
by Tidewrought
Shen Yan went to sleep after another late shift. He woke in a dying village in a world he had never seen before. Here, the Nighttide has swallowed roads, towns, and entire cities. Watchers move closer whenever you look away. Crawlers flood homes after dark. Clean water, food, light, and a door that actually holds are worth more than money. Shen Yan has one advantage. A silver-gray mark in his palm can reforge what already exists—repairing it, strengthening it, or pushing it toward a purpose it was never built to serve. But reforging takes time. It needs something real to work from. And no matter how useful the ability becomes, Shen Yan is still only one man in a world that grows more dangerous with every Nighttide. He isn't trying to save the world. First, he wants a place where he can close the door and sleep without wondering what is standing on the other side. Then he'll make that place stronger. What to Expect: Post-apocalyptic survival horror, gradual progression, shelter building, crafting and reforging, resource management, and a cautious protagonist who prefers preparation over heroics. No levels, EXP, quests, or stat sheets. Update Schedule: New chapters daily.
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, 02:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:58 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: Horror → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror (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
#7760 of 12,415 · 7710 below RS #50
By genre
beats 37% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 67% 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.