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The Science of Cultivation #1
The Science of Cultivation: A Xianxia Progression Fantasy
A new Xianxia Progression Fantasy perfect for fans of Cultivation Nerd and Unintended Cultivator!
Preparation is key to survival.
Reincarnated into a world of cultivation, Scientist Langley Seiker no longer has to dream about immortality. It's now possible. Except for the fact that he has no talent.
Through a chance encounter, however, he gains access to his familiar laboratory that will allow him to systematically study the mechanics of cultivation.
Not even the heavens will know what fate has in store for Langley as he systematically unravels not only how to cultivate, but also various crafts such as refining pills and inscribing talismans.
Other cultivator ponder how to advance to the next realm. Langley cracks it with science.
Discover the start of a new Xianxia Progression Fantasy that blends Cultivation and a scientific approach to studying how it works. The series features slow burn progression as Langley ranks up, an intelligent MC, sect building, and so much more
Preparation is key to survival.
Reincarnated into a world of cultivation, Scientist Langley Seiker no longer has to dream about immortality. It's now possible. Except for the fact that he has no talent.
Through a chance encounter, however, he gains access to his familiar laboratory that will allow him to systematically study the mechanics of cultivation.
Not even the heavens will know what fate has in store for Langley as he systematically unravels not only how to cultivate, but also various crafts such as refining pills and inscribing talismans.
Other cultivator ponder how to advance to the next realm. Langley cracks it with science.
Discover the start of a new Xianxia Progression Fantasy that blends Cultivation and a scientific approach to studying how it works. The series features slow burn progression as Langley ranks up, an intelligent MC, sect building, and so much more
770 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2025
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March 24, 2026
DNF not as interesting as the title would seem. Weird deus ex machina out of nowhere.
I dropped around chapter 17 as I was honestly forcing my self to keep reading after like chapter 6. Science is in the title and so far what happens is...odd and hand wavy.
TLDR: this is so odd and contrived at times, it is scatterbrained and I felt like I was missing chapters or something because the story goes off the rails every 1.5 chapters. It just feels weird and I couldn't force myself to keep going. I recommend reading reviews on Royal road and Goodreads to see what other people say because I just couldn't relate to the high reviews.
The kidnapping of the MCs adoptive siblings at the beginning is one of the weirdest, most contrived things I've read.
First their father gets killed by a big bad demonic cultivator, and when all hope is lost, a 'friendly' good cultivator swoops in to rescue the MCs siblings because they have talent. The good cultivator is totally curbstomps the guy who just curbstomped the kids dad.
The MC, having the ego and memories of a grown adult, (probably) rightfully suspects the good cultivator of being there the whole time but wanting to wait and 'save' the kids after their father dies so they have no real hope but to believe in him. You know manipulate the crap out of these impressionable kids.
He can't accept the MC along with his siblings (because the MC has garbage talent that is useless.) but he gives him some money to help him out since his adoptive family just got blown up. And the MC vows to bury his adoptive father and meetup later with his siblings. The scene winds down.
BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE! Like billy mays then scene keeps going because, whoops there was actually an ever bigger, meaner, tougher bad guy demonic cultivator who absolutely curbstomps the good guy cultivator, who just curbstomped the first bad guy, who curbstomped the kids lesser cultivator dad. Now the siblings getting kidnapped is back on the menu!
The MCs siblings get yoinked, and he is disregarded because he is trash, even though he volunteers to get kidnapped with his siblings to a evil demonic cult. (Did his once genius IQ just drop off the face of the earth?)
What was the entire point of this sequence of events?
Then the MC, alone and in the forest, reaches into the bag of money ( that he got from the good cultivator before he was wiped from the face of the planet after 3 minutes of screen time.) and a Qi stone (what EVERY cultivator trades for resources etc.) it reacts to his red gemstone necklace that he just happened to have, for his whole life, (while his siblings had similar gemstones, and his family was a decent sized but minor merchant family)
His necklace is suddenly a priceless artifact that can simulate and study anything and everything he feeds it, except the strength of its abilities sucks because his talent is garbage.
