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 The Devil’s Cage or 恶魔囚笼. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 3686542, author 颓废龙.
The first story volume is 卷一：我的战争！, and it opens on 第一章 进入. 进入 is chapter 1, in 卷一：我的战争！. Twenty-eight rows say 第一章. The newest row announces 祂们都叫我大师. 493.08万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第一章 进入
Open 第一章 进入 on Qidian and follow that catalog from the first story row, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 恶魔囚笼, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 颓废龙, category 游戏·虚拟网游, updated 2022-01-03, with 493.08万 characters. The catalog listed 1987 rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 新书《祂们都叫我大师》已发，求支持～. 493.08万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第一章 进入, filed under 游戏·虚拟网游, 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 The Devil’s Cage or 恶魔囚笼 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 颓废龙, on book 3686542. A later game-catalog door numbered 001 is the Thriller Paradise 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 The Devil’s Cage 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.