<strong><em>The Way</em></strong>, a fine and grim wuxia from a Russian author.
Top-3.
<strong><em>City of Sin</em></strong>. It's Chinese, but both well-written and had a good translation. It is definitely inspired by Planescape: Torment, and it is a representative of the rare Dungeons & Dragons progression genre. The hero is a runemaster, a heir to a cursed clan, where the devil bloodline is supported by incest. He rises to power in a planar metropolis, leads planar invasions. Epic, drama (you will be in danger of crying sometimes, and it's not a kind of story that ends well) and all sorts of 18+. The novel and its translation are completed. My most favorite chinese novel at all.
<strong><em>Defiance of the Fall</em></strong> from a Swedish author. It's a rare kind of readable mix of xianxia and litrpg, and starts with the System Apocalypse trope. The protagonist ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ gets cheats from the beginning, but he gets ̶s̶e̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ impossible challenges as well. It feels quite gritty realistic, not without a weird humor sometimes. He progresses not just as a cultivator but also as a leader; it deals with management, city building, alliances and backstabs, some economics, genocides, etc.
<strong><em>Ave Xia Rem Y</em></strong>. Pity, I guess this gem is relatively hidden because of the author's naming sense. The only flaw is that the author writes only 1 chappy per week.
A bit of other decent novels I'd recommend.
Serious: <strong><em>Forge of Destiny</em></strong>, <strong><em>The Way</em></strong>, <strong><em>Reverend Insanity</em></strong>
Humor: <strong><em>I’m Really Not The Demon God’s Lackey</em></strong>, <strong><em>Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4</em></strong>, <strong><em>History’s Number 1 Founder</em></strong>
<strong><em>The Way</em></strong> by Mike Ignatov. Completely fits the request, the boy starts at the very rural bottom, and characters are really well thought out.
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<strong><em>The Way</em></strong> by Mike Ignatov. It's (russian) wuxia, the MC is an ice warrior.
<strong><em>The Way</em></strong> by Mike Ignatov.
<strong><em>The Way</em></strong> by Mike Ignatov. Starts as a child in wuxia postapocalypse. At the last book the hero is 14 if I remember correctly
<strong><em>The Way</em></strong> by Mike Ignatov
<strong><em>Street Cultivation</em></strong> by Sarah Lin