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 Ancient Sword Venerable or 太古剑尊. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1004145838, author 青石细语.
The first story volume is 正文卷, and it opens on 第1章 金色心脏. 金色心脏 is chapter 1, in the first 正文卷. The next 正文卷 continues at chapter 31. The newest row is numbered 4243 and repeats the book title. 1109.37万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第1章 金色心脏
Open 第1章 金色心脏 on Qidian and follow that catalog from the first story row, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 太古剑尊, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 青石细语, category 青春文学·玄幻/新武侠/魔幻/, updated 2023-11-01, with 1109.37万 characters. The catalog listed 4243 rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第4243章 太古剑尊. 1109.37万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第1章 金色心脏, filed under 青春文学·玄幻/新武侠/魔幻/, is your door. 完本 is a status. The newest note is not this book’s first row.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Ancient Sword Venerable or 太古剑尊 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 青石细语, on book 1004145838. A different sword catalog with 太古 in the title is the Primordial Sword God opening guide.
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 Ancient Sword Venerable 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.