All in all this isn't like insulting or anything (at least from what I've read.) But it just seems to fall on its face and then eat the dirt it lies in. So my time is just gone. Wasted. But it won't kill me or anything. I just feel like I could have and should have gone to sleep sooner.
I dropped around chapter 17 as I was honestly forcing my self to keep reading after like chapter 6. Science is in the title and so far what happens is...odd and hand wavy.
TLDR: this is so odd and contrived at times, it is scatterbrained and I felt like I was missing chapters or something because the story goes off the rails every 1.5 chapters. It just feels weird and I couldn't force myself to keep going. I recommend reading reviews on Royal road and Goodreads to see what other people say because I just couldn't relate to the high reviews.
The kidnapping of the MCs adoptive siblings at the beginning is one of the weirdest, most contrived things I've read.
First their father gets killed by a big bad demonic cultivator, and when all hope is lost, a 'friendly' good cultivator swoops in to rescue the MCs siblings because they have talent. The good cultivator is totally curbstomps the guy who just curbstomped the kids dad.
The MC, having the ego and memories of a grown adult, (probably) rightfully suspects the good cultivator of being there the whole time but wanting to wait and 'save' the kids after their father dies so they have no real hope but to believe in him. You know manipulate the crap out of these impressionable kids.
He can't accept the MC along with his siblings (because the MC has garbage talent that is useless.) but he gives him some money to help him out since his adoptive family just got blown up. And the MC vows to bury his adoptive father and meetup later with his siblings. The scene winds down.
BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE! Like billy mays then scene keeps going because, whoops there was actually an ever bigger, meaner, tougher bad guy demonic cultivator who absolutely curbstomps the good guy cultivator, who just curbstomped the first bad guy, who curbstomped the kids lesser cultivator dad. Now the siblings getting kidnapped is back on the menu!
The MCs siblings get yoinked, and he is disregarded because he is trash, even though he volunteers to get kidnapped with his siblings to a evil demonic cult. (Did his once genius IQ just drop off the face of the earth?)
What was the entire point of this sequence of events?
Then the MC, alone and in the forest, reaches into the bag of money ( that he got from the good cultivator before he was wiped from the face of the planet after 3 minutes of screen time.) and a Qi stone (what EVERY cultivator trades for resources etc.) it reacts to his red gemstone necklace that he just happened to have, for his whole life, (while his siblings had similar gemstones, and his family was a decent sized but minor merchant family)
His necklace is suddenly a priceless artifact that can simulate and study anything and everything he feeds it, except the strength of its abilities sucks because his talent is garbage.
All in all this isn't like insulting or anything (at least from what I've read.) But it just seems to fall on its face and then eat the dirt it lies in. So my time is just gone. Wasted. But it won't kill me or anything. I just feel like I could have and should have gone to sleep sooner.
May 1, 2026
It's a pretty standard isekai and cultivation slice of life. I feel that there is very little motivation for the MC that moves the plot forward. Lost adopted siblings? MC thinks about them from time to time, but other than that it hasn't affected the overall story line. I guess my main sticking point is that nobody really observes that the MC is making very adult decisions while a child, and he makes them as an adult would. The other children seem just as grown up. There isn't any of the usual pre-teen or teen drama, blow ups, or emotional meltdowns. It's a fine book. Not good or great, but something to read.
December 19, 2025
It's too good
It's too good. I was hooked just after a few pages. MC, the boy with a big head, was an interesting character. A scientist from earth that died and was reborn as a child with his previous life's memories.
And he got a spirit artifact that could simulate anything. He got an auto analyzer and something resembling his old lab.
From then on, his tests, allies and friends he made as well as his adventures are too good.
Now that I have finished the book, I have to wait for months for the next book.
