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 Myriad Ancient Blade or 万古刀. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1037894397, author 雪满弓刀.
Seven later volumes restart at 第1章. The first volume ends on 上架感言. The newest row is 新书发布了, a sign for another book. The door is 第1章 山中客, in 大雪满弓刀. The next row is 第2章 红衣映雪，伏虎少侠. The catalog lists 748 rows. 177.47万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 新书发布了. The door is the earlier row. The book page prints a pitch. This note did not copy it.
Start at 第1章 山中客
Open 第1章 山中客 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 大雪满弓刀, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 万古刀, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 雪满弓刀, category 玄幻·东方玄幻, updated 2025-07-03, with 177.47万 characters. The catalog listed 748 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 新书发布了. 177.47万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第1章 山中客, 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 Myriad Ancient Blade or 万古刀 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 雪满弓刀, on book 1037894397. Nearby doors: Mirror Lord and Eternal Sacred King. Same writer. Mirror Lord is the book the newest sign is pointing at.
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 Myriad Ancient Blade 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.