Novels like The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass
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- 1 Tomb Raiding: The Divine Tomb of Nanling 盗墓之南陵神墓 My name is Qin Hao. I was born into a family of tomb raiders, and my grandfather was a legendary successor of the Mojin tradition, famous throughout the trade. On the day I was born, my grandfather made a rule: from then on, he'd quit the trade for good. My father was to leave it behind as well, and the Qin family donated all its wealth and moved to a remote mountain village to make a living. My father said it was all for my sake! When I was born, I had a strange birthmark on my back. They say i 606Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Memoirs of a Tomb Raider 盗墓者回忆录 [No System, not fanfiction, entirely original!!!] Tomb raiding is a technical craft. You must open a tomb without damaging it, and open a coffin without breaking it. This story begins in 1998 at Whitehair Mountain, on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains. Pagoda of the Buddha, Mound of Ten Thousand Bones: a tomb-raiding adventure with a suspenseful edge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Caves Beneath the Sea of Sand 沙海地窟 To find his brother, who mysteriously vanished six months ago, Xiao Rui sets off on an adventure to the underground caves of the Sand Sea. 20Reads7.3Score614d adds
- 4 Tales of Tomb-Raiding Mysteries 盗墓诡事录 A series of stories that really happened, presented to readers as the autobiography of a man released from prison after serving his sentence, revealing little-known tales from the world of tomb raiding... 12Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 5 The Ghost Tomb's Enigmatic Lamp 诡墓迷灯 Three months ago, Ninth Uncle found me and took me to a strange, wondrous place. Since then, eerie things have kept happening, and terror has followed me everywhere. I want to run. I want to leave. But it’s too late. I can give up everything, but not you! I can escape from anything, but not my fate! It turns out everything was destined from the start! 68Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 6 The Golden-Splitting Formula: The Hidden Treasure Map 分金诀：盗藏天图 Tomb raiders plunder the secrets of immortality, robbing the dead in the Ninefold Underworld. When the sky lantern shines and the ghost-blowing lantern is lit, the master geomancer uses gold to locate the tomb. A qilin map showing a corpse on its back draws Meng Kai into a world of intrigue and tomb raiding. He enters ancient tombs, takes on zombies, battles evil corpses, and hunts ghosts. But gradually, he discovers that what lies buried in the mausoleums isn't human at all... Tomb raiding is d 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Tomb Raiding: The Autobiography of a Mountain-Moving Daoist 盗墓：搬山道人自传 [Tomb Raiding + Suspense + No System] Twenty years ago, my grandfather went to prison for robbing the tomb of the King of Yangyue. Ten years ago, my father was executed by firing squad for robbing a late Shang tomb that held a baby spy. I’m the last surviving member of the Zhang family’s southern branch, and as a descendant of the Mountain-Moving Daoist sect, my veins run with the blood of tombs. When I took up my ancestors’ burden, I was shocked to discover that they had been seeking the secret 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Several Reincarnations, I Revived My Beloved from a Past Life in a Tomb 几世轮回我在盗墓中复活前世爱人 A brand-new tomb-raiding universe! New settings, new battles, and a new style! It’s definitely unlike any tomb-raiding story you’ve read before. Blending tomb raiding, the supernatural, transmigration, immortality, Taoist magic, and more, the protagonist Xu Ran leads his two apprentices, Yi Shiyi and Hua Yang, through ancient tombs, uncovering the stories behind them and gradually solving a host of mysteries, including their own origins and Xu Ran’s most important mission: bringing his beloved b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Tang Dynasty Code 大唐密码 Along the way, I saw ancient beast spirits buried deep in the underground palace of an old temple, the legendary Weimolongren, and the sacred Kunlun Mountains hidden in myth. Along the way, I saw a Buddha who had attained nirvana in the snowy region, a sage who had transformed into a rainbow on a sacred mountain, and a Daoist master who had ascended from Kunlun. Along the way, I saw debts of gratitude left unpaid in a past life, karmic ties left unfinished, and promises that had never been fulfi 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 10 Ghost Lantern: The Secret Mausoleum of the Funeral Home 鬼点灯之义庄秘陵 They say ghost lights often appear in desolate places, among ancient tombs and shadowy woods. As the saying goes, where ghost lights glow, dark shadows fall! They warn anyone who comes near to leave at once. Do not disturb the spirits sleeping in their tombs! 391Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Secret Records of the Mountain Movers 搬山秘录 During Beijing's damp plum-rain season, Zhang Tian, a history graduate obsessed with antiques, happens upon a mysterious old man in Panjiayuan. Along with an ancient bronze mirror, he unexpectedly acquires a book called The Secret Records of the Mountain Shifters, its pages steeped in an eerie aura. Tucked between the yellowed sheets is half a jade pendant engraved with the Big Dipper. Phrases hidden in the notes, such as “Mountain Shifters specialize in breaking mechanisms,” seem to open a door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Lamp Blower 吹灯者 Deep in a ravine on the Loess Plateau lie the secrets of a dynasty, sealed away when Cao Cao established the Gold-Touching Captains. Sixteen-year-old Qin Xiao accidentally awakens the yin-yang eyes inherited through the Qin bloodline when he touches a bronze compass in a collapsed Dragon King Temple. Those gray-white eyes can pierce the earth and glimpse the flow of qi meridians, revealing the ancient tomb complex known as the “Nine-Bend Linked Citadels,” formed when the Yellow River changed cou 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Dragon-Seeking Mystery 寻龙诡藏 It all began in 1999, when Chen Yuan traveled from Shaanxi to Beijing's Panjiayuan to trade antique bronze fragments and met Liu the Fatty. “Boss, how much for this thing?” a deep voice called from above. Chen Yuan looked up and saw a burly, fat man squatting across from him. The man wore a wrinkled white undershirt, a gold chain around his neck, and held a handful of melon seeds, crunching away with relish. A funny tomb-raiding adventure novel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Tomb Raiding: I Get Stronger by Touching Corpses After Burying the First Emperor Alive 盗墓，活埋始皇陵我摸尸就变强 Gao Yong was an ordinary tomb raider who only wanted to find riches in a mysterious ancient tomb. He never expected to be buried alive. But that was when the wheels of fate began to turn: at the brink of death, he unexpectedly activated the Corpse-Touching Power-Up System. Every time he touched an ancient corpse, his strength skyrocketed. Power, agility, swordsmanship, and all kinds of other formidable abilities came flooding in. Deep beneath the earth, the Mausoleum of the First Emperor was pac 22Reads—Score214d adds
- 15 Tomb Raiding: Strange Encounters in the Tomb 盗墓风云之墓室奇遇 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Legend of the Gold-Touching Captain 摸金校尉传奇 Li Yi, an antiques shop owner and heir to a line of Mojin Captains, embarks on a thrilling adventure after discovering a mysterious ancient scroll. He forms a team with an archaeologist, an adventurer, and a computer hacker, then ventures into a mysterious ancient tomb, where they face peril after peril. After breaking an ancient seal, confronting guardian spirits, and escaping a collapsing tomb, they follow a new lead into a mysterious valley, where they uncover more astonishing secrets and hid —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Tomb Raider's Notes 盗墓手札 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, uncanny world opened before my eyes. Deep beneath mysterious tombs that have stood for millennia, half the people are tomb raiders, and the other half are... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Dragon Vein of Cangshan 苍山龙脉 A bronze coffin unearthed beneath the Qinling Mountains reveals a secret buried for a thousand years. Shen Ling, a retired soldier and heir to a line of tomb raiders, is forced back into the trade after finding half of a dragon-patterned jade pendant left behind by his uncle before he disappeared. He turns to his childhood friend Jiang Kui, who made his fortune dealing in grave goods at Babaoshan, and meets Gu Qingyan, an archaeologist willing to do anything to find her father. More terrifying s 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Tomb-Raiding Life 我的倒斗生涯 Tomb raiding is said to have originated during the Cao Wei dynasty and continued for a thousand years. It has both official recognition and civilian organizations. A thousand years have made this illicit trade a fully developed profession, with an astonishing number of tricks and secrets. Literary works have told and retold its tales. But what is tomb raiding really like? I entered the trade at fifteen and led my first expedition into a tomb at sixteen. I saw its dangers with my own eyes... 96Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Tomb Raiding Prophecy: Secrets of a Parallel World 盗墓预言：平行世界的秘密 Lin Feng, an online writer with dreams of striking it rich, plagiarized tomb-raiding novels