
The First Step
A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System, Book 1)
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Narrated by:
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Jack Meloche
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By:
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Valerios
About this listen
"Screw the System. I just want to Cultivate."
Long Fang is stranded in a foreign world where proper cultivation has been replaced by annoying blue screens. He is confused and alone...but not for long.
Completely ignoring the System, he forms a wholesome sect of followers to spread cultivation across the wild world. Blue screens do not take kindly to rejection, however, and Long Fang’s stubbornness soon finds him pitted against increasingly dangerous foes.
To overcome the System tribulations, he must quickly grow stronger and wiser.... But first, he needs to get past that one annoying town guard.
Experience the start of an ambitious LitRPG/Xianxia mash-up. It’s perfect for fans of either genre and lovers of all things Progression Fantasy.
About the series: Follow the path of a Xianxia cultivator in a LitRPG setting. See him increase his powers and carve out a new home in a hostile world out to get him. Rejoice as he spreads cultivation to those in need, each with their own story to tell. In this journey, wholesomeness and epicness go hand in hand.
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Reincarnation
- A Xianxia Cultivation Series (Threads of Fate, Book 1)
- By: Michael Head
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Jim was thrust back in time, returned to his body at the moment he started cultivating. Anyone else might have given up, but Jim doesn’t have that option. He’s already made the mistakes that doomed him in his first life, and he knows what to do to make it right. Jim wants to right the wrongs of the past...or future? All while a pair of angry gods torture him through lack of sleep.
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The World I never knew
- By Yannick on 02-23-21
By: Michael Head
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Defunct: A Cultivation Saga
- The Last Psion, Book 1
- By: Maxwell Farmer
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
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In the world of Alterra, forged from the ruins of Ragnarök and a nearly forgotten Earth, magic is everywhere. Despite this, half-elf Kiru and his mother live a quiet existence in a remote village where nothing ever happens. Nothing, that is, until the day Kiru gets into a fight with a rich lordling who breaks his spine.
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Yeah no
- By John on 01-04-24
By: Maxwell Farmer
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The First Law of Cultivation
- A Xianxia Progression Fantasy (Qi=MC^2, Book 1)
- By: KrazeKode
- Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
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Lu Jie woke up in a world filled with scheming sects, arrogant young masters, and the mad chase for the immortal heavens. He wanted none of it, and soon finds himself beaten bloody in a spar he didn't remember and treated as less than worthless. But his plan to escape the sect is interrupted by an old Alchemist's pills that heal him within moments—a magical cure. These medicines ignite the flame of curiosity to learn true magic in him. Lu Jie sets out to study the truths hidden within the world, and soon finds an all new path of cultivation that could take him to the very top.
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Meh. BoC was better
- By O. C. Stevens on 06-26-23
By: KrazeKode
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Morcster Chef
- A LitRPG Complete Series Bundle
- By: Actus
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 35 hrs and 5 mins
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Adventurers seek dungeons for riches. Heroes storm great fortresses. Gods clash far above. Arek cooks lasagna and tops it with a dash of finely chopped basil. An orc who has seen more than his fair amount of fighting, Arek wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his days cooking and away from the chaos of combat. However, when Ming and her group of adventurers hire him as their full-time chef, his plans of avoiding violence crumble. He longs to leave his blood-soaked mistakes in his past, but old friends and foes have different ideas.
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Arcane Chef Subclass
- By Amazon Customer on 02-16-25
By: Actus
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Cosmic Ascension, Book 1
- By: Adam King
- Narrated by: Charlie West, Rose Trailings
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Noah was once a Mecha pilot leading the defense of Earth against the invading Parasites. Now he is just one lone man stranded on a strange planet, with nothing to do but endlessly fight and devour beasts to increase his strength in the hope of leaving that forsaken place. A new opportunity arose the day a spaceship crashed on the planet. Follow Noah as he escapes, enters the wider universe, and discovers the truth about what happened to Earth.
