by FireflyOB
“Power without purpose is useless.” All Ko ever wanted was to protect the people he cared about. But fate is rarely kind, shattering his world and leaving him for dead. Rescued and taken in by a mysterious fairy, Ko begins to rebuild his strength, only for destiny to strike again. Drawn into the dangerous schemes of an ancient entity, he is forced to bear a burden he never asked for: the title of Great Demon Lord. Now, stripped of his past and thrust into a war of divine puppets and dark forces, the rise of a new power begins. One they cannot stop. One they will deeply regret creating.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 17:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 17:38 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
2%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Fantasy → Adventure → Action → 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
#3665 of 4,384 · 3615 below RS #50
By genre
beats 82% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 29% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
