Novels like The Secret Treasures of Mountains and Seas
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- 51 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 52 Bureau of Anomalous Biology Investigations 异常生物调查局 The day after my grandpa died, everyone in town showed up… 528Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 53 Tomb King of the Imperial Capital 帝都墓王 The Mo family tomb-raiding syndicate is the only force descended from the Faqiu Zhonglang tradition. Beneath the capital's turbulent surface, the family battles over the clan head's position, while tomb raiding brings thrills and danger and tangled relationships grow ever more complicated. Can Mo Xunhun, the Mo family's illegitimate son, fight his way through every obstacle? 248Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 54 Tales of Strange Northern Tomb Raids 北派盗墓诡事录 In the early twenty-first century, I was just a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. Determined to make something of myself, I threw in my lot with a northern tomb-raiding gang and set out on a road of no return. I traveled far and wide across the north and south, saw ancient tombs where the dead came back to life, and learned just how treacherous people in the underworld could be. From an ignorant boy to a weathered middle-aged man, the strange people and events I've encountered 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Stealing Heaven's Heart from the Strange 盗诡天心 [Tomb-raiding adventure + character growth + male lead with extraordinary abilities + conspiracy] Secrets have been passed down since ancient times, and countless people have followed in one another's footsteps to uncover them. I'm just an ordinary man, working at a bookstore owned by a distant relative, but hidden forces draw me into this game. The arrival of an old man sets everything in motion. It begins with the Cat Ghost of Yunhai, and I follow the script into the world of tomb raiding. Yet 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Adventure Journal 探险手札 The Yellow Springs snake demon in a mysterious ancient village; a mirror that wards off evil amid endless dunes; an ancient corpse buried beneath the snowy mountains, untouched by decay... My name is Xu Kaiyang, and I’ll take you on an unprecedented adventure! 7.8kReads8.6Score67014d adds
- 57 The Dragon Bone's Secret Hoard 龙骨诡藏 Others raid tombs to find gold and treasure, but I get entangled with a vengeful spirit instead. My grandfather, Chen Xuanli, vanished in the Ailao Mountains. I entered the mountains with a dragon-bone divination disk, only to accidentally awaken a century-old female spirit. From then on, danger closed in at every turn: perilous underground palaces, ruins left by ghost soldiers, and secret Japanese military caches. The Fatty smashes through evil with his shovel, the Yin sisters set up formatio 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Tracking the Ancient Tomb 古墓寻踪 [The aloof antique restorer vs. the bold, fearless tomb guardian] [Tomb raiding + treasure appraisal + mystery solving + feng shui and occult arts + folk legends. Two formidable leads, with adventure and romance in equal measure!] When her gambling-addict father mysteriously disappears, Ding Shi'an sets out on a journey and meets Song Chuang, a cool and reserved antique restorer. As they follow the clues, they uncover a shocking secret. The father she has lived with all her life turns out to hav 323Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 59 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Tomb Raiding Tales from Republican China 民国盗墓往事 A long-lost memory brings a gripping story from the past to light. What I’m about to tell you is a secret from the Republican era… 3.5kReads8.8Score60914d adds
- 61 Snatching Immortality 抢仙 [Mystery and adventure + occult battles + a nontraditional path to immortality + ruins around the world] I've practiced Daoism for twenty years and watched my master ascend with my own eyes. Becoming an immortal has become an obsession. But the Heavenly Dao has run out of opportunities for me. I'm just one step away, yet the gap is as vast as heaven and earth. The chance to become an immortal should be somewhere between the highest heavens and the deepest underworld, but I can find it nowhere. I 55Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 62 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The True Story of a Folk Tomb Raider 一位民间盗墓者的真实经历 [Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try it yourself.] [Tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal + underworld] I come from a village in central China. To save my younger sister and father, I was forced into the tomb-raiding trade. The haunted tomb of Muzha Ridge, the Loulan royal mausoleum, the lost tomb in Longling, an ancient pagoda, a Yuan dynasty tomb with a zombie... Over sixteen years of tomb raiding, I witnessed the dangers of human nature, feng shui and the occult, all sorts of people, a 497Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 64 The Reversed Starry Sky 倒转的星空 A high school student's descent down the wrong path: was it beyond his control, or did he simply go with the flow? And once he's on this road, can he ever turn back… Right now, all I can think about is going back to that summer. The Firefly Underground Palace, the General's ancient tomb, deadly peril on Hong Kong Island, the underground Dragon Palace: will I ever make it back… 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 I