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This is a must listen if you like
- By Paul Bolton on 03-10-25
By: Adam King
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Painting the Mists: Volume 1
- Painting the Mists, Books 1-3
- By: Patrick G. Laplante
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 32 hrs and 7 mins
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Books 1–3 of the Painting the Mists series. Clear Sky, book one: Martial cultivators, flying swords, and magic talismans. Blood Moon, book two: The kindest hearts make the cruelest villains. The perfect tools if you know where to buy them... Light in the Darkness, book three: Cha Ming and Huxian have faced the heavens and lived.
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good allround story
- By Joel on 10-19-24
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Leveling Up The World
- Books 1-4: A LitRPG Adventure Bundle
- By: L. Eclaire
- Narrated by: Jackie Meloche
- Length: 80 hrs and 15 mins
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After his first college party, Dallion wakes up alone in a small medieval village in the middle of nowhere. First, he needs to figure out where he is and how to survive a mysterious world filled with magic and monsters. Then, he must uncover the secrets of being 'awakened,' which is apparently what he is. Objects in this new world are sentient, allowing the 'awakened' to mend or upgrade them by traveling into any object's unique realm and defeating the guardians that lie within.
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Interesting concept cippled by an annoying MC
- By Luis Tamarez on 05-02-24
By: L. Eclaire
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The Crystal Sphere
- Neuro Series, Book 1
- By: Andrei Livadny
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Alex is one of us. An office rat during daytime, he spends sleepless nights playing his favorite MMO game: a familiar, predictable world which is about to collapse. A new virtual universe arrives to replace it, aggressively devouring all others: the Crystal Sphere. Alex gets involved in testing new technologies which promise to revolutionize gaming. Fitted out with a neuroimplant which provides a 100 percent authentic experience, he has to survive in the Crystal Sphere against all odds.
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Miss pronounced words are a huge pet peeve!
- By Tackerman on 07-13-17
By: Andrei Livadny
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Unintended Cultivator, Volume One
- By: Eric Dontigney
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
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Sen never dreamed of ascension. Such were the aspirations of the rich young nobles, not orphans like him, scraping together a meager living on the streets of Orchard’s Reach. However, when destiny takes an unexpected turn, Sen finds himself thrust into the role of a cultivator’s disciple. Chosen over the nobles who once looked down on him, he is adopted into a makeshift family of three ancient cultivators, each with a lifetime of knowledge and insights. These old monsters will teach Sen everything they can, from the art of the jian and spear to the mysteries of arcane alchemy.
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artificial cultivator story.
- By kevin on 02-03-24
By: Eric Dontigney
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Rise of the Devourer: Voidborne
- A LitRPG Adventure
- By: Krazekode
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs
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Noah Brown has a gift for fighting. Unfortunately, punching things doesn't pay the bills, at least until he died and an Eldritch god found his soul. The encounter brings him to a new world, summoned by bloody cultists. He's got nothing but the shirt on his back and a strange item in his system menu.
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Needs a new narrator
- By E Woods on 12-07-23
By: Krazekode
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Goddess Reborn!
- An Isekai LitRPG Fantasy
- By: Rain Harlow
- Narrated by: Hannah Schooner, Giancarlo Herrera
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
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Sammy struggled through college until she's magically transported to another realm. In this new world, she's been transformed into the wholly (holy?) different form of a goddess. Now she has to acquire followers to appease the ever helpful System. The worst part, her powers have something to do with mirrors. Go figure. Sammy will struggle to take over the world, one follower at a time and in doing so, save more than herself. Join her in this progression fantasy from the seat of power.
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I only had 2 minor issues
- By mat on 12-07-23
By: Rain Harlow
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- Nathan
- 05-05-22
Not quite there
I made it almost three hours in before returning. It started out with what I thought would be an interesting concept. Unfortunately the writing just didn’t hold up. It isn’t horrible, just average for a litrpg/cultivation novel.
