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by GhostDreamer
Zamian is getting used to talking to the White Dot hovering in the corner of his vision. Does the blighted thing talk back? Never.Does this make him insane? Maybe. As the son of two of the Sanctuary’s most powerful cultivators, Zamian’s life should have been easy. Instead, he’s stuck caring for his tea-obsessed father, dodging political schemes, and figuring out why his blighted companion keeps issuing quests! Follow Zamian as he struggles with his ever-growing cultivation and does everything he can to save his family and friends! Also, please, could you not tell him that a certain God messed with everyone’s mind and is about to unleash a Divine Calamity? Pinky promise? --- What to Expect: - Weak to strong, anti-hero, smart MC- Unique system, inspired by 'power combos' of RI and some aspects of LOTM- Xianxia & High Fantasy fusion (expect weird things)- First book lacks some tropes (no daily sect life, clans, jade beauties, devils, pills—yet)- No Harem- Gruesome fights--- Schedule: Monday–Friday @ 4:16 PM EST
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
3%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Mystery (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#1507 of 12,415 · 1457 below RS #50
By genre
beats 13% of similar stories
beats 53% of similar stories
beats 72% of similar stories
Readers arrive, few stick
Traffic is strong, but conversion trails comparable stories. The usual suspects are the blurb, the cover and the opening chapters — fixing the hook multiplies everything the existing traffic brings.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
