Novels like The Haunted Ancient Village
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- 1 The Gold-Seeking Nightwalker 寻金夜行者 The times are always advancing. If you can't keep up, society will leave you behind. Only by continually working hard and learning can you improve and grow. The harsh realities of human nature forced me to enter this complicated society too soon, where I struggle, face setbacks, and keep moving forward… 3Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 2 Notes on Searching for Dragons 寻龙笔记 In the early 1980s, everything was about money. It was an era of setting things right, an absurd era, an era of daring and fighting, and above all, an era full of opportunity. It was fate that led me into the world of antiques, where I took up archaeology, exploration, and treasure hunting. This suspenseful, perilous tale of twists and turns begins when the production team organized a river-repair project. 59Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 3 The Dragon-Sealing Art 锁龙诀 My line of work isn’t exactly respectable. My name is Zhang Yimao, and I make a living buying and selling animal specimens and handicrafts. That’s what I do in public, anyway. In secret, I’ll deal in anything that can make money. But I never imagined that one day my fate would become entangled with a legendary divine beast like the dragon. Later, I joined an expedition team heading into the vast, remote mountains, only to stumble into an even greater crisis... 204Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 4 The Great Mystery 大迷踪 Does the legendary Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin really exist? Where did the mysterious organization with snake tattoos on the backs of their necks come from? A strange ancient blade shaped like a serpent, and a life-or-death game spanning a thousand years! Can the young man who stepped out of an antique shop shoulder the heavy, turning wheel of fate? What can the so-called heir to the art of tomb-grabbing really do? 40Reads7.1Score103Shelves
- 5 Trails Through the Haunted Domain 诡域迷踪 A personalized writing contest: an obscure underground city, strange flowers that imprison souls, a mysterious lost civilization, an ancient sect stretching across Europe and Asia… Two former soldiers only wanted to work as tour guides and make a little money by tricking tomb raiders. But a twist of fate branded them with a mysterious curse and inexplicably dragged them into a deadly crisis. As the veils of history are lifted one by one, life and death seem to matter less and less… 96Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 6 The Deep-Sea Mystery Map 深海迷图 Retired soldier Jin Zhongyi is tricked by his friend Jiao Ba into boarding a fishing boat under the pretense of going on a deep-sea fishing trip. He has no idea that they're really setting out to salvage an ancient shipwreck. A family heirloom, a nautical chart from the Ming Dynasty, sets off a series of eerie events and a terrifying voyage, launching a thrilling expedition focused on treasure hunting, with exploration as a bonus. Following the family-inherited Ming Dynasty nautical chart, the s 422Reads7.2Score105Shelves
- 7 The Eye Beneath the Earth 入地眼 I was just seven when I crawled out of the tomb. Much later, when I looked back on it, it seemed as if everything had been arranged by fate. Perhaps from that very moment, it was predestined that I, who had crawled out of that tomb, would embark on an adventurous, mysterious, and utterly bizarre legendary journey. The dragon stirs, and the land is shaken! 1.4kReads8.6Score131Shelves
- 8 The Secret Burial Heavenly Tome 秘葬天书 Emperors and ministers relied on the Daoist art of geomancy to find their final resting places. Every imperial tomb is a miniature of its age, embodying the highest craftsmanship of that era. My great-grandfather left behind an ancient book called The Secret Burial. It covers an astonishing range of subjects, with especially detailed explanations of feng shui and mountain terrain, finding dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, locating stars, and secret burial customs. By chance, this ancie 58Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 9 Recollections of the Tomb-Raiding Years 追忆盗墓年月 In the early years of the Republic, tomb robbing was all the rage. The trade was split between northern and southern factions, each further divided into more than a dozen gangs, with countless complications within every group. The ancient tombs were strange and uncanny, their twists and turns shrouded in mystery, and every one of them perilous! The suspicious tomb of Fengdu will reveal a hidden chapter of human history... 573Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Traces of Yin 殷迹 An account of travels from the Ming dynasty and a carved black bird statue from the Shang dynasty are unexpectedly connected, pointing to the secret behind the cycle of civilization’s destruction. As dark clouds gather and the prophesied apocalypse arrives, will the legendary guardian deity of humanity appear? 582Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 11 Tomb Raiding: Martial Arts Sign-In, My Ancient Tomb Strikes Back 盗墓：武道签到，我的古墓逆袭 Gu Shun was reborn into a world where tomb-raiding stories converged, and was fortunate enough to awaken a Martial Arts System, beginning an extraordinary legendary journey. All he had to do was visit the various ancient tombs and sign in to obtain rare treasures from the myriad heavens. From the start, he signed in for the Nine Yang Manual, instantly gaining formidable inner strength and the ability to summon nine blazing suns to subdue his opponents. From then on, he left his mark on places su —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Life as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的人生 Don't talk to me about some damn love story. All I want now is to make money! What's the point of envying other people? We need to take action too. Whether it's robbing people or raiding tombs, once the money's in our hands, we'll have everything! Stop worrying all day about who loves you and who cares about you. That's all nonsense. Here's a rule of thumb for you guys: men follow women, women follow money, and money follows men. Keep that cycle going if you want to live like a proper human bein 952Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 13 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 561Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 14 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 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—Shelves
- 16 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.1kReads8.8Score125Shelves
- 17 Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery... 1kReads7.3Score141Shelves
- 18 Memoirs of the Kunlun Mountains, 1978 1978年昆仑山回忆录 In the autumn of 1978, Professor Zhang Wenli and his party arrived from Beijing in Yingdudaban to carry out a routine site survey lasting fifteen days. As a local assistant, I was honored to work alongside the professors from Beijing. But this ordinary survey was soon plagued by one unexpected incident after another... 5.2kReads8.8Score425Shelves
- 19 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… 8.6kReads8.7Score809Shelves
- 20 The Secret Records of Evil Spirits 邪灵秘录 A healer saves lives, but medicine is divided into “living medicine” and “dead medicine.” A group of young people journey through remote mountain valleys, deserts, and snowy wilderness. They venture along the boundary between life and death, exploring lost techniques. This is a shocking mystery hidden among mountains, rivers, and vast wilderness... 695Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 21 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—Shelves
- 22 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... 317Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 23 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—Shelves
- 24 Tomb Raiding: In the Company of a Snake Spirit 盗墓：蛇灵的陪伴 At a convention, Lin Ci became a display prop because of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. But can someone tell me why a convention would turn dangerous, too?! And why did I transmigrate? "Huh? Why does this little boy have a Qilin tattoo?" But why am I a snake? Hey, where's my body? "Help me!" "Wait, something's not right. I'm a guy too, Ah Ling. What are you doing?" 36Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 25 A Zombie? Leave It to Me! 有粽子？放着我来！ Take a look! This man is called Xing Ze, an utterly ordinary person who has transmigrated into a drama. He’s here for just three things: Raiding tombs, raiding tombs, and more tomb raiding! The purple lotus manifests, driving away all evil; He steps into the uncanny and walks the cycle of reincarnation; He searches for his lost three hun and six po souls! A shared universe of Ghost Blows Out the Light and The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. No BL, no character pairings, no harem. The protagonist 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Western Frontier 西境盗墓往事 The internet's most professional firsthand account of tomb raiding!~ My family has passed down a book for generations, called The Lan Clan's Dragon-Treading Art. To me, it's a priceless trove of knowledge!~ During the Qing dynasty, Nian Gengyao presented Yongzheng with the only surviving copy of The Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor, which the martial world had fought over. But Yongzheng had already decided to kill him, so he locked the book away in the imperial library. My ancestors were a fami 840Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 28 Tomb Raiding: I Marry the Immortal Maiden and Recruit the Six Fiends of Pingshan from the Start 盗墓：娶妻仙姑，开局收瓶山六凶 [Tomb-Raiding Crossover + Invincible + Chinese Martial Arts + Taoist Arts + Spatial Powers + Beast Taming + Zombies + No Saintly Protagonist] Wu Jiang transmigrates into a world combining several tomb-raiding stories, becoming the older brother of the young Wu Laogou and the future strongest ally of Xie Di Tianzhen. This world has not only the ancient tomb at Pingshan, Zhelong Mountain in southern Yunnan, Snake Swamp Ghost City, and the mysterious Bronze Gate, but also bloodlines that grant long 30.1kReads6.4Score3.1kShelves
