Novels like The Taoist Descends the Mountain and Enters the Mortal World
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Taoist Descends the Mountain and Enters the Mortal World, best match first.
- 101 Bao Qingtian: The Female Prosecutor of Kaifeng 包青天之开封女提刑 The Female Coroner of Kaifeng Her father died unjustly, her mother met a tragic end, and she brought her forensic expertise to Kaifeng. At the autopsy table, no one is above anyone else. Before the law, all are equal. A prince? Chop his head! A powerful minister? Investigate him! Even her fiancé turns out to be the secretly hidden Prince Gong? Ding Yuehua: "Fine. Bring it on, all of you. I'm in a hurry to clear my family's name." The Song Dynasty's foremost female coroner, she takes on anyone w 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 From a 38-Yuan AI Writing Gig to Web-Novel Greatness AI码字成神从38元到网文大神 Chen Mo, a 34-year-old interior designer, spent three years writing web novels, but both were flops. He earned less than 3,000 yuan in royalties, while his seriously ill mother urgently needed 500,000 yuan for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he accidentally unlocked the ultimate secrets of AI writing and turned writing into an industrial assembly line. From earning 38 yuan on his debut to becoming a web-novel master, from a low-level wage earner to a legend in the online fiction world, he se 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Calculated a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drove Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad 赛博风水师：开局算死顶流，逼疯千亿资本 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Foretell a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drive Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Shan Tianfang's Storytelling Edition 隋唐演义之单田芳评书版 I’m a big fan of the storytelling performances by Master Shan Tianfang. Sometimes I wish I could read the words while listening, so I could mull over them more carefully. Today, thanks to this platform, my wish has come true. —Reads—Score3.4k14d adds
- 105 The Tomb Raider Who Keeps Time 盗墓守时人 “Guardians of Time and the Memory of Civilization”, All ancient tombs and ruins are actually defensive fortifications built by Chinese civilization to withstand periodic “spatiotemporal cataclysms.” The struggle between tomb raiders and tomb guardians is, in truth, a battle over the memory of civilization. 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Tracking the Gu-Eaten in Yunnan 寻踪之云滇蛊噬 [Tomb raiding + mystery + horror + first-person narration] The protagonist and his companions rescue their childhood friend, Wang Xiaoling, from an ancient tomb. Later, they are accidentally taken hostage by tomb raiders and forced back inside. After surviving countless brushes with death, they are fortunate enough to receive the protection of a Gray Family Earth Immortal. From then on, they travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, raiding tombs and seeking treasure. [Monsters, zomb 812Reads—Score10014d adds
- 107 The Great Country Doctor 乡野大神医 After graduating from college, orphan Chen Xiaobei can’t afford an internship at a big hospital, so he’s assigned to a village as a humble village doctor. But because he’s so handsome, Chen Ergou from the village takes a fancy to him and tries to use him to have a child. Chen Xiaobei goes to the arranged meeting, but an accident occurs. The jade pendant he’s worn since childhood gives him the legacy of a divine physician, and he begins a carefree life as the village’s most powerful man. From t 544Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 108 Chronicles of Misty Jiangnan 江南烟雨录 "Jiangnan is not a place, but a killer! Jiangnan, also known as Ashui, is the personal disciple of the martial world’s greatest hero. Gentle and kind by nature, he was injured as a boy and left with a limp. After being betrayed time and again by friends and family, he became a man with two sides and a split personality, now known as “schizophrenia”! One side is Ashui, a chivalrous man full of tenderness; the other is Jiangnan, a bloodthirsty killer. See how tender affection can soften and transf 3Reads6.3Score214d adds
- 109 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smashed Ten-Million-Yuan Fakes and Awakened the War God's 8,000-Year-Old Divinity 鉴宝：开局砸碎千万赝品，我觉醒八千年战神神格 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smash Counterfeits Worth Tens of Millions and Awaken the Divine God of War's Eight-Thousand-Year-Old Godhood —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I'm Just a Daoist Priest. I Really Only Want to Cultivate Immortality 一介道士，我真的只想修仙 No System, no heroine! The young Daoist Li Zhiyan failed his tribulation and transmigrated into a tomb-raiding world, where he became a white snake struck by lightning. With spiritual energy scarce after taking human form, only the yin energy of ancient tombs can help him cultivate. With no other choice, he joins a tomb-raiding crew, hoping to