It's too good. I was hooked just after a few pages. MC, the boy with a big head, was an interesting character. A scientist from earth that died and was reborn as a child with his previous life's memories.
And he got a spirit artifact that could simulate anything. He got an auto analyzer and something resembling his old lab.
From then on, his tests, allies and friends he made as well as his adventures are too good.
Now that I have finished the book, I have to wait for months for the next book.
December 20, 2025
This book has some of the suckiest fight scenes ever. And the whole kidnapping scene of his step siblings is so convoluted. You introduce an elder who just died. What the hell was the purpose of that?! btw, although technically you can, but you cant make a MASSIVE amount of soda without specific equipment and barrels. You need a whole setup operation like beer to make carbonated drinks. You need a facility and time to do that. Natural carbonation (fermentation in a sealed bottle) typically takes 1 to 4 weeks.
January 14, 2026
Author doesn’t care for their own characters
This miss match between a rigorous scientifically driven main character and them being an absolute idiot when it comes to world and social events is definitely a nerd trope. But undermines the MC. Hell the fact that soooo much of the book is bout his research and methods, only for none of it to pay off and the author dues ex machina him some external power up to continue the plot.
Fun premise, some nice wit and banger dialogue, but skip this. Why should we care about the mc struggles if the author doesn’t care.
This miss match between a rigorous scientifically driven main character and them being an absolute idiot when it comes to world and social events is definitely a nerd trope. But undermines the MC. Hell the fact that soooo much of the book is bout his research and methods, only for none of it to pay off and the author dues ex machina him some external power up to continue the plot.
Fun premise, some nice wit and banger dialogue, but skip this. Why should we care about the mc struggles if the author doesn’t care.
December 21, 2025
A fun, slow-burn xianxia. The MC is interesting. I enjoyed his scientific method approach to learning how to cultivate better. There are a lot of tropes from traditional Chinese xianxia but that is part of the fun. Overall it was an enjoyable read.
January 31, 2026
Not my cup of tea
In all honesty, I did not enjoy this book. The premise was unique, it started cool, but all of the elements that I found the most exciting were glanced over or never touched on.
That's not to say the story is bad per se, it just wasn't for me.
In all honesty, I did not enjoy this book. The premise was unique, it started cool, but all of the elements that I found the most exciting were glanced over or never touched on.
That's not to say the story is bad per se, it just wasn't for me.
didn-t-like-it
February 5, 2026Note to self: don't know when, but I used to love cultivation books and I no longer do. The tropes are annoying, the cultivation boring, the interactions predictable. Not a comment on this book, more on me needed to stop trying to like what I once used to, but not anymore.
December 18, 2025
Not enough science, plenty of run of the mill Xianxia cultivation.
December 23, 2025
Very good read
I enjoyed reading the book very much and I recommend the book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading the book very much and I recommend the book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with lots of action.
January 24, 2026
interesting
A different prospective and the background of the Mc does give it a new unique spin in the isekai trope.
A different prospective and the background of the Mc does give it a new unique spin in the isekai trope.
February 28, 2026
Read well
Well written seemed to hit all the highlights. Loved the cover the most. Really awesome colors great font on the text.
Well written seemed to hit all the highlights. Loved the cover the most. Really awesome colors great font on the text.
March 27, 2026
great and fun read
Li lang is a good character, it’s good that he’s an underdog. And that he’s not just speeding through become way over powered.
Looking forward to the next book
Li lang is a good character, it’s good that he’s an underdog. And that he’s not just speeding through become way over powered.
Looking forward to the next book
April 22, 2026
Great Cultivation Novel
Great novel. Looking forward to reading book two. This was also a fast read. I enjoyed the escape into a cultivation world.
Great novel. Looking forward to reading book two. This was also a fast read. I enjoyed the escape into a cultivation world.
January 19, 2026
Lang Li is rather boring, unfortunately.
February 11, 2026
Loved the story, the MC's personality and attitude, the attention to detail and especially the highly classical Xianxia tropes!
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