Novels like Tomb of Spirits
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tomb of Spirits, best match first.
- 101 The Complete Six-Volume Shanhai Demon Tomb Series 山海妖墓全六册 In the early days of Huaxia, Chi You ruled the land and enslaved humanity. Huangdi, leader of the human race, happened upon a mysterious book called The Classic of Mountains and Seas. From it, he learned the power to stand against demons, defeated Chi You, and became the new ruler of Huaxia. From then on, the demon race fell into decline, never to recover. As time passed, the demon kingdoms became ruins, and tomb raiders gradually began to discover their ancient tombs... I woke up inside the cof 4kReads9.1Score55814d adds
- 102 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 2.5kReads9.3Score38114d adds
- 103 The Last Tomb Raider 最后一个盗墓者 Thirty years ago, my grandfather teamed up with his childhood friend to rob tombs. His friend and the rest of the group all died horribly, while my grandfather alone survived, only to go mad and disappear. Thirty years later, I follow in his footsteps and descend into the caves to search for tombs... A three-headed snake mother, a burial trench holding ten thousand people, and crystal coffins drifting unseen through underground waterways: in this bizarre subterranean world, I fight to survive an 796Reads7.5Score10314d adds
- 104 Shattered Yin-Yang Jade 阴阳玉碎 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + first person + no idiots in the story + clever protagonist + a touch of angst] "I'm turning eighteen soon. I should die, too." Yu Yue and I are twin sisters, born eighteen years ago on Ghost Festival. A fortune-teller gave us each a jade pendant and said that on our eighteenth birthday, whoever's pendant broke would die. We're seventeen now, and suddenly both pendants have shattered. How can we possibly survive? 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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 25.4kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 106 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 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 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 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. 31.7kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 110 Feng Shui Master Lai Xuan 风水大师赖玄 In a bustling city's noisy corner, an antique shop called Xuan Zhai always closes early. Its owner, Lai Xuan, is a laid-back, mild-mannered young man. He usually either turns his old antiques over in his hands or dozes on a reclining chair. Only the few customers who have ventured into the abyss know that when he occasionally opens his eyes, he can see what ordinary people cannot: baleful energy between buildings, people's fortune and misfortune, and even the "qi" flowing deep beneath the earth. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Treasure Hunting: Antique Underworld Tricks, 1988 寻宝：古董江湖术1988 [Antique Appraisal + The Jianghu + Tomb Raiding + Period Setting] The Jianghu’s Eight Inner Traditions are Jing, Pi, Piao, Ce, Feng, Huo, Jue, and Yao. In the late 1980s, my parents went to Lop Nur on an expedition and never came back. With nowhere else to turn, I joined the Ce Sect, and my life changed forever. Once you enter the Jianghu, you become one of its people; and if you’re one of its people, you need Jianghu skills. The Ce Sect’s skills are closely tied to antiques. Finding hidden trea 2.1kReads9.0Score20814d adds
- 112 The Heavenly Master’s Divine Husband 天师神婿 My grandfather was a renowned ghost diviner in the martial world. He lost his health and cultivation saving my fiancée. Yet when I turned twenty and went to ask for her hand in marriage, they threw me out! They thought I was useless and wanted to break off the engagement! But they had no idea that my skills in physiognomy, feng shui, talismans, and Taoist medicine had all reached the pinnacle. And with the bloodline of a great shaman in my veins, I could determine wealth and poverty with a singl 9.6kReads8.3Score61314d adds
- 113 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 406Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 114 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 505Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 115 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 16Reads—Score414d adds
- 116 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 117 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 118 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Demon Sea of the Eerie Gate 盗墓笔记续之诡门妖海 Amid the dense fog, the team led by Qiu Dekao, who died in Tamutuo years ago, quietly arrives… The Third Uncle, missing for many years, appears once more with a youthful face… At an inn by the sea, the death of someone familiar sends Wu Xie into a rage… Yet a witness claims that Dumb Zhang is the murderer? The wheels of fate turn once more, and everyone is plunged into grave danger. Where do those strange attackers come from? Ten years later, everyone reunites in the mortal wo 8.3kReads9.3Score65614d adds
