How would you bring technology into a fantasy world? Make sense of the magics? Feed people and get rid of the corrupt nobles? This is specifically on developing a city or territory, not:
- Developing a dungeon/core (see my other list: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10742/)... more>>

First, a few worthy mentions that aren't on NU:
1. Castle Kingside (rewrite) - a lot of inspiration from Release that Witch, imo improved! Warning: it's slow. Kingdom only begins around c60ish.
2. The iron teeth - although territory development comes late in the story, it's well done and exotic, being based on a goblin kingdom
3. 1632 (published book) - an American village goes back to the 30 years war. It's much less fantastical, but has a lot of similar elements to other kingdom building novels.
4. The Eagle's Flight - highly intricate fantasy webnovel
5. Defiance of the fall
6. Randidly Ghosthound - neither Randidly nor Defiance of the Fall focus on kingdom building, but they both have elements related to setting up a post-apocalypse system city - complete the quest to get the village crystal/coin!
7. The Expansion (Legend of the Arch Magus) - [have not yet read] - recommendation from Hitexh in the comments
8. Enlightened Empire - weaker than the others <<less

Here's the list of a horror novels :)... more>>

PS: Anyone can also recommend me a horror novel too. I'm fine with romance but harem is a big no for me. Thank you in advance! <<less

Looking for HE a good chase without too much sidecar 

Common POints-MC with : [ Or ] < System > < Unique Power > < Cold and Calm Character > < Rebirth > < Apocalypse > < Comedy > < Fan-fiction > < Solo > < Cheat > < Killer >.... more>>

I like novels in which upper mentioned things are there (anyone). But, MC should not share his powers with others and form an Adventure Party or so. Reality doesn't work like that.

I don't want MC to share his unique cheat or system power with others.

[ Just think if everyone can become iron man, then MC is no longer unique but instead too common. And in a fantasy world if you are not unique then do you think one day you can become strongest or God or something. Then no. Giving my system to others. WTF? Why not become a side character instead and help MC to become strong ( like a stepping stone ).]

MC who are high over heels behind girls, I don't like.

If MC is not unique, then alright. But, he should at least have a strong mentality or great ambition. Not like I want to live a happy life but instead, I want to become strongest, WHY? Go ask Goku why? No need to have a reason for this, right.

It's like why you want to be rich?

I don't like MC who is too kind and childish and author show it as it is best and noble and good.

Even many RAWS link is also here which are on-site such as [ Uukanshu ] a Chinese site. <<less

I just think they’re neat. And a lot of novels aren’t accurately tagged across the board, so it’s hard to determine whether a novel just... more>> takes place in a game world but then acts like a regular fantasy novel, or whether it actually has game elements. Also because unfortunately celestial is not a tag. Updating in progress <<less

Novels that have a decent MC involved in either Apocalypse-Setting, Fighting against Monster and or within Dungeon. No Harem allow in this list. BL are Okay :D ... more>>

Tags Includes: Gate to Another World, Parallel Worlds, Fantasy World, World Hopping/Quick Transmigration, Monsters, Dungeons, Apocalypse, OP-Protagonist, Martial Arts, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Seinen, Action, Adventurer, Comedy, Slice-of-Life,  <<less

This list is for all boy love with primitive setting, not included the ancient chinese. I've finished reading everything I put in this list and... more>> u can see my review on the novel's link <<less

Stories where a mysterious system appears and affects the lives of one or many people on Earth in no particular order. The story has to take place on Earth or a modified version of Earth to count. ... more>>

(This is my opinion. Recommendations are appreciated but please no hate.) <<less

A Collection of Chinese yaoi and shounen-ai in various genres. All of them are in Alphabet orders not ranked. ... more>>

Transmigration, Reincarnation, Reborn, Rebirth..etc.

Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi, Slice-of-life, Mature, Horror, Romance..etc.

