by The Devoted Reader
Thrown away by the Zenin clan before he ever had a chance to matter, Ren awakens a system of eight impossible arts that lets him devour curses, forge weapons, command spirits, and break every chain. Satoru Gojo was meant to stand at the top. Sukuna was meant to be the nightmare at the end. Ren Zenin was never meant to exist. Now the timeline is breaking in this Jujutsu Kaisen AU.
#3
9/24/2026
Peak #50
0d
#2
9/18/2026
Peak #39
2d
Current
9/18/2026
Peak #16
14d
Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#12381 of 12,414 · 12331 below RS #50
By genre
beats 49% of similar stories
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beats 64% 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.
