Novels like The Art of Coffin Mountain
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- 1 The Supernatural Cases of Chuandu, Revealed 川都灵异事件大揭秘 Across the entire Sichuan Basin, countless legends have been passed down. The saying that it’s better to believe such things might be true than to dismiss them as false has left a deep-rooted impression on the hearts of ordinary people! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Netherworld Master 冥师 My name is Zhao Dabao. I’m an orphan, and Third Master raised me. Even as a child, I knew there were some friends of mine I couldn’t tell anyone about. Erbao never grew up. Sanbao couldn’t go out in the sunlight. Sibao always had a faint fishy stench about him... I knew my friends weren’t ordinary people, but they’d been with me my whole life, and I always treated them as my brothers and sisters. I also thought of Third Master as my own grandfather. Then, when I turned eighteen, everything chang 146Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 3 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 251Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 4 An Illustrated Guide to Impostors 伪人图鉴 This is the story of Grandpa Liu. On his deathbed, he gave his seven-year-old grandson a notebook and told him that many people in the village were not human. He warned him to be careful if he ever encountered an impostor. But ten years later, his grandfather came back to life. Is there more to this than meets the eye? Read my novel to find out. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Cherish Me, Cherish You 惜我惜 The story of Ye Xushi and Wang Xingang’s tragic romance in every lifetime... Each life brings its own regrets. They meet again and again, lifetime after lifetime. Perhaps they become husband and wife, perhaps lovers, or perhaps the strangers who know each other best! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Supernatural Cases Exposed 灵异事件大曝光 From ancient times to the present, mysteries unexplained by science have remained just that: mysteries. Let’s explore this world together, investigate all kinds of eerie phenomena, and find ways to dispel superstition. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Folk Mystical Arts 民间奇术 I’ve been blind since childhood. My grandfather told me that we carvers are different from those people cursed with the Five Afflictions and Three Shortcomings. I didn’t believe him, not until... 79Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 8 The Tiger Coffin That Keeps the Dead at Bay 虎棺镇尸 At the third quarter of the hour of the Rat, the bronze bell in the Zhu family ancestral hall suddenly rang out with a deafening clang. Guo Xiuxuan flicked his horsetail whisk, snuffing out the ever-burning lamp. He ran a fingertip along the edge of his peachwood sword, and a bright red bead of blood trickled down the pattern of the Big Dipper. The three incense sticks on the offering table snapped in unison. In the moonlight, their ashes coalesced into a twisted human face. “Master!” A young no 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Half a Life, Half a Heartless Soul 无心半命人 When I was born, I had no heart, yet I could live normally. I could also see ghosts, so everyone called me a “Half-Life Person.” As I investigated one bizarre haunting after another, I discovered that every vengeful ghost had a chilling story from its past. It gave me a new understanding of human nature. There are no ghosts in this world; evil comes from human nature. As my investigation continued, I discovered that my parents' disappearance and my birth were both unusual. A vast secret seemed t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Secrets of Bashu 巴蜀密语 More than four thousand years ago, before wars or migrations, the ancient kingdom of Bashu mysteriously vanished. To break a century-old curse, I ventured into the primeval forests of the Qinling and Daba Mountains, met the guardian of an ancient tomb a thousand years old, and became a master who could manipulate feng shui and command the forces of yin and yang… I became the only person who knew the secrets of the ancient Bashu tombs. 1.4kReads7.3Score14214d adds
- 11 Kunlun Abyss 昆仑极渊 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Lighthearted + Witchcraft] The Ghost Mother of the Ghost Kingdom in a bronze coffin, the mysterious boat-shaped coffin in a thousand-year-old well, the coffin sunk beneath the lake in the Valley of Death on Mount Kunlun, the mysterious airport on Mount Kunlun, and the temple ruins of the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom all point to one mythical place: the Ruins of Kunlun. To uncover the truth, I traveled through all kinds of hidden places: underground, si 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 In Search of Miracles 神迹寻踪 [Supernatural, old-school style, serious mystery and adventure novel, not a tomb-raiding story, slow to start, but it gets exciting later] The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth can transform into all things under Heaven. The stillness of Wu Earth is a wild force that can move mountains and overturn seas. The solemn change of Geng Metal is a sharpness that strikes straight at the soul. The concealment of Gui Water is a chill that can freeze time and space. The refinement of