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- 1 Lord of the Starfield 星域尊主 Wang Feng was once a master who coordinated the whole board. But because a policy took effect later than expected, leaders driven by self-interest joined forces to remove him from his position as chairman. He was driven out of the city and sent to an extremely dangerous place called the Extreme Wilderness, a forbidden zone for humanity. There, he rose to power, created a new system of cultivation, and led humanity into the universe. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Old Man, You're About to Kick the Bucket. The System Will Take You to a World of Pleasure 老头快噶了，系统带你进花花世界 Chen Changsheng had a miserable life. A modern-day wage slave, he died suddenly on his way to work and was reborn in another world, where he spent ninety years without a System or any golden finger, as if fate were playing a cruel joke on him. Just as he was about to breathe his last, the System finally showed up, promising to lead him to the pinnacle of life. “Saintess, don’t come any closer! I’m still a virgin!” Fine, fine, I’ll do what you say, all right? If you want to live a long life, you 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Beware This Old Man 当心这个老头 A young soul from another world merges with the body of a dead man over eighty years old. Their memories intertwine, bringing together two very different lives. What kind of personality will emerge? One is kindhearted, timid, and a little lecherous; the other is decisive and selfless. Is he one or the other, neither, or somehow both? Come see how an old man takes the city by storm and crushes every foe. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Guarding the Nation at Eighty 八十岁守国门 As an eighty-year-old man lies dying, he obtains a Longevity System. As long as he earns people’s favor, he can extend his lifespan and receive rewards that boost various attributes. Max-level singing: he outclasses every powerhouse singer. Unrivaled martial arts: one punch is enough to knock out the world boxing champion. Unrivaled medical skills: even the Medical Sage has to admit defeat. He can even hear people’s thoughts and divine the future. Invincible in the mortal world. 30Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 5 I, Fan Jin, Have Finally Seen the Light 老夫范进，悟了悟了 (Zuowang Dao! I get it! Taking only The Scholars’ Fan Jin Passes the Provincial Exam and setting it in the late Ming period) “Look at this poor scholar. He’s over fifty and still hasn’t amounted to anything. He nearly starved his own mother to death!” “Right, what a useless piece of trash!” “Look, he didn’t pass the lower-level exam until he was over fifty. Even the examiner thought he was too old and took pity on him!” “Exactly. I bet they just felt sorry for him!” “Look, he’s only just passed 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Can You Really Get Younger? Nurse, Marry Me! 还能变年轻？护士妹妹结婚吧！ [Multiple Heroines + Immortality + Trading Lifespan for Power + The Human and Demon Worlds Merge + Cthulhu] Yiming was once at the Meridian Realm, but dementia and a decline in cultivation left him in a nursing home, where unscrupulous caregivers abused him every day. Luckily, just as he was breathing his last, he accidentally stepped on a cockroach and gained more years of life. Can I spend lifespan to level up? Share lifespan? Make lifespan coexist? His old brother secretly stabbed him in the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 At 80, I'm Still Hauling Bricks in Another World 80岁的我还在异世界搬砖 Ding! System loading complete. Jiang Wei froze. He was already eighty years old, and the System had only just arrived. Had it been stuck loading for decades? Jiang Wei’s son and daughter-in-law had both died, leaving him with only two grandchildren. Liu San wanted to bully him. Liu Qing wanted to bully him too. The Zhao family wanted to bully him as well. Jiang Wei refused to accept it. He would wipe out every last enemy and protect his grandchildren. In another world, he would use his old body —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Tycoon: The Doorman Awakens a Beauty Cashback System 神豪：门卫大爷觉醒美女返现系统 [Tycoon] + [Middle-Aged Man] + [Beautiful Women] + [Cashback] + [Ultimate Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Zhang Facai, a 58-year-old university gatekeeper, was swindled out of all his relocation compensation by the adopted daughter he had raised, leaving him deeply in debt. Then he suddenly awakened a Beautiful Women Cashback System. As long as he bonded with a stunning beauty, spending money on her would earn him cashback. Make money! I have to make money. Zhang Facai swore he would father a son of hi 784Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 9 High Martial: Your Graduation Project Is to Bury the Wolf at Xu? 高武：你毕业课题封狼居胥？ [Rebirth + Over-the-top satisfaction + Ruthless and decisive + No goody-two-shoes + Multiple heroines] The author has already completed a million-character novel, so read with confidence! In his previous life, he was branded a good-for-nothing at his awakening ceremony and suffered scorn at every turn. Even being taken back by a top family couldn’t change the fact that he was unable to cultivate. His fiancée even scoffed that their engagement was worthless and came to break it off. Reborn in 730Reads6.7Score101Shelves
