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by Shocker
The Bloody Wight was once the most feared man in the continent. Relentless and seemingly indestructible, he waged a bloody war of conquest in the name of Emperor Novos. Until, one day, he was slain. At least, that was what he wanted the world to believe when he faked his death. In reality, tired of being a monster, he fled to the mysterious lands of the east where the cultivators and the yokai reign supreme. All in a bid to live the peaceful life of a farmer. How hard can it be to keep out of trouble?
#13
7/3/2026
Peak #27
8d
#12
6/21/2026
Peak #10
10d
#11
6/21/2026
Peak #3
12d
#10
6/21/2026
Peak #10
10d
#9
6/21/2026
Peak #11
9d
Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 02:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#5072 of 7,628 · 5022 below #50
By genre
beats 49% of similar stories
beats 7% of similar stories
beats 97% 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.
At this conversion, the Comedy Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 1.0k views/day — the story currently gets ~1.8k.
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.
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