Yi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Healer's Dao Heart 医者道心 An accident made me lose my seal necklace, awakening my ability to see ghosts and setting off a series of perilous adventures. They’re dangerous, but there are also heartwarming moments and plenty of laughter. I’ll face the unknown alongside my good friends… But a much larger conspiracy is also quietly taking shape in the shadows… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Move Aside, Grave Robbers: Mount Pingshan Is Mine 搬山卸岭靠边站瓶山我看上了 Xiling Chen Yulou + Banshan Zhehushao + The Mystic Nine + Crescent Hotel + Candle in the Tomb + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles In this world that brings together all kinds of tomb-raiding tales, Liu Qing, a man reborn, wields martial arts with such lethal force that his blades and spears inspire terror. His mastery of Taoist arts and supernatural techniques is just as impressive, earning him the title of the greatest celestial master alive. Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan call him Sixth Master at every 2Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 15 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 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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.” 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Ghost Bride in the Coffin 棺中阴婚女鬼 [A blood-red coffin wrapped in scarlet silk traps a vengeful spirit; at the third watch, a ghostly wedding comes to claim its bride] During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the failed scholar Wang Feng was passing a mass grave at night when two blood-red lacquered coffins burst from the earth. Inside lay an uncorrupted corpse dressed in bridal robes: his fiancée, who had died suddenly three years earlier. That night, three thousand strands of black hair surfaced in the ancient well at the vil 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Paper Effigy Maker: Paper Figures Become Gods 扎纸匠：纸人成神 The world underwent a tremendous change, and spiritual qi revival began. All kinds of monsters appeared in the human world and wreaked havoc everywhere. Fortunately, humans also awakened all sorts of supernatural abilities, gaining the power to fight back. Wang Ling was an ordinary paper effigy maker until he awakened an ability called “Spirit-Driving Paper Control.” From then on, all kinds of powerful paper spirits came into being. Ferocious beasts, ghosts, supernatural ability users, even the 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 19 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 A paper effigy maker crafts ghost paper, summoning paper ghosts to make offerings to the realms of yin and yang. Put simply, a paper effigy maker is an artisan who makes paper offerings. Most of the items they create are paper boys and girls, spirit houses, paper horses, and other things burned for the dead. Paper effigy making is one of the oldest trades among the many old professions. In the old saying about the many trades, the “seven crafts” refers to people who make paper offerings. Many pe 12Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 20 A Collection of Northeast China's Folk Horror Stories 东北民间恐怖故事合集 This is a collection of horror stories that peels back the mysteries of Northeast China. Every tale comes from stories passed by word of mouth in the countryside. When the lamps are lit tonight, let me tell them to you slowly: strange happenings deep in the mountains, ghost stories from old houses, rural taboos and legends, and the chilling truths and terrors hidden behind the warmth of everyday life. Are you ready to hear the “old stories” of the black soil? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Tomb Raiding: So That's How We're Playing? Nobody's Following the Script 盗墓：这么玩是吧，都不按剧本来 He transmigrates into the world of tomb raiding as the adopted son of the third generation of the Chen family, one of the Old Nine Gates. Chen Si accidentally discovers that he can see instruction manuals on antiques. And so, a door to a whole new world opens! Drink water from the teapot to curb desire and sharpen the mind; brew a pot before getting down to business. The sound of the purple-gold, carved merit-gathering wooden fish clears the mind and sharpens the intellect, shielding listeners f 48Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 22 Divination and Talisman Drawing 术数画符 Use fingers as a brush and magic as ink to drive away evil and avert calamity See the future and discern past and present, search for the number plate in the sea of sand Set the world in order and reshape fate, sign away life and death in the abyss Seize the secrets of heaven, divide yin from yang, seek the dragon and strike at its scales … 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Tomb Raiding: Corpse-Controlling Dharma King, From the Start, I Win the Queen of Jingjue 盗墓：拘尸法王，开局收精绝女王 By a twist of fate, Xu Feng inherits the legacy of the Corpse-Controlling Lord in an ancient tomb and an alternate dimension. He can slay ghosts and gods, suppress zombie calamities, and even refine zombies into his own puppets. What’s more, by absorbing the energy found in zombies, tombs, and burial goods, he can obtain loot. “In an ancient barbarian tomb, he subdued a red centipede with incredible strength