by DawnCW
Lu Moyao has spent five years in a cultivation world without ever sensing qi. In a world where talent determines destiny, he should have remained a nobody forever. Then his system offers him something impossible: an optimized path to ascension. For the first time, Lu Moyao can step onto the road of cultivation. But every reward has a cost, and every step forward may demand that he give up something he once believed made life worth living. As he rises from a powerless villager to a cultivator walking a dangerous path, Lu Moyao must navigate ruthless sects, hidden forces, deadly trials, and the cold logic of a system that always asks for a price. The Price of Ascension is a cultivation progression fantasy about power, sacrifice, and the boundary between human choice and machine calculation.
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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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.
At this conversion, the Drama Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 363 views/day — the story currently gets ~41.
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.
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