to make ends meet. But he unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world much like Earth. To his delight, he discovered that none of the novels he'd plagiarized existed there. Armed with the “Tomb-Raiding Compendium” in his mind, he set off a tomb-raiding craze in the online fiction world. The ancient tombs he wrote about, from the mysterious Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the perilous City of Jings jue, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Tomb Raider's Notes: Tales from Northeast China 盗墓手扎之东北往事 The later chapters get increasingly fantastical and exciting, with thrilling adventures. The earlier part is a little more subdued, so please bear with it. Chen Feng is an ordinary man who will gradually grow and achieve great success. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Moving Mountains and Commanding Ridges 搬山御岭 Whether you turn to tomb raiding out of desperation or in the hope of getting rich overnight, once you take it up, you're a thief. A thief is a thief. No matter how you dress it up or how many stories you tell, a thief is still a thief. Once you've done it, you'll never shake that label. I fell in with the wrong crowd by a twist of fate. After all the ups and downs, the trials and tribulations, I managed to make a little something of myself. If you'd like, I'll tell you my story, slowly and from 8Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 23 The Secret of the Haunted Tomb 诡墓密码 As the son of a tomb raider, he never expected that the first grave he would dig would be his father’s, and it turned out to be an empty tomb. A Jurchen decoy tomb, a forbidden place in Miao territory, the mists of ancient Liao, sheer cliffs and snowy mountains... He follows his father’s trail, only to become trapped in a web of danger that has lingered for a thousand years. No one can be trusted. Everyone has secrets they cannot tell. Everyone is helping him, and everyone is harming him... When 88Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 24 Tracking the Tomb's Shadow 墓影追踪 Tomb raiding and battling corpse-demons, making a living by robbing graves. Across the land of China lie countless coffins and tombs. The secrets of feng shui, the heavens, and the earth are profound and unfathomable, beyond the reach of ordinary people. So we must give it everything we've got and uncover the truth. As for what happens in the tombs, let me tell you the story in full! 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Wugensheng's The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 无根生盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding + martial world + treasure appraisal] I’m a poor country boy from rural Hebei. At the start of the twentieth century, I was lucky enough to be found by my grandfather. I followed the expedition leader, traveling far and wide, and grew used to seeing all kinds of people from the martial world, as well as their hidden daggers and their willingness to risk their lives for one another. Now time has flown, and I’ve reached middle age. A person ought to leave something behind. So follow 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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… 4Reads8.3Score214d adds
- 27 With Spiritual Energy Depleted, How Can I Improve My Cultivation? 灵气枯竭，如何提升修为？ (Tomb raiding + supernatural horrors + ominous places of great danger + cultivation + flirting) A slow-paced urban cultivation story set in a world where spiritual energy is drying up. On his way to breaking through to the next cultivation level, the protagonist encounters one bizarre event after another. He explores mysterious ancient tombs and ventures into eerie places of deadly danger… As his cultivation improves, his body begins to show some unusual changes. Whenever he meets a pure, belove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles of Fourth Uncle 四叔的盗墓笔记 Wu Nian / Fourth Uncle: The male lead, 25, a modern chemistry lab technician who transmigrates. Bound to the Archaeologist System, he specializes in toxicology and chemistry and carries a modern knowledge base with him. His greatest wish is to make it home alive. System: His golden finger can identify artifacts, warn of danger, and issue missions, but it often goes offline or malfunctions. It provides the snarky commentary. Wu Xie: His nephew and the protagonist of the original story. He both re 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Above the Snowfields 雪域之上 In 1969, as preparations were made for a possible war with the Soviet Union, an engineering unit entered the Kunlun Mountains under secret orders. There, they stumbled upon an astonishing secret hidden in the mountains... