by Libalent
“Tell me… what do I need to do to become an alchemist?” At the age of two, after witnessing a golem brought to life by magic, a boy named Hermann made up his mind—he would become an alchemist. He studied tirelessly, learning how to shape the world around him. He ventured deep into the forest to collect magical materials, selling them to scrape together what little money he could. All the while, he offered prayers to the gods. And then, at last, the day of the star-bestowing ritual arrived. The day when one’s talents would be revealed. Would Hermann be granted stars for alchemy…?
#10
7/31/2026
Peak #50
0d
#9
7/31/2026
Peak #50
0d
#8
7/30/2026
Peak #50
0d
#7
7/4/2026
Peak #8
23d
#6
7/3/2026
Peak #6
26d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:18 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
10%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (7%).
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
#280 of 12,176 · 230 below RS #50
By genre
beats 86% of similar stories
beats 6% of similar stories
beats 92% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.
