Looking for Angsty Stories Based on The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 盗墓笔记要虐文

1. 51 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Corrupted Qilin Tattoo 盗墓：邪化麒麟纹身 Bai Xiaofei of the City Gate城门白小飞Mystery809k WordsCompleted [South Sea Return to the Ruins, Under One Person + tomb raiding + Old Nine Gates + the Qilin boy + century-old families + exposure + immortality + the uncanny] The soldier, the actor, and the immortal led astray. The rakish devil laughs like a Buddha. The beauty who reads fortunes plays a game that reaches the heavens. This is a story that belongs to the Old Nine Gates. 10.9kReads9.2Score842Shelves

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   Knives? They're everywhere, take a closer look. [Note] A novel about a reborn evil emperor returning to the Seven Star Lu Palace, a story of the Pingxie duo. Do you love it? The romance and writing are both excellent. Everything is ready except for your arrival!

2. 52 盗 Tomb Raiding: How Do I Repay a Century-Old Debt of Karma? 盗墓：欠了百年因果怎么还 Xi Huahua隰华华Mystery535k WordsCompleted A Note Before You Begin: This story does not break up any couples, nor does it break up Ping Xie or Hei Hua. Ping Xie and Hei Hua get plenty of sweet moments, so feel free to dive in. If you don't have the patience to watch Ping Xie slowly fall in love, please turn right and move along. Their romance doesn't start showing until Snake Marsh. Chu Yue is a demon king from the cultivation world. He came to the world of The Lost Tomb to cultivate his Dao of Karma. He originally planned to settle one 709Reads9.3Score102Shelves

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   All three are very heart-wrenching. The first book's author, whom we usually call He Daodao, has a lot of unfinished stories and is extremely angsty. The last two books are written by Xi Huahua, and they are very good and also very poignant.

3. 53 盗 Tomb Raiding: How Do I Repay a Century-Old Debt of Karma? Part Two 盗墓：欠了百年因果怎么还贰 Xi Huahua隰华华Two Male Leads386k WordsCompleted My name is Wu Xie. This is the story of how I grew up. I’m writing it all down so that in ten years, when I bring the bottle back, I’ll have something to tell him. Wu Xie’s coming-of-age story + Sand Sea + Rain Village farming arc This story won’t break up Ping Xie or Hei Hua, and Chu Yue shines on her own. (It smooths over the many regrets from Sand Sea: Wu Xie’s seventeen scars, loss of smell, having his throat cut, Xiaohua’s three hundred billion, and more.) 183Reads8.9Score—Shelves
4. 54 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Thought I Was Going Crazy 盗墓笔记之我以为我疯了 Shu Jingxue书景薛Two Male Leads676k WordsOngoing The outcome is the same in every cycle. This is your final chance. What will you choose? Will you give up, or keep going? Zhang Qiling: I won’t give up on anyone who wants to live. Xue Jingshu, don’t trade your life for ours. Black Glasses: I’m such a kind person, of course I won’t let you bear everything alone~ Xie Yuchen: You helped me when I was at my lowest, so I want to help you too. Wu Xie: Why do you keep everything bottled up and never say a word? Can’t you trust us? Is there anything we 346Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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   These books are super sweet, absolutely not angsty at all. If you get sick of them, maybe your constitution isn't strong enough.

