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by QuiteTheSlacker
Astra has always dreamed of reaching the stars. As a humble farm boy living in the countryside, Astra's been surrounded by forests and flowing blue rivers his entire life. It's a routine full of family fun, community, and good ol' hard work... but sometimes, he'd lay on the grass at night and gaze out toward those bright stars above. He'd reach out with his hands, and he’d feel a yearning to see them: to form a bond crossed in starlight, regardless of the vast space between. Thus was a wish sent to the cosmos. One day, he too would shine just as bright. That opportunity would soon come in the form of a nebula-wide competition for the chance to enter the most prestigious school in the milky way, Excelsior Academy, where noble children from the kingdoms of the Twelve Constellations are raised to become leaders, trailblazers, and most importantly soldiers against meteoric monsters from beyond the horizon. The encroaching crawl of the Constellars. Astra doesn't have a special bloodline, belong to a royal house, nor is he the chosen one. But against all these kids with powerful backgrounds and fated destinies, Astra has only one wish. To shine bright as a starry-eyed hero. This book will never be stubbed, not until Astra's journey is fully finished. Chapters release once a week.
#13
4/14/2026
Peak #50
0d
#12
4/13/2026
Peak #50
0d
#11
3/12/2026
Peak #41
15d
#10
3/11/2026
Peak #50
0d
#9
3/11/2026
Peak #50
0d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:38 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
12%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (9%).
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
#6991 of 12,158 · 6941 below RS #50
By genre
beats 49% of similar stories
beats 19% of similar stories
beats 75% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.