By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey
Mythic Cultivation: My Tongtian can’t be this Cute Forge of Destiny Sect Cultivating Magic Be The Icy Beauty: A Xianxia/Cultivation Tale Reach...
Three English-language novels. Sect Cultivating Magic Be The Icy Beauty: A Xianxia/Cultivation Tale
Have you tried published novels? It looks like Patricia McKillip's The Riddlemaster of Hed and Will Wight's Cradle Series are just what you're...
Necroepilogos maybe? Lots of postapocalyptic vibes, some gxg with MC, although no village building so far. A cyborg in the Wasteland has...
Western novels only: Sect - not very dark, but very serious Cultivating Magic - interesting blend of D&D-like magic and cultivation Surprisingly...
Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! Perfect Heroine Wants to Possess Me
If you are interested in original English novels, I recommend these two: Enlightened Empire Isekai’d Shoggoth
Necroepilogos. The plot takes place many years after the apocalypse. But I think it fits.
"Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay (although I think the 1975 movie of the same name is much better than the novel).
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39207/be-the-icy-beauty-a-xianxiacultivation-tale - badass female lead and a bit of comedy.
Sect - The classic cultivation world with the main character raised by a caring, well-educated mother from the modern Western world. Basically a...
Unfortunately, "slow burn romance" and "smart main character" don't mix well with "Rebirth/Transmigration/Time travel or set in a magical/fantasy...
Consider western cultivation novels, like Sect and Be The Icy Beauty.
Twentyfithbaam, I'm afraid you're looking for something that may not exist. Authors who can write a novel with mature, adult characters (and...
Deeds, not Words Enlightened Empire Also, take a look at this thread on Spacebattles.
Never Cut Twice is worth reading if you are into kingdom building. Deeds, not Words is a bit simiar and also good.
The Prancing Stag - Renly/Loras BL, one of the best GoT fics I ever found.
Perfect Heroine Wants to Possess Me
Latte Ectrie (reincarnated MC) from Miss Not-So Sidekick gest rich by writing BL novels.
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