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 In Search of the Supernatural or 搜神记. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1017408618, author 树下野狐.
The only volume is named 第三方. It does not open with a bare 楔子 row. The catalog lists 239 rows, and the newest title still says chapter 240. The Han anthology of the same name is a different book. The door is 第1章 楔子. The next row is 第2章 八千里路（上）. The catalog lists 239 rows. 142.81万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 第240章 往世书. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第1章 楔子
Open 第1章 楔子 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 第三方, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 搜神记, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 树下野狐, category 玄幻·东方玄幻, updated 2020-01-06, with 142.81万 characters. The catalog listed 239 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第240章 往世书. 142.81万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第1章 楔子, filed under 玄幻·东方玄幻, is your door. 完本 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for In Search of the Supernatural or 搜神记 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 树下野狐, on book 1017408618. Search Soushen Ji or 搜神记 and check the author line. This page is 树下野狐, book 1017408618.
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 In Search of the Supernatural 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.