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"markdown": "# The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With The Note (盗墓笔记之怒海潜沙)\n\n**The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With The Note** (盗墓笔记之怒海潜沙&秦岭神树) is a 2019 Chinese suspense adventure drama adapted from the second volume of Nanpai Sanshu's (南派三叔) novel series *Daomu Biji* (盗墓笔记, *The Grave Robbers' Chronicles*). The series is also known in English as *The Lost Tomb 2* and was marketed in China under the title *Nuohai Qiansha & Qinling Shenshu* (怒海潜沙&秦岭神树).[1](https://thesuitcasedetective.com/2025/07/21/the-lost-tomb-2-explore-with-the-note-s1/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Source | Second volume of Nanpai Sanshu's *Daomu Biji*, split into the *Nuohai Qiansha* and *Qinling Shenshu* stories[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3629433) |\n| Lead cast | Hou Minghao (Wu Xie), Cheng Yi (Zhang Qiling), Li Man (A Ning), Zhang Boyu (Wang Pangzi), Yao Lu (Wu Sanxing)[3](https://www.maigoo.com/citiao/227197.html) |\n| Production | Huanrui Century, Tencent Penguin Pictures, and Huoerguosi Wuguangshise; directors Liu Guohui, Li Ang, and Zhou Yuyi; screenwriters Bai Yicong and Li Ang[4](https://bangumi.tv/subject/334692) |\n| Viewership | Over 90 million views within 24 hours of launch; 2.6 billion cumulative by July 12, 2019; 3 billion at the July 19 finale[5](https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2020-10-20/detail-iiznezxr7074331.d.html) • [6](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) |\n| Douban rating | 5.9/10 from 76,759 raters as of September 15, 2025[6](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story and source material\n\nThe 2015 web series *The Lost Tomb* had adapted the first novel, *Seven Star Lu Wang Palace* (七星鲁王宫); this series adapts the second novel, which the source material divides into two parts exploring different tombs.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3629433) In the *Nuohai Qiansha* portion, Wu Xie, a descendant of the Wu family of the Mystic Nine, returns home after surviving the trap-filled Warring States tomb of Seven Star Lu Wang Palace and finds that his uncle Wu Sanxing has disappeared, a case tied to an archaeological expedition of more than a decade earlier. Following a mysterious letter from A Ning, he travels to a [Ming dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/ming-dynasty) shipwreck tomb buried under the sea off Xisha, where he rejoins Wang Pangzi, encounters the bronze fish with snake eyebrows, and finds the amnesiac Zhang Qiling. The expedition brings attacks by sea monkeys (海猴子) and the forbidden woman (禁婆) before the party escapes its mechanisms.[7](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/304mubv24b8mds7/b0031vmp8sy-%E6%B0%B4%E6%80%AA%E5%87%BA%E6%B2%92%EF%BC%9F%E5%90%B3%E9%82%AA%E7%8E%8B%E8%83%96%E5%AD%90%E6%8E%A2%E9%81%8A%E9%80%B2%E5%B1%B1%E6%B4%9E%E9%81%AD%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E%E6%B0%B4%E4%B8%8B%E7%94%9F%E7%89%A9%E8%A5%B2%E6%93%8A%EF%BC%81) Clues from the bronze fish and a six-cornered bronze bell then lead the group to the Qinling mountains to investigate a giant bronze tree, the basis of the *Qinling Shenshu* portion.[7](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/304mubv24b8mds7/b0031vmp8sy-%E6%B0%B4%E6%80%AA%E5%87%BA%E6%B2%92%EF%BC%9F%E5%90%B3%E9%82%AA%E7%8E%8B%E8%83%96%E5%AD%90%E6%8E%A2%E9%81%8A%E9%80%B2%E5%B1%B1%E6%B4%9E%E9%81%AD%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E%E6%B0%B4%E4%B8%8B%E7%94%9F%E7%89%A9%E8%A5%B2%E6%93%8A%EF%BC%81)\n\n## Adaptation choices\n\nDirector and co-screenwriter Li Ang described the series as the most faithful adaptation of the novels to date, and framed its core as an adventure story about young people working against tomb robbery rather than as grave robbing itself.[8](https://read01.com/3zREOE6.html) The original *Nuohai Qiansha* came from the period when *Daomu Biji* was an adventure novel rather than a mystery, and the drama centers on survival under constraints of time and space, such as dwindling oxygen and rising tides inside the sealed burial chamber.[8](https://read01.com/3zREOE6.html)\n\nLike earlier tomb-raiding adaptations, the series adjusted content to reduce censorship risk. The title itself avoids the word \"tomb robbing\" (盗墓), and the plot motivates the underground expeditions as a search for the missing uncle rather than treasure hunting.[9](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3221015.html) [Supernatural](https://www.edgepedia.org/supernatural) phenomena are given rational explanations: the forbidden woman is described as a venomous, hair-like jellyfish whose contact causes hallucinations, and dream sequences recur throughout, leading some viewers to nickname the show \"the dream-notes notebook\".[9](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3221015.html)\n\n## Production and rights context\n\nIn 2013, before the web-novel IP market had matured, Huanrui Century bought the television adaptation rights to *Daomu Biji* books 1 through 9 from Nanpai Sanshu for 5 million yuan, covering six years with a four-year extension option, along with seven years of game rights.