes absurdly powerful without anyone knowing. A hilarious cautious-cultivator comedy.

全球领主时代 · Mu Ling Bin

When everyone on Earth becomes a lord with a system interface, the protagonist uses information advantages to build the strongest territory. A popular lord/base-building system novel.