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Transported to a world governed by an omnipresent game System, cultivator Long Fang stubbornly rejects its notifications and blue screens. Choosing ancient martial traditions instead, he founds his own sect and draws the System's wrath by teaching locals how to cultivate.

You'll like it if you enjoy

  • A principled MC defying game mechanics
  • Base building and sect leadership
  • Wholesome found-family dynamics
  • Lighthearted and campy humor

Good to know

  • Minimal stats and LitRPG elements despite the premise
  • Campy dialogue and simple character motivations
  • The protagonist starts out surprisingly weak

Tags

  • Weak to Strong
  • Found Family
  • No Harem
  • Wholesome
  • Fast Paced
  • Fast Progression
  • Base Building
  • Cultivation
  • LitRPG Elements
  • System Integration

Reading order

  1. Cover for The First Step: A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System Book 1)

    Book 1: The First Step

    516 pages13.5h audio2022

    Long Fang arrives in a foreign world where cultivation has been replaced by blue-screen Systems — and immediately refuses to play along, instead searching for followers willing to learn the old ways.

    Book one introduces the Cultivator vs. System conflict, establishes the Lonely Mountain sect's founding members, and proves that the System does not appreciate being ignored — sending increasingly dangerous tribulations against Long Fang's stubbornly wholesome cultivation experiment.

  2. Cover for The Next Step: A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System Book 2)

    Book 2: The Next Step

    490 pages14h audio2022

    In Book 2 of the CULTIVATOR VS. SYSTEM series, the System gets serious, and so must Long Fang. Having carved a unique home in a hostile new world, this powerful cultivator must now defend Lonely Mountain when the System calls for war. Foes of incredible strength swarm, threatening to shatter his nascent sect and everything he's built. Long Fang pulls out all stops, embarking on a desperate quest for power to save his home and spread his path to those in need. Fortunately, he's not alone; the world's most inventive kobolds are ready to turn the System on its head. Can Long Fang grow strong enough in time, or will his sect fall? This LitRPG/Xianxia progression fantasy promises an epic journey where wholesomeness and cultivation go hand-in-hand.

  3. Cover for The Final Step: A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System Book 3)

    Book 3: The Final Step

    363 pages10h audio2022

    War dawns on the Asuria continent, and Long Fang and his Lonely Mountain sect are drawn into the conflict — a final test of whether a cultivator's path can truly overcome a world built on System integration.

    The series concludes with a continent-spanning war that forces Long Fang to forge himself and his sect through genuine stakes, answering the central question that has driven all three books: can the Cultivator beat the System?

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