by gloamroot
What would you sacrifice for immortality? In this world, every step up the Golden Tree demands something in return. Memories. Flesh. Love. Identity. Ren never cared about immortality. He only wanted enough food to survive another winter. But when the Golden Empire offers him to join a brutal selection, he discovers that survival is only the beginning. The higher he climbs, the more the Tree demands. Eventually, everyone reaches a price they cannot afford to pay. What to expect: progression fantasy mystery-heavy worldbuilding brutal survival trials grounded fights and teamwork psychological and physical cost of power
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:09 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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Mystery (1%).
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
#11778 of 12,138 · 11728 below RS #50
By genre
beats 41% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 9% 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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