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Defiance of the Fall by TheFirstDefier is a system-apocalypse progression story that blends game-style stats with cultivation-flavoured power growth. Fans want long arcs, hard-won strength and constantly escalating stakes.
If you've finished it (or are waiting on the next book), these free web novels are the closest matches we've found. Each one is picked for the same LitRPG, Progression and Cultivation appeal, and listed best-rated first.
12 stories like Defiance of the Fall
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Divine Awakening
by AFKayWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionWhen an explosion beneath the pyramids of Giza devours half of Cairo, it reveals a chasm spewing mysterious energy, unleashing mythical creatures worldwide and altering humans. As nations clash over the Pit's secrets, Ash remains focused…
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Ormyr
Why it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionBook 2 now finished In a world filled with Gods and superhumans, Taiven is just mundane. A teen from a small village in the middle of nowhere, with no hope, no future and no power. His mind is filled with fables, tales of Heroes from the…
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Unconquered Tower (Book 2 Stubbing October 7th)
by DR PEAKWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionA hundred years ago thirteen towers arrived on Earth. At noon on the summer solstice, the tower gates open every year admitting any who wish to climb. Those who survive and come back do so with incredible powers and riches, tales of…
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Universe's End
by N. FrancisWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionWhen one door closes, another one opens. And when one universe ends, another begins. Rory has found himself in a rather strange predicament: the end of not just the world, but the entire universe has come and gone. An intergalactic war…
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System Breaker [Xianxia System Apocalypse Litrpg] [STUBBED: Books 1-3 on Amazon]
Why it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionHeavily edited and overhauled Books 1-3 on Amazon Kindle (Renamed to Infernal Ascension) Nothing will stop Young Master Wei An Wei from exacting his revenge upon his father. Not the forces of the Claimed Hells. Not the laws of reality…
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Shadow Runner [LitRPG]
by AT ValentineWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionAdrian was born a couple hundred years too late to witness humans ruling the stars. The days of relentless scientific advancement are long gone. Humanity’s former cradle has become the birthplace of nightmares, so Adrian lives on a world…
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Mask of Humanity
by SlaughterBotWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionA centuries old cyberpunk assassin is reborn into a world of Cultivation. Heaven’s Great Game begins anew. It extends grasping arms through the Material, clutching at hundreds of planets and peoples, none of whom have any idea of what…
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Savage Awakening: A LitRPG Apocalypse
by adastra339Why it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionBook 1 (Chapters 1-102) is now available on Kindle and Audible! Book 2 (Chapters 102-190) is now available on Kindle and Audible! Book 3 (Chapters 190 - 256) is now available on Kindle and Audible! Book 4 (Chapters 256 - 346) is now…
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Enduring Good : [The Rationalist's Guide to Cultivation and Cosmic Abominations from Beyond the Stars]
Why it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionA twenty-first century human mind is awakened in a strange land of boundless cults, spirit servants and immortal cultivators ruled by titanic god-beasts. Coexisting within the body of a street urchin girl, the last pharmacist in the…
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Unbound Ascension – Classless [System Apocalypse - LitRPG/Cultivation] (Book 1 - Coreless is complete at ~330k words)
by CarcianWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionWhat is better: to enter the multiverse gifted with power, or to begin weak and claw your way to strength through blood, will, and relentless effort? When Earth is integrated into the Multiverse, humanity gains stats, skills, and…
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Cataclysm Rising [Returnee Hero LitRPG] [Stub]
Why it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Post Apocalyptic and ProgressionFind BOOK ONE on Amazon here! A System Apocalypse changes the Earth. A Threat of extermination looms over Humanity. A Hero returns from killing a Demon Lord. “Whoever said being a Returnee Hero is easy was full of shit!” Leonidas Paendrag…
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Heavenless Ascension [A Cultivation LitRPG]
by FirstBiteWhy it fits: Cultivation, LitRPG, Progression and ActionBook 1 on Amazon/KDP Book 2 on Amazon/KDP Fate was never kind to Shen. Born with a soul weapon so broken it defied classification, he was deemed worthless from the start. Rejected by society, mocked by peers, and ultimately barred from…
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What are the best books like Defiance of the Fall?
Top picks for fans of Defiance of the Fall are Divine Awakening, Ormyr, Unconquered Tower (Book 2 Stubbing October 7th) and Universe's End. They share tags such as LitRPG, Progression and Cultivation.
What kind of story is Defiance of the Fall?
Defiance of the Fall by TheFirstDefier is a system-apocalypse progression story that blends game-style stats with cultivation-flavoured power growth. Fans want long arcs, hard-won strength and constantly escalating stakes.
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