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Tomb of the Underworld 幽冥冢 I admit that what I’m about to tell you is hard for most people to imagine, and may overturn many of their beliefs. What unknown secrets lie buried in the dark underground ruins? For thousands of years, they have drawn one wave of explorers after another. Did those ancient fallen civilizations really exist, or is our history concealing something...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Shan Hai Mystery 山海谜踪 A series of bizarre and extraordinary events unfolds around the search for the legendary Eight Mirrors of the Qin King. Why do those behind the scenes need the mirrors? What secrets are they hiding? What dangers will Lin Jian and Nian Yao face? The story that follows will reveal all. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Tomb Raiders: Lost in the Wilderness of Tombs 盗墓之墓野迷踪 Read the dragon's trail and study the mountains: each winding ridge marks another pass. If the gates are guarded by eight layers of danger, only the forms of yin and yang and the Eight Trigrams can lead the way. Seek the dragon and ask the Way, find the burial point and rob the tomb. Every step hides a mechanism, and every step could be your last. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Legendary Master of Chishui Spirit Wine 赤水灵酿之传世酒宗 The Chishui River has flowed for a thousand years, giving birth to world-famous liquor and nourishing secret brewing arts unknown to the world. In 1988, Du Shaokang, the thirty-year-old young heir to Zuixianfang, a century-old distillery on the riverbank, returns home as a brewer bearing the scars of city life. The inheritance was interrupted during a turbulent era, and he is unexpectedly drawn into a thousand-year struggle over the “Secret Treasure of the Liquor Ancestor.” One strange event fol 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Tomb-Seeker's Chronicle 寻墓探迹录 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Underworld] What if the life you seek does not exist, and the regrets in your heart can never be soothed... The unprecedented ice disaster of 2008 led to me, a seventeen-year-old, joining a tomb-raiding crew by a twist of fate. From then on, I entered the underground world and the treacherous world of human hearts, never to live an ordinary life again. After returning from the Kunlun Mountains, I thought I could leave the scene behind for good. But, to my surprise, I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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! 1.4kReads8.6Score14314d adds
- 36 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? 40Reads7.1Score714d adds
- 37 Northern and Southern Tomb Raiders 南北派盗墓贼 [Tomb Raiding, Suspense, Jianghu, First Person] In the mysterious underground world, ancient tombs are riddles no one can solve, and a source of treasure in the hearts of countless people. Some raid tombs for money, but I am a tomb raider willing to do whatever it takes to escape my family's curse. In the dark underground world, I embark on a life-or-death race against time. I spent more than eight years in the military. To escape my family's curse, I had no choice but to take this thorn-strewn 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: An Autobiography 盗墓笔记：自传 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Early Growth + Later Power Fantasy] My name is Wang Yifan, and I’m a college student. One day, I saw my girlfriend, “Meng Yao.” Not just one, but two identical Meng Yaos. I wanted to investigate the matter, so I sought out the Faqiu Sect. Then one day, after making thorough preparations, I ventured deep into the uninhabited wilderness of Lop Nur and witnessed one strange event after another: “Snow monsters?” “The Demon Tomb of Cancong?” “Instant teleportation?” “The Twi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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... 682Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Life in the Burial Ground 葬地生 When a fragment of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon surfaces, a deadly game spanning a thousand years quietly begins! The life-and-death secrets of ancient tombs, a companion's betrayal, and the human choices people make when offering sacrifices to survive. With the ultimate secret pointing toward... can they make it out of the tomb alive? Will they become the next immortals, or remain trapped forever in an underground world riddled with mechanisms? 