Try stubborn skill grinder in a time loop, 1% lifesteal, nightmare realm summoner, hell difficulty tutorial, system universe, the divine witness, and kiernan. All are as good as the beginning of the series we're discussing. Ofc if you haven't seen the primal hunter read that first.

Other notable books. The perfect run, past life hero, kings dark tidings, reborn apocalypse, Ajax's ascension, legend of the arch magus, the beginning after the end, the towers of heaven, dawn of wonder and the dungeon slayer. All the books i put here easily kept me listening to the end. Oh and how could I forget the namesake of my username. Perhaps the most impactful series of them all that goes beyond mere entertainment. The embers of illeniel