absorb enough yin energy to return to the path of cultivation. Whether it’s a zongzi or a blood corpse, to him they’re nothing but ants in his way. The gr 507Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Explained: Luo Guanzhong’s Narrative Secrets 三国演义解析：罗贯中的叙事密码 Gu Zhibai’s Three Kingdoms livestream isn’t about schemes and treachery. It digs into the secrets hidden between the lines, buried by time. The poem “Immortal by the River” wasn’t written by Luo Guanzhong. It was a brilliant alteration by Mao Zonggang, concealing an omniscient viewpoint that draws readers into the story. “The world’s great affairs, divided for long, must unite; united for long, must divide.” These nine characters reveal the fate of the entire book, announcing its ending from the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Sixtieth Year of Kangxi 康熙六十年 The Kangxi Emperor, Qing Shengzu, was one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. He ascended the throne at the age of eight, eliminated Oboi, put down the Three Feudatories, recovered Taiwan, signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, and personally led campaigns against Galdan. His civil and military achievements made him a ruler for the ages. This story follows the Emperor Kangxi through his 61-year reign, from his accession to his death, exploring the many tensions between the Manchus and Han Chin 26.8kReads9.1Score63114d adds
- 113 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 558Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 114 Famine, Parents Trading Children for Food? I Rewrite Fate, Turning Certain Doom into Eternal Good Fortune! 荒年易子而食？我提笔篡改，把大凶死局写成万世大吉！ In a Famine Year, Will People Really Eat Their Own Children? I Take Up My Brush and Rewrite Fate, Turning a Dire, Deadly Impasse into Eternal Good Fortune! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Low-Level Martial Arts: This Grandmaster Knows Immortal Arts?! 低武：这个武道宗师会仙法？！ [A more laid-back story] Li Qing transmigrates into a life of privilege: he's the City Lord's son! But from the start, he has no memories of the original owner, and when he wakes up, he's nearly naked and on the verge of becoming a corpse in the street! A System? A wise old mentor? A golden finger? He pleads with heaven, earth, and his ancestors, then searches himself from head to toe, but finds nothing except a jade pendant carved with the character “Qing.” Then, during a torrential downpou 5.2kReads6.8Score43514d adds
- 116 Chang'an Forensic Doctor: Using Bones as Evidence to Save the True Dragon 长安法医：以骨为证救真龙 Ling Yue, a modern forensic examiner, transmigrates to Chang’an with the Mysterious Bone Pendant. Using his autopsy skills, he cracks a witchcraft case and helps Li Shimin survive the Xuanwu Gate Incident, only to discover modern symbols appearing on the pendant. They are somehow connected to the mystery of the cursed egg that caused his grandfather’s sudden death, and share the same origins as a fragment belonging to the grandfather of Su Qinghuan, who specializes in toxicology. Unlike an ordi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Tomb Raiding 倒斗 [Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try it yourself.] [Tomb raiding + treasure appraisal + mystery + underworld adventures] [The comic drama of the same name is now available on various short-drama platforms. Go watch it there.] In the old days, “dou dao,” or “turning over the bucket,” was underworld slang for tomb raiding. More than twenty years ago, a moment's poor judgment led me to join a small outfit at the bottom of the trade. They say that once you enter the jianghu, you plunge into an ocean 9.6kReads9.0Score61414d adds
- 118 Strange Tales of Peach Blossom Spring 桃源诡事 [Wuxia + tomb raiding + mystery + adventure + treasure appraisal] The mysterious culture of the Chu Wu, the curse of the Eye of Reincarnation, the astonishing fungus technique, and a series of bizarre events in the Tomb of the Marquis of Zhou. If you’re interested, pull up a little stool and listen to this tomb-raiding legend of strange happenings in Taoyuan... 394Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 119 Knocking at the Tomb Gate 叩陵门 [Tomb Raiding + The Supernatural + Horror + Mystery] When the last generation of highly skilled “underground workers” meets the first group of academically trained archaeologists, carrying fresh ideals, they are not colleagues. Yet, at the will of the state, they are forced to form an unprecedented special team. Their mission is not to hunt for treasure, but to rescue it. Their adversaries are not only the bizarre mechanisms in thousand-year-old tombs, but also foreign forces stirring in the sha 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Wu Xiuli, the Village Girl 村女吴秀丽 Twenty-year-old village girl Xiuli lost her virginity to her boyfriend Gangzi the day before he entered university. She followed him to the city to work, but one thing after another happened after she arrived, leaving her utterly disillusioned. Xiuli decided to reassess her relationship with Gangzi. As her love life went awry, Xiuli's own life also fell into difficulty. Then university teacher Xu Yunfeng entered her life, and the two gradually fell in love. 68.7kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 121 The Peerless Countryside Miracle Doctor 绝品乡村神医 A remote mountain village. Yang Xiaopeng is an aimless ne’er-do-well in the village. But after an accident leaves him with a head injury, he wakes up a changed man, ready to begin a different life. One chance encounter after another, and one miracle after another, give him an extraordinary life. 2.7kReads8.2Score48914d adds