- 119 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Fan Fiction: The Fragrant Veil of the Golden Palace 盗墓笔记同人之金宫香障 A mysterious incense recipe sends the protagonist and his friends on a new adventure and into a new story, with every character at the top of their game... 317Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 120 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 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Tales of Tomb Raiding 盗墓往事 This is a story recounting the author's own experiences robbing tombs. It describes how, during the summer break after graduating from high school, the author went with his family into the deserts of Xinjiang and the ancient city of Loulan to explore tombs and steal treasures. Later, while at university, he found a master to teach him the trade, recruited a crew, and became skilled at locating dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, dating artifacts to dif 241Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 122 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
- 123 Tomb Raiding: My Life in the Underground Palace Underworld 摸金：我的地宫江湖生涯 Told in the first person, the story follows Chen Chang'an, a down-on-his-luck young man from the suburbs of Xi'an, born into a family of traditional architecture experts. In the early twenty-first century, to pay for a seriously ill family member's medical treatment and restore his family's reputation, he is forced into the unfathomable world of tomb raiding in the Guanzhong region. 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 From the Start, I Fuse with an Earthly Immortal in a Tomb-Raiding Crossover World 开局在盗墓综合世界融合陆地神仙 [Tomb Raiding + System + Cultivation] Li Daoxuan, who transmigrated from Blue Star, lives another life in a vast world that brings together tomb-raiding stories. He fuses with Li Chungang from the start and reaches the Land Immortal realm. Sign in at the Jin Dynasty General's Tomb to obtain the Five Elements spells. Sign in at the Nine-Story Demon Tower to obtain sword-flying arts and an artifact prototype. Sign in at the Ancient City of Jingjue to obtain a floating island. 5kReads6.6Score30414d adds
- 125 From the Start, My Iron Sand Palm Is Mastered, and I Carry Old Hu and Fatty to Victory! 开局铁砂掌大成，带飞老胡胖子！ After transmigrating, I join Old Hu and Fatty on a path of unstoppable victories! Making a fortune isn't my strong suit, but I can take down old zongzi with a single palm strike! Red-haired zongzi? Take this Iron Sand Palm! Ancient creatures? Take this Iron Sand Palm! Man-made monsters? Take this Iron Sand Palm! Surrounded by swarms of insects? Watch me... watch how fast I can run! 1.7kReads7.4Score10814d adds
- 126 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Breaking Heaven's Secrets, Part One: The Beginning of Humanity 破天机第一部：人之初 Tomb raiding for riches, the Divine Fire Jewel, supernatural events, ghost hunting and demon-slaying, breaking formations, factional rivalries, and defying the secrets of heaven. Zhiping will take you in search of the Divine Fire Jewel and unravel the mysteries of this world! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Underground World (Complete in Four Volumes) 地底世界（全四册） Break through the barriers between reality and illusion, and redefine the limits of human understanding! Deep in a colossal rift lies the City of Four Million Pagodas. Carved by countless storms over ages beyond measure, it has always remained a blind spot beyond human perception. Yet a vast secret lies hidden in that empty darkness. Archaeological teams have ventured there again and again, but not a single person has ever returned alive. But curiosity is human nature, and exploration is instinc 8.8kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 129 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 180Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 130 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 2.8kReads6.7Score26314d adds
- 131 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
- 132 The Corpse of a Mountain Village Woman 山村女尸 [Feel-Good Read + Urban + Suspense + Supernatural] He Xi is an ordinary security guard. One day, the west gate of Chaoxi Psychiatric Hospital desperately needs a guard. The pay is 30,000 yuan a month, but nobody dares take the job! Nobody else dares, but He Xi does! Only after arriving does he realize something is wrong. The west gate isn’t meant for people to pass through at all. It’s a gate for ghosts! 8.1kReads7.7Score37614d adds
- 133 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 325Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score11614d adds
