Catalog only. The chapter bodies were not read. No quoted lines, no free-preview paste, no claim that a welcome row, a restarted chapter 1, or the newest button is the first door.
Search Amber Sword or 琥珀之剑. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1784765, author 绯炎.
Twenty rows sit in 作品相关, 同人区, and 世界背景. The door does not say 第一章. The next story row is 第一幕 梦中人, in 第一卷 黑玫瑰战争. The door is 序幕 独白, in 正文. The next row is 第一幕 梦中人. 1532 story rows follow the notes. 570.11万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 完本感言. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 序幕 独白
Open 序幕 独白 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 正文, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 琥珀之剑, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 绯炎, category 游戏·游戏异界, updated 2016-12-31, with 570.11万 characters. The catalog listed 1532 story rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 完本感言. 570.11万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 序幕 独白, filed under 游戏·游戏异界, is your door. 完本 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Amber Sword or 琥珀之剑 sent you and a fanfic shelf or a tabletop note is not the novel. Nearby doors: The Pillar of Ita and The King’s Avatar.
Leave it if you want a newcomer’s first chance at training, checked scene by scene. That door is the RMJI opening guide. The shelf is the Amber Sword reading series. The index is where to start.
Sources and limits
Checked on 15 October 2026, from public Qidian pages only. The desktop book URL returned an anti-bot stub; the mobile book page and catalog loaded. No chapter body was copied. The character total is the 总字数 on the book record.