Everyone Feels for Li Cu, but Everyone Chooses Zhang Qiling 人人都心疼黎簇，但人人都选张起灵

1. 1 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: A Profusion of Flowers 盗笔：花繁锦簇 Shen Lansheng沈兰生Female-Channel Fanfiction222k WordsOngoing Xie Cu. The top and bottom are fixed, and there are many headcanons. The plot follows the drama more closely. If Zhang Qiling’s soul is a wisp of smoke drifting across the blue sky, then rust sunk at the bottom of a well has seeped into Li Cu’s flesh and blood. That is his true soul. A seventeen-year-old boy’s fate was so fragile it seemed transparent, easily pierced even by the midday sun in July. He learned to zip his school uniform all the way up, chew each convenience-store rice ball exactly 653Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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   These are all really good, but they've all stopped updating.

2. 2 盗 Tomb Raiding: V Li Cu 50, Listening to His Revenge Plan 盗墓：V黎簇50，听他复仇计划 Sun, Moon, and You日月与卿灬Two Male Leads110k WordsOngoing [Li Cu and Wu Xie take center stage] + [They’re both masters of the chase] Everyone knows Li Cu was always a bit like Wu Xie. Back then, though, he only resembled Wu Xie’s good qualities, like his innocence and soft heart. After being reborn, he’s still like Wu Xie, just in slightly less flattering ways, like being neurotic and sharp-tongued. Wu Xie: Don’t call him Xiao Ge. Li Cu: Your heart’s dead, but your mouth still works. You can even tell people not to call him Xiao Ge. That’s terrifying 738Reads7.5Score108Shelves
3. 3 盗 Tomb Raiding: Reborn, I Fell in Love with Wu Xiaofoye 盗墓：重生之我和吴小佛爷谈上了 Zhe Loves Pomelos哲爱吃柚子Two Male Leads233k WordsOngoing Li Cu died on the train Wu Xie had put him on to send him home. Mentally and physically exhausted, covered in wounds, his body had finally reached its limit. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to more than a decade earlier, before the Seven Star Lu Palace had been opened. Facing a Wu Xie who was still innocent, Li Cu felt conflicted. He hated Wu Xie’s later coldness and manipulation, yet couldn’t help drowning in the refuge he had woven. “Since I’ve got another chance…” Li Cu na 722Reads8.7Score100Shelves
4. 4 沙 Sand Sea: Whose Stepsister Is This Heartbreakingly Annoying? 沙海：谁家的继妹这么让人心梗啊 Deep Meaning y深意yMystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + timid and sharp-tongued + OOC warning + ridiculous antics + all pairings + heroine who grows over time + no goody-two-shoes + adored cutie + slap champion who takes on everyone] After writing a long post to bully Li Cu the day before, she starts having one piece of bad luck after another the next day. Before falling into a sewer, she swears she'll never bully Li Cu again. Then she opens her eyes and finds herself Li Cu's stepsister. Karma came so quickly she can barely process it. To b 14.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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   Li Chu is the unwavering choice of the female lead, who is sharp-tongued and seeks revenge on the spot. If she can't get revenge on the spot, she will get revenge later. She will never suffer in silence.

5. 5 盗 Tomb Raiding: Li Cu Returns to the Beginner’s Village at Max Level 盗墓：满级黎簇重回新手村 One-Handed Tricycle Driver单手开三轮车Mystery584k WordsCompleted [After Sand Sea, the Young Wolf Transmigrates into a Book + Everyone's Favorite + All + Li Cu's Daily Life of Being Persecuted] Li Cu had just graduated from college and was thinking about visiting the Badain Jaran Desert again when he unexpectedly transmigrated. Even more horrifying, he found himself face-to-face with a Wu Xie ten years younger, a talkative version of Wang Pangzi, the elegant but dangerous Master Hua, the grinning Black Glasses, and the aloof, lonely Zhang Qiling! Li Cu: Did I 7.3kReads9.1Score931Shelves