and skin as hard as iron; At the outskirts of a ghost cave, a peerless empress with boun 5Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 24 Tomb Raiding: Card Master, I Build an Unrivaled Faction 盗墓：卡牌大师，我打造无双势力 "Two-Way Portal" "The Mystic Nine" "Slow-Burn Growth" Jiang Songyun transmigrates to the Republican era and happens to meet Zhang Qishan, who is being hunted. Knowing he is caught in a time of chaos, he has no choice but to enter the fray. Fortunately, he gets a Card Master System. With the System’s two-way portal and card-creation functions, Jiang Songyun sets out to build an unrivaled force of his own. He travels to Water Margin and back. He gathers the 108 heroes, turns them into cards, and b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Maoshan Arcane Arts 茅山秘术 The world is full of extraordinary people, including those who can locate burial sites, read the forces of yin and yang and feng shui, and exorcise evil spirits. They are the true practitioners of Maoshan! Armed with a book of Maoshan esoteric arts, Lin Jiusheng travels across the land from north to south, encountering countless strange events and bizarre tales... 597Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 26 The Secrets of the Strange Arts 奇门诡秘 During the Republican era, a once-peaceful village is thrown into turmoil by Xu Jinglou's dreams. The dead shed bloody tears, scaled corpses devour hearts, rats bring money, dogs dig up graves, venomous insects worship their queen, and ten thousand snakes pay homage to their sovereign. Strange and fantastical tales reveal the grudges and passions of the Thirty-Six Folk Traditions. When faced with life-or-death choices, what path will Xu Jinglou take? 76Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 27 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? 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Those Years of Exorcising Evil in Guangdong 广东驱邪那些年 Three decades, dozens of regions, and hundreds of exorcisms A true account of the tumultuous, terrifying lives of two generations of ghost hunters Behind every supernatural incident lies a heartbreaking story... Behind every story is a long-buried secret, unknown to others: things they cannot bear to leave behind, cannot let go of, partings from those they love, and resentment that endures... (Anthology, no System, no immortal cultivation, grounded in reality, a modern-day Strange Tales from a C 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Secrets of a Corpse Stitcher and a Maoshan Taoist 缝尸匠和茅山道士不得不说的秘密 For thirty-seven days, red rain blanketed Shanghai. The survivors discovered a bizarre pattern: anyone caught in the rain developed black stitches across their back, as if they were corpses being sewn together one stitch at a time. Li Yang, a physics teacher, was the first stitch She sewed into this world. The last heir of the Maoshan lineage returned with three thousand lives and three thousand years of memories. He said, “She isn't a god. She's just a corpse stitcher.” Three thousand peachw 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Strange Tales from the Countryside 民间山野奇谈 An ancient tomb, an unknown creature, and an expedition that reveals a world utterly unlike our own. People like to explain supernatural events with talk of ghosts and spirits, but the wonders of certain things cannot be made clear in a few words. This is the story of an unknown nobody, a piece of history long since forgotten… 25Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 32 I'm a Musician Who Woke Up in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 我一个音乐人穿到盗墓笔记了 A gold-medal composer named Guan Weiying worked through the night and died suddenly from a lack of inspiration, only to discover that he had transmigrated to another world. During his time there, he made three requests of the world's consciousness. What will happen next? Open the book and find out for yourself. (The truth is, the author imagined putting himself into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. But after thinking it all through, it just didn't feel exciting enough, and I wanted to tell other p 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Tomb Raiding: Tianzhen Saved Me from the Start! 盗墓：开局被天真所救！ From the start, Tianzhen, who’s still in high school, saves her and takes her home. After that, she travels through all kinds of ancient tombs with Tianzhen and the Iron Triangle. But as they explore more and more tombs, a series of strange mysteries begins to surface. Who exactly is Ye Xiyun? What is her identity? Has Xiao Ge truly lived for tens of thousands of years? What is Wang Pangzi’s real identity? Could little Tianzhen have a different identity, too? Once the truth comes to light, will 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The True Immortal of the Ghostly Path: Making Paper Effigies in the Mortal Realm 诡道真仙：我在阳间扎纸人 When Gu Ming opens his eyes, he finds himself lying on the door panel of a funeral hall. A ring of ghostly handprints encircles his wrist, impossible to wash off, and his palm is clenched around a “life-buying coin.” An old smoker from the Demon Suppression Bureau tells him, “You took the money, so now you have to give up your life. That’s the rule. You have three days.” In this world, imperial power has fallen into decline, and monsters and evil spirits run rampant. The living are more poisono 28Reads6.2Score13814d adds
