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 Miaojiang Gu Affairs or 苗疆蛊事. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1001597164, author 南无袈裟理科佛.
There is no 作品相关 shelf. The next 正文卷 continues at 第42章. Only one row says 第1章. The newest row is the long ending title. The door is 第1章 外婆和金蚕蛊, in the first 正文卷. The next row is 第2章 蛊毒发作，需觅良方. The catalog lists 1382 rows. 430.97万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 第1382章 韶华散尽春已去，河风吹老少年郎. The door is the earlier row. The category line on the mobile page is 侦探/悬疑/推理.
Start at 第1章 外婆和金蚕蛊
Open 第1章 外婆和金蚕蛊 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 正文卷, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 苗疆蛊事, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 南无袈裟理科佛, category 侦探/悬疑/推理, updated 2019-03-06, with 430.97万 characters. The catalog listed 1382 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第1382章 韶华散尽春已去，河风吹老少年郎. 430.97万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第1章 外婆和金蚕蛊, filed under 侦探/悬疑/推理, is your door. 完本 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Miaojiang Gu Affairs or 苗疆蛊事 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 南无袈裟理科佛, on book 1001597164. This shelf is not a cultivation-gu manual and not a book whose author name is 蛊真人.
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 Miaojiang Gu Affairs 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.