Work as a Gravekeeper in an Unknown Cemetery 我在无名墓园当守墓人 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mild Suspense + Survival + Plot Twists] The protagonist isn’t a do-gooder, the villains aren’t idiots, the plot doesn’t drag, and every mystery gets resolved; An unnamed Taoist temple deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains; A merchant ship adrift across a vast sea; A mysterious ruin in an ancient forest; An endless desert stretching beyond the horizon; Snow-capped mountains where the snow never melts; A breathtaking woman in red who is a ghost, and an entity that c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Ancient Tomb Code 古墓密码 I was sentenced to life in prison for tomb raiding. I thought that was bad enough, but then The Dragon Head Maze, the Flying Ancient House, the ghost ship at sea... They all led me to a huge secret. “Open this door. Everything you want to know and everything you want is inside.” 5.2kReads8.1Score76014d adds
- 67 Tomb Raiding: The Northern School 盗墓：北派 (Be careful about tomb raiding. Life is worth more.) I'm a poor young man from eastern Inner Mongolia. Driven by hardship, I had no choice but to become a tomb robber, one of the lowest of the low. I met someone who changed my life, and I've spent many years in this line of work. Would you like to hear my story? If you're interested, come and read about the legendary life of a tomb robber. 167Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 68 Tales of Feng Shui and Tombs 风水墓事 My name is Gu Xiaochuan! I went to move a woman’s grave, and then… 8.4kReads8.7Score81414d adds
- 69 Global Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Crack the Tomb of Emperor Nintoku 全球盗墓：开局破解仁德天皇陵 [No System, Not Invincible, No Livestreaming, Tomb Raiding Abroad, Recovering Lost Overseas Relics] From the start, he launches an assault on the tomb of Emperor Nintoku, the greatest of the world's three great tombs. He leaves his homeland and embarks on a tomb-raiding journey spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. What earth-shattering secret lies behind the disappearance of his father when he was a child? His mysterious family origins turn out to be connected to a thousand-year-old secret. —Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 70 The Thieves' Den 盗薮 Thirty-Six Pounds: The Thieves' Sect Reigns Supreme (Paranormal + Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Don't read too much into this or try it yourself.) I'm an orphan. After Wu Laoer raised me, he brought me into the Thieves' Sect. From then on, I experienced a very different Jianghu. The King of Lingnan's tomb, the ancient city of the Dangxiang, the Kunlun ruins, and a whole series of adventures showed me the good and evil of the Jianghu. If you have time, let me tell you about them. 31.6kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 71 749 Special Incident Investigation Bureau 749特殊事件调查局 [Based on real experiences. Just listen for fun, and I hope you enjoy it.] [No superpowers + first person + in the style of Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture. If you like Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture, jump right in.] At last, I have the chance to write a story about this mysterious department. I don't know how many people have heard of Bureau 749, let alone how many know anything about it, but Bureau 749 has always been shrouded in mystery. Its full name is the Bureau of S 7.2kReads7.5Score47614d adds
- 72 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 You Were Told to Guard a Village, So Why Did You Make the City God Cry? 让你守个村儿，你把城隍打哭了？ After the old madman died, I always thought I was the only person left in the village. Then one year, two men showed up carrying a camera and said they wanted to film a documentary about walking marriages... 458Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 74 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 75 The First Book of This World 本物天下的第1本书 An ancient book in tatters leads someone by chance onto the path of tomb raiding and treasure hunting. After numerous twists and turns, secrets buried for millennia come to light. Ancient tombs of astonishing scale and mystery, the Mirror of Longing forged by Master Huayang in the Jin dynasty for the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, the eternal bond between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, and the pipa of the courtesan Li Sisi all feature in this thrilling tale, packed with suspense and tangled love and 53Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 76 Star Official of Treasure Hunting 盗墓之探宝星官 I was inexplicably dragged into a tomb-raiding expedition. I thought that if I made it out alive, it would all be over. I never imagined that this was only the beginning. The Shu King’s Hidden Treasure, the Ascension Immortal Palace, the Ancient Temple Facing Heaven, the Nine-Eyed Daoist Grotto... One life-and-death adventure after another, one entanglement of love and hate after another. Just when I thought I was getting closer to the truth, the truth kept moving farther away. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Path to Godslaying Begins with Ghost Blows Out the Light 从鬼吹灯开始的弑神之路 History has been turbulent and magnificent, yet throughout the dynasties, from emperors to local gentry, it seems everyone has kept silent about the gods. It is as though there are no gods in this world. But is that really true? Zhang Yunting, who has arrived in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, has no comment. This world really does have gods. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Retirement Diaries from Yucun 【盗墓笔记】：雨村的养老日记 [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanfiction, starring the young crew of five] The bamboo rustles in the breeze, and the moon is out tonight. We can soak in the bath later. May the years always be this peaceful. The story is nearing its end, so let them all take a break. This is a book about their life after they went into hiding, filled with nothing but ordinary, peaceful days. As for whether they'll set out again, who knows? (If they do, it'll just be my wild imagination!) Please don't flame me i 587Reads8.1Score10414d adds
