Fantasy Web Novels

Fantasy web novels with public chapters on NovelCult.

Venerable

On a normal Tuesday afternoon, Dustin’s nap was interrupted and he was pulled into a new reality filled with magic, classes, powers, and countless monsters. In this new reality, one’s own strength was what truly mattered. A person could rule over countless others based solely on that strength. After obtaining a special class during the tutorial phase through a rare event, Dustin finally saw the true nature of the world he had entered. Here, the weak were oppressed for eternity, and even the strong lived under the oppression of fate. In a world where countless beings struggled to ascend to the apex of the multiverse, could Dustin truly rise… or would he fall into the bottomless abyss? What righteousness? And what Demonic? To ascend is to defy fate. What is a Venerable? Is he the strongest in the multiverse? Or is he the wisest… or something else entirely? How can one become a Venerable? Follow Dustin on his reluctant journey to become a Venerable — a path filled with joy, sadness, ambition, and madness. Update Schedule: 3 Chapters per week. Note: The Story is kind of a mixture of LitRpg and Cultivation at first it may seem like a LitRpg progression but as the story progresses it will eventually shift to mainly Cultivation genre (or you can also say magic based power fantasy rather than a system based) So in short the power progression will be logical. And yes numbers will go up but I won't be describing every single thing using a system screen since I'll be treating the system as a tool or as an entity rather than as a universal thing. What to expect:- No harem Logical power growth Weak to strong Very big world building (multiverse)

Jade_White · Eastern Fantasy · 35 ch

The Prisoner of the Tides / Shio no Toraware Neiva

What if the Gods cast you down from paradise not to be a savior, but to be a sacrifice? In a realm of light beyond the clouds, a god's worth isn't measured by their goodness or purity, but by how idolized they are. Neiva Deep Water was a Primordial Goddess of Hyperion, living an untouchable eternity, until a dragon invasion shatters the celestial borders. The ruling deities decree a cruel fate: Neiva and her sisters are stripped of their grace and banished to the mortal realm of Primitia. Their mission? To act as divine shields for a fragile humanity. But Primitia is not a world that welcomes saviors. It is a ruthless, blood-soaked land ruled by tyrants, demons, and the Twelve Tears of Hollows, an elite guild of assassins that manipulates the continent from the shadows. When a desperate escape goes terribly wrong, Neiva is violently separated from her twin sister and thrust into the darkest corners of the mortal world. To survive, the goddess of water must trade her divine silks for a colossal iron greatsword and stain her hands with blood. The goddess of water was sent to save a planet, but on earth, she will find mortals who also bleed to save the land they love, and monsters who seek to consume it entirely. Cover by : Yuzhang

NeivaDeepWater · Fantasy · 24 ch

Necromancer Dreams of Mechs

Allen Voss is a master of steel, a 17-year-old social recluse who has 100% completed every mech-pilot sim on Earth . For him, life is simple: gears make sense, people don’t. But when he’s convinced to join the fantasy game—partly for the challenge, and partly because of a rare, electric connection with the school's "Ice Princess," Ciara Clarence—the game doesn't just start. It consumes him . Trapped in a hyper-realistic world with no logout button, Allen finds himself in the one role he never wanted: a Necromancer. In a land where humanity is losing a war against monsters, he is branded a villain and a "World Boss." But Allen hasn't given up on his dream of mechs. If the world won't give him steel, he'll forge it from bone and forbidden magic, building a mechanized army of the dead to take on the "Good Pantheon." Yet, the digital ghosts of his parents’ past aren't his only complication. By his side stands Seraphine, a high-ranking Marquis of the realm whose aristocratic steel and unwavering loyalty force Allen to face the weight of his new crown . While she shields him from the judgment of the living, Allen remains haunted by the girl he left in the real world—Ciara, desperately fighting her way into the game. Between a calculating AI Architect, a corporate conspiracy, and a noblewoman who refuses to let him apologize for his nature, Allen must survive in this new world that is shaping around him. From the grave to the stars, Allen will take it all for himself.

Magic · Mecha · 79 ch

The Lost

Few students die and get transported to a different world. Yup they will have system.

Hands_Of_Tragedy_SSOTC · Fantasy · 1 ch

The Eldritch Goddess Loves Me?

