
by LastCell
Ten thousand years ago, dungeons devoured the gods. Now, their power is up for grabs—one corpse at a time. In ancient times, the dungeons invaded the planet of Evernight and took away the genetic gifts of its gods. Today, after thousands of years, the only way to reclaim them is to slaughter their spawns in battle and assimilate their Genes. Except for Nero, a boy born in the heart of the slums. That's easier said than done—adventuring parties are controlled by agencies that take away all the harvested loot and genes in exchange for pennies. For slum rats like him, there were always only two options: stay with the agency and live a shitty, even if stable life, or break free and go solo for a chance at striking it big, with more than a slight possibility of ending up in the stomach of monsters instead. Living in a house built of styrofoam and hope, Nero has nothing but optimism and the greed to obtain more. Even if he’d have to tread the perpetual night of Evernight alone, he'd do so as long as he gets to pluck those Genes (Genes that enhances physical attributes and provide monster skills) and Loot off their usurpers. And maybe, finally, stop surviving and start thriving instead. Discord Server to hang out on. Feel free to hop over! What to expect: - Strategic, rational male MC. - Dungeon diving litrpg with lots of strategic battles. - Plenty of monster Looting and Gene plucking. - Weak to strong adventure with an mc who's not just a Cheat Merchant. - 5 chapters a week This novel is only officially posted on Royal Road, Patreon, and pocketfm. So if you are reading it elsewhere, it's pirated and you suck if you keep reading.
#18
9/30/2026
Peak #50
0d
#17
9/10/2026
Peak #48
2d
#16
9/10/2026
Peak #50
0d
#15
9/9/2026
Peak #50
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#14
9/8/2026
Peak #50
0d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 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
28%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (24%).
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
#2134 of 12,418 · 2084 below RS #50
By genre
beats 84% of similar stories
beats 25% of similar stories
beats 96% 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.
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