Novels like Tomb Raiding: The Qilin Returns, and an Old Friend Gets a Cheat
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- 1 Sand Sea: An Adventure in Search of Someone 沙海之找人历险记 The story follows the plot of Sand Sea, sometimes following the original novel and sometimes the TV series. The female lead, Zhang Tian, is a domineering CEO. After arriving in the tomb-raiding world, she sees enormous potential for technological development and decides to continue building her “business empire” there. But along the way, she runs into kidnappers and finds her biological father, only to discover that he already owns businesses. Her entrepreneurial plans collapse before they eve 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Innocent? Wu Xie! 无邪？吴邪！ A fanfic of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles A lighthearted story, shipping, Ping Xie If that's not your thing, don't read. On Wu Xie's first tomb raid, he meets not only a strange young man, but also a strange woman. Wu Xie can't figure out why she's so unfriendly toward him. Oh, it turns out she likes the young man. What? The young man likes him?!!! 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Tomb Raiding: The Zhang Family Priestess Goes on a Killing Spree 盗墓：张家祭司她杀疯了 [Tomb raiding + mystic arts + original heroine + extensive original worldbuilding + powerful partners + mutual healing + happy ending + not very friendly to the Jiumen + very unfriendly to Yatou] Zhang Qingran glimpses the secrets of fate in a forbidden place: The silent Zhang Qilin who shields her will one day be battered by fate, become the “key to immortality” coveted by everyone, and ultimately die alone in a snowy mountain range. She smiles. Anyone who touches him dies. On the surface, she 1.8kReads8.2Score21414d adds
- 4 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Mute Bottle's Rebirth 盗墓笔记之闷油瓶重生 This is a dual male-lead story, so please keep that in mind. If it's not your thing, please don't leave hate comments. Main pairing: Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie. Side pairing: Xiaohua and Hei Yanjing. The story is mainly about Zhang Qiling being reborn and going to even greater lengths to protect Wu Xie, while gradually helping Wu Xie realize his own feelings. 3.1kReads8.7Score43414d adds
- 5 Tomb Raiding: Raising a Kid? No, Raising a Cheat! 盗墓：带娃？不，是带挂！ [The Iron Triangle + Ping-Xie + Hei-Hua + Genshin Impact gacha System + canon-compliant] [Never played Genshin Impact? No worries, the story isn't focused on the game] Qi Miaomiao is reincarnated as Xiao Ge's never-before-seen younger sister. Her master tells her that her brother is a little sour gourd, so of course she'll protect him! So whenever the group runs into danger: Divine Manifestation: Baleful Eye! Electro applied, Wu Xiaogou and the zongzi go toe-to-toe When Xiao Ge sheds blood: Sin 1.9kReads8.2Score26814d adds
- 6 Tomb Raiding: A Game? He's in the Same World as Me! 盗墓：游戏？他和我一个世界！ On Wu Xie’s sixteenth birthday, by some strange twist of fate, he chose a bagua mirror at Wu Sansheng’s house. After he cut himself, he saw a pitiful little boy inside the mirror. And the bagua mirror was miraculous. It had special powers: he could spend money to buy things for the boy, and it would also reward him after certain special events. From then on, Wu Xie began raising a child. But when he was twenty-six, he met someone who looked exactly like the boy. 255Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 7 Tomb Raiding: The Little Madman Who Came to Collect a Debt 盗墓：来讨债的小疯子 (Extremely unfriendly to the Wu family. Wu Xie fans, stay away.) [All Pairings + Revenge + Everyone’s Favorite + Unfriendly to the Wu Family + Beautiful but Tragic] A beloved genius surrounded by powerful figures, with brains and a revenge plan. The protagonist is both unhinged and fierce, and puts all kinds of people in their place. I have the strongest backers: Dumb Zhang and Hei Xiazi watched me grow up, Chen Pi and my master taught me their skills personally, and Xie Yuchen cherishes me lik 3.8kReads7.4Score42414d adds
- 8 Tomb Raiding: Hands Off My Little Sister 盗墓：放开我妹妹 (Main story complete) Heroine: Zhang Haixin, an original character, a member of the Zhang family and Little Brother's younger sister. Pairing: Hei Xiazi. Mostly a beloved-by-all story (familial affection). Apologies for any out-of-character moments. The main plot follows the original storyline. She'll protect her brother's friends out of love for him. Based on the original story, unrelated to any film or TV adaptations~ Zhang Qiling found the last female qilin of the Zhang family in their ances 3kReads7.0Score39414d adds
