by Night Prince
The Light Won. And the Apocalypse happened. As the Demon King, Ardyn spent his life persecuted by the Warriors of Light. As they marched upon his castle, he devised a plan. If he couldn't stop them now, he would travel to the past to defeat them. In a cruel twist of fate, he is reborn as the Warrior of Light. Stuck in this new body, he must learn their foreign traditions and the burden that they carry. The whole world wants to kill him. The church elders want to manipulate him. Ardyn must navigate these threats while maintaining a flawless demeanour and a perfect smile. When the time comes, he must make the ultimate choice. Will he embrace his new identity and crusade against the Demon King? Or will he stay firm to his original goal and defeat…himself? What to expect:OP MC LitRPG RegressionMage tank build No harem 5x per week for first month Patreon 15 chapters ahead
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, 04:26 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:26 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
5%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (2%).
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
#5867 of 11,998 · 5817 below RS #50
By genre
beats 71% of similar stories
beats 45% of similar stories
beats 90% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