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   [Admiration] The protagonist of these three books, Li Cu, travels back in time to his innocent and naive period. [Already hooked] In the first book, after graduating, Li Cu goes on a desert trip and encounters a sandstorm. When he opens his eyes again, he is picked up by Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi and taken back to the camp. He sees the innocent version of Wu Xie, and Li Cu... Evil thoughts arise. At 22 years old, playing with the 27-year-old Wu Xie is as easy as playing with a dog. [Eating melon] In a small unit in the second book, Li Cu returns to the Ultimate Notebook. Li Cu: It's time to give the young Wu Fang a shock. He can pull out C4 at any time and blow it up. When encountering a group of corpse beetles, Li Cu throws C4 like it's nothing. Everyone trembles. This guy is ruthless and even dares to blow himself up. Hei Xiazi's eyes lit up again and again. He quickly stopped Li Cu from pulling out explosives again, "Ancestor, you don't need to deal with these corpse beetles. I'll do it."

6. 6 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Beauty in My Palm 综影视：掌中娇 The Nation's Chief Lazy Sheep国家首席懒羊羊Female-Channel Fanfiction982k WordsOngoing [Stunning beauty + everyone’s darling + 1v1 + sweet romance + immersive + OOC warning + both male and female characters transmigrate] [Read the warnings below. Lots of potential triggers, so enter at your own risk.] Fu Ying, the spirit of all things, is ambushed, has her memories erased, and is sent to various small worlds to undergo trials. World 1: Douluo Dalu Xiao Wu learns the plot in advance and tries to change her tragic fate. World 2: Scarlet Heart + Empresses in the Palace The frail bea 280Reads7.2Score—Shelves
7. 7 盗 Tomb Raiding: You Like Me? I Don’t Believe It. Give Me a Kiss and Let’s See 盗墓：喜欢我？不信，亲一口看看 Eight A.M. Every Day天天早八Two Male Leads623k WordsCompleted 3.9kReads9.0Score289Shelves
8. 8 盗 Tomb Raiding: Li Cu's Time Travel 盗墓：黎蔟的时间旅行 When the Clouds Sleep云睡时Mystery179k WordsCompleted Many years later, Li Cu still remembered that afternoon when he woke up alone on a train. But could someone explain why he had only taken a nap, yet woken up as a little kid still in elementary school? [Golden finger warning, no romance] Kidnap Wu Xie, save A Ning, give Hei Xiazi a box of gold bars, be Huo Xiuxiu's cat, keep Xie Yuchen company through his childhood, and nap beside young Zhang Qiling... Given another chance, he was no longer the timid, darkness-fearing little kid who had been loc 690Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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   Almost all of them are about Li Cu, and I personally prefer 1236.