5. 55 盗 Tomb Raiding: With My Blood and Flesh, I’ll Protect You All for a Lifetime 盗墓：吾以血躯，护尔等一世安 Qi Yuan Is Also a Prayer祁渊亦是祈愿Mystery613k WordsCompleted Wu Erbai: Where’s my sweet, well-behaved boy? Did you corrupt him, you damn blind man? Wu Xie: Bro, I’m starving. Please help me out. Wang Pangzi: Aw, my precious boy is so lovable. It’d be even better if he’d stop stabbing Fatty right in the heart all the time. Hei Xiazi: Oh, a beauty wants a cuddle? Come here, let me hold you~ (One whack from the Dragon-Patterned Staff sent him flying into the wall, where he was stuck fast.) Xie Yuchen: Get lost, you damn blind man. Don’t corrupt my sweet boy, 10.3kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
6. 56 盗 Tomb Raiders: Second Brother of Er Yuehong, the Beautiful Rakshasa 盗墓之二月红的哥哥是个美人罗刹 Longing Beneath Changbai Mountain长白山下长相思Two Male Leads91k WordsCompleted Yiyue Bai is Eryue Hong’s twin brother, but he disappeared from Changsha after a tragedy befell the Hong family when they were young. When he returns to Changsha, he becomes a male entertainer at the Huamanlou brothel. The eldest son of the Hong family has become the powerful head of one of the city’s most famous brothels. The story keeps Changsha residents gossiping for a long time. Eryue Hong’s brother is nothing like him: one is a gentle, refined gentleman, while the other is a ruthless, beau 1.1kReads8.2Score179Shelves
7. 57 盗 Tomb Raiding Sign-In: After Gaining Immortality, I Became Brothers with My Grandpa 盗墓签到：长生后和我爷混成兄弟 Huang Guagua黄呱呱Mystery307k WordsCompleted [System (a plot device, but also a garbage System) + taking down immortals + fictional-world exploration + the Iron Triangle transmigrates + no female lead + not a power fantasy! The protagonist isn't an overpowered chosen one. He's just as clueless as Wu Xie was early on, so read with caution if that's not your thing!!!] Twice the eerie weirdness + twice the Xiao Ge = ??? I dug up my grandpa's grave and found an empty coffin inside. So all those years of burning incense and paper money were for 641Reads9.2Score100Shelves

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   I felt that most of them were quite heart-wrenching, but I think the one about Silver Lotus was the most heart-wrenching. It's just that I can't post that one. Honestly, after reading Silver Lotus, I felt like I was suffocating.