- 35 Yin-Yang Ruoxie 阴阳若邪 On the day Xie Ruoxie was born, the family home was surrounded by countless poisonous insects. His mother took it as a bad omen and abandoned him at birth. Fortunately, his grandparents raised him. He only wanted to get into college and repay their kindness, so why are the things happening to him getting stranger and stranger? And who am I, really? Why can I command poisonous insects and drive away ten thousand ghosts? (This story is adapted from real events.) 19Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 36 I'm Not a Tomb Raider 我不是盗墓者 I'll tell you a secret: history is alive. Li Bai's friends and the emperor's fellow players may still be right here among us. The strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas have never left, either. It all began with an extraordinary encounter I had on the Tianshan Mountains. An old man gave me his memories. Now, the story begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Fox Immortal Seeks a Title: I Said You Look Like My Future Wife 狐仙讨封：我说你像我未来的老婆 The white fox who once snuggled under the covers with me came to ask me to grant her a human form. I said: “You look like my future wife: a tempting face and figure, a slender waist, soft breasts, peach-round hips, fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. You're even more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox spirit descended to the mortal world.” 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 39 The Hidden Dragon's Secret Tomb 藏龙秘葬 (No System, no transmigration, no different people, no harem.) This world is full of unsolved mysteries. The fox-shaped shadow in a pit along the Qinling dragon vein, the mysterious disappearance of the Twin Fish Jade Pendant, the mystery of eternal life surrounding Loulan’s ancient kingdom and its left ear, the eerie mirage at the Gate of Hell in Kunlun… Can you believe it? A stunning beauty drops two sacks of cash on me and says she wants to uncover the truth behind this world and search for t 391Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Nine Dragons Heavenly Coffin 九龙天棺 A pair of eyes in the thick fog of a canyon; a huge cavern beneath a tomb on a remote island; an ancient ghost city deep in the desert... What secrets have been hidden for thousands of years? After peeling back layer upon layer of mist, what kind of ending will we find...? 36Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 42 Tales of the Supernatural 人间灵异杂谈 Everyone has a colorful past, and what I’m about to tell you happened right here around me. It was strange and mysterious, so listen as I recount it all. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Lin Family Coffin Shop 林家棺材铺 My name is Lin Ping. I used to run a coffin shop with my grandfather. By chance, I joined the National Bureau of Paranormal Incident Investigation, and that's when my legal tomb-raiding adventures began. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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! 1.3kReads8.6Score13614d adds
- 45 The Grand Mystic 大玄师 Sun Lei smiles faintly and raises a hand to split open the Yin-Yang Road. “Moved yet?” Demons, ghosts, monsters, and spirits: “Wouldn’t dare. Wouldn’t dare…” 132Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 46 Apocalypse: Tracing the Dragon's Veins 末世：探寻龙头脉 [Thriller and Horror] [Tomb Raiding] [Antique Appraisal] [Supernatural] [Imagination] Wei Qi, who runs an antique shop in the provincial capital, explores a cave in his hometown with two companions. After they encounter something strange, he falls seriously ill. During his illness, he enters another world, receives guidance from an expert, and gains the ability to use feng shui and magic arts. After recovering, his memories return, and he discovers that his father dug up the coffins of his mothe 6Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 47 The Last Maoshan Celestial Master 最后一个茅山天师 They tore down the temples, burned the peachwood swords, packed the Taoist robes away, sealed the talismans in storage, and put the glutinous rice away. It was a scientific triumph, and the Taoist masters’ final age… Ding Chen, the last heir to the Maoshan Taoist lineage, never imagined that he would lose his job the moment he inherited the sect leader’s seal at the age of twenty-one. He could only take a copy of the Book of Celestial Divination and a marriage agreement to Chang’an. 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Ink Master 掌墨师 A stern warning!!!! All the yang-meridian techniques in this novel come from a handwritten folk copy of the Lu Ban Book, an ancient text that truly exists. Do not try them lightly!!! It all began with my grandfather… He was an old carpenter, now well over eighty. By chance, I happened to open this long-forgotten copy of the Lu Ban Book. It was handwritten, and my first reaction after reading it was confusion, because I couldn’t understand it at all. So I studied it carefully. It recorded many t 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Forbidden Ground for the Living 活人禁地 Seek out the world's rare treasures, and plunder its hidden relics. The living should stay away from these places... 1.5kReads7.2Score13114d adds
