by CDuckWar
Earth was never supposed to know about the wider cosmos, let alone survive it. But years after the dimensional crises that nearly tore the planet apart, Earth has stabilized into a strange new normal. The magic that flooded the world didn't recede; it settled. Now, Essence users and Monsters are no longer hidden in the shadows—they are the new global normal, navigating a world of magic, untamed astral zones, and the lingering legacy of the man who broke their reality to save them. Nineteen-year-old Ame has never seen a real sky. She has spent her entire life inside a retrofitted, high-tech astral space bunker, hidden away from a changing Earth that survived the cosmic crises of the past. To Ame, reality is a world of reinforced alloy walls, automated hydroponic bays, and the steady, hum of a mana locked aperture. But the bunker isn't just a sanctuary—it’s a training ground. What to expect from this story: - xianxia -An inspired setting, as it still takes place in the setting of Earth after the events of book 6 of He Who Fights With Monsters - A coming-of-age story and a mixed cast of characters - Some New and some Known essences and abilities. (I have made new essences and abilities, but I have tried keeping them inspired with the resources of the books, wiki and discord for examples: using Mythical creatures for confluences and using known abilities like “Crystallise Mana” as referenced powers ) - A Slow Burn What to not expect from this story: - Characters from the original story of HWFWM (they are inferred but not directly named) - Heavy romance - Pallimustus
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, 02:19 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:19 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: Comedy → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (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
#7869 of 12,428 · 7819 below RS #50
By genre
beats 73% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 47% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
