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 Heavenly Shadow or 天影. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1003723851, author 萧鼎.
A short row, 再战江湖, sits above it. One row says 第一章. The second 少年游 continues at chapter 100. 第一章 迷雾荒谷 is the first story, in 第一卷 如梦令. The next row is 第二章 血色合欢. The catalog lists 752 rows. 181.71万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 第七百二十章 大结局. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第一章 迷雾荒谷
Open 第一章 迷雾荒谷 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 第一卷 如梦令, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 天影, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 萧鼎, category 仙侠·幻想修仙, updated 2018-05-16, with 181.71万 characters. The catalog listed 752 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第七百二十章 大结局. 181.71万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第一章 迷雾荒谷, filed under 幻想修仙, is your door. 完本 is a status. Zhu Xian is the same writer. This is not a second page of that book.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Heavenly Shadow or 天影 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 萧鼎, on book 1003723851. Nearby doors: Zhu Xian.
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 Heavenly Shadow 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.