Anime & Donghua

I was really surprised to find a couple more good stories there - the Years of Apocalypse and Sky Pride. The first is a time loop story that eventually realises that materialism and global people's struggle (rather than a single superpowered time looper forcing things) is required to make actual long-lasting change in the world post-loop and avert magical climate catastrophe. Also that you should immediately assassinate most of the intelligence apparatus.

The latter is the exceedingly rare cultivation story that has actually read the religious material those settings are based on and so the main struggle across the story is to challenge the ossified power relationship where wannabe-immortal demigods conflate detachment with enlightenment through self-serving interpretations of philosophy and filial piety (Daoist superpowers for me, Confucianism for thee, better luck in your next Buddhist reincarnation).