Jeanne had suffered years of bullying during her stay in the Academy. The noble students decided that mere bullying wasn't enough. They could not stand for her to be alive anymore. In the hour when her death was close, she heard a voice of hope. "We have always loved you."

Okram · Fantasy · 3 ch

Starting From Cannon Fodder To Sweeping The Stars

"Dignity is only on the edge of the psychic light blade, and truth is only within the range of the super-heavy purification beam." The chaotic situation made Amber, who traveled into the space hegemony game "Starry Sky", completely understand this sentence... Humanity, who accidentally acquired the jump technology, quickly spread across the galaxy like a plague. After hundreds of years of all mankind working together, division came unsurprisingly. Of course, there are also 'friendly' alien civilizations and unknown enemies that are ready to move at the edge of the galaxy. But as a wanted criminal by both the Federation and the Empire, the first thing Amber needs to do is... survive. Elements of this book: interstellar warfare, fleet warfare, mecha-destroying battleships, individual soldiers joining gangs, spiritual awakening, alien cat girls, alien elves...

ICB007 · Sci Fi · 57 ch

Bleeding Kyber

In a galaxy far, far away... A world filled with struggle between the good the bad. The Empire The Republic. In this mess of a world, a soul crossed the barrier between worlds, the division of worlds into this opera of space. The calling of Force. These ancient times without the Jedi order and the Sith, what is the future of this galaxy. Will it follow the established timeline where darkness corrupts Anakin, leaving Padma to bear the weight of his fall. Or the times when Ben Solo sacrifices himself to stop the nonsensical resurrection of Emperor Palpatine. Anyhow, the world will never be the same, now that this new soul, changes the timeline. Read as new soul changes the lives of our beloved characters before they are even born. Note: This is a heavily modified Au that doesn't follow any established timeline, it just follows the established settings or rules of Starwars franchise.

theRonin_666 · Fanfiction · 24 ch

ABSOLVE: The Dark Horse

He was arguing that free will exists when the world ended. One move from winning. A stone between his fingers. His oldest rival across the board, insisting that nothing anyone does is truly chosen — that every step of a man's life was laid down before he took the first. Then the room skipped, and Shen Huang woke facedown in black water on a world that had never heard of Earth. He did not panic. He counted. Wrong cold. Fog the color of a bruise. A crowd above him, waiting. Two seconds, and he understood he was dead, and elsewhere, and here on purpose. The third second was the one that should have frightened him. He was interested. In this world, power is inherited. The Vashari are born holding it — fire that follows the eye, minds that bend memory, futures read like a page. Everyone else is Nuun. The empty. The severed. Cattle with names, herded into a drowned frontier nobody else wanted. Shen Huang has no power. He will never have power. He has something worse. He has four thousand years of a dead world's warcraft locked behind his eyes — every siege, every betrayal, every annihilation history ever recorded — and he has landed among a people who have never seen a single one of them. They will call him the Nobody. Then the general. Then the King of the Empty. And when they finally find a word for what he is, it will not be a title. It will be a curse, whispered in a language older than their gods, for the thing that moves without being moved. He has done this before. He does not remember losing.

Joker · Fantasy · 15 ch

Reincarnation In Another World With Blackhearted Military System

in the world of Evalian their was peace everywhere humans and other race coexist....... but there was conflict between countries war after war it make people homeless,Slaves,children's orphanage,making ordinary people situation dire in this world. The Goddess cannot intervene in the world of Evalian so she find a18 years old boy name Alex Smith from Earth to send him with military system let's see what he and his troops would influence the world but....... (==!) Alex"Starting points 5000 good start....... Why the hell is everything so expensive" Alex"system tell me the directions or give me a map of continent" System[ host it will take 3000 points exchange for map of continent] Alex".............................................." System[............................................] Alex"F*** you Blackhearted system" ##The English is not my first language so if there is problem sorry##

Tritanguy · Fantasy · 6 ch

The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete]

Book 1 complete! New chapters from book 2 every Monday and Friday by 6 A.M. Pacific. Advanced chapters available on Patreon! An underdog LitRPG/GameLit adventure packed with magic, monsters, and horror! When violence comes for you, do you cower, or do you find the strength to fight back? In the world of a VR game, Nik the kobold, lives in his own peaceful little corner of a defunct goblin dungeon. That changes on the day he comes face to face with an adventurer; a looming figure, soaked in goblin blood and intent on killing anything that moves. When he accidentally survives the battle, he is forced to flee his home before revenge returns to finish him. With a mysterious System ringing notifications in his head, Nik must learn how to not only survive, but grow strong enough to seize the Black Tower. What to expect: - Weak-to-strong progression. - Hopeful hero in a dark and brutally violent world. - Depictions of PTSD and a panic disorder.