- 9 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Don't Wait Ten Years! Take the Knife-Wielding Guy Home from the Start 盗笔：别等十年！开局带小哥回家 [The rating just opened and will rise!] [Two male leads] [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] [Ping Xie] [Reborn] "H-Hello, I'm Wu Xie." When Wu Xie delivers this opening line in his most innocent voice, only he knows that beneath those seemingly pure eyes lies the aged soul of a man who fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! He's back! Reborn after dying in Yucun, he's returned to before all the stories began! This time, he is no longer the "innocent" pawn pushed along by fa 2.4kReads8.8Score39814d adds
- 10 Tomb Raiding: I Actually Stole the Protagonist's One True Love! 盗墓：我竟然抢了主角的白月光！ [Tomb Raiding + Two Male Leads + Zhang Qilin] Wu Chen is playing games in his dorm when he suddenly transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world and gets bound to a System that will kill him if he misses a daily check-in. Oh no! Great Transmigration Deity, you’re making things difficult for me, Pang Hu! Later, Wu Chen urges the System to give him more quests while hugging Little Brother, and says he’s definitely not complaining! System... 1.1kReads6.9Score12214d adds
- 11 Tomb Raiding: The Little Accessory Has Quite a Temper 盗墓：小挂件脾气挺大 [Severe OOC] [Hei Ye CP] [Thumbelina] [Hei Ye’s little accessory] [One poke, one bloody hole] [Come on, hit me] [I may be tiny, but I’m reckless] Who else could transmigrate and turn into Thumbelina? Her, that’s who! A queen with a crown on her head. Never seen one before? Then feast your eyes. * Hei Xiazi came across a Thumbelina. The little thing was a lot of fun, so he decided to keep her. After all, even the chickens ate more than she did. Wu Xie’s first thought when he saw Tang Yunshu: So t 3.8kReads8.6Score50314d adds
- 12 The Tenderloin Crew's Guide to Raising a Kid 嫩牛五方带崽记 [Bottle and Evil, Black Flower pairings stay together and in character; the protagonist has no romantic pairing. Her only golden finger is the set of skills taught to her by the Tender Beef Five.] Wu Yu was adopted by Wu Xie. To repay her debt, she does everything she can to return to the past and change the futures of her adoptive father and the others. But Wu Yu doesn't know that after she returns to the past, two centenarians can hear her thoughts... "Master, just admit it. Did you know that 2.1kReads8.8Score27414d adds
- 13 Tomb Raiding: A Handbook for Raising Qilin 盗墓：麒麟饲养手册 [OOC, can you see the OOC? If not, I'll write OOC again] [Headcanon, headcanon, headcanon] [I'm really at my wit's end. Do you not read the blurb before starting the book?] [Grave robbing + a Qilin woman from the Zhang family. A real Qilin + CP: Hei Ye] [Xiao Ge and Hailu are strictly brother and sister] [I'm bad at writing blurbs, please go read the story] The Qilin woman chased her enemy all the way back to her original world, only to be possessed by a heavenly revelation, just as expected. Xi 5.2kReads8.4Score52314d adds
- 14 Tomb Raiding: Diary of Xie Ping Raising a Child 盗墓：邪瓶带娃日记 [Tomb Raiding + System + No Romance + Female Lead Disguised as a Child + The Five Guys] The title has the names of Ping and Xie reversed Qian Niannian takes the family-recognition card given to her by the System and goes around tricking the big shots into claiming her as family. She’s useless at everything else, but a champion at getting adopted. From the start, all she has is a card, and she can make up her entire backstory as she goes. 53Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 15 Tomb Raiding: Three Parts Drunk, All in Character Until He Weeps 盗墓：戏精三分醉，演到他流泪 [Desert Sea from the start + a born drama queen heroine + System + all + male ghosts + using each other + mindless power fantasy] Qin Qin binds herself to a dating-sim cultivation System. She's supposed to transmigrate into a sweet romance novel, become the innocent white-flower heroine, and have several male leads fall for her. Instead, she lands in the ridiculous Desert Sea next door, where there's nothing but torment and no romance. From the start, she runs into Wu Xie, nicknamed the Evil Emp 5.9kReads9.0Score87214d adds
- 16 Tomb Raiding: I Dig Three Feet Down and Leave Nothing Behind! 盗墓：我掘地三尺，啥都不留！ [Tomb Raiding] + [System] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Money-Grubber] In his previous life, Qian Xin was a licensed underground worker. While excavating an underground three-bedroom apartment, an unexpected accident sent him to the world of Rice Fans. In his previous life, Qian Xin had loved the book Notes. He was especially fond of the brotherly bonds among Nen Fang Wu Niu, and even more so of the treasures inside that made one's mouth water! When Qian Xin transmigrated, he also obtained a System 25.5kReads7.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 17 Tomb Raiding: A Tycoon System? Then I'll Be a Jerk 盗墓：神豪系统？那我可犯贱了 [Unhinged story + OOC + All pairings + Shameless female lead] Just rated, score will rise Zhou Miaomiao binds herself to a super-support tycoon System. According to the System, if she spends money on the Tender Beef Five, every yuan she spends will be doubled and returned to her. The System thinks that with its Host’s help, Wu Xie is sure to win this time. But Zhou Miaomiao refuses to do things the usual way. She does spend money on all five of them. What it doesn’t expect is that she actually h 33.8kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