9. 9 沙 Sand Sea: The Lotus in the Mirror 沙海：镜中莲 Qi Bai淇柏Two Male Leads323k WordsOngoing [The Lost Tomb: Reboot + beautiful yet tragic character + Xiao Ge for Li Cu + Li Cu pairing + slow-paced + more descriptive writing early on, more plot-focused later + if this bothers you, leave; if it's not your thing, leave] An invitation from a childhood friend to review a game dragged Zhang Bai'an into a vast desert. The System seemed to be playing a joke when it gave him the “Zhang Qiling” template. The skills and abilities belonging to “Mute Zhang,” including his fighting prowess and grave 1.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves
10. 10 异 Watching Tomb Raiding in Another Universe 异时空观影盗墓 Don't Steal My Snacks别抢我的零食Two Male Leads400k WordsCompleted If you don't like The Lost Tomb, don't read this!!! If you're a nitpicker, don't read this!!! Some stories aren't kind to the reboot adaptations, so don't read if that bothers you!!! If it's not your thing, quietly move along. Please don't flame the author; I'm sensitive. Story One: All x Zhang Qiling, watching the world of Zhang Qiling When people from a tomb-raiding world without Zhang Qiling watch a world where he exists, they'll find themselves envying their counterparts in that world as the 6.7kReads9.3Score738Shelves
11. 11 沙 Surviving the Desert Sea: From the Start, I’m Bound to the Amnesiac Zhang Laojiu 沙海求生：开局绑定失忆藏老九 Ao Runzhi敖闰枝Two Male Leads328k WordsOngoing Cang Hai × Li Cu Also known as A Dream Beneath the Southern Sea When Cang Hai transmigrates into Sand Sea, he meets a reckless little madman... Qi disperses when carried by the wind, while water marks the boundary where it comes to rest. An old relic whose fate lacks water meets a fiery young man. A chess game begun a thousand years ago will finally be set in motion at this moment, turning the gears of “fate”... Li Cu never managed to escape the desert called Wu Xie, only to plunge headlong in 138Reads—Score100Shelves
12. 12 盗 Tomb Raiding: A Dream Hard to Fulfill 盗墓之好梦难圆 Zhouzhou-chanovo周周酱ovoTwo Male Leads163k WordsOngoing Xie Cuo: Wu Xie vs. Li Cu. Many personal headcanons. On the day the Wang family vanished, Li Cu returned to the body inside the meteorite jade. It turned out I was one of the Queen Mother of the West's immortality test subjects, and had lived in symbiosis with a white snake for a thousand years. When I awoke, I was inside King Mu of Zhou's coffin, face-to-face with a young Wu Xie. He stared at my pale skin and the white snake around my wrist, his expression full of wonder and confusion. “Do you 111Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 终 Ultimate Notes: Who Could Refuse a God? 终极笔记：谁能拒绝神明呢？ Number0215编号0215Two Male Leads339k WordsCompleted Completed Li Cu x Zhang Qiling (signed) The characters belong to Uncle San; any out-of-character writing is mine. This is a writing exercise, so please don’t flame me. If you’re uncomfortable, please exit. I’ll delete it if there are any problems. A slow-burn story. You know the kind of brotherly love we mean. Wu Xie: Why am I so bright wherever I go? Should I find myself a partner? Am I having an existential crisis? Fatty: Hehe, Yuncai~ Your Fatty Brother is back~ Zhang Qiling: I’m the real Zha 1.6kReads9.0Score170Shelves
14. 14 盗 Tomb Raiding: I’m a Fast-Talking Performer, So Tricking You Is Just a Bonus 盗墓说话我是贯口，坑你只是顺手 Xu Fangcan's Worldview F许房灿三观FTwo Male Leads334k WordsCompleted All pairings with Cuo! Warning! Warning! If you don’t like it, run now, or I’ll bite you and won’t give you rabies shots!!! (Gets beaten up) Cuo is the bottom in the main pairing. The transmigrate plot in the original story started too early (the ghost train), so I removed Wan Cuo (but I’ll post some short Cuo-bottom extras). Strict materialism, no special powers. (Swipe left to see the shipper go all out.) Pure wish fulfillment, original version on LOF, by the author. Prequel summary: If Li Cuo 1.1kReads8.5Score103Shelves
15. 15 盗 Tomb Raiding: Pear Blossoms in March 盗墓：三月梨花开 A Little A-Fei一只阿肥Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanfiction, no female lead, two male leads, all pairings, mostly comedy] Li Ge used to work as a shop assistant at a pharmacy. After slogging away for three years, he was finally about to take his pharmacist certification exam. Then, the day before the exam, he suddenly dropped dead. Detected by the Talent System, he was given a chance to be reborn, with missions to complete in exchange for points. But when he arrived at the world where his mission was set, he real 326Reads8.0Score100Shelves
16. 16 盗 Tomb Raiding: After I Transmigrated, Fourth Master Took Me In 盗墓：穿越后被四阿公捡回家了 Lemon Coconut柠檬椰子Mystery278k WordsCompleted Wu Xie can’t make it over the snow-capped mountain named Zhang Qiling, just as Li Cu can’t escape the desert named Wu Xie. Li Cu is someone who has lived a life of tragedy. His parents divorced when he was young. His mother remarried, and his father was a violent alcoholic. He once thought his whole life would be just like that. Then, at seventeen, he met Wu Xie. He thought Wu Xie was his salvation, never realizing he was only the one who dragged him into the abyss. The man who once led him out 4.1kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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17. 17 盗 Tomb Raiding: Sand Sea, Cluster Caught Off Guard 盗墓沙海之簇不及防 Thunder and Rain雷雨交加Two Male Leads827k WordsCompleted (This story is pretty angsty and leans toward the TV adaptation. There will definitely be OOC, original settings, and romance, with a trio pairing: Zhang Qiling, Li Cu, and Wu Xie.) “You told me to go back to my own life. Hah! How do you think I’m supposed to go back? I can’t go back, and I don’t want to. So now I’d rather you just kill me...” But you really did take away the one thing that could save me. I wanted to confront you, to lose my mind, but in the end, I grew numb. Suddenly, I wanted 1.4kReads8.7Score150Shelves

