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 Wizard: Starting from Synthetic Gems or 巫师：从合成宝石开始. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1043196323, author 橘猫龙.
Six optional notes sit in 作品相关 before the story. Later volumes restart at 第1章. The newest slot is a chapter 59 with a long title. The door is 第1章 奥勒良学院与科孚大陆, in 正文卷. The next row is 第2章 奥尔德教授. The page said 1210 chapters. 614.62万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 连载. The newest catalog slot is 第五十九章 得到第二部顶级冥想法，排名总榜第七的天光之火！. The door is the earlier row.
Start at 第1章 奥勒良学院与科孚大陆
Open 第1章 奥勒良学院与科孚大陆 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 正文卷, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 巫师：从合成宝石开始, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 连载, author 橘猫龙, category 玄幻·异世大陆, updated 2026-10-16, with 614.62万 characters. The catalog listed 1210 chapters. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第五十九章 得到第二部顶级冥想法，排名总榜第七的天光之火！. 614.62万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第1章 奥勒良学院与科孚大陆, filed under 玄幻·异世大陆, is your door. 连载 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for Wizard: Starting from Synthetic Gems or 巫师：从合成宝石开始 sent you and you want the academy door by 橘猫龙, not the level chart, on book 1043196323. Nearby doors: Age of Adepts and Warlock of the Magus World.
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 Wizard: Starting from Synthetic Gems 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.