Complete Cultivation, Xianxia & Wuxia Novels
Cultivation, Xianxia and Wuxia series with their endings written. Final volume published, arc closed, no announced continuation.
The top-ranked complete cultivation series in our catalog is Dragon Heart by Valeria Kornosenko, spanning 22 books, with 339 hr 2 min of audio. 30 complete cultivation series below — every entry has its final book published with no announced sequel still in progress.
Complete cultivation, xianxia, and wuxia series, ranked
Dragon Heart
by Valeria Kornosenko, Kirill Klevanski · narrated by Kevin T. Collins
22 books339 hr 2 min listeningDragon Heart is a LitRPG Wuxia series following Hadjar, a reborn prince whose family and kingdom were stolen. Empowered by a piece of a dragon's heart in a world blurring martial arts and magic, Hadjar vows revenge. He enlists in the army and hones his skills.
Cradle
by Will Wight · narrated by Travis Baldree
12 books134 hr 25 min listeningCradle is a New York Times bestselling progression fantasy series following Lindon, born Unsouled — the one person in his clan with no ability to walk the sacred arts — who leaves home to grow powerful enough to save his people from the destruction only he can foresee.
Artorian's Archives
by Dakota Krout, Dennis Vanderkerken · narrated by John Pirhalla, Travis Baldree
19 books253 hr 12 min listeningArtorian's Archives is a heartwarming cultivation and LitRPG progression fantasy set within the Divine Dungeon universe.
A Thousand Li
by Tao Wong · narrated by Travis Baldree
12 books129 hr 17 min listeningA Thousand Li is an epic xianxia cultivation series by Tao Wong following Long Wu Ying, a simple farm boy whose life is upended when army conscription offers him an unexpected path: join the prestigious Verdant Green Waters Sect and pursue immortality.
Buryoku
by Aaron Oster · narrated by Mare Travathan, Mare Trevathan
12 books153 hr 55 min listeningBuryoku is a progression fantasy series following Roy, a powerless outcast who must rise above cruel abuse in a realm where weakness is punishable by death.
I Shall Seal the Heavens
by Ergen
10 booksI Shall Seal the Heavens is a landmark xianxia cultivation series by Ergen, following Meng Hao — a failed scholar turned reluctant cultivator whose sharp wit and love of money carry him from a struggling outer-sect recruit to one of the most powerful beings in existence.
Road to Mastery
by Valerios · narrated by Jeremy Frazier
6 books159 hr 39 min listeningRoad to Mastery follows Jack Rust, a disillusioned biologist thrust into an alien-invaded Earth governed by the System. Initially unarmed and lacking magical abilities, Jack must rely on his fists and resourcefulness to survive hordes of monsters in a newly formed dungeon-forest.
Immortal Drunkard: A Cultivation & Progression Fantasy Series
by Mortykay · narrated by Adam James Conner
12 books66 hr 1 min listeningImmortal Drunkard is a dark xianxia cultivation series following Kai, an orphan whose soul is rewritten by an ancient Sphere at the moment of his death, granting him the rare ability to perceive the underlying structure of all power — not just its flow, but how it fractures, evolves, and can be broken.
Sovereign of the Three Realms
by Li Tian
16 booksSovereign of the Three Realms is a reincarnation xianxia epic following Jiang Chen — once the greatest cultivator in the heavenly realm — who finds himself reborn as a despised, weak noble youth and must rebuild his power from scratch using the accumulated wisdom of a god.
Fates Parallel
by Darktechnomancer · narrated by Cindy Kay
8 books158 hr 54 min listeningFates Parallel is an epic Xianxia/Wuxia-inspired cultivation series following Lee Jia, a young mortal girl surviving on the streets whose desperate flight from pursuers accidentally lands her enrolled in a brand-new academy for immortals.
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel)
8 booksHeaven Official's Blessing is a Chinese mythological danmei fantasy following Xie Lian — a god who has ascended and fallen three times — as he hunts troublesome ghosts in the mortal realm and falls in love with the fearsome Ghost King Hua Cheng, who has devotedly protected him across eight centuries.