- 10 A Level-Capped Seventy-Year-Old: The Nation Urges Me to Obey the Law! 七十岁满级大爷，国家劝我守法！ [At seventy, I do whatever I want] [A heart attack is the mildest illness I've got] [We're all doing our best to stay alive] [Take it up with the Elderly Protection Law!] [Which do you think will arrive first, the verdict or my death notice?] Wang Jianguo transmigrates to Blue Star. He becomes a lonely old man who has just turned seventy. The mildest illness in his entire body is a heart attack. Just as he is about to get a fresh start the moment he transmigrates, he awakens the [Money-Making Sy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Xuanhuan: I'm a Sweeping Old Man, Working Nine to Five 玄幻：我，扫地老头，朝九晚五 After transmigrating into a xuanhuan world as an old man who sweeps the floors, he unlocks the Floor-Sweeping Check-In System. Five days a week, nine to five: an easy day at work and a peaceful life after hours, with no cultivation required. With nothing better to do, he trains his fox-eared maid, teases his pet squirrel, and grows flowers and raises fish. Wu Di is perfectly content. Exorcise demons and vanquish evil? Sorry, my job is to sweep the floors. Teach and impart wisdom? Sorry, my job i —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 12 Demon Emperor, Should I Avoid His Edge? 妖族大帝，我避他锋芒？ The Demon Clan’s Great Emperor? I’ll stay out of his way? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Great Emperor Cultivation: After Divorce, My Wife Took Half My Power 大帝修为离婚被老婆分一半修为续 Divorce With Great Emperor Cultivation, Wife Takes Half His Power to Continue 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Qi Refining Fortune: After Divorce, My Wife Took Half 炼气家产，离婚被老婆分掉一半 Qi Refining Family Fortune: Wife Takes Half in Divorce —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 With a Food System, I Transmigrated to Ancient Times During a Famine to Save Refugees 带着食物系统穿越饥荒古代救难民 Transmigrated to Ancient Famine Times With a Food System to Save Refugees 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Great Emperor Cultivation: After Divorce, My Husband Took Half My Power 大帝修为，离婚被老公分掉一半 Great Emperor Cultivation: Husband Takes Half in Divorce —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 With a System, I Transmigrated into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Became Invincible 带着系统穿越聊斋，我是无敌的 I transmigrated into the world of Strange Tales with a System, and I am invincible 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Online Game: Legend of the Shadow 网游之暗影传奇 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 From the Start, I Robbed a Bank for Real and Tricked Everyone into Making Me Emperor 开局抢银行成真，忽悠众生称帝 64Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 20 A Useless Old Man? I Once Carried the Nation’s Fate Alone 糟老头子？我曾一人撑起国运 “A passport? What’s a passport?” Those words left everyone from Goryeo at the airport both amused and exasperated. “You old fossil, are you out of your mind?” the security officer shouted. Ji Qinghan smiled faintly and pulled two things from his pocket. “Old fossil? When I changed your country’s fate all by myself, you were still playing in the dirt!” He held up a photograph for everyone to see. In it, Ji Qinghan looked dashing behind the controls of a tank, drawing excited attention and admirat 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 An 80-Year-Old Grandpa Awakens the Champion System 80岁老爷爷，觉醒冠军系统 After transmigrating to a parallel world 80 years in the future, Ye Qifeng unexpectedly awakened a Champion System. System: Host has received a Champion mission. Win a mixed martial arts championship within 30 days. Ye Qifeng: You want an old man to compete in such a dangerous event? System: Host has received a beginner's gift pack. Ye Qifeng: Now you're talking! And so, Ye Qifeng began his life as a champion. The greatest billiards player in history: “Elder Ye, please, don't break my record!” A 1Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 22 The Tragic Life of a Low-Level Female Rogue Cultivator 底层女散修的悲惨人生故事 