Novels like Dragon Seeking
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Dragon Seeking, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 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 9Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 Tomb Raiding: A Century of Sign-Ins and Immortality, Slaying Corpses Left and Right! 盗墓：签到百年长生，斩尸乱杀！ [Tomb-raiding world crossover + cultivation + System + invincible protagonist] Zhang Yelin transmigrates into a world where tomb-raiding stories have merged and becomes a direct descendant of the Zhang family. A Qilin bloodline, a black-gold ancient blade, and a Grave-Raiding Finger: they’re just the standard kit. Zhang Yelin has been coasting in the family for a hundred years. Just as he thinks he can keep coasting, the System has had enough and punishes its Host. “Ding! Severe slacking detecte 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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
- 6 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. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Village That Vanished Overnight in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, 1987 1987年陕西秦岭一夜消失的村庄 A village in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi vanished overnight in 1987 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The 749 Bureau’s Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 749局秦岭山别墅拆迁事件 The 749 Bureau's Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Inkborn 墨裔 A jade slip, a legacy passed down for a thousand years. What secret are the descendants of the Moists guarding that has drawn countless dark forces into a struggle for it? The light belongs to humanity. The mysterious clans that roam the darkness belong to the night, while the Mo descendants are the night watchmen in the dark. So the world is all white, and I alone am black. From ancient Babylon to ancient Egypt, from Egypt to ancient Greece, from Greece to ancient India, and from India to ancie 25Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 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 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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
- 12 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 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Tomb Raiding: Strange Encounters in the Tomb 盗墓风云之墓室奇遇 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Bureau 749: The Ghostly Hollow of Wawu Mountain, Sichuan 749局—四川瓦屋山迷魂凼。 749 Bureau: The Bewildering Hollow at Mount Wawu, Sichuan. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 Strange Tales of Sanxingdui 三星堆异闻 The archaeological excavation at Sanxingdui was in full swing when the livestream suddenly cut out. Strange events that defied scientific explanation were unfolding at the site... 76Reads6.9Score10314d adds
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Secret Forbidden Lands 幽秘禁地 College student Liu Minghui has recently been dreaming again and again of an ancient, mysterious altar. In his dreams, he is trapped deep in the Ailao Mountains, where he encounters extinct creatures, eerie rituals, and piles of corpses in armor. Each time he wakes, the terror lingers... He was going to dismiss it as a mere hallucination, but then Liu Hui happened to learn that ruins had been discovered in the primeval forest of the Ailao Mountains, and that they eerily matched the scenes in his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 Souls Reborn in the Haunted Tomb 幽冢重魂 Lin Du, an ordinary graduate student in history, sneaks into a restricted archaeological site late at night to investigate the mystery of his advisor’s disappearance. When he touches the jade disc inside a newly unearthed Tang dynasty tomb, his consciousness is instantly dragged into a dark abyss. When he “wakes” again, he has become a corpse in a coffin: Li Xuanxi, the last prince of the Dashun Dynasty. A thousand years ago, the prince was buried alive on the outskirts of the imperial mausoleum 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Northern School Tomb Appraiser: The First Tomb I Robbed Wasn't Right 北派掌眼：我盗的第一座墓就不对 Grave robbers never see the light of day, and never meet a good end. Their lives are tied to three feet of yellow earth, and their fortunes are stained with blood debts. That is the business of the yin trade. Once you get into this line of work, there's no turning back. On my very first dig, I encountered three strange things. The Luoyang shovel went seventeen meters down. The soil it brought up dated to the Warring States period, but the tomb on the surface was clearly from the Ming dynasty. My 26kReads—Score1.5k14d adds