- 122 Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery... 1kReads7.3Score13814d adds
- 123 Tomb Raiding: My Years with the Northern School 盗墓：我在北派那些年 [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure appraisal] I'm a poor kid from the countryside in Henan. I dropped out of middle school, and after an accident, I joined a tomb-raiding gang. That was when the gears of fate began to turn. Over the years, I've faced countless dangers, seen countless treasures, and learned just how hard it is to read people's hearts. Geese leave their calls behind as they fly by; people leave their names behind as they pass through life. I've written down my story in the hope 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Legend of Han the Blind Man 韩瞎子传奇 He was known as Han the Blind, a master of the secrets of feng shui and yin-yang arts. For decades, he roamed the lands beyond the Great Wall, known to everyone. He could read the heavens, the earth, people, and ghosts, yet could never predict his own fate. His life was beset by misfortune: orphaned by his father at a young age, he bore the burden of his sect’s rise and fall. Cursed with the Five Abuses and Three Deficiencies, he had love in his heart, yet was destined to die alone. This book re 2.4kReads7.2Score45114d adds
- 125 Tomb-Raiding Chronicles: I Fended Off Evil with Fake Artifacts 盗墓实录：我靠假货撞邪了 [No Female Lead] [The Three Musketeers] I’m an antiques peddler in Panjiayuan, and all I want is to make a little money in peace. That was until I took in a blood-red Warring States jade with a bizarre history. From then on, everything spiraled out of control. Nightmares haunted me every night. A dark figure always stood in the bronze mirror. Business kept going downhill, and bad luck followed me everywhere. I thought I’d merely crossed paths with a wandering spirit. Who knew the strange happeni 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Guan Family Estate 关家大院 He was a servant in the prince's manor, yet he married a Gege... After the Qing Dynasty fell, he and his family settled in Yiling City, their ancestral home, and built the Guan family compound. Our story takes place in that compound... 18.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 127 Memoirs of the Kunlun Mountains, 1978 1978年昆仑山回忆录 In the autumn of 1978, Professor Zhang Wenli and his party arrived from Beijing in Yingdudaban to carry out a routine site survey lasting fifteen days. As a local assistant, I was honored to work alongside the professors from Beijing. But this ordinary survey was soon plagued by one unexpected incident after another... 5kReads8.8Score40314d adds
- 128 I Was Too Invincible in My Past Life, So I Was Forced to Become Everyone's Idol 前世太无敌，我被迫成了全民偶像 [Live Streaming + Mind-Bending Mysteries + Supernatural Suspense + No Heroine + Tomb Raiding + Antiques Appraisal + Spiritual Qi Revival + Not a Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into a parallel world with a severely fractured civilization, Yang Tian became a treasure-hunting streamer. A malicious smear campaign forced him to end his livestreams. At the lowest point of his career, he was saddled with a gambling-addicted younger brother who was a complete liability, and somehow ended up with an 95Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 129 Tomb Raiding: The Dark Mystery Mirror 盗墓：玄冥宝鉴 [Tomb raiding + treasure hunting + mystery solving + ensemble cast + history + no mindless plot] An original work, not fan fiction. [Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try this yourself.] Does the Dust-Repelling Pearl really exist? What secrets lie behind it? What strange and mysterious events are hidden behind the national treasures? What connections link tomb raiding, antique appraisal, the underworld, the martial world, and the protagonist? 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Soul-Chasing, Life-Taking Tale 追魂索命记 Soul-Chasing Death Warrant 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我当摸金校尉的那些年 Forty years ago, a great flood exposed an ancient tomb from the Warring States period. Forty years later, a mysterious will from my grandfather led me back into the tomb. A ghost village deep in the mountains, black-haired zongzi, yin-yang child servants... My companions and I escaped death again and again, yet still couldn't get out of this cursed land! What caused both groups of tomb raiders to die horrific deaths? And what was it that scared my grandfather out of his mind? Never dig when dang 13kReads8.4Score91514d adds