- 135 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 42.2kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 136 Tomb-Raiding Mysteries: The Sand-Sifting Manual 盗墓疑云：淘沙谱 My fate is unusual. I lost one hun and one po soul when I was young, and through a twist of fate, I entered the tomb-raiding business. Following clues left behind by the ancients in The Sand-Seeking Manual, I ventured to desert cities, the ghost kingdom of western Hunan, the divine realm of Kunlun, and more... Gradually, I began to recover the souls I had lost. As my memories resurfaced, I discovered that the mastermind behind every scheme was none other than myself! Qin Yu and I went from broth 247Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 137 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 495Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 138 Tomb Raiding: My Third Uncle Is No Ordinary Man 盗墓，我的三叔不一般 A perfect fusion of the tomb-raiding worlds of Candle in the Tomb and The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. Join Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi as they face off against the second-generation Nine Gates crew. One autumn afternoon… A naive thirty-five-year-old boy sees injustice and leaps to help… What does he see? A grown man beating a woman in the street! How the hell could he stand by and watch? And she’s a beautiful woman, too! Unable to hold back any longer… He charges in, kicks the guy square in th 551Reads6.9Score10114d adds
- 139 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Dragon-Seeking Map 盗墓笔记之寻龙图 The Dragon-Seeking Chart was first written by Yin Yangzi, a feng shui master of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It recorded the locations of two great tombs and an ancient ruin altar from that era. Later, further calculations revealed three auspicious sites of true dragon energy. A note claimed that whoever obtained all three could rule the world. The chart was later studied and continued by Yang Yanzi, a Taoist priest of the Ming dynasty. The priest eventually changed his surname to Liu and becam 887Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 140 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 141 Tomb Raiding: The Autobiography of a South School Grave Robber 盗墓：来自一位南派土夫子的自传 [Authentic tomb raiding, outdoor adventure, suspense and the supernatural] I'm a tomb raider from the Southern School! In the early 1990s, I was forced to set out with my second uncle on the point of no return that is tomb raiding. They say tomb raiding is a trade where you risk your neck every day! In reality, what makes it even more treacherous than the ancient tombs is the deceitful underworld of tomb raiders! Now, let me tell you about the years I spent tomb raiding with the Southern School, 59.9kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
- 142 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 143 The Ghost Speaks Not: The Ghost's Lament at Xiandun 鬼不语之仙墩鬼泣 Ghosts Don't Speak: The Ghost Cries at the Immortal Mound is the first book in the latest tomb-raiding series, Ghosts Don't Speak. Taking the mysterious ancient Chinese Nuo religion as its point of departure, it tells a twisting, perilous tale of tomb raiding. The story begins with legends passed down orally by the protagonist's ancestors. The protagonist ventures into the Northeast, travels through the Central Plains, and heads southwest in search of the legendary rare treasures and the secrets 2kReads9.3Score29114d adds
- 144 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 145 Knocking at the Tomb Gate 叩陵门 [Tomb Raiding + The Supernatural + Horror + Mystery] When the last generation of highly skilled “underground workers” meets the first group of academically trained archaeologists, carrying fresh ideals, they are not colleagues. Yet, at the will of the state, they are forced to form an unprecedented special team. Their mission is not to hunt for treasure, but to rescue it. Their adversaries are not only the bizarre mechanisms in thousand-year-old tombs, but also foreign forces stirring in the sha 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Tomb Raider Who Keeps Time 盗墓守时人 “Guardians of Time and the Memory of Civilization”, All ancient tombs and ruins are actually defensive fortifications built by Chinese civilization to withstand periodic “spatiotemporal cataclysms.” The struggle between tomb raiders and tomb guardians is, in truth, a battle over the memory of civilization. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Peerless Treasure Appraisal 无双宝鉴 His fiancée betrayed him, and then he was framed and driven into bankruptcy. Just when his life hit rock bottom, he suddenly gained a golden finger. He’ll make a fortune appraising treasures and take back everything he lost! 3.8kReads8.4Score42514d adds
- 148 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Mount Mang Beneath the Mirror 镜下邙山 Mount Mangshan Beneath the Mirror 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Tomb Raiding: I Have a Secret Record of Wuhou 盗墓，我有一本乌候秘录 [Low fantasy + no System + multiple heroines + tomb-raiding crossover] My name is Cao Yang, and I'm a transmigrator. I was reborn into a family of tomb raiders and antique enthusiasts. From the start, I took a ghost as my godfather and another as my godmother. Later, a single ancient book set me on this path. In Panjiayuan, in the capital, I'm "Divine-Eyed Cao," the man who can tell a genuine artifact at a glance, and the owner of Tianyi Tower. In the vast Taklamakan Desert, I'm the "Long 10.7kReads8.0Score92314d adds