- 26 The Deep-Sea Mystery Map 深海迷图 Retired soldier Jin Zhongyi is tricked by his friend Jiao Ba into boarding a fishing boat under the pretense of going on a deep-sea fishing trip. He has no idea that they're really setting out to salvage an ancient shipwreck. A family heirloom, a nautical chart from the Ming Dynasty, sets off a series of eerie events and a terrifying voyage, launching a thrilling expedition focused on treasure hunting, with exploration as a bonus. Following the family-inherited Ming Dynasty nautical chart, the s 449Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 27 Sin 罪 A death-row inmate’s monologue on the eve of his execution. From stealing and robbing, to stumbling into the underworld, going to prison for his lover, then tomb raiding, heading to the Miao borderlands in search of an antidote, and being poisoned with a Gu curse... And the strange adventures that followed. The story moves quickly at first, but gets better and better as it goes on. If you’re interested, please let me tell you the whole tale. 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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... 102Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 The Tomb Raider Legends Series: All Six Books 盗墓者传奇系列：全六册 A six-book set, including The Tomb Raider's Legend 1: The Tomb of King Chu You, The Tomb Raider's Legend 2: The Misty Marshes of Yunmeng, The Tomb Raider's Legend 3: The Divine Turkic Coffin, The Tomb Raider's Legend 4: The Sacred Bones of Kunlun, The Tomb Raider's Legend 5: The Ancient Tomb at the Earth's Core, and The Tomb Raider's Legend 6: The Border Town of Tomb Raiders. 202Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 30 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... 601Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Do You Believe What I’m Saying? 我说的你信吗？ No female lead / suspense and adventure / eerie folk tales / secrets spanning generations / team survival / A former professor drowning in debt takes half of an ancestral hydrographic map and ropes in the boatman Shuisheng and the discharged combat engineer Haozi. Together, they venture into the Iron Coffin Gorge of the Three Gorges to raid tombs for treasure. Who could have guessed that the “ghost ship” of Qutang Gorge, a giant centipede, and a Japanese-speaking distress signal would lead to se 280Reads—Score10214d adds
- 32 Tales of Tomb Robbing 盗掘轶事 To find our missing informant, we broke into the “Nine-Orifice Jade Shroud” tomb of a Liao Dynasty imperial consort. Dunzi was poisoned by corpse venom as soon as he touched the coffin. His body began to rot, and he started babbling. Hu Anna searched through ancient texts and cried out, “This isn’t burial jade. It’s soul-locking jade!” Just then, blood began seeping from every jade plug, and a seductive woman’s voice came from inside the coffin: “Three hundred years... At last, a man has come to 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Northern School's Tomb Raider: Searching for Dragons 北派盗墓寻龙记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Underworld + History] Adapted from true experiences. That year, I was no master appraiser fresh out of prison. I was just a poor kid who identified soil by smell and felt his way along tomb passages with his fingers. I drifted through a hazy youth and into middle age, enduring hardship and uncertainty all the way. Over half a lifetime, I witnessed all sorts of people from all walks of life, and heard tales of the underworld you have never heard before. If yo 51.3kReads7.9Score4k14d adds
- 34 The Secret Record of Tomb Robbing 摸金秘记 [A premium, exclusive Tomb Raiding novel] [Zhang Jia Sishu's latest masterpiece of 2016, set to become the ultimate Tomb Raiding novel!] The appearance of an exceptionally beautiful female corpse shattered my ordinary life. Armed with a family-inherited secret art of Tomb Raiding, I opened an ancient imperial mausoleum sealed for a thousand years, seeking rare treasures buried underground and unraveling a mystery beyond anyone's reach. 184Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 35 Tomb Raiding: The Buddhist Monk Who Broke His Vows, Lord Buddha Comes to Make Amends! 盗墓：破戒僧，佛爷来弥补遗憾！ Wu Chen has been a monk for over twenty years when the System suddenly pulls him into a modified, crossover tomb-raiding world. To make matters worse, he’s an undocumented resident. With no other choice, he latches onto Black Glasses, but then cures the curse on Black Glasses’ back. Following Third Uncle to the Seven-Star Lu Palace, Wu Chen stands before Guazi Temple and uses the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra to deliver countless wronged souls from suffering, sending the general who practiced the ev 15Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 36 A Tomb Raider’s Notes from Guanzhong 关中盗墓手记 [Tomb raiding is illegal. This book is intended only to prompt reflection.] I used to be a tomb raider. Now I’m an adviser at the Archaeological Research Institute of the National Cultural Heritage Administration. After turning back from the wrong path, I was given a chance to atone through meritorious service. Everything in this book comes from my own experience. It records my entire journey, from being a farmer on the Xianyang Plateau to straying onto the path of tomb raiding. Here you’ll find 294Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 37 The Third World You Don't Know 你不知道的第三世界 Have you ever doubted the world you see with your own eyes? Have you ever experienced a supernatural event? Are you curious about unknown creatures? Open this book and step into the mysterious, unknown Third World! 820Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 38 Tomb Raiding: The Five Faqiu Secrets and the Ancient Guizang Kingdom 盗墓：发丘五字诀之归藏古国 The only keepsake Mom left behind was like a key, unlocking the bloodline sealed inside Yu Hui for twenty-seven years. A fragment of a tortoiseshell unearthed from a sacrificial tomb led to twelve ancient zodiac tombs, whose secrets could piece together earth-shaking mysteries from antiquity. Weiyang Bureau, Wuqishi Bureau, Haiji Bureau, Zisu Bureau... One tomb, one calamity. Every calamity reveals a shell inscription. A web of connections ultimately points to a lost civilization that can only b 97Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Tomb Raiding: I Was Eight When I Entered the Tomb, and I Have a Max-Level Golden Light Spell? 盗墓：八岁下墓我有满级金光咒？ [Tomb-Raiding Adventure] [Big Shot] [Kid Bro] [Playing the Fool to Fool the Wise] [Legacy] [Supernatural] What happens when Hu Bayi’s tomb-raiding team gets saddled with an eight-year-old tagalong? Taking a brat into a tomb? A new way to get yourself killed? I start with the Golden Light Mantra at level 9,999. The Five Thunder True Method is the perfect counter to thousand-year-old zongzi, and my Heavenly Eye sees right through every tomb-palace mechanism. (Tip: The Corpse King is about to awake 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Secret Records of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓秘录 [Hardcore Tomb Raiding]+ [Suspense at Full Throttle]+ [Utter Terror] Before my master disappeared, he sent me only a stone shard carved with a black dragon coiling around a coffin, along with a bloodstained prophecy: “When the Dragon-Suppressing Coffin stirs, the nine lineages return to their source; when the black dragon opens its eyes, the secret map will emerge.” To find my master, I set out with the black dragon shard and my childhood friend Wu Nianjiu for a suspected Liao-dynasty tomb benea 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 Traces of Yin 殷迹 An account of travels from the Ming dynasty and a carved black bird statue from the Shang dynasty are unexpectedly connected, pointing to the secret behind the cycle of civilization’s destruction. As dark clouds gather and the prophesied apocalypse arrives, will the legendary guardian deity of humanity appear? 572Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 43 The Singing Serpent in the Sky 鸣蛇在天 [Paranormal + fantasy + myth and legend + mysterious organizations + cultivation; not a wish-fulfillment story, no immortal cultivation] A cataclysmic war in the age of myth, and the mysterious disappearance of a race of giants. After an ordinary soldier completes what seems like a simple mission, he joins the mysterious Mingshe Unit. Amid a thousand-year feud between ancient gods and demons, a war among the gods is about to erupt once more. 751Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 44 Bloodline Awakening: The Lost Tomb 血脉觉醒，古墓迷踪 Right after graduation, Fang Yaoyang is drawn into a thousand-year-old mystery and forced to swallow a mysterious pill. His awakened bloodline feels more like a curse. To find an antidote and his missing father, he ventures deep into an ancient tomb, solves a deadly astrological formation, and battles uncanny creatures. But behind the tomb, undercurrents swirl among international organizations, guardian clans, and government forces. And Fang Yaoyang himself turns out to be the most important pie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 China's Mysterious UMA Files 中国UMA神秘档案 UMA, or Unidentified Mysterious Animal, refers to unknown life forms. My name is Su Lie, and I'm a forest ranger in the Greater Khingan Range. By a twist of fate, I met Wu Xianzhang, a biology professor, who asked me to guide his team into an uncharted region. I thought this was my chance to strike it rich, but I never expected to stumble upon the secrets of my own body. The eerie apparition in the Kunlun Mountains, the Xi in Hubei's Shennongjia, the monster of Tianchi Lake, the mysterious flyin 542Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 46 The Secret Burial Heavenly Tome 秘葬天书 Emperors and ministers relied on the Daoist art of geomancy to find their final resting places. Every imperial tomb is a miniature of its age, embodying the highest craftsmanship of that era. My great-grandfather left behind an ancient book called The Secret Burial. It covers an astonishing range of subjects, with especially detailed explanations of feng shui and mountain terrain, finding dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, locating stars, and secret burial customs. By chance, this ancie 58Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 47 Tomb Raiding Tales from Republican China 民国盗墓往事 A long-lost memory brings a gripping story from the past to light. What I’m about to tell you is a secret from the Republican era… 3.5kReads8.8Score60914d adds
- 48 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 42Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 49 Master Yao of the Northern School 北派姚师爷 Decades ago, poor boy Yao Wenzhong from Chifeng encountered an old man watching the stars on a mountain. From then on, he entered a hidden world unknown to ordinary people. From a farm boy who wove bamboo baskets and hauled bricks, he gradually became the renowned “Master Yao” of the Northern School of tomb raiders. With a pair of eyes that could read mountains, rivers, and the stars, and a mastery of celestial feng shui unmatched in the underworld, he made his name. Over thirty years, he travel 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Longevity Project 长生计划 A handsome young man has turned up at my house, mooching food and lodging without paying, all under the excuse that he’s lost his memory. Every sign points to the fact that he has been alive for a very long time... 458Reads8.3Score10614d adds
