Vermilion Bird: where to start 朱雀记

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 Vermilion Bird, Zhu Que Ji, or 朱雀记. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 37287, author 猫腻.

作品相关 holds 13 rows. 第一部　县城 has no 第一章. Four later 部 restart at 第一章. VIP卷 picks up 第六部. 第二章　易天行事 is the first story, filed under 第一部　县城. The next row is 第三章　拾荒. 143.65万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 新书在此！, chapter 10233628. The door is the earlier row.

Start at 第二章　易天行事

Open 第二章　易天行事 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 第一部　县城, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 朱雀记, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 猫腻, category 玄幻, updated 2007-05-06, with 143.65万 characters. The catalog listed 303 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.

The newest button is not the door

The newest timestamp points at 新书在此！. 143.65万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第二章　易天行事, filed under 玄幻, is your door. 完本 is a status. Same writer, later doors: Joy of Life and Nightfall.

Who should start here

Try it if a search for Vermilion Bird, Zhu Que Ji, or 朱雀记 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 猫腻, on book 37287.

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 Vermilion Bird 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.