
by S.T.J
In a modern Korea where 15% of humanity awakens as Manaborn, rifts tear open, spilling monsters; and opportunity. The strong rise as Rifters, earning fame, power, and a chance at a life beyond fear. And those who can't? They get swallowed by the world. Sam Jimin, a poor orphan scraping by the outskirts of Seoul, never expected much from life. Bullied and ignored, he pinned his hopes on a miracle during his Awakening; anything to escape the bottom. He didn’t get one. His official result: Rank E-1. No skills. A dead end. But hidden behind the humiliating rank was something no one had ever seen before. A Unique Skill : Skillmaster The ability to create and edit skills - at a cost of LP, only he can pay. With nothing left to lose, he decides to gamble everything on this skill. From the shadows of society to the brutal world of academies, guild politics, and rising threats; he fights to carve out his place; skill by skill, battle by battle. Because in a world ruled by talent and bloodline… A boy with nothing, is about to build everything. What to expect: - Expect some slice of life. - Slow-earned progression , solid system. - Situation based skill creation. - Strategic battles. - No Harem. - Generic start, but gets better and unique after 20 chapters. So, please endure till then. Discord link: https://discord.gg/3peWBq2KbJ
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1/24/2026
Peak #39
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Peak #8
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:48 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
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Comedy → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (0%).
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
#400 of 12,160 · 350 below RS #50
By genre
beats 70% of similar stories
beats 40% of similar stories
beats 97% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.
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