Daomu Biji

Daomu Biji (Chinese: 盗墓笔记; pinyin: Dàomù bǐjì; variously interpreted as Grave Robbers' Chronicles, Grave Robbery Note, or The Lost Tomb) is a modern Chinese novel series about the grave-robbing adventures of Wu Xie, a young man hailing from a family that had been tomb-raiders for centuries. The series was written by Xu Lei (徐磊), better known by his pen-name Nan Pai San Shu (南派三叔).

It was first serialized online at Qidian China (起点中文网), a Chinese website for publishing, writing and reading novels, as a fanwork of Ghost Blows Out the Light originally. Written over a span of five years and published as nine separate novels, it is one of the most popular novel series in China from 2007 with several million fans and over 20 million copies sold. The author has also written two sequels, Zang Hai Hua (藏海花), Sha Hai (沙海), which continued the leading character's story, neither of which were finished at the time of the author's announcement to retire from writing on March 22, 2013. The author returned to writing in 2019 with another unfinished sequel, Reboot: Thunder at the Distant Sea (重启之极海听雷).

Aside from the main novels and sequels, Nan Pai San Shu written numerous extra contents, such as side-stories, spin-offs, and prequels focusing on not only Wu Xie and his friends, but also other important characters that makes up the universe.

Along with Ghost Blows Out the Light, Daomu has contributed greatly to creating a craze and subsequent market in the Greater China area for novels focusing on grave-robbing that also deal with the supernatural. Due to its success, Daomu Biji has become a multimedia franchise, receiving numerous adaptions, including live-action television series, films, games, stage plays, and manhua.