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- Charles Gibbs
- 05-28-22
Good start to a new series
First to get it out of the way, I was given this free copy at my request without any requirement of a review.
that out of the way, this is a fun story to be pulled along with. I found it easy to be drawn in and carried along through the narrative. I found it to be a great story to listen to on my commute to work.
I look forward to the next installment.
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- Aaron W.
- 05-04-22
NPC Lit-RPG
it reads like a Lit-RPG but everyone is NPCs. Main character is thrust into this universe from his own and has to make his way while not being a part of the system. Can't wait for book 2
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- Twilight Realm
- 02-26-24
The “cleanness” and “politeness “ are really different
At first I didn’t know if I would listen to the second book, but the goodness of the characters fighting the System and the other evils takes you in. At first the main character is just trying to find his place in a new world applying his knowledge and abilities to advance, but through other people he meets he starts to take in a view more encompassing the “right thing to do” which just becomes more motivation for him. Of course, I need to see what happens next…
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- Nate
- 05-01-22
So good
this series was nothing like I thought it'd be. This system vs cultivation series is sooo good. the fighting and the explanation of the cultivation and aspects from a cultivation book and litrpg book. The fighting is very detailed and you can tell the author put alot of time into this series. I will say the Mc is kinda dumb some times tho, doing things that noone would do. The narrator wasn't bad or anything like that, the characters were likeable. None of them made me mad.
this story is for you if you like books where the Mc gets isekaied in a new world. The way the Mc just refuses to use the system is annoying but it makes sense. The ending was the best part of this story, then the start, then the middle. I also like the premise and the concept of this book. This idea was really good and if you're looking at this story than you need to buy it. The mc is a wind cultivater with a wimpy friend that just makes the story come together.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-16-22
Not very knowledgeable
Cultivation is over simplified and the system is almost not explained at all. The authors idea of having the two systems go head to head was very interesting.
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- ShadeTree22
- 04-28-22
You need to check it out
It has me hooked, I started it earlier today and am already 5 1/2 hours into it
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- Daryl
- 07-29-22
Pretty Good Cultivation Story
I enjoyed this story and found it had a lot of good cultivation aspects.
The main character easily makes friends and is willing to question and rethink his beliefs when his friends talk to him about them. I find this a particularly important trait in a main character.
I read several negative reviews that caused me to question buying this book. However, I decided to buy it and see what I think. I ended up disagreeing with most of them. My only criticism is that it does seem t like an early work for the author.
One of the negative reviews said that the main character accepted the system was a valid path to power but didn't accept it himself for stupid reasons. I disagree with this, he indicates that if he accepts the system help, that the system could later take it away. (Which is later confirmed.) He is also from a cultivator environment raised on challenging the heavens.
There were other negative reviews, and I'm not going to try to debunk each of them. But in my opinion its a good novel with a lot of fun cultivation aspects. If you enjoy cultivation audio books, try it out!
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- Red reed
- 08-10-23
needs a lot of work
the MC's dialogue is that of a young teen's power fulfillment fantasy, crowing about accomplishments that are as incomparable as they are inconsistent. beyond dialogue problems, the progression system is lacking in detail or subtlety or consistency. there is also an odd iver use of the word susara. there are a ton of litrpg titles, this is one of the ones you should skip.
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- Marlon
- 04-29-22
Trash MC yet again! Return!!!
Well, I checked it out and this was another garbage MC who seems to be clueless. This is built as he is supposed to be a master of a sect but doesn’t seem to understand anything at all. I get that he’s in a new world, but this is madness whenever he is just clueless to the world of people. He also refuses to get in with the leveling even after saying that the leveling seems stronger. Yea, this isn’t for me, a big fat return, I have listened to a lot more well-rounded and better Litrpg. If you think about this it doesn't make sense to not get the leveling system since he wants to be stronger.
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