- 132 The Dragon Bone's Secret Hoard 龙骨诡藏 Others raid tombs to find gold and treasure, but I get entangled with a vengeful spirit instead. My grandfather, Chen Xuanli, vanished in the Ailao Mountains. I entered the mountains with a dragon-bone divination disk, only to accidentally awaken a century-old female spirit. From then on, danger closed in at every turn: perilous underground palaces, ruins left by ghost soldiers, and secret Japanese military caches. The Fatty smashes through evil with his shovel, the Yin sisters set up formatio 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Nether Mausoleum 幽陵 A fleeting dream, a glance at passing scenes; eight thousand ghosts emerge from this realm. The Dragon Palace's blue waters are the real world; immortals point out the ancient kings of Shu... With nothing but a treasure-hunting verse, the Xiling Divine Manual, Bai Ze accidentally tore through a veil that had concealed secrets for millennia. The ancient age of slash-and-burn farming, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yanzi creating the heavens, Fuxi making humankind: all seem both real and 556Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 134 Hunting Notes from the Greater Khingan Range 大兴安岭狩猎笔记 Folk Horror / Period Fiction / Hunting Legend / Supernatural Northeast 1993, deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Snow seals off the mountains, and an endless sea of forest stretches in every direction. This is a blank spot on the map, a forbidden zone beyond the reach of the law. In a world of nothing but black and white, survival depends not on the law, but on the rules. Chen Ye, an abandoned baby raised by wolves, is known as “Wolf Boy.” Ten years ago, on a stormy winter night, the old hunt 1.2kReads7.5Score10714d adds
- 135 The Secret Records of Evil Spirits 邪灵秘录 A healer saves lives, but medicine is divided into “living medicine” and “dead medicine.” A group of young people journey through remote mountain valleys, deserts, and snowy wilderness. They venture along the boundary between life and death, exploring lost techniques. This is a shocking mystery hidden among mountains, rivers, and vast wilderness... 690Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 136 Dragonbrush's 30th Book: Writing the World 龙笔写天下第30本书 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Tomb Raider's Jade Talisman (Original Novel of the Film and TV Adaptation) 摸金玦（影视原著） In the 1960s, a sweeping movement engulfed all of China. Fatty, Lu Jun, and I were assigned to a farm in the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps. With winter approaching, our old platoon leader arranged for the three of us and our courier, Jian Guo, to stay behind and guard the supplies. Before long, a once-in-a-century blizzard swept in. We set a trap for a fox stealing firewood, only to encounter a pack of wolves that had wandered down from Siberia. To escape, we followed the fox in 3.2kReads9.3Score47514d adds
- 138 Treasure Hunting: Antique Underworld Tricks, 1988 寻宝：古董江湖术1988 [Antique Appraisal + The Jianghu + Tomb Raiding + Period Setting] The Jianghu’s Eight Inner Traditions are Jing, Pi, Piao, Ce, Feng, Huo, Jue, and Yao. In the late 1980s, my parents went to Lop Nur on an expedition and never came back. With nowhere else to turn, I joined the Ce Sect, and my life changed forever. Once you enter the Jianghu, you become one of its people; and if you’re one of its people, you need Jianghu skills. The Ce Sect’s skills are closely tied to antiques. Finding hidden trea 2.2kReads9.0Score21314d adds
- 139 Old Ninth, the Tomb Raider 盗墓老九 [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure hunting] A centuries-old mystery ordained by Heaven, the fabled ancient kingdom of Loulan, the secrets behind the ancient Silk Road, and even the Black Mountain, where legend says the rocks, plants, rivers, and soil are all black, shrouded year-round in an air of death... I was just an antique dealer in Panjiayuan, but somehow I got swept up in one strange adventure after another. It all began with my grandfather, a eunuch from the previous dynasty... 320Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 140 Tales of Feng Shui, Tomb Raiding, and the Supernatural 风水盗墓灵异录 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, tomb raiding, feng shui, the supernatural, tomb exploration, retrieving corpses from water, suspense, pranks, ghost hunting, coffins, ghosts and monsters, the Eight Trigrams and other esoteric arts, dragon seeking and acupoint locating, sorcery, adventure, warding off evil, metaphysics His grandfather left Li Qing an old tomb-raiding journal, a bronze compass, a soul-suppressing staff, and a jade gourd. At midnight, at the bottom of the corpse-filled valley in Yang 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Complete Six-Volume Shanhai Demon Tomb Series 山海妖墓全六册 In the early days of Huaxia, Chi You ruled the land and enslaved humanity. Huangdi, leader of the human race, happened upon a mysterious book called The Classic of Mountains and Seas. From it, he learned the power to stand against demons, defeated Chi You, and became the new ruler of Huaxia. From then on, the demon race fell into decline, never to recover. As time passed, the demon kingdoms became ruins, and tomb raiders gradually began to discover their ancient tombs... I woke up inside the cof 4kReads9.1Score55814d adds