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    Regarding Li Cu [I'm full]

18. 18 假 What If Li Cu Were a Mixed-Blood? 假如黎簇是混血种 Grab My Jian Ge and Run扛起我简哥就跑Two Male Leads99k WordsOngoing What if Li Cu were a mixed-blood? What if his letting Wu Xie kidnap him was all part of his plan, meant to answer a question that had haunted him for so long? What kind of life would Li Cu have after the Sand Sea incident ended? I pieced this together from around Chapter 34. Thanks. I really can’t write romance, so I rewrote it. You can skip everything before Chapter 34. 234Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    I still recommend this one more, but it's on hiatus. It's still a pretty good story featuring Li Chu and Salin.

19. 19 盗 Tomb Raiding: An Unexpected Heartbeat 盗墓：猝不及防的心动 Yu Lu屿鹭Two Male Leads214k WordsCompleted Dual male leads: Li Cuo x Mo Qin “I was just a high school student. Why should I have to become one of your pawns?” “Xiao Licuo, I'm here to take you home.” “A Qin, let's go home.” “Let's go home, A Qin.” Let's go home, Xiao Licuo. 174Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score566Shelves

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    🌿① Li Cu has someone to care for him now! His online girlfriend reunites with him and develops feelings for him. Feeling sorry for him, she says, "I'll take you back. Don't worry about this anymore. Be a good boy, and Heng-ge will take care of you." 🌿② Both Li Cu are now together. Cu Cu has Sheng Sheng, who will always be there for him.

21. 21 沙 The Sea of Sand: Two Souls, Two Li 沙海：一体双魂之双黎 Bubble Abode泡泡居Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted When Li Cu found someone who would always stay by his side... 905Reads9.0Score104Shelves
22. 22 综 Across Film and TV: The Protagonist Is Ruining the Plot Again 综影视之主角又在打乱剧情 Brave Mushroom Wants to Slack Off勇敢香菇想划水Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing A transmigration life came out of nowhere. I live each day with the mindset that we might as well go down together. (I suggest skipping the first two worlds.) Important!!! No romance!!! Dream of the Red Chamber ✔ The Three Heroes and Five Gallants ✔ Story of Minglan ✔ Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace ✔ Empresses in the Palace ✔ Adventures of the Young Brave ✔ My Journey to You ✔ My Journey to You watch-along ✔ A Journey to Love ✔ Dashing Youth ✔ Dashing Youth watch-along ✔ The Blood of Youth ✔ Th 11.7kReads8.5Score381Shelves
23. 23 盗 Tomb Raiding: Reborn, Seventh Master Li Reshapes the Sand Sea 盗墓：重生之黎七爷沙海重塑 Paper Mist Wine纸雾酒Two Male Leads257k WordsCompleted New story. [The Nuanniu Five + Xie and Cu reborn twice + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanfic + writing whatever I dream up, no logic + rather chaotic] [Apologies for the OOC!] [Xie Cu + Hei Hua; the rest is up to you.] Content warning: Original character interpretations, and the plot differs slightly from the original. Two madmen save each other, wrapped in the guise of pure love while doing the craziest things. They use each other and sink together: one has severe Stockholm syndrome, the other 1.5kReads8.2Score144Shelves
24. 24 综 I Got the Wrong Script in a Crossover of TV Dramas 综影视拿错剧本 The Flying Pig That Doesn't Oink会飞的猪不会叫Two Male Leads846k WordsOngoing When Young Master Li arrives in Ultimate Note and meets Wu Xie. [Complete] When Ouyang Shaogong arrives in The Untamed and stirs up a storm. [Ongoing] The writing is rough, the story is long, and the characters may be out of character, so please go easy on me... A slow-paced, extra-long story from an author with a chronic case of procrastination!!! [Started writing on 2021.08.02, signed a contract on 2021.08.09.] 409Reads6.8Score104Shelves
25. 25 综 Tomb-Raiding Crossover: The Pear Blossoms Are in Full Bloom 综盗墓之梨花已然盛开 He Yuan鹤鸢Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted [Completed] (Anyone here enjoy Demon Slayer? If so, check out the new book I just started. Thanks!) After experiencing it all, Li Cu regains all his memories. He lets go of everything. When they meet again, their love has long since faded, and they are strangers to each other. Li Cu: “I'm not alone anymore!” Su Wan: “I never thought we could meet again in this life. I won't let anyone who ever bullied you get away with it!” 553Reads7.2Score104Shelves
26. 26 吴 Wu Xie, This Time I'm Going to Win You Over 吴邪，这一次我要拿下你 Koi Meng锦鲤蒙Two Male Leads643k WordsCompleted (Complete) (This story focuses on romance from a female perspective, which is very different from tomb-raiding stories told mainly from a male perspective. I hope you can forgive some minor out-of-character moments from the supporting characters. Thank you!) This book began with a chance comment on a video. As a ten-year veteran fan of The Lost Tomb series, I really do feel sorry for Li Cu (though I’m a die-hard Zhang Qiling fan, so please don’t revoke my fan status). If Li Cu had another chance 664Reads7.0Score100Shelves