Modern Day, Entertainment. Apocalypse, Sports, Xianxia..etc

Novels, Games, Systems, Another world, Multiple Realms,...etc

Cunning, Calm, Cold, Clever, Confident protagonist...etc

Possessive, Obsessive, Arrogant, Shameless, Yandere...etc

Demons, Gods, Monsters, Beasts, Zombies, Dragons...etc

Enemies to Lovers, Weak to strong, Poor to Rich...etc.

Some of the links are dead so just copy the website link that I commented on and search on google/chrome or somewhere that you prefer. I hope you guys find something that suits your taste in this list. Anyways Happy Reading guys!! <<less

These are novels that, for me, are somewhat similar to Solo Leveling. Most of these will just be similar in the way the world is... more>> built, or if the main character reminds me of Sung Jin-woo. I'll also write a summary of each. <<less

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A list of korean webnovels with a particular trope of the protagonist that involved in a death game and may or may not transported to said game world or have said game system transplated into our world.  There's also dungeons and monsters.... more>>

Not including novels that set in an actual game, e.g. Overgeared. <<less

Novels similar to solo leveling or The Novels Extra which has game elements and op protagonists ... more>>

Novels are ranked based on how much i enjoyed the book.

FL/ML

Novels not in novelupdates: 
-Nanomancer Reborn - I've become a snow girl

-NoGift <<less

Check the comments for more recommendations. I only added novels above 3 stars, and I'm not gonna bother personally ranking them. ... more>>

Check out my other lists here!

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62346/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/63149/

Girl Crush FL (CN Only) - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/89513/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62483/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/74300/

Slow Burn Goodness - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/64099/

Overpowered KR MCs Give Me Life - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/71430/ <<less

Mainly Korean novels, but can also include Japanese or Chinese novels. I dislike Harems and clingy female characters.... more>>

This list contains game based and action/urban-fantasy novels. The setting is Hunters or their superpowered counterparts. <<less

settings: ranker system, fantasy world, and urban fantasy... more>>

focus: protagonists that are super overpowered and may be hiding their true identities/abilities for different reasons

note: i'm adding novels as i read them, so not all novels fitting the criteria will be here. pls give me recs! i love lazy overpowered protagonists the most (ง・▽・)ว

the list goes from #1 (my favorite) to least favorites (but still very good)
i'll be compiling and modifying this list as i read. <<less

This is a list with no harem or maybe a bit of harem, but it doesn't have a mc who is a scum or is a pe*vert.... more>>

And of course this is a list that I enjoyed, so don't go saying "This is very boring" because well that is not my business.

If you don't like it's OK I don't care, but please don't go swearing saying "you have bad taste." <<less

My fav korean action novels over the years

Includes both FMC and MMC. ... more>>

- I do prefer either no romance or BL when it comes to MMC. Does still include straight romance if their written well. 

-And for FMC, I would read Gl if I actually knew any. So mostly Straight Romance.  <<less

January: The Legendary Mechanic, Cultivation Chat Group, Reverend Insanity... more>>

February: Reverend Insanity (finally finished it after 4 months), The Beginning After the End, The Author's POV

March: The Author's POV, The Primal Hunter, Supremacy Games (novel with a perfect balance of comedy, action, and h**ny)

April:  Supremacy Games (tuff, BATE, TAPOV, TPH, and SG arent on this website), Top Tier Providence - Secretly Cultivate for 1000 years (funny ahh cultivation novel, literally designed for my short-term attention span having ahh) <<less

A list of books I have started but have not finished for one reason or another ... Just a place to bookmark ^^ Mainly gaming/skills gaining/level... more>> up novels. <<less

Novels where major characters (like ml, mc, villain, etc) are played by system, npc, etc.

These are the Manhwa I am reading, which involve either the protagonist or the world having some sort of gaming system setting. Get ready to... more>> see a lot of ‘Level Up!’ notifications. I would highly recommend these in their Manhwa format, there is no particular order for this list as per usual, <<less

novels like orv, tne, totcf, tsctir!!

Fantasy Novels about VR Games and/or  where in the real world has changed to a Fantasy world. A world with Towers, Dungeon, and Game settings.... more>>

Not Isekai, Characters are just playing a Game. Or in a Changed World, People has no choice to play for Survival. <<less