Novels like China's Mysterious UMA Files
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- 101 A Freshman at College, and I’m Already Eating Monsters at 749 刚大一的我，在749吃妖怪 [Ruthless] [Monsters are so delicious] [Let’s take a bite first] “The blind fortune-teller said I’m doomed to be a lone star, bringing bad luck to anyone I get close to? Bah! That’s only because I haven’t eaten my fill!” Lin Chou isn’t a transmigrator, but he got stuck with a transmigrator’s hellish starting scenario. While others fought for their lives against ghosts, he drooled over them. “Mmm, this wailing blood jade is crunchy, with a hint of chicken! That grudge amalgamation tastes like cha 5.4kReads7.5Score345Shelves
- 102 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
- 103 Archives of Mountains and Rivers: The Medical Record of Civilization's Origins 山河档案：文明起源病历 ⚠️ A warning for prospective readers: Please read this before you start! This is not a brainless power fantasy. The protagonist has no cheat abilities, and there is no alien System! An accidental excavation at Sanxingdui leaves an archaeologist suffering from a fatal radiation infection. Mysterious mask symbols, genetic traces of unknown organisms, and unidentified radiation all point to a prehistoric civilization from five thousand years ago. Beneath layer upon layer of confusion, the truth is 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Department of Paranormal Investigations II 神秘事件调查处【贰】 The X-Files Investigation Bureau, Part Two “That's a dragon!” “No, there are no dragons. That's a kite, that's a black plastic bag, that's a bird soaring through a storm. You've read Haiyan, haven't you? Exactly.” In 1968, our country established Institute 507, whose full name was the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering. Later, as more and more supernatural events were discovered, the institute began handling certain cases. In September 1974, some departments of Institute 507 were split 6.4kReads8.8Score569Shelves
- 105 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.” 4.9kReads8.1Score758Shelves
- 106 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 4.2kReads9.1Score588Shelves
- 107 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 334Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 108 Live-Streaming an Expedition: I Terrified the National Team from the Start! 直播探险：开局把国家队吓懵了！ [Livestreaming, Adventure, Urban] Lin Yuan, Earth’s top explorer, unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel Blue Star with a gap in its history and binds to an [Adventure Livestream System]. As long as he livestreams his explorations and shocks his viewers, he can exchange their reactions for heaven-defying items and techniques! And so, a “Ghostly Grandmaster” wandering through the mists of history is born! While other internet celebrities are still staging sensational stunts, Lin Yuan has alread 2.1kReads6.7Score119Shelves
- 109 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
- 110 The Dark Night Draws Near 暗夜将至 When a person's soul grows powerful enough, it can give rise to an ability almost like that of a god. Hidden in our world is a group of people who possess this extraordinary power. The story I'm about to tell you is about one of them. This book updates three chapters on odd-numbered days and two on even-numbered days. I'll try my best not to take any days off... 3.8kReads9.1Score591Shelves
- 111 Bureau 749: What's Wrong with a Rogue Cultivator Taking the Civil Service Exam? 749局：我一个邪修考编怎么了 (The rating just came out, and it’ll go up later.) A special new member has joined the 749th Branch Office in Xikai City. Chen Xie, a transmigrator, male, 20 years old, and the only decent person ever to come out of Villain’s Valley in the Ten Thousand Mountains. His three masters are the Ghost-Refining Patriarch, the Gu Poison Ghost Doctor, and the Yin Trade’s Paper Effigy Granny. They taught him: “Be reasonable when dealing with people. If reason doesn’t work, send them off with physical exorc 76.8kReads8.7Score7.4kShelves
- 112 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 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 113 Never Go to the Old House 千万不要去古宅 Na Ling and Bao Datong were looking for a thrill, so they drove around robbing old houses. One day, they came across a photo of Fengmen Village online and went there to steal a Grand Tutor's chair. They sold it to Li Wei, a chamber of commerce boss, but because the chair was haunted, he resold it to the speculator Meng Guozhao. During the handoff, Na Ling secretly kept the jade marrow hidden inside the chair. After leaving Fengmen Village, Na Ling traveled to Anhui, where he stumbled upon the an 7.8kReads8.6Score233Shelves
