If you don't mind being unable to finish the story because it's discontinued:

Survive World RPG (Western + Post-Apoc + Cultivation + Game Elements)

The story-telling is quite good, the chapters are of decent length, and there is enough of the story to be quite satisfying.

I would also like to bump the previous recommendation of Night Ranger. It's basically Dungeons and Dragons with a slightly Chinese theme to it. The level progression, the power scale, and the abilities basically all tie in with the Dungeons and Dragons settings and systems. Which means that there is a very stable progression system that keeps the plot armor from rearing it's ugly head unless the story absolutely demands it (I've only seen one real example of said plot armor).

Extra info only related to Night Ranger:

D&D numbers to think about: In stats 10 is the base human number for almost every stat. 10 is an average adult male, neither good or bad, just average. 18 is the pinnacle of humans (think Olympic contenders). 25 is basically a demi-god level stat, lift that car, dodge bullets, that kinda stuff. 50 is a god-like stat, like Ares comes around and blows your house down with a punch. There are cases where the stats can go higher depending on the God in question, but generally, any stat that breaks into the 50+ zone is treated as a Godly territory in terms of power. Mind you getting the stats to go above 25 is a damn near impossible feat to begin with.

In terms of Levels, The average human (i.s. farmers, bakers, civil servants) usually never progress pass level 4~7 depending on their age, race, and ambition. A Human that reaches level 10 can already be considered as very powerful in terms of individual strength. A human that reaches level 20 is already at the pinnacle of being a human. Beyond that, you reach the status of being a Legend. Beyond level 20 you are already able to create minor miracles with your actions. At 25+ you are already starting to tap into the other planes of existence with your mere presence. At level 40+ there is almost no way that you have not been in contact with the divine and abyssal planes of existence and had some sort of influence over one or the other, if not both. At level 50+ You probably ascended into God-hood back somewhere around the early 40s in level and just stuck around to dick people and other gods over.

Thus ends a very short lecture on superficial D&D numbers that can help tell a story.

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18 days later

Thx you all for recommendations!!!!:))

    Tertium there is a romance but that was a past (a girl of some ancient kingdom love mc )

      viko96 Well IET (Coiling Dragon) doesn't do harem so any of it's work...
      Forty Millenium of Cultivation... (A bit SF)
      Sacred Ruins (with funny stuff)...
      A Will Eternal (fun thus far but it's ER Gen so....... it's totally over OP sadly....)
      Warlock of the Magus World (a bit darker)
      A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (feel like what a classic chinese novel should be)

        viko96 Hello im in search of good novels that dont have a clichee like mc with 1000 harem op etc.
        I have read coiling dragon, the strongest system , AGM, RTW, LIBARY heathens path, etc
        I like serious story or funny storys too as long its not too absurd.
        Im a very picky reader hope u can help me out!

        You sute you dont like harem?

          The King's Avatar
          The Tutorial is too Hard (Korean; on different site)

          For some reason, it's ridiculously difficult to avoid harem/reverse harem. @viko96 how do you define harem? Fully consummated or party of unrelenting wanna be partners?

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            a month later

            Well i dont like plot harem
            One love Interest is good 2 i can forgive but more than that is jus unnessecary

              9to1
              Well yeah
              Bc most of the stories there are one or 2 wo is toghter with mc

                Rebirth of the thief who roamed the world is what you’re looking for. It’s my personal favorite game element novel( it’s a vmmo novel so it’s an actual game) but it has no harem and great business. Plus action is always good.
                There’s also legend, arena, and valhalla saga. They are all game elements with a main girl. They might have other girls that have crushes on the mc but it’s pretty obvious the mc only has feelings for a single girl so far. The only one in danger of any harem is valhalla saga but the mc’s feelings for the main girl is pretty clear and other girls are purely one sided on their part.

                  You might also consider god of cooking. It’s obviously a cooking novel so no fights but it has a cooking system for your game element needs and one of the best romances I’ve ever read. It’s not forced in any way and feels completely natural. And the side lines are great for lolz. I find myself reading them over and over again.

                    4 years later

                    viko96
                    welp– this is 4 yrs late but i recommend The Great Ruler
                    amazing world building and only 1 love interest
                    1560 chapters and completed!

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