- 142 Night Watchers of Kunlun 昆仑守夜人 Kunlun Night Watcher 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Kunlun Scripture: The Dragon Bones of Lianshan 昆仑经前传之龙骨连山 His father was among the first generation of archaeological researchers in the People's Republic of China. He mysteriously disappeared during an excavation of a Uyghur king's tomb. Qin Feng traveled to Altay to search for his father. After a series of strange and bizarre expeditions, and unraveling one baffling case after another, he gradually discovered the truth behind his father's disappearance and the ancient secret concealed in half a dragon bone… 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Western Frontier 西境盗墓往事 The internet's most professional firsthand account of tomb raiding!~ My family has passed down a book for generations, called The Lan Clan's Dragon-Treading Art. To me, it's a priceless trove of knowledge!~ During the Qing dynasty, Nian Gengyao presented Yongzheng with the only surviving copy of The Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor, which the martial world had fought over. But Yongzheng had already decided to kill him, so he locked the book away in the imperial library. My ancestors were a fami 826Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 145 Ghost Lantern: The East Sea Art Realm 鬼点灯:东海术境 Beneath the deep sea lie a colossal bronze coffin, seven-star pearls, and a thousand-year-old curse... While exploring the secret realm of Guixu, Hu Bayi's team accidentally triggers a terrifying mechanism left behind by Xu Fu. When the human pupae awaken and the starry sky pours down, they discover that the so-called “Guixu” is actually an Observer's Eye connecting to the universe! The bloodlines of three clans, ancient runes, the whispers of the Faceless Ones: this game spanning a thousand yea 544Reads—Score10414d adds
- 146 The Seven Heroes Return: The Five Young Detectives 再续七侠小小五义 2.8kReads6.9Score12114d adds
- 147 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles of a Loser 屌丝盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding + suspense. No fantasy, no System, guaranteed to be good! If you don't like it, roast me!!!] Would you dare go tomb raiding for a million yuan in blood money? Who really built Sanxingdui? Did the ancient divine tree Jianmu really exist? Has the bird-bodied, human-headed monster come back to life? Has Genghis Khan become a zombie? What secrets lie inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? … Keyboard tomb-raiding king Jiang Xing is getting serious this time! 1.5kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 148 Wang Fengfeng's Ninth Book 王锋锋的第9本书 A suspense novel based on Ghost Blows Out the Light. It follows the three tomb raiders Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Shirley Yang as they embark on a series of thrilling and perilous tomb-raiding adventures, guided by a fragment of a family heirloom manuscript. Seeking to lift the curse afflicting them, they explore ancient tombs across the land and encounter countless mysterious dangers. Their journey takes them through the Ancient City of Jingjue, the Longling Labyrinth, the Insect Valley of Yunna 430Reads—Score10114d adds
- 149 Tomb Raiding: Building the Moving Mountain Clan 盗墓：打造搬山家族 After being reborn, Jiang Chen discovers that he has become the clan head of a small village deep in the mountains. To escape poverty and backwardness, he plans to lead the villagers in working hard to build a better life. Just then, a mysterious woman arrives in the village and tells him that its people are true descendants of Zagrama. After hearing this, Jiang Chen finally understands why he and his fellow villagers all have a faint eye-shaped mark on their backs. It turns out that he belongs 209Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 150 The Female Investigating Judge of Kaifeng 开封女推官 On her first day in office, Ding Yuehua, a female magistrate in Kaifeng, cracks a poisoning case involving the richest man in the region. A faint redness beneath the fingernails and an unusual fragrance of gold powder lead her to a bloody case of spice monopolies. When victims “volunteer” to test the drugs, and the lone survivor of a family massacre becomes a perfumer bent on revenge, she must use her expertise to cut through the web of power and capital and uncover the truth. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
