
Kennedy Xu
Writing
Biography
Nan Pai San Shu, pen name of Xu Lei, is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. He's mainly known for his series "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" (盗墓笔记, Dao Mu Bi Ji). In 2020, he became a member of China Writers Association.
Known For

Antique dealer Wu Xie stumbles upon a cryptic silk text, leading his uncle and a team to explore its hidden map. Facing deadly creatures and uncovering a serpentine bronze fish, they reveal buried secrets—until his uncle vanishes with a mysterious woman, propelling them into a new quest.
Time Raiders

Li Cu, an ordinary high school student, is suddenly attacked by a mysterious man who leaves a strange mark on his back. During treatment, he meets Dr. Liang Wan, who helps him uncover the man's identity with the assistance of Wang Meng. Upon returning to Liang Wan's home, they find Wu Xie waiting outside, urging Li Cu to join him on a journey to the desert. Once there, a series of baffling incidents unfold.
Tomb of the Sea

Ten years after their last mission, the famed tomb raiders Wu Xie, Wang Pang Zi, and Zhang Qi Ling have moved on, believing their days of adventure are behind them. Wu Xie, battling a lung illness, receives a mysterious text from his adventurous uncle that prompts him to reunite with his friends. Together, they uncover a perilous world filled with supernatural threats and scheming villains, posing an existential danger to humanity.
Reunion: The Sound of the Providence

The story focuses on Wu Xie who was born in a family of tomb explorers trying to find the secrets of a mysterious event decades ago with his friends.
Ultimate Note

Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family’s past. With the help of his grandfather’s notes and his team – the quiet Zhang Qiling, the resourceful Pang Zi, the experienced Wu Sanxing, San Xing’s loyal helper Pan Zi, and the skillful Ah Ning – Wu Xie sets out to find the lost treasures as well as the people responsible for the massacre of his family.
The Lost Tomb

Decades after a deadly encounter with the undead, Wu Xie, grandson of the sole survivor of a Changsha grave-robbing expedition, uncovers secrets in his grandfather’s notes. Joined by his uncle Wu Sansheng and fellow tomb robbers, he embarks on a dangerous quest for ancient treasures—only to face mysterious tombs, hidden puzzles, and deadly secrets that challenge everything they thought they knew.
The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note

Time Raiders is based on the online novel series Daomu Biji written by Xu Lei. It tells the story of explorers searching for the secrets of immortality in ancient tombs
Time Raiders

In the early days of the Republic of China, a mysterious murder at sea draws Zhang Haiyan and his partner into an investigation that quickly spirals into a dangerous conspiracy. What begins as a search for truth aboard the massive ship Nan'an becomes a fight for survival in a world of intrigue and betrayal.
Archives: The Nanyang Mystery

Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi set off on an adventure to the snowy mountains to uncover the mystery behind Zhang Qiling's origins. Along the way, they face off against the clever Zhang siblings, Zhang Haixing and Zhang Haike, and get caught up in a conspiracy unlike anything they've ever encountered.
Adventure Behind the Bronze Door

In 1940s Changsha, General Zhang Qishan, fortune teller Qi Tiezui, and opera singer Er Yuehong uncover a mysterious tomb while exploring a hidden mine. As they face deadly traps, they expose a Japanese plot to destroy the city and must join forces to stop it.
The Mystic Nine

In Shenzhen, a jobless Lu Da rekindles hope in a 24-hour bookstore; opera star Fan becomes a tech sales whiz in Huaqiangbei; delivery rider Tan earns dignity; drone engineers Zhang Yi and Nuan build love with code; teen Xiao Peng creates a wildlife overpass; planner Wang Pengqian and daughter protect mangroves, with spoonbill Y075 marking eco-change. These stories weave entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability, showcasing Shenzhen’s 45-year transformation and future promise.
The Miracles

Wu Xie, Fatty Wang, Zhang Qiling, and Xie Yuchen are partnering up with the national authority to investigate the grave-robbing syndicate led by Hendry Cox. At the Empyrean Palace on top of the Changbai Mountain, they unravel Hendry Cox's been planning for years to steal the national treasure for his own gain. Wu Xie and the gang manage to put the syndicate's grave-robbing operation to an end.
Explore With the Note

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Mystic Nine

Extreme sport lover Zhou Feng got involved in an international illegal trade by accident. So he had to follow an international special agent Bruce to Budapest. Together with a crappy police officer Miao Yan, a non-professional scientist Ding Shan and an unemployed doctor LV, they became an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies started a fight with the terrorists that was both thrilling and hilarious.
The Rookies

In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are pursuing their studies and preparing to face the world. China is opening up to the West and the students’ lives are a tangle of love stories and friendships, artistic research, ideals and ambitions brought about by new influences. Caught between tradition and modernity, they have to decide who they want to become.
Art College 1994

Wu Xin returned to Hangzhou from Xisha after two adventures. He planned to recuperate, when he gets a sudden call from someone he hand't seen for a long time. Lao Xie invites Wu Xie to go on a adventure after telling him the story of the hinterland of Qingling Mountain.
The Buried Tree Devil

Adapted from the donghua "Incarnation" (灵笼) produced by Yihua Kaitian (艺画开天) and bilibili.
Ling Cage Live Action Drama

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七十二层奇楼

Original Cast, Reunite after 10 Years. A film originally shot as the official spoof comedy for The Graver Robbers’ Chronicles series, got some scenes reshot to add in and changed the film as the movie version of iPartment series.
iPartment

A mysterious letter addressed to Wu Lao Gou, Wu Xie's deceased grandfather, disrupted the retirement plan of the Golden Trio, i.e., Wu Xie, Zhang Qi Ling, and Wang Pang Zi. The letter referred to a mysterious underground palace called "Comet" in Mongolia. The Golden Trio decided to explore it, only to get involved in an unimaginable adventure and encounter treacherous Mongolian bandits, the countdown to escape from the "Comet", the weird rules of the burial chamber, and the invisible entity... The Golden Trio had no choice but to take a leap of faith...