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 The Pillar of Ita or 伊塔之柱. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1011139133, author 绯炎.
Four rows sit in 作品相关. Later volumes also open on 序章. The second 第一卷 云海，银帆之影 continues at 第四十二章. The door is 序章 探险队里的炼金术士, in 序卷 门扉，艾塔黎亚. The next row is 第一章 少年、少女与狼的故事. 1521 story rows follow the notes. 850.83万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 连载. The newest catalog timestamp is 第三百八十八章 命运（Menelthil）. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 序章 探险队里的炼金术士
Open 序章 探险队里的炼金术士 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 序卷 门扉，艾塔黎亚, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 伊塔之柱, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 连载, author 绯炎, category 游戏·虚拟网游, updated 2026-10-15, with 850.83万 characters. The catalog listed 1521 story rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第三百八十八章 命运（Menelthil）. 850.83万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 序章 探险队里的炼金术士, filed under 游戏·虚拟网游, is your door. 连载 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for The Pillar of Ita or 伊塔之柱 sent you and the newest fate chapter is still mid-serial. Nearby doors: Amber Sword and Starting from Zero.
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 The Pillar of Ita 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.