- 114 Live: Exploring the World 直播之探索全球 A single outdoor livestream earns Jiang Le the Global Exploration System. Bear Grylls' survival skills, an extreme athlete's physique, an adventurer's experience... Treasure maps to the Mayan hoard, the tomb of the First Qin Emperor, and ancient Egypt... He unearths one lost site after another, bringing them back into the light of day. Archaeologists and exploration teams around the world regard him as the God of Adventure. This is the age of Jiang Le. 46Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 115 Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau: The Sequel 民调局异闻录后传 Twenty-six years ago, when I was born, someone told my fortune and said my fate was tainted by ill luck. So my grandfather gave me a name meant to ward it off: Shen La. Twenty years ago, when I was six, I innocently saw a friend from that other world. Four years ago, when I was still a special forces soldier, I took part in a bizarre incident. Fate led me to an organization called the Bureau of Folk Affairs Investigation and Research, where I became an investigator. From that day on, my nightmar 1kReads9.4Score—Shelves
- 116 Adventure Livestream: From the Start, I Feed a Giant Snake with a Client 直播冒险，开局拿客户投喂巨蛇 [Animated series now underway] After Fang Jiu activates the “Gold Medal Tour Guide System,” the face of tourism around the world changes. His livestream becomes the boundary between reality and fantasy. In the Amazon rainforest, he takes his clients on a “life-or-death rafting trip,” livestreaming from atop a forty-meter giant snake’s head; Beneath the pyramids of Egypt, he digs through thousand-year-old stone walls with his bare hands and negotiates a cut of the profits with a resurrected phara 15.1kReads7.0Score1.3kShelves
- 117 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
- 118 I Told You to Raid Tombs, Not Start a Livestream on the Spot! 让你盗墓，你竟然现场开直播！ In life, we walk many roads. Some are sweet, like the days of youth; others are bitter, like old age and illness. Liu Chuanfeng is walking a road of no return. Yao the Foreman went in, and Wang the Foreman went in too. In the end, even the most cautious, Xiang the Foreman, went in. Liu Chuanfeng seems to be on that road as well. Take care of every step while you can! In 2023, a live broadcast of a tomb-raiding expedition was caught in the act by the cops. Following the clues, they uncovered a ne 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 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 1.4kReads8.8Score127Shelves
- 120 I Founded the Public Opinion Bureau from the Start 开局创立了民调局 The Civil Affairs Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Folklore and Strange Occurrences, is responsible for investigating and handling supernatural events around the country, including folk customs, strange phenomena, feng shui, and urban legends. My name is Chen Shuo. I'm just a rookie who recently started working. Why have they suddenly put me in charge of an entire organization? The pressure is killing me... But I can only grit my teeth and get on with it! With the support of powerful fig 3.1kReads7.8Score201Shelves
- 121 Hundred Gates 佰门 Introducing the new novel, "From Mortal Flesh to Sainthood". [A slow start] [A male lead who grows over time] [Steady progression] The Hundred Schools of Thought each have their own extraordinary skills. As the apocalypse approaches, heroes vie for supremacy! The School of Diplomacy excels at political maneuvering. The Confucians can make their words come true. The Zhuge clan commands the arts of divination and strategy. The Military School can turn beans into soldiers. The Celestial Star School 689Reads8.5Score107Shelves
- 122 Forbidden Zone Exploration: I’m the Toughest Streamer in History! 禁地探秘：我！史上最硬核主播 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Qin Feng binds himself to the [God-Tier Exploration Livestream System] and begins exploring forbidden zones. This parallel world is nothing like Blue Star. Could prehistoric creatures really exist in the East African Rift? Is the Jade Pool of the Queen Mother of the West really in the Kunlun Mountains? Were the zombie attacks once reported in Bear Country actually real? Is Neon Country really haunted? Large numbers of miners once died there, and a major 2.4kReads7.5Score151Shelves
- 123 Huaxia Bureau for Protecting the Nation from Alien Affairs 华夏外星事务护天局 This book is a prequel to Strange Tales of Chang'an, which will continue to be updated. All ideas come from deep space. I wrote it independently, and it was not generated by AI. Updates whenever inspiration strikes. To the advanced-civilization infiltrators among my readers: please ignore me. I can't see through your light-based disguises, so I don't know who's who. 733Reads8.4Score114Shelves
- 124 The Nameless Journey West 无名西行录 After a sandstorm, Shen Heyin, a graduate student in cultural relics research, wakes beside a beacon tower in Guazhou at the start of the Zhenguan era. All she has left is half a bottle of water, a folding knife, and a fragmentary scroll that shows her visions of death. The first time the scroll lights up, it points to a dry well that isn't marked on any road. At the bottom of the well is a boy. Outside it are slashed waterskins, a working well that's been blocked up, and a road sign that's been 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 I'm Zhao Jia. Let Me Tell You About the Ancient Tombs I've Raided 我叫赵甲，讲讲我盗过的古墓 My name is Zhao Jia, an obscure black-market trader in Shancheng. My master, Liu Banchi, spent his whole life hunting with eagles, only to have one peck out his eye in the end. He died at the hands of his own people. Since then, I've been afraid. Not of ghosts, but of people. I washed my hands of the trade, hoping to live in peace, but trouble came looking for me. A map with a sinister secret, a wealthy man with connections everywhere, and a deadly game I can't escape. To stay alive and uncover 25.9kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