- 79 Bureau of Supernatural Investigations 超自然事件调查局 A bizarre murder case draws me into the investigation of mysterious supernatural events: crew members on a deep-sea fishing vessel inexplicably slaughtering one another, immortals hiding in the city, legendary vampires, Nazi doomsday troops of a godlike race and their Aryan holy city, and a gigantic human-face structure on Mars. We are not alone in the universe, and human society is just as complicated. 345Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 80 The Western School's The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 西派盗墓笔记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Supernatural] A child born under an ill omen is one Heaven dares not claim and Earth dares not nurture. When I was born from a corpse’s belly, a yellow immortal fox worshipped the moon and the wild beasts wailed. It was decided then that I would spend my life dealing with the dead, never seeing the light of day. To escape this fate, I joined forces with my taciturn master and a jovial fat man, forming the West Faction’s iron-triangle tomb-raiding team. Over the years, I 1.4kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 81 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Northern School Tomb Raiders: Raise the Coffin, Make a Fortune 北派盗墓:升棺发财 [Tomb Raiding and Treasure Appraisal + Jianghu Adventures] I have seen an immortal corpse in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, encountered a giant moray eel in the South Sea, and witnessed a mysterious ghost city in the desert. Over the past ten years, I have lost everything and found myself in peril time and again, surviving by the skin of my teeth. I have some hard-won experience from making my way through the world of tomb raiders, so I dare to tell you about this dangerous underworld. 5.3kReads8.7Score33814d adds
- 83 The Silent Pact 不语契 I thought I would follow in my god-grandfather's footsteps and calmly enter Peking University's archaeology department. Then an unexpected ancient clay tablet, covered in strange runes, changed everything. Its cryptic clues, like hooks of fate, dragged me from the misty rain of Jiangnan to the mysterious, sweltering lands of Dian in Yunnan. Buried beneath the miasma-choked jungle was not only the legendary tomb of the ancient Dian king, lost for a thousand years, but also the start of a breathta —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Tales of Feng Shui, Tomb Raiding, and the Supernatural 风水盗墓灵异录 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, tomb raiding, feng shui, the supernatural, tomb exploration, retrieving corpses from water, suspense, pranks, ghost hunting, coffins, ghosts and monsters, the Eight Trigrams and other esoteric arts, dragon seeking and acupoint locating, sorcery, adventure, warding off evil, metaphysics His grandfather left Li Qing an old tomb-raiding journal, a bronze compass, a soul-suppressing staff, and a jade gourd. At midnight, at the bottom of the corpse-filled valley in Yang 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Old Ninth, the Tomb Raider 盗墓老九 [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure hunting] A centuries-old mystery ordained by Heaven, the fabled ancient kingdom of Loulan, the secrets behind the ancient Silk Road, and even the Black Mountain, where legend says the rocks, plants, rivers, and soil are all black, shrouded year-round in an air of death... I was just an antique dealer in Panjiayuan, but somehow I got swept up in one strange adventure after another. It all began with my grandfather, a eunuch from the previous dynasty... 320Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 86 The Kunlun Scripture: The Dragon Bones of Lianshan 昆仑经前传之龙骨连山 His father was among the first generation of archaeological researchers in the People's Republic of China. He mysteriously disappeared during an excavation of a Uyghur king's tomb. Qin Feng traveled to Altay to search for his father. After a series of strange and bizarre expeditions, and unraveling one baffling case after another, he gradually discovered the truth behind his father's disappearance and the ancient secret concealed in half a dragon bone… 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Secrets of the Heavenly Coffin 天棺秘藏 [Tomb Raiding + Jianghu + All Walks of Life] I have a sister-in-law of peerless beauty. She gave me an iron fan and a compass, and taught me a whole range of skills. In the 1990s, I rode across the country, searching for dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, appraising antiques, and navigating the grudges of the jianghu... At first, people from every walk of life called me Little Meng. Later, they called me Brother Xun, then Master Meng. In the end, all that remained was a codename in sealed 42.8kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 88 The Strange and Secret Treasures: Chronicles of the Eight Wastelands 神诡秘宝之八荒踏墟志 Madmen, can you really withstand the truth of this world? No System, no fast-food thrills. This is a rare, hardcore slow-burn adventure novel on Tomato this year, with every expedition grounded in real historical documents. No piling on cheap thrills, no padding out the word count. This is written for readers who can settle in for a long-running story. The trilogy is fully planned. The road ahead is long, every step is hardcore, and the secret realm has only just been opened. