
by Worldmaker16180
Strange Doctor's Ascension In a world where colossal holes tear open the earth and monstrous creatures crawl from the depths, humanity survives thanks to the Ascendants, individuals who awaken supernatural abilities by forming mysterious nodes within their minds. Noah Ainsworth is not one of them. A brilliant but notoriously eccentric biologist, Noah has spent his life believing that even miracles obey scientific laws. While the rest of the world accepts Astra as something mystical, he is convinced it can be understood, analyzed, and eventually mastered. Most people simply call him strange. He gradually acquires the ability to reduce everything to dust, rising to the rank of those fearsome ascendants whose power terrifies. What to expect: A scientist protagonist who solves problems through research and experimentation• A rational, biology-inspired magic system• Potion crafting, magical medicine, and monster research• Intelligent and rapid progression instead of reckless power-ups • Dungeon exploration and hidden world mysteries• Agency politics, conspiracies, and dangerous factions• Slow-burn character growth with meaningful discoveries• A protagonist who changes the world through knowledge rather than destiny
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, 05:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:49 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
30%
Two or more lists
21%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Drama → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi + Drama (18%).
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
#5771 of 12,148 · 5721 below RS #50
By genre
beats 96% of similar stories
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 17% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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.