- 126 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
- 127 Twenty-Four Strange Tales 二十四异 A child found by an executioner, a senior member of the Daoist sect, and the godson of a Yellow Immortal lead the way. Joined over time by twenty-four more people with extraordinary abilities, they form an organization in Republican-era China dedicated to dealing with supernatural incidents. 4.5kReads9.2Score626Shelves
- 128 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… 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Livestreaming an Exploration: The God-Tier Dad Goes on an Adventure 直播探秘：神级奶爸在冒险 Please look forward to the new book, Totem Era: Awakening an Elite Azure Dragon from the Start. Hope all you big shots will stop by! Tu Nan had achieved success in his career, but when his daughter came down with a terminal illness, he sold his company and became a streamer who explored forbidden zones in hopes that the unknown might hold a cure for her. After binding to the God-Tier Livestream Exploration Check-In System, he checked in at Kunshan's Valley of Death, Shennongjia, the Amazon, th 1.8kReads8.6Score126Shelves
- 130 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
- 131 My Uncle's Bizarre Experiences While Watching the Reservoir 老舅看水库时的离奇经历 They say that if you leave a reservoir deep in the mountains alone for long enough, giant fish will appear in it. And how big are these fish? With one flick of the tail, they can churn rivers and seas. With one thrust of the head, they can shake the earth and mountains. They can smash a small boat more than ten meters long to pieces with a single charge. A distant uncle of mine once visited a reservoir. In those days, food and clothing were scarce, and people were hungry and craving a taste of s 700Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 132 Livestreaming the Pyramids: Becoming the Living Ancestor of Tomb Raiders! 直播金字塔：成就在世摸金老祖！ System + mysteries + livestreaming + challenge stages + wild imagination (the ancient civilizations and myths of East and West come together and collide!) + no female lead + decisive and ruthless This book is also known as: The Commander Who Crushes Bones to Ashes, Killing ghosts when he meets them and slaying demons when he encounters them! Chen Nan is reborn inside the Egyptian pyramids, the greatest of the Seven Wonders of the World. He declares that he will rob every pyramid and activates th 23.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 133 Terror in the Forbidden Zone of Hoh Xil 可可西里之禁地惊魂 The Hoh Xil region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is as beautiful as it is cruel! A team of seven adventure enthusiasts will transmigrate into the mysterious, uninhabited region of Hoh Xil to explore it. Along the way, a series of bizarre, terrifying supernatural events unfold. Will they make it out of the wilderness? And yet... the ending turns out to be... utterly unimaginable... 1.8kReads—Score139Shelves
- 134 The Biggest Scoundrel in Bureau 749 749局第一流氓 Liu Mang, a street punk, unexpectedly awakens ghost eyes and gets dragged into the 749 Paranormal Investigation Bureau. There, he discovers that he carries the bloodline of an ancient shamanic clan and is a key target of the Chrysanthemum School of Japan’s “Human Pillar Project.” From a corpse-reanimation case at a funeral home to an international conspiracy involving corpse-refining, he uses the Taixu Spirit-Taming Art to refine evil spirits and break through sinister schemes involving ghost so 1.1kReads6.7Score197Shelves
- 135 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—Shelves
- 136 Kunlun Abyss: A Forbidden Land of the Mortal Realm 昆仑深渊：人间禁地 [Over 40 million views for the animated adaptation, 9.6 rating for the audiobook, print edition signed, a hit with readers!] Deep in the Kunlun Mountains, sealed underground for two thousand years, lies an elite army of the Great Qin, thought never to have survived. I’m an active-duty soldier. During a rescue mission in an uninhabited zone, I accidentally stumbled into this forbidden place. At death’s door, I had an extraordinary encounter that saved my life. From then on, I joined a mysteriou 85.8kReads9.0Score7.4kShelves
- 137 Record of Strange Phenomena: Bizarre Adventures Through the Years 异象录之流年往事奇异冒险 A two-headed serpent, a giant clam in an ancient well, a humanoid goat, a venomous dragon from the Nine Hells, a giant toad the size of a hill... All these strange adventures, seemingly unrelated, point to one ultimate answer. 382Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 AMA: The Archivist AMA：归档者 That year, the gods of this world abandoned humanity. 1968, Spring Offensive: AMA-YN-001 appears in East Asia. 2001, within the Federation: AMA-US-012 appears in Seattle. 2010, Rocky Mountains: AMA-US-117 appears in the mountains. 2021, 1989, … Outsiders invade, anomalies awaken, memetic contamination spreads, zombies besiege cities, ancient gods’ remains surface, and impostors infiltrate. The only thing standing between them and humanity is the AMA (Anomaly Management Agency), and the archivi 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 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
