FicGemsTop 25 Progression + High Fantasy Novels on Royal Road (2026)
Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating
Progression + High Fantasy Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.
This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are BELOW, Fallen Lands and Dragon System Adventurer. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.
The 25 best Progression + High Fantasy novels on Royal Road
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BELOW
by Silv3rtongueYOU HAVE DIED YOU HAVE SINNED YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED THE ABOVE ALL IS CLOSED TO YOU A nameless SINner awakes in a hell beyond hells, trapped in a world designed to elicit eternal suffering for no clear purpose. Punished for the SIN of…
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Fallen Lands
by C.PeinhopfThis is the primary ongoing fiction page for Fallen Lands. Books 1-3 are available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible - Siren's Reach will be available in audio early Feb. Please be aware that reading this Synopsis or any portion of this…
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Dragon System Adventurer
by SerasStreamsIn a world where everyone levels from Experience, Kryos levels through hoarding. Kryos, a half-dragon, is cast out of the Drakemount at eighteen. He doesn’t gain power through Experience like everyone else on Vorunor, he levels up by…
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Throne of Time [Magical Academy, Time Loop, Mystery]
by CognosticonTime travel is forbidden, but Suria didn't have a choice. When she transfers to Darkmoon University, the greatest magical academy in the world, she accidentally stumbles into a complex conspiracy that threw students into a time loop…
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Shadowswarm Summoner: A Worldhopping Deckbuilder LitRPG
by SmilingSatyrShadow Wizard Ambrose always has a scheme, but this time, he's going for gold. The target: a Wildcard, a rare, powerful card that becomes whatever your deck needs most. Yes, technically headmaster Charles Vanderborn has already promised…
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Anglers and Amberkin
by TheHofferMagic is dying, and he can save it. Derek Dunn, a lazy grocer and part-time college student, is now the Hero of Prophecy due to a scroll misfire. He would rather spend his days preparing for the upcoming fishing tourney than fulfill a…
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Worm Girl Evolution [LitRPG, Yuri]
Renée was a princess, now she's a worm. As a princess, she had it all, but it was all taken from her by an Otherworlder. Given a second chance at life, she plans to take revenge. The only problem? She's brought back as a worm. Extreme…
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Blood Hunter Vee
by darkwatch0Her family is dead at the hands of monsters. Her life is shattered, and her village is gone. Now, she'll become the monster that the creatures of darkness fear... Violetta is a farm girl, no one of importance living in a tiny village at…
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Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World
Dying was supposed to be the best thing that ever happened to Minokawa. In Empty Sea, an MMORPG brought to life, an isolated reincarnated player with overwhelming power discovers that the sentient game is turning him into its Demon King…
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Under the Light of the World at War: Warcraft Gamer SI
by Seras⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Sep 22, 2026 (6 weeks ago).Under the Moonlight of Elune, and the Blazing warmth of the noonday sun, Belore. Alah'Dorah, Lights Valor, the little elfling lives her life happily in her small unnamed village. But this world is not a peaceful one. Threats slide from…
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Instead of Becoming an Adventurer, I Chose to Fish
by apinsigEarth did not end in a man-made disaster. It ended when mana flooded in, changing everything. Ray Wilson was just a man running a small construction business, spending his free time on the thing he loved most, fishing. When the mana…
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Leave Luck to Heaven [LitRPG]
by BavitzSometimes you're too good for your own good. Trash-talking speedrunner Hague learns that the hard way after he makes a particularly outrageous boast on stream: "I'm better than anyone, even God." Turns out, a god was listening. Now, as…
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Biracial Edgelord Can't Make Immortal : Power of Ten, Book Seven
by RE DruinThis Book began May 2, 2025, and continues the story of the Shards of Aelryinth in other multiverses and worlds. Finisher in the October 2025 and April 2026 Writathon Challenges! ----------------- Shard Funf has been sent to yet another…
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Emberscale Alchemist
by Maikana⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since May 16, 2026 (6 months ago).Our story is a tale of a young inquisitive Kobold hatched into the underground civilization that is Emberscale Caverns. Kori is not your average young Kobold, she would much rather ponder upon life and magic than to wrestle, bite, or…
