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Emperor's Game [Dark Cultivation | Urban Fantasy | LitRPG | Dying Emperor Returns]

Emperor's Game [Dark Cultivation | Urban Fantasy | LitRPG | Dying Emperor Returns]

by 0_Dark Crow

ActionAdventureCultivationFantasyLitRPG

For nearly six years, Lin Feng was the last player alive in Emperor's Game. While the world moved on and the servers grew silent, he remained, the sole inhabitant of a vast virtual world, a man who had spent hundreds of years of in-game time climbing to the absolute peak of power. Immortal Emperor. The One. A lone god in a dead world. In reality, he was a twenty-year-old with three months left to live. Then, on the day the servers finally shut down forever, the impossible happened. Emperor's Game materialized in the real world. Now Lin Feng wakes up in a world transformed, a fragmented landscape where ancient ruins and forbidden zones bleed into modern cities, where monsters roam the streets and cultivation is real. Every other player starts from zero. But Lin Feng carries something no one else has: centuries of solitude, hard-earned through unimaginable suffering, in a world that was entirely his. This is his only chance. To cure an illness that no medicine can touch. To rescue a sister stolen from him. To settle debts written in blood. And to make those responsible for destroying his family understand exactly who they wronged. But Lin Feng is not the only one with aspirations. Across the country, other players are awakening, each carrying their own scars, ambitions, and plans for this new world. The era of families, politics, and old power is ending. The game between players is just beginning. *** Three chapters each week: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday*** What to Expect: *Cultivation with a system, though the system plays a minor role*Action, conflict, tragedy, and adventure*A protagonist who grows from strong to stronger*Dual cultivation paths: Spiritual and Mage cultivation*Political intrigue and romantic subplot*Exploration of the Dao

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Changes shown for: last 90d
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Current Rank
#50
Peak Rank
#7
Followers
201
+63
Story Timeline

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Entered Psychological RS

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OverviewViews and follower statisticsEngagementProseChapters
Ranking History
Track position changes over time
24h7d30d
Favorites
49
+17
FVR
0.76%
Rating
4.18
Ratings
13
+2
Reviews
N/A
0
Comments
N/A
0
RS Days
94
90d
All
Rating Breakdown
Overall4.18
StyleN/A
StoryN/A
GrammarN/A
CharacterN/A
Streak History

#8

7/18/2026

Peak #49

1d

#7

7/3/2026

Peak #26

13d

#6

7/3/2026

Peak #11

36d

#5

6/16/2026

Peak #22

17d

#4

6/16/2026

Peak #7

17d

Shared RS Climb

One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.

Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:19 UTC

Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:19 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.

Previously appeared on Rising Stars, but no supported current projection is available.

Reader Funnel
How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters
Views
26k
7.6 follows / 1k viewslifetime

beats 84% of similar stories

Followers
201
0.24 favs / follower

beats 57% of similar stories

Favorites
49
Traffic (last 30d)–

needs about a week of observations

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 lifetime.

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