About the Series
After a system integration wipes out Earth, survivors are placed in the Infinite Realm — a world where three progression systems coexist. You can be a class-user (gaining stats and abilities from a system), a cultivator (refining qi through traditional ranks), or a skill-user (mastering techniques through repetition), or any combination of the three. The series follows multiple POV characters who each approach progression differently, creating a comparative study of how different systems interact.
The three-system framework is the series’ unique contribution to the genre. No other major series lets you directly compare LitRPG stat-based progression against cultivation against skill mastery within the same world. Characters who mix systems create novel builds that couldn’t exist in a single-system story. The worldbuilding supports this with factions and cultures built around each system philosophy.
This is for readers who are deeply interested in progression system design and want to see multiple approaches compared rather than one system explored in isolation. The multiple POVs keep things varied. The tradeoff: the split POV structure means you’ll have favorite characters whose arcs are interrupted by characters you care less about. The early books struggle with pacing as they establish the three systems simultaneously. Some readers feel the “multiple systems” concept is more interesting than its execution. If you need tight focus on one character’s growth, the fragmented structure may frustrate.
Reading Order
- Infinite Realm: Monsters & Legends (2021)
- Infinite Realm 2 (2022)
- Infinite Realm 3 (2022)
- Infinite Realm 4 (2023)
- Infinite Realm 5 (2023)
- Infinite Realm 6 (2023)
- Infinite Realm 7 (2024)
- Infinite Realm 8 (2024)
The web serial on Royal Road continues ahead of published volumes.
If You Like This Series
- Defiance of the Fall by TheFirstDefier — System apocalypse with a more focused single-MC structure; similarly large scale
- The Path of Ascension by C. Mantis — Tier-based system with different progression constraints; more team-focused
- He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon — System progression at similar length; single POV with more humor
- A Thousand Li by Tao Wong — Pure cultivation focus if you want to go deeper into one of the three systems; completed
- All the Skills by Honour Rae — Creative system design with a single protagonist who combines abilities in unusual ways