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 Water Monkey to God or 从水猴子开始成神. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1037570737, author 甲壳蚁.
There is no 作品相关 shelf. That volume ends on 上架感言. The next volume continues at chapter 83. A later volume sits after 完结感言. 第一章 难活，难活！ is the first story, in 起于微末. The next row is 第二章 统御水泽！. The catalog lists 1562 rows. 493.41万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 完本. The newest catalog timestamp is 第一千五百三十九章 身似浮云（二合一）. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第一章 难活，难活！
Open 第一章 难活，难活！ on Qidian and follow that catalog from 起于微末, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 从水猴子开始成神, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 完本, author 甲壳蚁, category 玄幻·东方玄幻, updated 2026-10-07, with 493.41万 characters. The catalog listed 1562 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第一千五百三十九章 身似浮云（二合一）. 493.41万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第一章 难活，难活！, filed under 东方玄幻, is your door. 完本 is a status. Book of Troubled Times is another eastern-fantasy door, by a different writer.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Water Monkey to God or 从水猴子开始成神 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 甲壳蚁, on book 1037570737. Nearby doors: Book of Troubled Times.
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 Water Monkey to God 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.