- 18 I'm Little Brother's Master, and I Sign In at the Undersea Tomb from the Start! 我，小哥师父，开局签到海底墓！ Zhang Ziqiu transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, awakens a sign-in System, and even gets worshipped as a master by Little Brother? “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve obtained the Qilin Secret Arts!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve obtained the Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Classic!” With his hands behind his back, Zhang Ziqiu says coolly, “Since you’ve already become my disciple, I can’t let you down!” With the sign-in System, Zhang Ziqiu runs rampant through the tomb-raiding world 595Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 19 Tomb Raiding: My Blind Ah Bu and My Mute Dad 盗墓：我的瞎子阿布和哑巴爸爸 (This is a story about a daughter saving her dads. They are devoted to each other. It is not kind to Wu Xie or the Mystic Nine. I mean really not kind: Wu Xie is pitiful and miserable, on the brink of death, losing limbs and carrying a female ghost on his back. I've already warned you, so Wu Xie fans, stay away!!!) I have a blind A-Bu who loves my beautiful dad, Zhang Qiling. I also have other A-Bus and dads from parallel worlds, and they all seem to have pretty tragic lives. There are so many A 1.8kReads8.8Score13914d adds
- 20 Tomb Raiding: The Daily Mishaps of the Wang Family's Young Assassin 盗墓：汪家小杀手的翻车日常 [Woman disguises herself as a man + comedy + mind reading + intense romantic push-and-pull + doted on by everyone] Bai Luo transmigrates into the body of a thug working for the Wang family. Not long after joining up, she's assigned a hell of a job: Assassinate Wu Xie. Yeah, that crazy little widow who grew up to become the Evil Emperor. To save her own skin, she has no choice but to disguise herself as a man and infiltrate Wu Xie's ranks as a lackey. She keeps courting death, constantly switchin 6.8kReads7.9Score1k14d adds
- 21 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Livestreaming from the Old Nine Gates 盗笔：从老九门开始直播 Lu Qi, a wealthy second-generation starfarer, had long ranked sixth in the apocalypse division of the quick transmigration bureau. As for why he had stayed in sixth place for so long, it was simply because he thought six was a lucky number. He was rebellious to the core and revered the aesthetics of violence. When he decided to slack off, even with a fire at his heels, no one could make him lift a finger. When he got bored, even passing dogs were liable to get smacked twice. “Lu Qi! We’ve picked 2.1kReads9.1Score80114d adds
- 22 Tomb Raiding: The Eccentric System's Sneaky Host 盗墓：奇葩系统的老六宿主 (Tomb-Raiding Notes + goofy comedy + laughs + power fantasy + love rivals + the Young Five + original female lead + no CP, ship whoever you want) Five thousand gold coins to save Wu Xie and Xie Yuchen; 130,000 to reason with a giant twin-scaled python; 2,000 to trick Hei Yanjing into oinking like a pig; 5,000 to trick Xiao Ge into barking like a dog; and most importantly, 50 million to kill the Snake Mother. That’s 500 million yuan! Oh my god! What a deal! I’m making a fortune! Qian Baobei: “If 5.2kReads8.9Score45714d adds
- 23 Tomb Raiding: The Mute's Adventure 盗墓：哑巴历险记 Tomb Raider series + quick transmigration + raising Xiao Ge + Zhang Qiling, Hei Xiazi + Blind and Mute + comedy + warmth + Mute and Blind, Black and Mute + dowry + Pang Zai + Pinghei + Heiping + occasionally taking down the Jiumen + protecting Xie Yuchen, Xiaohua. Blind and Mute appear throughout 1. Shen Qing 2. Xiao Ge in the Interstellar Age 3. Watching Pinghei’s everyday life in Yucun 4. Yuan Yuan Gun Gun looking for Dad 5. The Ancient Tower Has Arrived 6. I Am Shen Xinglan 7. I Am Wang Yueba 4.9kReads9.1Score31014d adds
- 24 Tomb Raiding: Where Did Dad Go? 盗墓：爸爸去哪？ Cute kid + no heroine + funny, sweet romance + golden finger System “Daddy, Daddy, where are we going?” “We’re going to see the Forbidden Lady, the Sea Monkey, and the Drought Demon!” A powerful figure is reborn as Little Tianzhen’s son. (His identity isn’t what it seems; the truth is revealed later.) He has skills on par with Little Brother, greater wealth than Little Hua, and a System that never gives out missions. He’s a bona fide winner in life! That is, until he reunites with his biological 4.3kReads9.3Score41014d adds