8. 58 盗 Tomb Raiding: Unforgettable 盗墓：念念不忘 Qing Lanfei卿岚霏Two Male Leads529k WordsOngoing No female lead, this story has no female lead! It’s about a couple! The gods shower the world with compassion, and all people revere the gods. But no one knows that a god’s path is to cast a fleeting glance at mortals, while mortals look up and see nothing. Wu Nian, a hardcore fan of the tenth degree, transmigrates by accident into the body of the Wu family’s second young master, who has an emotional disorder. Everyone asks: What is family? He answers: I don’t know. He only knows that when th —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 盗 Tomb Raiding: The System Wants Me Dead 盗墓：系统要杀我 Cha Wei茶未Mystery412k WordsCompleted A female-led, no-couple fanfic based on The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. This is a derivative work of a derivative work, and everything in it is my own creation.) Chen Yi was bound to a System, only for the System to realize it had bound the wrong person and try to kill her so it could restart. As an outsider, she was rejected by the world, so she struck a deal with the Ultimate. Later, she discovered that she had entered the world of a derivative novel. In that novel, Zhang Qiling died saving Wu 68Reads8.7Score—Shelves
10. 60 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Mending the Regrets of Sand Sea 盗墓笔记之沙海平憾 Miss Cream奶油小姐Mystery115k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Sand Sea to make up for its regrets: Li Cuk: “So gentle and sweet. She's exactly my type.” Wu Xie: “Little girl, aren't you afraid?” Hei Xiazi: “You're the first person who's made my eyes go dark.” Lin Zhiyu: “Wait, who exactly is that invisible person???” Qi Ran: “...” Liu Sang: “I've never been this speechless in my life.” 193Reads8.1Score—Shelves
11. 61 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Went Too Hard and Found a Ghost 盗墓，起猛了有阿飘 Meteor Tears流星泪Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted Strange people keep showing up at my house. Later, I gained the ability to travel to their worlds, too. But I realized they were using me. And when they couldn't even guarantee my safety, I flipped the table. Of course, my table-flipping soon caused some trouble. Oh no, they've gone dark. 809Reads8.7Score105Shelves
12. 62 盗 Tomb Raiding: Guys, I’ve Transmigrated 盗墓，家人们我穿越了 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery505k WordsCompleted (This work is complete. Every creator's work is hard-won, so please respect the original. Otherwise, I'll report you. Thanks. Warnings: 1. The main plot is all about keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down. If you don't get it, move on. Don't insult me. 2. Liu Yuning will be mentioned a few times early on, but it won't affect your reading. It's purely the author's self-indulgence, and I'm a fan of his. If you don't li 6.1kReads8.6Score603Shelves
13. 63 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Just Want to Go Home 盗墓：我只是想回家 Morning After Morning, Singing to the Paulownias朝朝颂桉Mystery234k WordsCompleted (Starts before the Qinling arc, + ordinary-person protagonist + nervously fighting to survive + no hand-holding + brotherhood among the five + all credit goes to Uncle San + plot differs from the original.) (Warning: The writing is very bad, the characters are poorly developed, the prose is awful, and it's extremely OOC. Brotherhood among the five, no Mary Sue, no peerless beauty, no overpowered golden finger, no CP, lots of potential dealbreakers, shaky logic, and the female lead is an ordinary 783Reads6.7Score102Shelves
14. 64 盗 Tomb Raiding: After I Died, I Became Everyone’s Beloved 盗墓：死后我竟然成了万人迷 Morning After Morning, Singing to the Paulownias朝朝颂桉Mystery227k WordsCompleted (A scrambled timeline + brotherhood among five sides + no romance. For the prequel, see Grave Robbing: I Just Want to Go Home.) (Warning: poor writing, no logic, weak characterization, lots of potential triggers, and severe OOC.) Jinh Huan, who died and came back to life, was utterly speechless. The Heavenly Dao had kept its promise, but not quite. She actually ran into Xiao Ge on a snowy mountain, then somehow wound up in the Sand Sea era, and even gained a son. Great, she got to be a mom just 579Reads8.4Score100Shelves
15. 65 沙 Sand Sea: Quietly Making a Name for Myself 沙海，安静出圈 Yanling Yuwan延陵玉婉Mystery302k WordsCompleted Wang Ning only wanted to quietly make it to the end of the story, but she never expected to be pushed right into it. Even more unexpectedly, once the story ended, everything became even more uncontrollable. Wu Xie, Li Cu, Hei Xiazi, Xie Yuchen, Zhang Qiling, Zhang Rishan, and Wang Can all started acting strangely. Wang Ning says, “Wake up, all of you! I’m just a minor character!” 2.8kReads8.6Score266Shelves
16. 66 奔 Through the Sea of Sand, I'm Here for Revenge 奔走沙海，我是来报仇的 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery346k WordsCompleted There were seventeen people, and there would be an eighteenth. Ji Mingcheng was the younger sister of one of those seventeen people. Stockholm syndrome. What a bitterly ironic term. Unfortunately, her brother had fallen into its grip. All this absurdity, all for someone called Wuxie? If he was so good at manipulating people's hearts, then she would make him pay the price. (The best hunters often appear as prey. Weakness is her byword, disguise her usual state, but ruthlessness is her true nature 626Reads8.6Score104Shelves
17. 67 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Became the Enemy's Leader 盗墓，我做了敌方首领 Meteor Tears流星泪Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted (Setting: The female lead has never read The Grave Robbers' Chronicles and doesn't know the protagonists.) Ji Xiaobai is a fence-sitter. To stay alive, accept your fate first; look for a chance to call the authorities. Who knew it would never work? The forces are too powerful, the plot armor too strong. Sigh... I just want to go home. Why is it so hard? 600Reads8.9Score106Shelves
18. 68 盗 Tomb Raiding: Righting Past Wrongs 盗墓之平憾 Ice-Soaked Moon冰沁月Mystery68k WordsOngoing How to survive in the world of Tomb Raiding: First, you need a System. Next, you need a special bloodline and good fighting skills. Finally, you need to get on the protagonist's good side. But... what should you do if the System is useless, you have to train for your skills, and the protagonist is wary of you? Wu Can: Give up. We might as well destroy the world. How to kick back and relax (The author is a beginner, hopeless but having fun. If the writing isn't good, please go easy on me.) 354Reads7.3Score105Shelves
19. 69 起 Rise and Fall of the Spirit: I’m Even More Withdrawn Than My Brother! 起落有灵：我比我哥更自闭！ Lucky Jerry招财杰瑞Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted A cold moonlight in the human world, mutual salvation, and Qiling Luo and a blind man In my previous life, I was a quiet, withdrawn child star. Everyone called it autism. After I transmigrated, a useless System that could spoil the plot appeared in my mind. It wanted me to be a little ray of sunshine, and its spoilers revolved around our nine families. I had no idea how to make an autistic child more cheerful. Then the System forced me to... The girl pinched Zhang Luoling’s cheek as he smiled br 5.2kReads8.9Score986Shelves
20. 70 盗 Tomb Raiding: In the Qinling Mountains That Year, You Said You Were Master Liang 盗墓：那年秦岭，你说你是凉师爷 Xi Huahua隰华华Mystery289k WordsCompleted Told in the third person from Chu Shui's perspective. The heroine is hopelessly inept, even more so than Wu Xie, and is only focused on getting home. Don't read if that bothers you. Bottle and Xie are staying together. This is set before they confess their feelings, with plenty of sweet, sugary romance. Enjoy! Chu Shui, a medical doctor, accidentally finds herself in the world of The Lost Tomb. She hires Xiao Ge to protect her on a trip to the Qinling Mountains, but why is Xiao Ge actually Liang 326Reads8.7Score103Shelves