KennyTheAwkwardDonut · Litrpg · 87 ch

The Destined Path of Water

For generations, the River of Life has blessed the valley with crystal waters, flourishing forests, and a promise whispered through every spring festival. Hidden within its depths sleeps an ancient water dragon—the silent guardian who has watched over humanity since the beginning. When ten-year-old Sae and nine-year-old Rika are each saved by the mysterious dragon on opposite sides of the same river, their lives become bound by an invisible thread. Though they grow up worlds apart and never meet, both carry an unexplainable connection to the river, a strange blue necklace, and dreams that refuse to fade. Years later, as a massive dam threatens to silence the sacred waters forever, forgotten legends begin to awaken. The dragon's strength wanes, the river's voice grows faint, and two souls unknowingly destined for one another must uncover the truth hidden beneath the flowing current. In a story where nature remembers what people forget, The Destined Path of Water is a heartfelt fantasy about destiny, memory, sacrifice, and the bonds that transcend time. As the river's fate intertwines with their own, Sae and Rika must discover whether some promises can survive—even when every memory has been washed away. Two souls. One current. A destiny written by the river.

Simply No One · Fantasy · 23 ch

The Fading Moon

Tokyo never sleeps, but for twenty-three-year-old Mike, every day feels the same. Living alone in a small apartment and trapped in a routine he no longer enjoys, Mike has long given up on excitement, friendship, and love. His world is quiet, lonely, and predictable—until a rainy night changes everything. Under the glow of a fading moon, he meets Jessika, a spirited high school girl whose smile hides secrets deeper than the night sky. Their first encounter is anything but friendly. She finds him cold and grumpy. He finds her irritating and impossible to understand. Yet fate keeps bringing them together. As days turn into months, arguments become conversations, conversations become friendship, and friendship slowly blossoms into a love neither of them expected. For the first time in years, Mike begins to feel alive again. But Jessika carries a secret. A truth that threatens to shatter the future they dream of together. As the moon fades from the sky, so too does the time they have left. A heartbreaking story of first love, loss, hope, and memories that never disappear, The Fading Moon explores how even the briefest light can change someone's life forever. Some people enter our lives for a moment... Yet stay in our hearts forever.

MananTayal · Romance · 30 ch

Power Leveling Empire

A top-tier power leveler requests to join the battle! Xu Jia, once the strongest power leveler in "Tianqing," the first man to defeat an NPC player and break through to the ninth rank, retired in disgrace on the day the game became reality. Years later, he unexpectedly reincarnated before the game's launch, becoming a native of the Tianqing world, bringing with him a special power leveling space. "Am I really a high-level cannon fodder like 'Moon Servant Or'? I remember that guy was the Lord of the Nine Luminaries Starfield for three days, and his closing line was 'My life has been worthwhile'..." To escape the fate of being easily defeated by other players, Xu Jia has no choice but to start over.

Tungtunsahur · Litrpg · 6 ch

Radiant

John Marshall is a poor young man with a strong sense of justice who operates as a vigilante in an empire overrun by organized crime and corruption. Under the mantle of Radiant, he balances his life as a worker, student, and dedicated grandson with his secret identity as a hero. Upon being discovered by the Dean of the University for Supers, he takes on a job as a janitor to pay for his studies and care for his sick grandparents. There, he realizes that the government's problems are far greater than he had imagined. Despite all these challenges, he keeps a smile on his face, his fist raised, and proclaims whenever he gets the chance: "Our future will be Radiant!" 20+ chapters ahead ---> https://www.patreon.com/c/radt/ Discord: https://discord.gg/xCvRJ6Enby

higgscrowl · Urban Fantasy · 70 ch

Akumarou: The History of Forbidden Feathers

Shinohara thought that he's just a normal bookworm, but he found out that his real name is Akumarou and that he's a son of the leader of demons. So he thought that his life can't be more complicated. But then he met a guardian angel and his life became a total mess. _________ Cover and other arts by Kann ("Aoihito", "The Middle of Nowhere") Updates: Wednesdays and Sathurdays