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Young Celestial Master of Tomb Raiding 盗墓小天师 (Tomb raiding + exploration + feng shui + folk taboos) Others raid tombs with Luoyang shovels and Soul-Guiding Talismans. I raid tombs with peachwood swords and yellow talisman paper. The last young celestial master of White Water Temple on Longhu Mountain somehow becomes the tomb-raiding world's most sinister “yin-yang master.” Wang Yan carries the bronze bell passed down by his master and a half-volume of the incomplete Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror. He had planned to spend the rest of his days ten 25.3kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 90 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.3kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 91 The Strange Realm Archives 诡域档案 Six years ago, Comrade Peng Gang, an outstanding investigator in the Ministry of State Security of Huaxia and deputy director of the Seventh Bureau, met a strange death while on a mission. Six years later, several investigators go missing one after another. The case they were investigating is deeply strange and has countless connections to the case from six years ago. In response, the mysterious investigation team, Fifth Bureau, Ninth Division, begins looking into a series of cases in the realm 332Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 92 Tomb Raiding: I’m a Descendant of Zagoramma, and I’ll Restore the Mountain-Moving Sect 盗墓：我扎戈拉玛后裔，重振搬山 Chosen by the System, Xu Tianyun becomes its one and only designated beta tester and transmigrates to a world of tomb raiding. He also becomes a descendant of the Zagorama tribe, threatened by the curse of the Ghost Cave. But after paying his respects at the ancestral shrine, he unlocks the System's lottery feature and inherits the legacy of the Moving Mountain Daoists. From then on, Xu Tianyun transforms into the new leader of the Moving Mountain Sect, vowing to lead his remaining clansmen in b 2.9kReads6.7Score26314d adds
- 93 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score23214d adds
- 95 Hunting Notes from the Greater Khingan Range 大兴安岭狩猎笔记 Folk Horror / Period Fiction / Hunting Legend / Supernatural Northeast 1993, deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Snow seals off the mountains, and an endless sea of forest stretches in every direction. This is a blank spot on the map, a forbidden zone beyond the reach of the law. In a world of nothing but black and white, survival depends not on the law, but on the rules. Chen Ye, an abandoned baby raised by wolves, is known as “Wolf Boy.” Ten years ago, on a stormy winter night, the old hunt 1.2kReads7.5Score10714d adds
- 96 Dragonbrush's 30th Book: Writing the World 龙笔写天下第30本书 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Secrets of the Hidden Labyrinth 藏迷探秘 An accident ten years ago led me down the path of tomb raiding. On my first tomb expedition, I gained the ability to live forever, but it came at a terrible cost. Is immortality truly a blessing, or a curse? To uncover the secret of immortality, I traveled far and wide, exploring countless famous mountains and ancient tombs, and experiencing more bizarre events than I could count: the sinister Daji hidden in a tree in the Stone-Born Haunted Tomb, a blue elf that had survived for a thousand years 16.8kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 98 Legends of the Strange in Beiling 北岭怪谈 Legend has it that deep in the Greater Khingan Range lies a tomb for the living. Every year, people venture into the remote, treacherous mountains under the pretext of digging for ginseng: knife fighters from Hebei, bandits from the Northeast, treasure seekers from Shanxi... But I know they all have just one goal: the Immortal Tai Sui. 1.5kReads8.0Score19314d adds
- 99 Carrying the Dragon Coffin 抬龙棺 The First Emperor's coffin was called the Dragon Coffin. By rights, everyone who carried the Dragon Coffin should have been buried alive with him. But my ancestor somehow escaped. Was the elixir of immortality really just a legend? And where did Xu Fu go after sailing east? My ancestor was the only person who knew the secret of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum... 3kReads8.5Score30514d adds
- 100 The Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 鬼出棺 Xie Bangui is secretly recruited into the Ghost Yamen and, on his master's orders, serves there, making a living by hunting demons and ghosts. Yet he has no idea that he carries a world-shaking secret. Leading the Ghost Yamen's warriors, Xie Bangui launches a night raid on a prison for evil spirits, fights a bloody battle on the execution platform against a demon, encounters a soul-snatching carriage, and cleverly breaks a skeleton lock. He survives evil spirits' attempts to claim his life, outw 1.6kReads9.1Score14414d adds