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    Books one, two, and three are all by the same author. In the third book, the female protagonist is sent to the Daomu Biji (a fictional world of tomb raiding) and tries to find a way home to save the country.

21. 71 盗 Tomb Raiding: What Do You Do When Nothing Makes Sense? 盗墓：论不科学了怎么办？ Gu Qingjiu顾青久Mystery487k WordsCompleted [No CP, no System, beautiful, strong, and tragic; a lighthearted comedy.] In the world of cards, hearts represent summer: passionate and radiant, bright and full of limitless promise. It said, “A card cannot see its own suit. Make a wish for one season, hope for the endless, love for the absent: this is the Seven of Hearts.” Nothing needs a Seven of Hearts, and yet the world is missing one, to satisfy its selfish desires. The Seven of Hearts was sent down to the world. Its holder would have summ 450Reads9.0Score105Shelves
22. 72 盗 Tomb Raiding: Before You Do Anything Bad, Keep This Blind Guy in the Loop 盗墓之做坏事前，避着点瞎子我啊 I Really Want to Eat That好想吃啊Mystery954k WordsOngoing The beginning is tragic, so you can leave without regret later. Read with caution. [Original female protagonist + original settings + love rival drama + severe OOC warning + multiple male leads + forced romance later on] A brief introduction to the early story: The heroine is very forgetful and remarkably even-tempered, with a huge contrast in how she treats people she doesn't care about. The heroine has a pair of eyes with a special ability: whenever she makes eye contact with a designated prot 149Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    It's quite heart-wrenching; it's a new book.

23. 73 盗 Tomb Raiding: Who Put the Lid Back on My Coffin?! 盗墓：谁把我棺材盖儿盖上了？！ Sweetened Oleander夹竹桃加糖Two Male Leads616k WordsOngoing [Original male lead + the Five Tender Beef Cuts + no female lead + no System + no transmigration] Cool, quiet, and highly skilled in combat. Double the Little Brother, double the fun. No CP! No CP! No CP! Many original settings. The male lead has it a little rough. Li Mokai is the only son of Half-Li, the infamous Half-Li who everyone knows is the most ruthless man around and someone nobody dares to provoke. So why does his father hate him so much? Is there more to Li Mokai's identity than meets 141Reads8.6Score101Shelves

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    A little bit sad, but not too sad.

