Royal Road
The Path of Ascension
by C. Mantis
A very long, highly readable system-cultivation binge whose greatest strength is a world that takes institutions, relationships, and advancement rules seriously.
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A young survivor with a supposedly useless Talent receives a chance to enter an empire-wide ascent race, delving rifts and building a life through a cultivation engine hidden inside LitRPG clothing.
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