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by TheLastSurvivor
Lysanthia, the strongest Demon Queen, spent centuries trying to die. Not because she wanted death. It was the only way to break her chains. Her reincarnation spell worked -mostly. She woke in a forest nearly a thousand years in the future, in a body that wasn't quite hers, stripped of her overwhelming power. A world without a System. Without Classes. Without the Gods watching her every step. Her reincarnation is complicated by the presence of Ash, the Hero who slew her. She's now thrust into a world almost completely alien, yet somehow recognizable -a world where power is etched in Ink, and where she must start from nothing. A world where some people show her kindness for no reason at all. That might be harder than starting over. For the first time in eons, the strongest Demon Queen is free. Not even she knows what comes next. What to expect: - A once very overpowered FMC, now forced to get overpowered all over again. Though, not every problem can be solved by punching (and some are caused by punching). - A Demon Queen learning to be more than what she was. - Power system (cultivation adjacent) introduced in chapter 9. Be patient. - Arcs that are slower paced, arcs more focused around faster power progression/action. - Enemies to ?????? This story is only published on Royal Road and Scribblehub. If you see it anywhere else, it's without my permission. I confirm that the copy of this book on Google Play Books is unauthorized.
#6
5/26/2026
Peak #16
0d
#5
5/20/2026
Peak #48
0d
#4
4/22/2026
Peak #2
27d
#3
4/21/2026
Peak #2
30d
#2
4/21/2026
Peak #2
28d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 10:48 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: Action → Romance → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (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
#1734 of 12,211 · 1684 below RS #50
By genre
beats 60% of similar stories
beats 47% of similar stories
beats 98% 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 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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