24. 74 盗 Tomb Raiding: Xie Yuchen's Younger Brother Has Two Faces 盗墓之解雨臣的弟弟有两幅面孔 Longing Beneath Changbai Mountain长白山下长相思Two Male Leads500k WordsCompleted Xie Yujun is Xie Yuchen’s twin younger brother. He and Xie Yuchen were both taken into the main branch of the Xie family as children, where they became Xie Lianhuan’s adopted sons. He also became a disciple of Er Yuehong. Compared with his brother Xie Yuchen, however, Xie Yujun is much more unpredictable. Everyone in the underworld knows you can call Xie Yujun a monster, but if you dare say a single bad word about Xie Yuchen, that mad dog Xie Yujun will come charging at you. Xie Yujun is Xie Yuc 3.1kReads9.1Score572Shelves
25. 75 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Little Tyrant from the Zhang Family 盗墓：张家来的小霸王 Chu Zhe怵谪Two Male Leads430k WordsCompleted Also known as Grave Robbing: The Zhang Family’s Ancestral Dark Moonlight “Zhang family member + all + unhinged + villain” The Zhang family had a child born with an unprecedented bright red tattoo. He was known as the “Fire Qilin.” The Fire Qilin feared no flames. Even when engulfed in a raging inferno, he remained unharmed, so the Zhang family revered him as an auspicious omen. Yet the Fire Qilin betrayed the Zhang family and fled the Northeast, eventually making his way to Changsha. He changed 9.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
26. 76 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Wang Family Leader's True Account of Surviving Among the Nine Families 盗墓：汪家老大在九门的存活实录 I'm a Little Grain of Rice我是一粒小稻米Two Male Leads395k WordsCompleted [No Harem + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyone's Favorite + Drama Queen + Starts in The Lost Tomb] Chi Jing transmigrated into the world of tomb raiding. The task assigned by the System was to survive until the finale. His mission as an elder of the Wang family: During the era of the Old Nine Gates, assassinate the clan head, Zhang Qiling. After arriving in Changsha, assassinate Zhang Qishan, leader of the Old Nine Gates, and Er Yuehong. Decades later, assassinate Zhang Qiling, Wu Xie, and Xie Yuche 4.4kReads9.1Score473Shelves
27. 77 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Tough as Nails, Never Short on Words 盗笔：人狠话多 Wind and Feather, Unhindered风羽无阻Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted An Jingcheng: “If you don’t want to die, stay away from me!” Hei Xiazi: “Well, where did this little orange come from?” Wang Pangzi: “Coming right up! Food’s here!” Wu Xie: “This kid is so sweet! But why do I have to call him Grandpa?” Zhang Qiling, thinking: “Cute. Have I... met him before?” Xie Yuchen: “Black card. Spend whatever you like.” The protagonist has some mental health issues and may be a little crazy. But his morals are absolutely sound! He is definitely not a bleeding heart! He mig 1.1kReads8.8Score195Shelves
28. 78 盗 Tomb Raiding: Black Master’s Tearful Little Princess 盗墓：黑爷的哭包小格格 Mu Xing Yu牧星宇Mystery343k WordsCompleted [Female Ghost + OOC + Original Headcanon + Crybaby] The little princess had been lying dormant for a hundred years when archaeologists dug her up. She almost got taken to the underworld by Black and White Impermanence, too. The little princess curled up cautiously in a corner, only to get bullied by a female ghost. Sob, sob. That ghost used such filthy language. Hei Xiazi went out to buy breakfast and inexplicably heard a woman crying. Between sobs, she kept saying things that only he could hear 2.7kReads8.5Score319Shelves
29. 79 穿 Transmigrate into a Tomb-Raiding Story: I Arrived at the Ultimate and Became a Little Blood Bank 穿越盗墓：来到终极成为小血包 Zhang Qiling, Brother Zhang张起灵张小哥Two Male Leads173k WordsCompleted Zhang Qilin, just keep moving forward. I’ll take care of everything behind you. I’ve never hurt anyone, and I would never hurt you. I was simply born that way. The whole world thinks I’m ill-omened, but I don’t. 312Reads8.3Score107Shelves

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    These books are all very sweet 🤭

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