
by MalcolmTent
This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. At least, that was the main takeaway that Gus got from suddenly being given a powerful ability out of nowhere. The world is ending and most people don't even know its happening. Now Gus has been brought onboard a dangerous game played by people just like him, behind the scenes of the unsuspecting but slowly crumbling world, and almost no one knows about it. With portals to other worlds opening up all over, Gus needs to brave new and unexplored territories to find power and resources he'll need for when all hell finally breaks loose. The question is can he do it in time, or will his confident claim that he can defend his friends and family be his...Last Words. >Tuesday Thursday release schedule (starting immediately no 30 day drop binge) >New multiversal litRPG apocalypse, taking place not just on earth but across several other worlds (concurrently, no isekai) >No harems >Complex and intricate power system >Competent and interesting side characters Cover art by Richard Sashigane! Twenty advance chapters already posted to patreon!
#17
10/1/2026
Peak #48
0d
#16
10/1/2026
Peak #48
0d
#15
9/29/2026
Peak #45
0d
#14
9/29/2026
Peak #49
0d
#13
9/24/2026
Peak #43
4d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:28 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
34%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Contemporary → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Contemporary (31%).
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
#8757 of 12,180 · 8707 below RS #50
By genre
beats 65% of similar stories
beats 50% of similar stories
beats 83% 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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