- 140 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
- 141 Dragon Slayer 斩龙 At the end of science lies theology, At the end of theology lies geography. Feng shui was never superstition. Geography is! Believe in science! Reject superstition! 6.9kReads8.8Score727Shelves
- 142 The Gu Insect Chronicles 捉蛊记 On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, take a pair each of ghost-faced butterflies, large gray moths, white butterflies, and red admirals. Catch hornets, venomous bees, silkworms, venomous snakes, centipedes, and toads, then grind them into powder. Three days later, scald them with boiling water. Add a woman's hair, fingernails, menstrual blood, poisonous fungi, and plants such as datura, then grind everything into powder. Thus is the gu poison made. If a woman has been wounded in love and u 2.3kReads9.2Score304Shelves
- 143 Don't Mess with This Streamer, He Can Rip Zongzi Apart with His Bare Hands! 别惹这主播，他能手撕粽子！ [Urban, livestreaming, no heroine, feng shui, fantasy, System, invincible, feel-good power fantasy.] In a parallel world with gaps in its historical record, ancient tombs have been officially designated “forbidden zones of life.” To me, they're nothing more than beginner zones. That's because I've bound myself to the [Exploration Livestream System]! What others consider a near-certain death sentence is the perfect dungeon for me to farm Shock Points. A general's tomb? Experts say anyone who ente 12.8kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
- 144 Strange Tales from the Bureau: The Final Chapter 民调局异闻录之最终篇章 A strange past, a mysterious department, an eccentric white-haired man, and a fat man who can see through everything: the final chapter in the history of the Folk Affairs Investigation and Research Bureau. 16.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
- 145 Earth Is a Spaceship? I Deciphered the Secret and Became a National Hero 解密地球是宇宙飞船，我成国士了 [Technology Makes a Nation Strong]+ [Mysterious Exploration]+ [Rousing Power Fantasy]+ [Business and Everyday Life]+ [Ancient and Modern Mysteries]+ [Wartime Scaremongering]+ [No Frustrating Plot Twists or Tragedies] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Yuan became a top scientific genius and activated the [Earth Starship Exploration System]. With the nation backing him, Lin Yuan dropped a bombshell: [Earth is a spaceship]. The more people believed it, the more unfathomable cutting-edge 1.2kReads9.0Score120Shelves
- 146 Antique Appraisal with Tingquan: From the Start, I Enter the First Emperor's Tomb! 听泉鉴宝：开局进始皇帝皇陵！ [Single heroine] + [appraisal] + [perilous] + [thrilling] + [ancient tombs] + [immensely satisfying] + [patriotic] Tang Qing unexpectedly acquires a System, and from then on sets out to protect and promote the culture of ancient tombs. The tomb of Song Ruluo, a gifted woman from the early Tang dynasty, is filled with Tang sancai and blue-and-white porcelain. The underwater tomb of Shen Wansan is packed with gold and silver, its riches enough to rival a nation. The tomb of the First Emper 1.7kReads7.2Score100Shelves
- 147 Global Exploration: Decoding Chernobyl 全球探秘：从解密切尔诺贝利开始 Wu Tian, the top boss of Songjiang City, inherited his father's fortune at a young age. But he suddenly came down with cancer and had little time left to live! Determined to travel the world with the time he had left, he unexpectedly awakened the Global Exploration System! And so, a whole new world opened up before him! He ventured into the ghost city of Chernobyl, broke open the sarcophagus, withstood hundreds of thousands of times the normal dose of radiation, uncovered the truth behind the my 1.8kReads8.2Score160Shelves
- 148 Tomb Raiding: I Put All My Talent Points into Reincarnation! 盗墓：天赋都点投胎上了！ The protagonist, who transmigrated from Blue Star, arrives in this world that combines many tomb-raiding settings. On the day he comes of age, his father gives him a golden waist token bearing the four characters “Guanshan Taibao,” forcing him to learn about this strange and wondrous world. 2kReads6.7Score104Shelves
- 149 The Secret Treasures of Mountains and Seas 山海秘藏 I have stood atop mountains and descended into the vast seas. I have ventured into every mysterious corner of China! Could a distant ancient kingdom in the Western Regions really be home to a stunning queen who lives forever? Could the vast mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang really conceal the greatest sword under heaven? Did hundreds of people really witness a legendary dragon on a misty island in the North Sea? In a dark old coffin in western Hunan, the King of the Undead stirs restlessly. I venture i 3.2kReads8.9Score459Shelves
- 150 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
