Looking for novels with any kind of leveling system, be it cultivation, magic, getting xp from monsters e.t.c. where MC: 1. If not crushing everyone, then at least always in a somewhat controllable situation. Where you don't just wait for a plot armor to appear at a critical moment but can see a stable way forward. 2. Uses the abilities that are not too generic. Like it's not your usual dual cultivation using sword killing everybody. Making robots, raising plants(without "farm" in the title), having teleportation/illusion/summons/sub dimension, researching magic, using modern/sci-fi weapons in cultivation world or cultivation/magic in sci-fi world(having something current world does not). Though generic abilities are also fine if there is something present, that makes them feel unique. Also there is no restriction on quality. Chinese novels are acceptable even if only MTL is available.
This Tales of the World Devouring Serpent is the only novel that comes to my mind as of now. The male mc here gets bigger and stronger as he eats. PS: Links in NU are not available but the novel already has completed translation.
King of Gods - Has eye powers. Can use his eye to travel to different dimension Bringing the farm to live in another world - Necromancing Powers. Very long. Still ongoing at 12.000 chapters Reverend Insanity - People use Gu. Not unique to MC, is unique type of cultivation system novel. Cold/Evil MC Warlock of the Magus World - MC has a chip connected to his soul from his previous world which he can use to make calculations, remember things, etc. Cold/Evil MC Zither Emperor - MC fights with music Juvenile Medical God - uses poison Fishing the Myriad Heavens - uses fishing rod to fish up things from other worlds and cultivates using those things he fished up.
Op request sounds to me for more simplistic and generically power level MCs, like Emperor’s Domination (and god forgive me for tip this piece of shit). If i may try a suggestion, from OP description, Seoul Station Necromancer and Upgrade Specialist in Another World, despite being far away from epic works, are good novels that fit the request. Btw, nice tips in this thread, despite probably being not what OP requested, i may find myself camping here if good tips like those keep being given in this thread !
Domination felt quite generic to me. Your typical "I know everything" reincarnation novel Like the Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao. I can give some examples of what I have in mind(Some are comics): Mechanical Emperor Abe the Wizard Shinka no Mi I'm the Sorcerer King Cultivator Against Hero Society To Be a Power in the Shadows Pocket Hunting Dimension Infinite Mana(a couple of novels with similar names) Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting, While I Started a Farm I Can Give the Origin of Everything Spiritual Energy: I Just Want To Farm Peacefully I Have a Time and Space Garden Magus Tech Master of Science and Technology The Sinful Life of the Emperor(though the appearance of the cosmic emperor kind of stopped the MC having everything "under control" so it is the example of a situation where you wait a thousand chapters to see how the plot armor will resolve the issue)
Idk if it's relevant or not... But since I don't see anyone suggest it.. " Second Life Ranker " is a really good one...
I Heard That I’m Super Fierce - She IS a summoner but that aint the focus she could beat them (evil spirits) with her weird ass logic anytime on her own. SUPER FUN! Overgeared - as tittle says: he IS Overgeared, blacksmith mc anyways Virtual World: Close Combat Mage- Aiyo u up to a kungfu mage? the emphrasis is on the kungfu part My House of Horrors - hammer guy, be it people or evil spirits just beat them with a hammer Academy’s Undercover Professor - hard to categorize his skills id say all rounder? He knows magic, hunter, assassin all kinda skills also swordmanship he varies them in the most effective way for his monster hunting or whatever he does~ I Became a Soul-Predator - as tittle says eat souls to get more op~ Thriller Game: I Have The Evil God Source Code - nutty doc protagonist running rampant in a thriller game~