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Tomb Raiding: The Secret Realm of Tianshu and the Seven-Star Lamp 北派盗墓：七星灯之天枢秘境 In 2003, northern China stood at a delicate turning point between old and new. The tide of reform and opening up was reshaping traditional industries, while thousand-year-old tombs buried deep underground still concealed secrets and temptations yet to be unearthed. Across this vast region, stretching from the black soil of the Northeast to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi and Gansu, a special group of “dragon seekers” plied their trade. They inherited the ancient 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 42 A Tomb Raider's Jianghu Memoir 一个盗墓者的江湖自传 A tomb raider with a background in geology uses his knowledge to unravel mechanisms that have baffled people for millennia, yet becomes increasingly ensnared in the labyrinth of human nature. This is his true account of life in the underworld: no ghosts or gods, only greed, honor, and betrayal governed by the laws beneath the earth. When the light reveals the treasure, it also casts the shadows of the soul. After crossing the line between life and death, where does true redemption lie: in the to 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Ten Years Beneath the Northern School's Lantern 北派江湖十年灯 Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try it yourself. “A band of tomb raiders spend ten years digging through seven haunted tombs, only to discover that the deepest ‘tomb’ is themselves: a fate buried together with the times, greed, and the code of the underworld.” 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Ancient Map of the Nine Provinces 上古九州山河图 In the 1950s, with strong support from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the History Department of Peking University established the country's first archaeology program. It admitted undergraduate archaeology students and began training the first generation of archaeologists for the People's Republic of China. Chinese archaeology flourished, and in the 1970s, excavations at Yin Ruins unearthed a mysterious artifact d 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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... 192Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 46 The Rural Tomb-Raiding Gang 乡村盗墓团伙 Lao Zhang, Pin Yu, Wang Youcai, Yi Xiaoling, and Wang Jiabei are drawn into the secret of an ancient tomb sealed away for years deep in Baishan after a chance discovery. Ghost soldiers marching along hidden paths, eerie wormholes, lost tombs, and events from thirty years ago emerge one after another. As the group ventures deeper into Telmo Mountain, they gradually discover that the real danger on this adventure has never been limited to what lies inside the tomb. It also comes from the secrets e 3kReads—Score12214d adds
- 47 The Tombs Beneath the Heavens 天下墓藏 (Tomb raiding + mystery, the most authentic tomb-raiding experience) Sometimes life tells us without warning that the things we care about and yearn for aren’t really important. Because before we came into this world, we were already given a special mission... Ninety-nine lives, all to make a single remedy. My name is Xu Chuyi, and I’m a “herb gatherer.” I know the blue sky and the white clouds, understand Grain Rain, trek through forests and scale cliffs, and revere the ancient and mysterious m 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Tomb Raiding: My Years Robbing Ancient Tombs 盗墓：我倒斗的那些年 [Mystery] [Horror] [Smart Protagonist] In the 1980s, my grandfather entered a Western Han tomb. To his surprise, he found a child corpse. He was the only one who made it out alive, but the curse fell upon me. A feng shui master told me I wouldn't live past thirty. I've been plagued by bad luck ever since. Then I met my second uncle, whom I hadn't seen in years, and the gears of my fate began to turn. He led me back to that Western Han tomb, where headless female ghosts, blood corpses, zongzi, an 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Memoirs of a Northern Tomb Raider 北派倒斗回忆录 [Tomb Raiding, suspense, horror, antiques and treasure appraisal] (A true account of tomb raiding.) In the 20th century, I was a construction foreman who had never finished middle school. I got too cocky and was set up. With my family in poverty, I had no choice but to enter the tomb-raiding trade and set off down a road of no return. I made quite a bit of money, but paid a terrible price for it. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Delivery Guy's Tomb-Raiding Journal: From Good-for-Nothing to Immortal Venerable 外卖小哥盗墓记：从废柴到仙尊 Liu Santuo pedaled his battered electric scooter into the downpour. “Bad review? Deliver food in a storm? Forget that!” The next second, an out-of-control luxury car sent him and his scooter flying. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a celestial sect wreathed in clouds and mist, in the body of Ling Santu, the sect’s number-one good-for-nothing. “Jumping off a cliff? Come on, man, that’s too much. Even a bad review wouldn’t be this harsh!” He’d barely finished complaining when three young m —Reads—Score—14d adds