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    🌿Li Cu vs. Zhang Qiling💞, Wu Xie, didn't you say you were going to take me home? But why did you abandon me for Zhang Qiling? [Crying] Wu Xie, you never would have guessed, I've crossed time and space to come to the side of Zhang Qiling, whom you've always longed for, and he regards me as his white moonlight. [Cool][cool]

27. 27 沙 A Sea of Sand: The Way Home 沙海之回家 The Cutest Little Corgi最可爱的小柯基Modern Romance153k WordsOngoing An original female lead, based on the TV adaptation of Sand Sea. Please forgive any differences from the original novel! If it's not your thing, please move along. The author is sensitive. If you want to comment, please discuss the TV version's setting or plot. Don't keep bringing up the original novel. To avoid getting banned, some character names in this story have been changed or replaced with homophones. I'm Li Yao. That wasn't my original name. I can't remember what I was called. I had no m 46Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 盗 Tomb Raiding: Am I Little Brother's Bottle Cap? 盗墓：我是小哥的瓶盖？ Black Hair Turns White Overnight青丝一夜走Mystery603k WordsOngoing Mei Liuliu, a somewhat dim-witted young woman from the Qing dynasty, often reflects on her bizarre life. Her mother loves eating Liuliumei plums, so she named her Mei Liuliu. That would have been strange enough. Even stranger, in her first year of college, she was walking in the rain while looking down at her phone, failed to notice she was under a tree, and got struck by lightning! And just like that, she transmigrated again! Well, when Mei Liuliu opened her eyes, she thought, Why does this per 3.3kReads8.7Score223Shelves
29. 29 从 Zhaozhao's Bizarre Adventure, Beginning with Volume Two 从第二卷开始的照照的奇妙冒险 The Sunken Lone Star and Mesaki沉没孤星和梅撒奇Mystery719k WordsCompleted Includes: A mix of plotlines from the Grave Robbers’ Chronicles adaptations and novels, Lovecraftian elements, a few tabletop role-playing rules, and heavily altered Mysterious settings, such as the protagonist being a Beyonder on the Hunter pathway. The OOC is mine, the characters belong to… I appoint all you lovely authors as the new Southern School [censored]! There are scenes where the female protagonist is called “Brother Zhang.” If that bothers you, run. P.S. The protagonist isn’t part of 1.1kReads8.3Score139Shelves

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    Princess, please read this! The main couple is Li Cu. The female lead is incredibly strong and crazy; she doesn't hold grudges overnight. She'll slap you across the face without a sound, and even the Wang family would praise her. Li Cu will always be the unwavering choice. He doesn't just have a little brother; he has a Super Saiyan! The first volume is set in a desert, where Li Cu is kidnapped, and the protagonist runs eight hundred miles into the desert to retrieve a pear. The first volume was once banned, but you can still find it by searching the author's name on Lofter.

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