- 25 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Lead the Queen Mother of the West in Search of Immortality 盗墓：开局引领西王母寻找长生 [Everyone’s favorite + System + indulgent and satisfying + lighthearted] [Content warning: breaks up canon couples! Everyone’s favorite! If that bothers you, don’t read!] Helian is an unlucky college student who gets hit by a car and ends up in a vegetative state. An acting System comes to him, claiming it can restore him to normal. Helian opens his eyes to find himself in ancient times, face-to-face with someone known as the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West? Couldn’t the S 22.5kReads7.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 26 Tomb Raiding: Don’t Make Things Hard for a Fortune-Teller Like Me 盗墓：别难为我一个算命的啊 [Female lead, no romance!!!!] An ordinary high school student ends up in a tomb-raiding world. Miserable enough? Not even close! From the start, she runs into Hei Xiazi and Xie Di, and both of them suspect her. Miserable enough? Still not! Shen Jinqing says there is no such thing as the worst, only worse! Heaven dragged her here, and she can't go back unless she changes the plot. But just look at how completely the plot has gone off the rails! She originally planned to cling to Little Tianzhen, 12.7kReads9.4Score94614d adds
- 27 Tomb Raiding: Wu Xiaofoye Has Decided to Die 盗墓：吴小佛爷决定去死 [South Blind, North Mute, East Rogue, West Flower, and the Fat Master in the Middle + Li Cu + no female lead] After being reborn, Wu Xiaofoye isn’t the only one who’s gone crazy. His crooked ways have gone crazy too. “When the innocent one stops being innocent, all that’s left is quiet malice.” What can soothe regret isn’t Thunder City, but his obsession. The day they went down into the Seven-Star Lu Palace, Zhang Qiling had made a deal with Wu Sansheng to protect his eldest nephew. Watching 9.8kReads9.5Score1k14d adds
- 28 Tomb Raiding: I’m the Stillborn Baby Who Slept for Three Thousand Years! 盗墓：我，沉睡三千年死婴！ Chu Tian is reborn into the world of Tomb Raiders: Restart and Listening to Thunder. From the start, he climbs out of a coffin and meets Wu Xie and Pangzi for the first time~ He is an experiment in the Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou’s quest for immortality! In this life, he is the stillborn child of the Zhang family, dead for three thousand years! In this life, he is the son of the Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou! In this life, he is the one the Zhang family has protec 2.6kReads9.1Score37214d adds
- 29 Mute Zhang’s Little Aunt from the Tomb-Raiding World Is So Rich 盗墓哑巴张的小姑姑好有钱 Rich girl + poor, blind, and broke + Zhang Qiling’s aunt + pampering Ping Xie A goofy apocalypse girl transmigrates into the bottle-nosed Zhang Qiling’s aunt. She works herself to the bone for the sake of her nephew, all to complete her System’s mission. Her mother is dead, her father is a gatekeeper, and everyone fends for themselves. All she has is herself, a six-year-old girl, and her mute nephew, who often loses his memory, to rely on each other! Boohoo, what a miserable life! The heroine is 12.5kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 Tomb Raiding: The Immortal Cursed to Live Forever 盗墓：身怀诅咒的长生者 [No female lead + two male leads + several couples. Please don't read if that's not your thing!] “Ah Qi, I don't want you to get hurt.” “Old Qing, take care of yourself.” “Little Brother, I'm here to take you home.” “Wu Xie, take me home.” “Tianzhen, Little Brother, it's raining. Hurry back!” “You guys, be careful, whatever happens.” Muchen Pearl, Ten-Year Promise, Retirement 5.8kReads9.5Score78614d adds
- 31 Tomb Raiding: I Tore Down the Golmud Sanatorium 盗墓：我拆了格尔木疗养院 [No Female Lead + Cheerful Protagonist + Comedy] Wu Mo transmigrates into the ultimate tomb-raiding world and becomes Wu Xie’s younger brother, gaining a tomb-raiding sign-in System. Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward granted. 1: Azure Dragon bloodline 2: Tomb-trap mechanisms 3: Corpse control With these skills at his disposal, Wu Mo starts running wild in the tomb-raiding world. He blows up the Golmud Sanatorium, beats up Hei Xiazi, and tests his strength against Xiaoge. He saves A Ning in the S 25.6kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 32 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Posing as a Mysterious, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Man 盗笔：装出个高深莫测但美强惨 "The only Grave Robbers' Chronicles fic rated 9.6, come see!" [Starting with the Old Nine Gates, Beloved by All, Pick Your Favorite Pairing + Slightly Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Imagines the Powerful Heartbreaking Beauty] Third-person narration I transmigrated, but not completely. At that very moment, my body was lying right beside me, playing the part of a breathtakingly beautiful vegetative patient. The good news: I could create an immortal secret identity. The bad news: the System told me 44.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds
- 33 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds
