The Secret of Life and Death in the Mysterious Tomb

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The Secret of Life and Death in the Mysterious Tomb

  • Sci‑Fi/Horror
  • Words: 300455
  • Completed
  • Chapters: 185

About This Novel

A mind-bending mystery involving eternal life—a high-stakes game played on the edge of a knife. Will it be a masterful strategy that secures victory from afar? Or will a single misstep lead to total defeat? Who is the player, and who is whose pawn? The unknown and the human heart are the most deadly of all. The outcome remains to be seen.

Table of Contents

Chapters: 185
  1. Chapter 1: Upheaval at the Escort Agency
  2. Chapter 2: The Blind Fortune-Teller
  3. Chapter 3: The Corpse-Carrier
  4. Chapter 4: The Showdown
  5. Chapter 5: The Rat Path
  6. Chapter 6: Devouring Bones, Burning Souls
  7. Chapter 7: Corpse-Brain Bees
  8. Chapter 8: The Woman in Black
  9. Chapter 9: Conjecture
  10. Chapter 10: The Bronze Mirror
  11. Chapter 11: The Way Back
  12. Chapter 12: The Fierce Coffin of Human Skin
  13. Chapter 13: The Corpse King
  14. Chapter 14: Fierce Battle with the Corpse King
  15. Chapter 15: The Soul-Severing Bridge
  16. Chapter 16: The View from the Tomb, the Coffin in the View
  17. Chapter 17: Making an Enemy
  18. Chapter 18: The Blue-Eyed Monster Dragon
  19. Chapter 19: teen: Old Tales
  20. Chapter 20: The Grand Finale Auction
  21. Chapter 21: The Third Volume
  22. Chapter 22: Swapping the Sky for the Sun
  23. Chapter 23: A Fright at the Mortuary (Part 1)
  24. Chapter 24: A Terrifying Encounter at the Public Mortuary (Part 2)
  25. Chapter 25: A Nighttime Conversation
  26. Chapter 26: Turning the Tables
  27. Chapter 27: The Whole Story
  28. Chapter 28: Blood Leech
  29. Chapter 29: The Sixteen-Sided Qiankun Festival Locking Platform
  30. Chapter 30: The Disappearance
  31. Chapter 31: Two of Her
  32. Chapter 32: One Person Missing
  33. Chapter 33: The Tree Hollow
  34. Chapter 34: The Calm Before Dawn
  35. Chapter 35: The Snake-Headed Beast
  36. Chapter 36: The Person in the Corner
  37. Chapter 37: The Struggle
  38. Chapter 38: A Terrifying Encounter in the Water
  39. Chapter 39: The Black-Scaled Merman
  40. Chapter 40: The Earthenware Jar of Human Heads
  41. Chapter 41: The Bronze Hundred-Flower Coffin
  42. Chapter 42: Strange Occurrences Inside the Coffin
  43. Chapter 43: Escape
  44. Chapter 44: The Amaryllis Tattoo
  45. Chapter 45: The Banquet at Hongmen
  46. Chapter 46: Origins
  47. Chapter 47: The Traitor
  48. Chapter 48: The Poisonous Spell
  49. Chapter 49: The Death of the Fourth Brother
  50. Chapter 50: A Strange Tale of a Nighttime Stroll
  51. Chapter 51: Ambush
  52. Chapter 52: The Tide Turns
  53. Chapter 53: Turned Away
  54. Chapter 54: Conditions
  55. Chapter 55: Breaking the Curse
  56. Chapter 56: Making a Break for It
  57. Chapter 57: A Psychological Game
  58. Chapter 58: The Cave
  59. Chapter 59: The Vicious Cycle
  60. Chapter 60: Attempting to Solve the Puzzle
  61. Chapter 61: Two Murong Yans
  62. Chapter 62: The Black Beetle
  63. Chapter 63: Rotten Lice
  64. Chapter 64: The Four-Step Linked Lock
  65. Chapter 65: The Sky Rat’s Lair
  66. Chapter 66: The Mother of the Gu
  67. Chapter 67: Dead Ends Everywhere
  68. Chapter 68: The False Tomb
  69. Chapter 69: The Man in the Black Cloak
  70. Chapter 70: The Eight Trigrams Stele Forest
  71. Chapter 71: Back Again
  72. Chapter 72: The Marking Beneath the Broken Stele
  73. Chapter 73: The Escape Route
  74. Chapter 74: I Am You!
  75. Chapter 75: The Mezzanine
  76. Chapter 76: Feng Lu'an
  77. Chapter 77: At the Bottom of the Well
  78. Chapter 78: The Return Journey
  79. Chapter 79: Derivative Forms
  80. Chapter 80: Another Book
  81. Chapter 81: The Murder of Lao Yi
  82. Chapter 82: He’s Not Dead!
  83. Chapter 83: Truth and Falsehood
  84. Chapter 84: The Firelock
  85. Chapter 85: Passing the Test
  86. Chapter 86: The Coffin on the Cliff
  87. Chapter 87: The Desolate Graveyard
  88. Chapter 88: Tree Roots and Earthen Holes
  89. Chapter 89: The Secret Passage
  90. Chapter 90: The Endless Teng Qiao
  91. Chapter 91: Reversal
  92. Chapter 92: Murong Yao
  93. Chapter 93: The Stupa
  94. Chapter 94: The Corpses on the Seventh Level
  95. Chapter 95: Alive
  96. Chapter 96: Behind the Stele
  97. Chapter 97: A Fleeting Illusion
  98. Chapter 98: The Hall of Treasures
  99. Chapter 99: The Dragon-Severing Rock
  100. Chapter 100: The Human-Skin Coffin Again
  101. Chapter 101: A Dark Shadow
  102. Chapter 102: Konggu Youlan
  103. Chapter 103: Drawing Information
  104. Chapter 104: A Plan to Escape
  105. Chapter 105: Collapse
  106. Chapter 106: The Body’s Disappearance
  107. Chapter 107: An Extra Layer
  108. Chapter 108: Ascension
  109. Chapter 109: Rescued
  110. Chapter 110: Entering the Pass
  111. Chapter 111: Inquiring Again at the Listening to the Wind Pavilion
  112. Chapter 112: Poisoned Wontons
  113. Chapter 113: Liu Jin
  114. Chapter 114: The Three-Way Crossroads
  115. Chapter 115: The Mysteries of the River of the Dead
  116. Chapter 116: Human-Filled Buns
  117. Chapter 117: Carrots and Sticks
  118. Chapter 118: Memories of Death Island
  119. Chapter 119: Nightmare
  120. Chapter 120: The Silver Smelter
  121. Chapter 121: The Flood Swept Away the Dragon King’s Temple
  122. Chapter 122: Making Up a Story
  123. Chapter 123: The Crack
  124. Chapter 124: Water Shadow
  125. Chapter 125: The Giant Fish
  126. Chapter 126: The Markings on the Wall
  127. Chapter 127: Relief
  128. Chapter 128: Falling into the Water
  129. Chapter 129: Encountering the Mermaid Again
  130. Chapter 130: The Main Tomb Passage
  131. Chapter 131: The Painted Wooden Coffin
  132. Chapter 132: My Eldest Brother, Murong Yi
  133. Chapter 133: A Dead End
  134. Chapter 134: The Aqueduct
  135. Chapter 135: The Stone Statue Army Formation (Part 1)
  136. Chapter 136: The Stone Statue Formation (Part 2)
  137. Chapter 137: A Whole New World
  138. Chapter 138: Explanation
  139. Chapter 139: A Series of Tests
  140. Chapter 140: Who Is It, After All?
  141. Chapter 141: Uncovering the Truth
  142. Chapter 142: Something Doesn’t Add Up
  143. Chapter 143: Escaping Danger
  144. Chapter 144: The Note
  145. Chapter 145: News
  146. Chapter 146: The Secret Passage Beneath the Pagoda
  147. Chapter 147: The Mysterious Cave (Part 1)
  148. Chapter 148: Beneath the Eerie Cavern
  149. Chapter 149: The Encounter
  150. Chapter 150: The Grand Hall
  151. Chapter 151: The Hidden Secrets of Death Island
  152. Chapter 152: Feigning Death
  153. Chapter 153: The Situation Turns Adverse
  154. Chapter 154: The Truth
  155. Chapter 155: Whose Hand?
  156. Chapter 156: The Secret Passage
  157. Chapter 157: Inside the Coffin, A Cry for Help
  158. Chapter 158: A Familiar Scene
  159. Chapter 159: The Connecting Passage
  160. Chapter 160: Settling the Score
  161. Chapter 161: Seeking a Way Out
  162. Chapter 162: Bargaining
  163. Chapter 163: A Farewell in Death
  164. Chapter 164: Survival
  165. Chapter 165: The Mysterious Figure
  166. Chapter 166: The Plan
  167. Chapter 167: He
  168. Chapter 168: The Rebellion
  169. Chapter 169: A Nighttime Meeting with Zhang Yong
  170. Chapter 170: Something Fishy
  171. Chapter 171: Hiding in Plain Sight
  172. Chapter 172: Rainy Night
  173. Chapter 173: Xiao Jiu
  174. Chapter 174: Silencing the Witness
  175. Chapter 175: Letting Go of Obsession
  176. Chapter 176: Reunion
  177. Chapter 177: The Ghost Face Reappears
  178. Chapter 178: Looking Back on the Past
  179. Chapter 179: Gathering Everything
  180. Chapter 180: Unraveling the Mystery
  181. Chapter 181: The Ghost Face Is Seriously Wounded
  182. Chapter 182: Lost Memories
  183. Chapter 183: Exploring the Bat Cave Once More
  184. Chapter 184: Under Attack
  185. Chapter 185: The Final Chapter