A Will Eternal
by Ergen
16 booksA Will Eternal follows Bai Xiaochun, a cowardly but surprisingly effective cultivator whose primary goal is to achieve immortality while avoiding death at all costs. He initially joins the Spirit Stream Sect to pursue this goal, but his trouble-making tendencies lead to chaos and unexpected advancements.
Coiling Dragon Saga
by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi · narrated by Esther Merriken
8 books17 hr 5 min listeningCoiling Dragon Saga is the seminal translated xianxia epic following Linley Baruch, last hope of a fallen clan, whose discovery of a mysterious ring sets him on a journey from struggling academy student to a being who transcends the limits of divinity itself.
A Mage's Cultivation
by Bruce Sentar · narrated by Christian J Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
6 books66 hr 45 min listeningA Mage's Cultivation is a cultivation LitRPG series following Isaac, a small-town mage who bonds with a mana beast far more human than expected and finds his path to power inseparably entwined with love, war, and an escalating conflict between corrupt mages and the sects sworn to stop them.
Crystal Core
by David Burke · narrated by Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods
5 books70 hr 27 min listeningCrystal Core is a LitRPG cultivation adventure where Ryan, a man suffering from a mysterious crystallization disease on Earth, is summoned through a portal to another world, the Divided Realms. Initially seeking only freedom, Ryan finds himself caught in a world under siege, forcing him to become stronger.
The Idle System
by Pegaz · narrated by Christian J Gilliland, Roman Howell
8 books70 hr 47 min listeningThe Idle System is a LitRPG cultivation series following John, who dies on Earth and transmigrates into a dangerous fantasy world governed by a unique Idle System — one that accumulates power passively rather than requiring active grinding.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel)
5 booksGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is a Chinese danmei mystery-fantasy following Wei Wuxian — the world's most feared demonic cultivator — resurrected in a stranger's body to solve the mystery of his own death alongside the stoic, devoted Lan Wangji.
The Second Coming of Gluttony
by Yujin Ro
10 booksThe Second Coming of Gluttony follows Seol Jihu, a man at his lowest point due to gambling addiction, who is offered a second chance in the dangerous world of Lost Paradise. Guided by a vivid dream, he enters Paradise, where gods grant powers to humans.
Qi=MC^2
by KrazeKode · narrated by Pavi Proczko
5 books66 hr 22 min listeningQi=MC^2 is a xianxia cultivation series following Lu Jie, a modern scientist reborn into a world of scheming sects who chooses to study qi as a natural law rather than pursue immortality through brute force.
Descension
by Yan Yan
7 booksDescension is a BL xianxia fantasy romance following Luo Fan, a disgraced cultivator stripped of his power and sight, and Ruan Yanjun — the Devil of the South — who finds him dying and decides to rebuild him for his own inscrutable purposes.
The First Immortal
by Bruce Sentar · narrated by Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader
4 books45 hr 48 min listeningThe First Immortal is a cultivation portal-fantasy series following Darius, a man from Earth who is reborn in the magic-rich world of Granterra after a fatal accident and must master the ancient power of the Dao to survive.
The Bright
by Alex Knowles · narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Steve Campbell
7 books39 hr 51 min listeningThe Bright is an epic Sci-Fi LitRPG Cultivation series centered around Ryan Hart, a Lord Commander who had found a new life on Earth. When Emperor Duhan is murdered, Ryan is thrust back into his old role to save the future by reclaiming his past. Rebirth becomes his path.
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel)
4 booksThe Scum Villain's Self-Saving System is a Chinese cultivation fantasy and danmei romance following Shen Yuan, who dies mid-rant about a trashy webnovel and wakes up as the story's doomed villain-teacher — with only a sarcastic System and intimate knowledge of the plot to keep him alive.