adawinry · Fantasy · 14 ch

The Advent of the Soul Tree

What if you died a nobody and woke up as a tree? Dendron died a nobody. He quit jobs, avoided conflict, and spent his days doing the bare minimum. When a truck ends his unremarkable existence, he expects nothing at all. Instead, he wakes up as a tree: rooted, immobile, and monumentally alone. In a forest teeming with monsters, cultivators, and beast tribes, Dendron discovers he's been given a second chance, and a LitRPG system to go with it. He can absorb soul cores, grow spiritual fruit, and even parasitize other creatures to build a network of avatars. Soon, he builds a network of wolves, apes, and allies who see him as a mysterious merchant, a powerful tree, or even a god. But being surrounded isn't the same as being understood. He is a reincarnator in a world that doesn't know his past. A tree in a forest of beasts. A creature in a world that fears anything it can't name. And something put him here on purpose. Whatever put him here has plans for him, and they may be far more terrifying than being a tree. "A truck hit me five minutes ago, and now I'm a fucking tree?" A LitRPG cultivation fantasy about growth, loneliness, and the quiet horror of becoming something you never planned to be. If you enjoy slow-burn mysteries, hidden organizations, ancient beings, layered worldbuilding, and gradually uncovering the true nature of a world, you may find something to enjoy here. Author's note: This novel is also officially published by me on Royalroad under the username Bryrawr.

Bryrawr · Fantasy · 23 ch

The Protagonist Is Dead

What happens when the protagonist of a world dies? Will the world cease to exist? Or does it hold its crumbling pieces together in a desperate attempt to save itself? In a world where peace had finally become a reality, the man chosen by fate dies in an accident the world was never meant to allow. His death went unnoticed, unacknowledged by the world and the system that rules it. Until it was too late. As things go south and mana starts seeping into a world that is marching towards its demise, Kim Han — a man that was never supposed to mean anything in this story — finds himself facing a difficult situation. Unseen and uninterrupted by the fate that was withering, he must decide if he should quietly intervene in the tragedy that will unfold, or let the world choke under the weight of a story that will now never end.

Senyir · Fantasy · 11 ch

SAIKON

Ryo Kenzaki was good at being invisible. Just another high schooler, keeping his head down and waiting for each day to end. Then a star fell from the sky. When Ryo pulls a dying woman from the crater it leaves behind, he learns the world he knows is already breaking. Beyond it lies the Hunting Realm—a place where monsters are born from fallen Hunters, and something is beginning to push through. Hunted by a creature he cannot understand, Ryo is dragged to a sanctuary between worlds and forced into a choice that was never really his: take up a Kizugami, a living blade forged from wounds, or die before dawn. But the blade doesn’t obey. It judges. As the weapon begins to search his soul, Ryo is pulled into a war he never asked to join—one shadowed by an impossible Eye in the sky, a relentless Kaimon on his trail, and an ending that may already have been decided. Ryo never wanted to be a Hunter. But if becoming one is the only way to protect what remains, he’ll have to answer a far more dangerous question: When the world strips everything from him, can he still stand as himself once more? Discord: https://discord.gg/NtnAuC7mk Character Art by @_iamskiddy

SoraIkigai · Fantasy · 16 ch

Don't Move! I'm Just Taking Your Measurements

*** 4 chapters or 10k words per week. Publish in every Saturday!!! *** A master of couture from the runways of Milan, Leo lived for the art of the silhouette. But when the light of his life flickered out from overwork, he found himself reborn in Avelia, a land governed by the laws of steel and sorcery. While Magic Knights stand at the apex of power, their glory comes at a price. Bound by the heavy burden of their armor and the jagged texture of primitive undergarments, these women fight through a haze of physical discomfort. To Leo, this isn't just a logistical oversight—it is a crime against beauty. Without a legendary blade or a cheat system, Leo sets out to revolutionize the world through the science of comfort. By weaving modern design with mana-conductive silks, he rises to become the most sought-after man among the kingdom's elite.

LuckyRR · Fantasy · 10 ch

The Last Diary Of Magic

The Last Diary of magic ... Maybe Magic Exist ... Maybe everything Was Just An illusion ... Are they friends or enemies ... Can u trust ??

The_lite · Fantasy · 6 ch

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