
by A. Stargazer
With the fragmented memories of countless lives remembered in his dreams, a young boy stares at the battles of the immortals in the sky and wonders if this time things will be different. Taunted as slow and different, given a diminutive name, and treated as a simpleton, Little Bug's disjointed memories have one thing in common. In each of his past lives, he died young, well before he could achieve anything significant with the life he was given. This time has to be different, he refuses to allow the tragedy of his last life to repeat itself. As the echoes of the heavenly battle fade, the healing of the earthly realm begins, but things do not get better. Not for his village, and not for Little Bug. Not until a misunderstanding with a merchant brings him to the attention of the local sect, where his differences are finally recognized for what they are. The signs of prodigious talent. But with talent comes suspicion and jealousy. And within Little Bug’s soul are secrets which should not be unchained. Some things are sealed away for a reason, and even the benevolent have their limits.
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, 11:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 11:08 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
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (0%).
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
#6206 of 12,212 · 6156 below RS #50
By genre
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Readers arrive, few stick
Traffic is strong, but conversion trails comparable stories. The usual suspects are the blurb, the cover and the opening chapters — fixing the hook multiplies everything the existing traffic brings.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ 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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