Speedrunning the Multiverse
by Adastra339 · narrated by Graham Halstead
4 books77 hr 8 min listeningSpeedrunning the Multiverse is a LitRPG cultivation series following Dorian, an ancient Godking who conquered the Multiverse long ago and now cures his immortal boredom by reincarnating as a mortal and racing to reach peak power — again, and faster every time.
The Journey to the West Series
by Wu Cheng'en · narrated by Brian Nishii
4 books80 hr 22 min listeningThe Journey to the West Series presents Anthony C. Yu's definitive four-volume revised English translation of the sixteenth-century Chinese classic — the epic pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang and his three supernatural disciples, led by the incomparable Monkey King Sun Wukong.
Chaos Reborn
8 booksChaos Reborn is a cultivation fantasy series following Dare, a young man raised in seclusion to avoid powerful family enemies — who steps into the real world to master Ki arts and immediately finds trouble following him everywhere.
Death's Favorite Warlock
by Charles Dean · narrated by Steve Campbell
4 books47 hr 46 min listeningDeath's Favorite Warlock is a LitRPG series following Lars, a human in a cultivation world dominated by powerful beings with ancestral bloodlines. Initially bullied and treated as worthless, Lars' existence is upended when a vicious sect massacres his village, taking his mother and others as slaves.
Street Cultivation
by Sarah Lin · narrated by Travis Baldree
3 books41 hr 9 min listeningStreet Cultivation is an urban cultivation series that transplants the qi and martial arts of wuxia into a gritty modern world where cultivation resources are commodified by corporations and governments, and the path to immortality is gated behind wealth and class.
I'll Quit Being a God
by xianxiaengine, July Wine Immortal
10 booksI'll Quit Being a God is a xianxia transmigration series following Lu Heng, a modern man reincarnated as a white wolf deity in a wild world overrun by demons and monsters.
War Priest
by Harmon Cooper · narrated by Travis Baldree
4 books36 hr 18 min listeningWar Priest is a cultivation progression fantasy set on the Japanese-mythology-inspired continent of Taomoni, following Arik, the last survivor of a burned academy who must master chi and multiclass across combat traditions to stop the Crimson Realm.
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About this list
Cultivation novels have a unique finishing problem. Most are translations of Chinese web novels that ran for thousands of chapters and ended in one of three ways: by the author writing themselves into a corner, by commercial cutoff at the platform level, or by genuine narrative completion. Sometimes it's hard to tell which from the outside. English translations may also lag the original by years, so “complete” gets weird.
Every series listed below is complete in the edition this directory tracks. Final volume published, arc closed, no announced continuation. Where a series has both a Chinese and English version with different statuses, the English edition is treated as authoritative for inclusion.
Order combines book count, total length, audiobook availability where it exists, and reader signals; heavier and more-completed series rank higher. Cultivation audiobooks are rarer than in Western fantasy, so length and reader engagement carry more weight here.
If a series here is no longer complete (translation update, author resurrection, reissue with new chapters), the corrections email on the about page is the fastest way to flag it.
Frequently asked questions
Are translated cultivation novels considered "complete" here?
A series is listed as complete when the edition this directory tracks has reached its final volume. For Chinese cultivation novels with English translations, the English edition is treated as authoritative. If the Chinese original is finished but the English translation is still in progress, the series isn't on the list.
What's the difference between Cultivation, Xianxia, and Wuxia?
Wuxia ("martial heroes") is the older tradition: martial arts, jianghu, no supernatural cultivation. Xianxia ("immortal heroes") layers in cultivation, qi, magical realms, immortality. Cultivation is the broader umbrella, including Western progression-style novels that learned from both.
How is the ranking calculated?
An internal score combining book count, total length, audiobook availability, and reader engagement. Cultivation audiobooks are rarer than in Western fantasy, so length and reader signals carry more weight here.
Where does the data come from?
Per-book stats are sourced from Amazon and refreshed periodically. Series overviews are AI-drafted from the books’ published descriptions; the "complete" designation is checked by our pipeline and reviewed by Cal Wren.