I've just got into wuxia (been reading Japanese novels for a while) and I'm looking to read something next. Below is what I've finished/caught up with for the most part. I've really liked some recent cultivation harem novels where there is actual romance and the MC actually has sex with his harem/girls during the novel and not just at the very end (I just finished Sevens and while I really loved the story and the harem, I wish there was more "action"). In particular, I've loved Heavenly Jewel Change and Mushoku Tensei (probably my two favorites), and I've really enjoyed Great Demon King, My Wife is a Beautiful CEO, and a few of the others on my list even if their quality isn't amazing (like Womanizing Mage) or the novel is kind of on the crazy end of the "sex" spectrum (Road to Kingdom). I'm trying to figure out what to prioritize and read next. I've got a lot of suggestions, but I don't have a ton of time to read through or skim everything. I do tend to prefer the fantasy/past settings along with cultivation routes with kingdom-building elements within it, but most important to me is probably the romance and actual intimacy being developed in the story. Here is a plan-to-read list that I've compiled so far, but any good suggestions on what really fits what I'm looking for and what few novels to read next?
Grasping Evil Immortality Both good novels plot-wise and harem-wise, especially Grasping Evil it's a must-read if you like both cultivation and harem
Grasping Evil. Has everything you want and more. Though you might have to settle for mtl if you want to read more.
Bishoujo o jouzu ni nikubenki ni suru houou Riaru de reberu age shitara Also many novels translated by machine sliced bread
Couldn't find it in NU, so is it another Q novel "fanfiction"? The name seem normal, but with how you say it then the Author probably projects quite a lot of his delusions into it.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/neet-receives-a-dating-sim-game-leveling-system/ My favorite harem novel with good romance and a bit of "action".. well, it's really good as long you can ignore how often the MC's handsomeness is mentioned..
I liked Long Live Summons!, but translation stopped at around chapter 600, so I wouldn't recommend it until it gets picked up by a decent translator. There is a lot of harem novels, but as you said not many of them have actual romance and progress in general. Grasping Evil (only around 150 chapters translated and release speed isn't very fast too, but chapters are on the loner side + it's a great novel imo) NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System (there is a lot of references to anime culture, so it is a bit different from your usual CN web novels) If you haven't read it yet you should try Magika no Kenshi to Shoukan Maou, some consider is as the best harem novel out there. Well, that would be all I can think of atm. Good luck. edit: You can give Pure Love ✕ Insult Complex a try and see if it is something for you, the beginning isn't the best but it gets a lot better later on.
Author is same from reincarnation paradise and its available on comrademao(readable mtl) so yeah if you are interested