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The Hundred Reigns [Timeloop LitRPG]
A hundred tries to get it right. No more, no less. For twenty years, Balzam Magnos terrorized the world as its third Overlord: conquering kingdoms, slaughtering heroes, and crushing rebels under his iron boot. None could stand up to him…
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The Immaculate Collection [Merchant Progression]
by havloThe Immaculate Collection is a story about a young hopeful merchant and a chaotic retired adventurer doing their best to keep their magic item shop in business and themselves out of trouble. (Full blurb below) What to expect: Chapter…
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Spirit System -Book Two-Rise of the Dragon Rangers
by G.S. StrikerThe realm needs dragons to fight the darkness. Unfortunately, their minds are still those of six month old babies. Despite the challenges, Ash and Bree are growing stronger. That is, until Ash no longer knows who he is. The Witch Queen…
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(B2 Stubbing Nov. 10th) New Life as a Max Level Archmage
Book one is available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible. Vivienne has poured so many hours into the massively popular MMO The Seven Cataclysms that she has more of a life inside the game than out. It's a fitting irony, then, when one day…
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The Core Problem
by MirrondIzuku Midoriya was busy recovering from the aftermath of his battle with Overhaul when suddenly he found himself transported to another world... together with Tomura Shigaraki, the man who has tried to kill him and his friends multiple…
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The Power of Ten, Book Three : The Human Race
by RE DruinA shard severed from a soul, full of Karma, but needing a body and life of its own. The first true Rantha Hagbloods. A Shrouded Earth invaded by magic, struggling to once again see the sky. Three souls with the full knowledge of Power of…
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A Part-Time Heroine's Guide To Dragonslaying
by kayenanoThe world is ending. To most, that's a problem. To Elise Rowe, it's the start of her week. With her Sword of Heroism in one hand and a jug of coffee in the other, she navigates working part-time as a waitress and an official heroine. She…
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Sigiljack: Sci-Fantasy Cyberpunk LitRPG (Just hit Rising Stars!)
by Nate C.SIGILJACK Progression Sci-Fantasy Cyberpunk LitRPG Street-Samurai Combat x Dungeon Crawling Mana + Metal + Trauma Magic broke the world. Corporate greed broke him. John Ranson is a washed-up combat engineer with a glitching arm, dwindling…
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Warlock of Ashmedai: The City of God [Progression fantasy/LitRPG]
by FoamKnight“Collect souls. Grow stronger. The continent depends on it.” Oak fears his own lust for war. Sadly for him, all of Pairi-Daeza stands upon the edge of a knife. Angels and demons weave their plots in the long shadows cast by the corpse of…
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Beware the Trickster (An Occult Progression LitRPG)
by MangowoLife was perfect: naps in sunbeams, stolen snacks and expertly timed "accidents" to torment her favorite human. So, when licking a strangely alluring gemstone on an old mask suddenly flooded her fuzzy head with memories of her former…
![Cover of Worm Girl Evolution [LitRPG, Yuri]](/covers/thumb/6441c8c5-28e4-4972-8c2b-12fdbec7aaac.webp)
![Cover of Leave Luck to Heaven [LitRPG]](/covers/thumb/5429a5c4-77a8-414d-93c8-2231933d010c.webp)
![Cover of The Hundred Reigns [Timeloop LitRPG]](/covers/thumb/24bb2400-d5f9-4c24-b81c-511b9ee598a3.webp)
![Cover of The Immaculate Collection [Merchant Progression]](/covers/thumb/ed8f9dc8-f51e-4b3c-b616-5c2730129b01.webp)
![Cover of Warlock of Ashmedai: The City of God [Progression fantasy/LitRPG]](/covers/thumb/96950e12-c417-4140-9d93-7c2563231639.webp)
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![Cover of RE: Deity - The Breath of Creation - [Stubbed]](/covers/thumb/81b83858-4394-4d22-9b14-b32916d012d2.webp)
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Progression + High Fantasy novel on Royal Road?
Right now BELOW by Silv3rtongue is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.90 out of 5 and 22 chapters. Fallen Lands by C.Peinhopf comes next.
How are these stories ranked?
Stories are ordered by their average reader rating on Royal Road, and the guide is refreshed as ratings change.
Are there completed Progression + High Fantasy novels I can binge?
Yes, including Dragon System Adventurer, Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World and Biracial Edgelord Can't Make Immortal : Power of Ten, Book Seven.
Where can I read these Progression + High Fantasy novels?
Every story is free to read on Royal Road. Open a story's page and use the Read button to go straight to it. FicGems doesn't host any chapters.
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