Tomb Raiding: Mirror Patterns Reveal the Ruins, Bound for the Final Showdown

Lin Yan bears the long-lost markings of an ancient Mirror of Ruins. Though he is not a descendant of the Zhang family, he was born able to see through the traps and schemes of ancient tombs and spot the flaws in forbidden arts and evil spirits. Secretly adopted as a child by Wu Laogou, he keeps a low profile as an antiques restorer at Wushan Residence in Hangzhou, concealing his abilities all along. When the silk manuscript incident at the Lu Palace erupts, Wu Xie gets drawn into the chaos as multiple forces, including Qiu Dekao and the Wang family, hunt him from the shadows. Forced to reveal his abilities, Lin Yan joins the Iron Triangle team. Relying neither on an immortal physique nor on the ancestral Qilin bloodline, he uses his mirror markings to uncover ancient designs and unravel the Wang family's thousand-year conspiracy, digging deeper step by step into the true secret behind the Bronze Gate. Along the way, he breaks through one deadly trap after another, from jade burial suits and blue-eyed fox corpses to the secret realm of the Queen Mother of the West. He outmaneuvers the various factions, protects Wu Xie and the others, and rewrites several tragic turning points from the original story. No mindless power-ups: every escape from danger is backed by meticulous reasoning. The main plot points straight toward the ultimate truth, with suspense at every turn and a hook at the end of every chapter.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.