
by CrossBearer
Favor Emeka died in a war he could barely remember. Then he woke up in another world as a Level 999 necromancer with impossible wealth, an ancient fortress, and the title of Dark Lord. There was just one problem. The last Dark Lord spent twenty thousand years making sure everyone hated him. Now Favor has inherited his face, his power, his enemies—and an entire world waiting for the monster to return. But Favor has no interest in conquering anything. He wants to rebuild. Take in the unwanted. Restore his ruined nation. Make allies instead of corpses. And somehow convince people that the Dark Lord asking for a trade agreement isn't the beginning of another genocide. Along the way, he's joined by a teasing seven-foot stone woman who may technically be dating his house, a smug disgraced elven princess, a dangerously ambitious goblin engineer, and an increasingly strange collection of people who really aren't helping the rumors about the Dark Lord's personal life. Unfortunately, power can kill an army. It cannot erase history. And just as the world begins wondering whether the Dark Lord has truly changed, a Level 999 Hero appears—chosen by the light, adored by the people, surrounded by beautiful women, and determined to destroy him. Too bad the Hero might be the worse person ever.Chapters will be released daily so stay tuned.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 05:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 05:58 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
24%
Two or more lists
16%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Satire → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Satire + Comedy (7%).
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
#4393 of 12,256 · 4343 below RS #50
By genre
beats 69% of similar stories
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beats 67% 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 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.