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 Dust of the Immortal Road, Xianlu Yanchen, or 仙路烟尘. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 19801, author 管平潮.
『小 书 签』 and the music album sit above the story. The first story volume is 第一卷 『当时年少青衫薄』 and opens on 卷首词 半生缘. The next row is 第一章 虔心慕道谁家子. Later volumes restart at 第一章 after their own 卷首词. 第二十二卷 『十万朱颜十万血』 is one row, 卷首词 往生劫. VIP卷 continues volume 20 at 第二十卷 『十万朱颜十万血』 第十章 天真乐道，淡浩然其何求. The newest slot is 第二十一卷 『人间仙路几烟尘』 第二十九章 仙路不知行远近，人生若只初相识（完）. A bookmark shelf and a soundtrack shelf are not chapter 1. The first story row is the verse 卷首词 半生缘. 511 rows. 203.70万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本, updated 2008-07-02, category 修真文明.
Start at 卷首词 半生缘
Open 卷首词 半生缘 on Qidian and follow that catalog from the first story row, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 仙路烟尘, is the book page. On 16 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 管平潮, category 修真文明, updated 2008-07-02, with 203.70万 characters. The catalog listed 511 rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第二十一卷 『人间仙路几烟尘』 第二十九章 仙路不知行远近，人生若只初相识（完）. 203.70万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 卷首词 半生缘, filed under 修真文明, is your door. 完本 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Dust of the Immortal Road, Xianlu Yanchen, or 仙路烟尘 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 管平潮, on book 19801. Nearby door: Renegade Immortal.
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 Dust of the Immortal Road reading series. The index is where to start.
Sources and limits
Checked on 16 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.