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3629433) On June 3, 2019, three days before this series premiered, Nanpai Sanshu announced on Weibo that the rights had reverted to him on May 26, 2019.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3629433) The timing placed the drama in an awkward position: it was produced by Huanrui, yet the author's announcement was read by some fans and industry media as distancing himself from it.[10](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3198262.html) Nanpai Entertainment, the author's own company, was not among the production companies.[10](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3198262.html)\n\nThe production deliberately avoided star-driven casting. Li Ang stated that the focus was the adaptation itself rather than drawing attention through big-name leads, and the younger cast was chosen to portray a younger Wu Xie and a warmer Zhang Qiling.[8](https://read01.com/3zREOE6.html) Press coverage noted that the cast was made up of little-known young performers compared with the 2015 series, which had starred [Yang Yang](https://www.edgepedia.org/yang-yang) and [Li Yifeng](https://www.edgepedia.org/li-yifeng).[11](https://www.chinanews.com/yl/2019/06-20/8869890.shtml)\n\n## Reception\n\nCommercially the series performed strongly. It exceeded 90 million views within 24 hours of release, and its special effects were assessed as a clear improvement over the first season.[5](https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2020-10-20/detail-iiznezxr7074331.d.html) Daily play volume passed 100 million, cumulative views reached 2.6 billion by July 12, 2019, and the finale closed at 3 billion.[6](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\nCritical reception was mixed. Early fan reactions on Douban praised the plot construction and effects while disputing the casting; one longtime reader's comment, \"the flaw is in the actors, the highlight is in the screenwriting,\" captured the split.[10](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3198262.html) Jiemian reported a Douban score of 5.2 shortly after launch with clearly polarized opinions.[9](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3221015.html) The *Yangcheng Evening News* review cited by Baidu Baike judged that the series followed the novel's storyline almost entirely, pleasing original readers, but that the many flashback sequences slowed the pace for viewers new to the material; it also praised the ghost-ship storm effects and the rendering of creatures such as the sea monkey and forbidden woman, while finding scenes outside the tomb chambers weaker.[6](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) The aggregated Douban score stood at 5.9 out of 10 from 76,759 raters as of September 15, 2025.[6](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\n## Place in the series\n\nWithin the *Lost Tomb* franchise, this drama is the direct continuation of the 2015 series, taking the team on an underwater expedition inside a Ming dynasty ghost ship.[1](https://thesuitcasedetective.com/2025/07/21/the-lost-tomb-2-explore-with-the-note-s1/) Streaming guides list it third in the franchise's watch order, after *The Mystic Nine* (2016) and *The Lost Tomb* (2015).[12](https://www.viki.com/collections/3467635l-the-lost-tomb-series?locale=en) A later 2021 series also marketed internationally as *The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note* adapts the \"Heavenly Palace on the Clouds\" arc and is a separate production.[1](https://thesuitcasedetective.com/2025/07/21/the-lost-tomb-2-explore-with-the-note-s1/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note (2019) – Season 1, The Suitcase Detective](https://thesuitcasedetective.com/2025/07/21/the-lost-tomb-2-explore-with-the-note-s1/)\n2. [《怒海潜沙&秦岭神树》：二倍速都嫌慢, 澎湃新闻](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3629433)\n3. [《怒海潜沙&秦岭神树》电视剧简介, 买购网](https://www.maigoo.com/citiao/227197.html)\n4. [怒海潜沙&秦岭神树, Bangumi 番组计划](https://bangumi.tv/subject/334692)\n5. [盗墓IP发展史：一场关于改编与价值重塑的战争, 新浪财经](https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2020-10-20/detail-iiznezxr7074331.d.html)\n6. [怒海潜沙&秦岭神树, 百度百科](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%BD%9C%E6%B2%99%26%E7%A7%A6%E5%B2%AD%E7%A5%9E%E6%A0%91/23541747?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n7. [怒海潜沙&秦岭神树, WeTV](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/304mubv24b8mds7/b0031vmp8sy-%E6%B0%B4%E6%80%AA%E5%87%BA%E6%B2%92%EF%BC%9F%E5%90%B3%E9%82%AA%E7%8E%8B%E8%83%96%E5%AD%90%E6%8E%A2%E9%81%8A%E9%80%B2%E5%B1%B1%E6%B4%9E%E9%81%AD%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E%E6%B0%B4%E4%B8%8B%E7%94%9F%E7%89%A9%E8%A5%B2%E6%93%8A%EF%BC%81)\n8. [没有\"盗墓\"的《怒海潜沙&秦岭神树》，如何平衡还原与突破？专访导演兼编剧李昂, 壹读](https://read01.com/3zREOE6.html)\n9. [《怒海潜沙》上线，\"盗笔\"归来，南派三叔和欢瑞的左右互博, 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3221015.html)\n10. [\"盗墓宇宙\"与\"漫威电影宇宙\"差多少光年？, 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/3198262.html)\n11. [\"盗墓\"改编混乱 原著作者南派三叔收回影视改编权, 中新网](https://www.chinanews.com/yl/2019/06-20/8869890.shtml)\n12. 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