- 29 The True Record of a Tomb Raider 来至一个盗墓者的纪实录 [Real tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal] Starting in the 1990s, this story follows Wei Yonggang, a young man from the countryside, as he rises swiftly through the tomb-raiding world, going from accidental participant to an underground legend thanks to his “guts, attention to detail, and expertise.” He is sworn brothers with Tian Sanjiu, the last disciple of Silver Fox, and his junior fellow disciple is the sharp-eyed Feng, known as Fengzi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Zhang Qiling! I'll Stay by Your Side! 张起灵！我陪着你！ Li Xiao is a longtime fan of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. She couldn't make it to the ten-year rendezvous at Changbai Mountain, and it's a regret she carries in her heart. To her, Zhang Qiling is a faith, a god, and, more than anything, someone overlooked by everyone... The more she loves The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, the more she aches for Zhang Qiling: a man forgotten by the world, who has forgotten his own past and cannot see what lies ahead, yet has always treated the world as his respons 1.9kReads—Score220Shelves
- 31 Searching for the Herb of Immortality: I Nearly Became a Walking Corpse 为寻不死草：差点变行尸 [Tibetan legends + folk tales of the uncanny + suspenseful exploration + tomb raiding, no beauties, not a power fantasy, no formulaic tropes] Legend has it that Tibet is home to an herb of immortality, which comes in yin and yang varieties. If the living eat the yang herb, they can live forever; if the dead consume it, they can be resurrected. But anyone who eats the yin herb turns into a walking corpse. The herb of immortality is said to grow thousands of meters underground, in a place that T 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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! 7.9kReads8.6Score696Shelves
- 33 With a Luoyang Shovel in Hand 手握洛阳铲 The two protagonists learned martial arts from their grandfather from a young age. Their father left and never returned, leaving behind only a diary of his explorations of ancient tombs. By a stroke of fate, Su Le's master gave him the “Heavenly Official Blade,” a weapon said to ward off evil and slay wicked spirits. Meanwhile, Su Can found the “Purple Gold Sword,” sharp enough to cut through iron, in a bronze coffin tomb! The two protagonists continued to hone their skills, eventually mastering 6.5kReads8.8Score497Shelves
- 34 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我当摸金校尉的那些年 Forty years ago, a great flood exposed an ancient tomb from the Warring States period. Forty years later, a mysterious will from my grandfather led me back into the tomb. A ghost village deep in the mountains, black-haired zongzi, yin-yang child servants... My companions and I escaped death again and again, yet still couldn't get out of this cursed land! What caused both groups of tomb raiders to die horrific deaths? And what was it that scared my grandfather out of his mind? Never dig when dang 12.9kReads8.4Score934Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 A Little Tomb Raider from the Northern School 北派小小盗墓贼 [Tomb raiding + mystery + treasure appraisal] [First person!] There are no ghosts here, only one Wang's adventures in the underworld. In the early 21st century, I was struggling to make ends meet when I met an old man on Antique Street. Listening to him brag was what got me into tomb raiding. I once ended up a beggar, spent time on the wrong side of the law, and even made a name for myself in the tomb-raiding business. Grab a seat, everyone, and listen as I tell you some old stories from the und 2.7kReads7.7Score227Shelves
- 37 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 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Tomb Raiding Legend: Beginning at Pingshan 盗墓传奇，从瓶山开始 Tian Yu, sect leader of the Shangqing Sect in the Tianqu Realm, steals the supreme treasure inherited from the Nine-Turn Great Emperor, only to be betrayed by his Dao companion, Shen Qingyue. Besieged by the great powers, he is reduced to a wisp of a soul and transmigrates into the tomb-raiding world. After obtaining the Investiture of the Gods System and mastering the Nine-Turn Investiture of the Gods Art, he explores the great tombs of the land and joins a group of like-minded companions to cr 555Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Strange Tales of Peach Blossom Spring 桃源诡事 [Wuxia + tomb raiding + mystery + adventure + treasure appraisal] The mysterious culture of the Chu Wu, the curse of the Eye of Reincarnation, the astonishing fungus technique, and a series of bizarre events in the Tomb of the Marquis of Zhou. If you’re interested, pull up a little stool and listen to this tomb-raiding legend of strange happenings in Taoyuan... 398Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 40 From the Start, I Had the Strength of a Ton and Punched My Way Through Ghost Blows Out the Light 开局一吨力，莽穿鬼吹灯 Su Yifan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, where he befriends Lao Hu and Fatty! He charges headlong through the Ancient City of Jingjue, the Dragon Ridge Labyrinth, the Yunnan Worm Valley, and more... He makes his fortune alongside Lao Hu and Fatty! … Buy a house, buy a house, and buy another house! This blurb can't do the story justice, so please read the novel... 16Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 41 Tomb Raiding: Who Fed Me the Corpse Beetle Pill? 盗墓：谁喂我吃的尸鳖丹 After being born into a parallel world, Li Wangshu assumed he was in for the sort of story where he’d strike it rich in a bygone era, or become a tycoon. Then one day, someone force-fed him a Corpse Beetle Pill, and he finally realized he’d arrived in the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. To avoid being transformed by the pill into a Forbidden Woman or a water monkey, he had no choice but to embark on a perilous quest into the tombs of the dead to find a way to stay alive. 4.8kReads8.6Score267Shelves
- 42 I Got the Highest Score in the County, Yet Turned to Tomb Raiding to Pay My Tuition 我考了全县第一却去盗墓赚学费 Zhao Yiming came first in the county on the college entrance exam, but his father told him to apply to a junior college. Zhao secretly changed his application and ultimately chose archaeology after seeing his Third Uncle make money selling antiques. When his father found out, he flew into a rage and ordered Zhao to retake the exam. Zhao firmly refused, but with no money for tuition, he could only silently give in to his father’s plans. When Third Uncle heard the news, he recommended Zhao for a s 7.9kReads—Score267Shelves
- 43 A Southern School Tomb Raider's Notes 南派盗墓手记 In the late Qing and early Republican eras, the country fell into chaos, sparking the largest and most sensational wave of tomb raiding in history. People of the time called the oracle bones of Yinxu, the Dunhuang manuscripts, and the wooden slips from the sands of Loulan the three great discoveries of the Republic, as they traced the origins of civilization. In the West, a fervent wave of research into Eastern artifacts followed. Then, in the seventeenth year of the Republic, a deafening blast 1.4kReads6.8Score181Shelves
- 44 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 512Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 45 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… 235Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Tomb of Spirits 灵墓 The tide of the world is vast and unstoppable. Those who follow it prosper; those who oppose it perish! An ancestral book of paintings gradually unveils the secrets behind Eastern mythology. This twisted, unpredictable myth begins when the production brigade organizes the villagers to repair a river. 3.1kReads8.6Score379Shelves
- 47 Tomb-Raiding Chronicles: I Fended Off Evil with Fake Artifacts 盗墓实录：我靠假货撞邪了 [No Female Lead] [The Three Musketeers] I’m an antiques peddler in Panjiayuan, and all I want is to make a little money in peace. That was until I took in a blood-red Warring States jade with a bizarre history. From then on, everything spiraled out of control. Nightmares haunted me every night. A dark figure always stood in the bronze mirror. Business kept going downhill, and bad luck followed me everywhere. I thought I’d merely crossed paths with a wandering spirit. Who knew the strange happeni 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Sleepless 惊眠 An imperial edict brings to light a secret treasure buried for a thousand years, and a mysterious sect stirs up a storm across the north and south. A mysterious tomb-raiding sect, invincible Embroidered Envoys, and fearsome grave robbers alongside the Tiangang and Disha. A young man returned from overseas plunges into the fray like a dragon diving into the sea, throwing the north and south into turmoil. Does the Yuan Emperor’s treasure really exist, or is it a legend spread to deceive the world? 4.6kReads9.5Score548Shelves
- 49 It Was Supposed to Be an Adventure Show, So Why Are You Going Wild with Re Mi? 说好娱乐探险，你带热蜜杀疯了！ After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a signed artist at Jiacheng Entertainment. Having offended the higher-ups but possessing a talent for exploration, he is exceptionally selected for the most popular variety show about celebrity adventures and receives a System reward. He joins Yang Mi, Reba, Yang Chaoyue, Bai Lu, and Liu Haocun. Along with Wu Jing, Hua Chenyu, Cai Xukun, and Zhang Dada, they form an all-star adventure team featuring the most popular variety-show celebrities an 1.2kReads5.5Score104Shelves
- 50 The Nine Nether General of the Gold-Touching Captains 摸金校尉之九幽将军 In the 1980s, a trio of tomb raiders decided to quit the trade and turn to honest business. But when the three went to Xi’an to collect antiques and relics, a man named Ma Laowa set them up, nearly costing them their lives. By chance, they entered the underground palace of the Qin king and narrowly escaped death, bringing a gilt iron box out of the tomb. The gilt iron box contains a golden book, a national treasure of Western Xia that has survived thousands of years without damage. Its emergence 2.6kReads9.3Score420Shelves