The tragic life story of a lowly female rogue cultivator 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I’m the Immortal Guide Who Tests Mortals for Spiritual Roots 我是为凡人测试灵根的接引仙人 I am an immortal who tests mortals for spiritual roots and guides them to the cultivation world —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 An 84-Year-Old Geezer Goes on a Rampage in the ICU from the Start 84岁老登开局大闹ICU Eighty-four and barely clinging to life? Not at all! Old Liu is in the prime of his later years! "Wang Zhiyong, a loyal and battle-tested XXXX fighter of Great Xia, an outstanding XX, XX, and XX, passed away this morning at the Central Hospital of Magic City after medical treatment failed. He was 98 years old..." Staring blankly at the black-and-white portrait on the television, still imposing and robust despite its monochrome coloring, Liu Mo felt a strange sense of familiarity. "It can't b 16Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 25 I Transmigrated into a Man Over Sixty 我穿越成六十多岁老大爷 Wu Yu transmigrated from being a security guard and food deliveryman into the body of a 65-year-old man. The old man had received two homes and a substantial amount of cash in compensation for a demolition years ago, but had squandered it all. Now he weighed 200 jin and suffered from high blood pressure, heart disease, and fatty liver disease. Afterward, Wu Yu activated a System. As long as he completed the tasks it assigned, he could keep losing weight, earn cash rewards, and eventually gain su 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Cultivating Immortality Starts with an Old Man 修仙从老头开始 When Xiao Sa arrived in another world, he discovered he had become an 88-year-old man. What should he do? Asking online! Urgent! Luckily, I, Xiao, have a System! Hahahahaha! The author is rather lazy, so feel free to skim the synopsis. The actual story is where the fun begins! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Starting at Seventy: Invincible After Signing In for the Golden Light Mantra 开局七十岁，从签金光咒开始无敌 [Invincible + Passionate] White hair, a touch of age, and a towering frame: who could stand against him? Zhang Lingmu woke up one day to find he had become a handsome seventy-year-old man. The empire was riven by endless conflict, the land was in turmoil, and the martial world was swept by storms... A handsome old man roams the world, writing his own tale of passion along the way. 149Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Cultivation Novel Realms, Treasures, Sects, and Techniques 修仙小说境界，法宝，门派，功法 Cultivation novel realms, magical treasures, sects, and techniques 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Report: My Grandpa Has Cheats 举报，我爷爷开挂 [Longevity + no saintly protagonist + madcap antics + cautious protagonist + lighthearted daily life + no heroine] “Good grandson, Grandpa doesn't have long to live. Give Grandpa that meat bun.” “Good grandson, Grandpa doesn't have long to live. Give Grandpa that roast chicken.” “Good grandson, Grandpa doesn't have long to live. Give Grandpa that ginseng.” “…” Years later, Li Changsheng watched his grandfather leap onto the three-meter-high roof of Widow Wang's house and fell into deep thought. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I'm 65, and You Want Me to Be a Boxing Champion? 我！65岁，你让我当拳王？ [Livestreaming + Old but Still Going Strong + Exhilarating] Li An opens his eyes and instantly transmigrates from age twenty into the body of a sixty-five-year-old man. What the hell! “Ding! Boxing Champion System awakened!” Boxing Champion System? What sixty-five-year-old man in your family can become a boxing champion? “Ding! Today’s workout tasks: 1. Run 1,000 meters (Reward: one bottle of recovery potion and the vigor of eight kidneys.) 2. Do 100 squats (Reward: +10 strength to brick-fightin 87Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 31 At 69, My Sign-In Rewards Finally Arrived 69岁，签到奖励终于到账了 [Elderly Hero][Dominant][Farming][Nurturing] At 69, martial arts master Luo Yan was knocked out in three moves, bringing a flood of online abuse. His 70th birthday happened to fall that very day, and the System he had been signing into for 70 years finally activated. More than 20,000 sign-in rewards arrived all at once! [Serious Punch][Star-Bursting Roar Cannon][Planetary Devastation][Tremor-Tremor Fruit] Combat power amplification potions! Talent potions, giving an instant thousandfold boost to —Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 32 I'm Ninety, in the Prime of My Life, and Ready to Take on the World! 老夫芳龄九十，正是闯荡的年纪！ (Ensemble cast + founding a sect + taking in and training disciples + invincible + everyday life) Shen Tianluan transmigrates into the body of a decrepit old man whose life is nearly over. The old man is a shady Taoist priest at a shady temple, spending his days scamming and swindling people. Even worse, the shady priest living at the shady temple awakens a shady System! “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have awakened the Teachings and Discipleship System, which returns tenfold! Take on plenty o 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 33 From the Start, I Was an Old Master, but Mistaken for an Unrivaled Demon Lord 开局老爷爷，我被误认成绝世魔头 A million readers are following this epic masterpiece! Transmigration + rebirth + System + big shots + no female lead + immortality + endless wild speculation My name is Xue Mo, but everyone calls me the Blood Demon. I want to cultivate immortality, but the author says I have no talent for cultivation. I’m eighteen, yet I look like an eighty-year-old man. I’ve been to all five great orthodox sects and all five great demonic sects. Every one of them sealed its gates the moment I left. I don’t wan 506Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 34 A Hundred Years Old from the Start, My Granddaughter Livestreams Me Wooing Goddesses 开局百岁，孙女直播我攻略女神 [Urban] [Fun] [Lighthearted] Lin Shou opened his eyes and found himself a hundred-year-old man on the brink of death! Ding! System bound! Do good deeds and raise people's favorability to earn rewards. [Rank A]: A reward to your physical stats! [Rank S]: A reward of extra lifespan! [Rank SS/SSS]: A reward of an incredible superpower! But at his age, he was so frail that even taking a single step left him gasping! Worse still, his great-niece at the TV station wanted to film his “secrets to longev 305Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 35 Sign-In: Teaching a Group of Seniors to Cultivate Immortality 签到：带一群老人学修仙 Trouble walking, or suffering from senile dementia? Can't cure cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, or paralysis on one side of the body? That's no problem! One immortal pill restores youth, strengthens your bones and muscles, and lets you climb ten flights of stairs without breaking a sweat! When these elderly people return home... Seventy-nine-year-old Wang Dezhu forgot his keys, so he climbed up the outside wall of the building and back into his home on the 47th floor! “What are you al 85Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 36 I, the Ancestor of Wudang, Begin Signing In at My Hundredth Birthday Banquet 我，武当老祖，从百岁寿宴开始签到 [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully checked in and obtained a divine ability: One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones (Simplified Version)] From then on, Zhang Han could dominate the martial world with ease. [The Host has successfully checked in for the first time, triggering a critical bonus and earning an extra reward: a three-thousand-year-old Flat Peach] After eating the peach, Zhang Han was just a step away from attaining immortality. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Immortal Cultivation: This Old Man Proves the Way Through Caution 长生修仙：老夫以苟证道 Lu Zai’an is reborn as a seventy-year-old fisherman on the verge of death. By chance, he awakens a spiritual root for cultivation and a Longevity Dao Body, granting him an endless lifespan! “I hear cultivators defy heaven in pursuit of immortality, fighting for every moment. But what if I started out already at the finish line?” After thousands of years, he looks back and finds himself already on an invincible path. 78Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 38 I Hear I Can Become a Martial Emperor at a Hundred 听说百岁后我能成武帝 Chu Yang accidentally transmigrates to an era of spiritual qi revival. He is nearly a hundred years old before he finally activates the Unlimited Fusion System! However... “Friend, it's a pleasure to meet you.” Chu Yang warmly reaches out to a prodigy. “Ding! Absorbed a fifth-grade speed talent!” From then on, Chu Yang's Fruit Source Group grows rapidly, becoming the world's leading business empire. “Thump!” He pretends to stumble and brushes against the Empress. “Ding! Absorbed a first-g 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Sir, You're 80 Years Old, and You Still Get Around! 大爷，你都80岁了，玩的真花！ [Urban][Showbiz][Shenanigans][Daily Life][Lighthearted][Multiple Female Leads] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhuang Bilin was devastated. From the start, he’d become a decrepit eighty-year-old man, lying on his bed on the verge of death while everyone in the village waited for the funeral banquet. What? He’d gone straight from thirty to eighty? He’d skipped nearly fifty years of detours! But after astonishing everyone just before he died, Zhuang Bilin successfully unlocked the Old Ma 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 From the Start: A Fallen Princess Summons Heroes of the King 开局：亡国公主，召唤王者英雄 Roxi, dressed in a yellow robe and on her way to urgently protect her stomach, was sent to another world by a truck! She transmigrated into the body of Luoxi, a princess of a fallen kingdom! The disappearance of her little brother left Luoxi utterly despairing! And this was still a world of magic! Perhaps because of transmigrating, she had no idea how to use magic. Luoxi gave a wicked smile. “If I can't learn it, then I'll just have to turn it on!” Ding! System successfully bound! “Host, would y 12Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 41 Urban: I Took Over a Seventy-Year-Old Man’s Body, and Now I’m Invincible 都市：魂穿七十岁大爷，我无敌了 [Urban]+ [No female lead]+ [System]+ [Old man]+ [Livestream]+ [Showbiz] After twenty-year-old Xu Wu took a tumble on flat ground, his soul suddenly transmigrated into the body of a seventy-year-old man who shared his name. People joke that working as a security guard is a shortcut to skipping fifty years of detours. Xu Wu skipped those fifty years outright! Just then, a system notification rang out. [Ding! The Max-Level Old Man System has been activated!] Xu Wu was startled. There was a system l —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 High Martial: Don't Be Afraid, Granddaughter. Grandpa Is Invincible 高武：校花孙女别怕，爷爷无敌了 [Decisive and ruthless + Swallowed Star + a clash of myriad races] At eighty years old, Lin Chen thought his life was nearing its end. Then he suddenly activated the Experience-Grinding System! A wave of his hand or a stretch of his legs could boost his stamina and strengthen his muscles! Killing monsters earned him vitality points and extended his lifespan! He grinded his low-level martial art [Indestructible Vajra] all the way up to [Immortal Golden Body]! He grinded his low-level martial art 643Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 43 Xuanhuan: I Activate the System at Seventy and Become Invincible 玄幻：七十岁激活系统，我无敌了 After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Xia Chen is born amid heavenly signs, with auspicious omens filling the sky! As a prince, he is the object of great expectations. But when his martial meridians awaken, he turns out to be born with a useless physique! With no other choice, he resigns himself to an ordinary life, keeps a low profile, marries, and has children! Unexpectedly, when his son is born, purple qi fills the sky, and he bears the air of a Supreme One! To keep his only son safe, Xia 156Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 44 The Will of the Forbidden Lord 禁主意志 The clan’s fortunes have fallen, and the family is headed for ruin. To save it, the protagonist is willing to have the entire clan infected by the uncanny, using darkness to fight against the heavens! A great age dawns, and peerless prodigies emerge from the clan. Yet with its fortunes in decline, all their promise is destined to come to nothing. Unwilling to yield, he stakes the entire clan on one last desperate fight. He makes every sacrifice not to comprehend the great path to heaven, but onl 52Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 45 Ant's Divine Strength: Book Two 蚂蚁神力的第2本书 Takes a bullet for the campus belle, takes the blame for a beautiful teacher; seeks justice for a widow, stands up for a village woman… Just another day in the life of a retired gatekeeper. When he sees injustice, he jumps right into the fight! He never bows to the powerful, only to fairness and justice. Before he knows it, he’s surrounded by beautiful women! 566Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 46 Douluo Dalu: Dugu Bo's Legendary Journey 斗罗：独孤博的传奇之路 [Douluo + Fan Fiction + Golden Finger + System + Invincible] Why would Dugu Bo, an original character in Douluo, actually insult Golden Crocodile Douluo in Spirit Hall? On this day, Dugu Bo, forced to change his fate, made a decision that did not betray his ancestors. With a System at my side, just watch me become a god. 12Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 47 Child of the Mushrooms 菇之子 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I’m a Lonely Old Man. What’s Wrong with Hiring a Few Nannies? 我一个孤寡老人，请几个保姆咋了 [Urban + System + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Multiple Heroines] Lin Song transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes a lonely old man nearing seventy, with no elders left above him and no children below! Just then, his Emotional Feedback System awakens. Whenever he elicits emotions from others, his physical condition and appearance grow younger! And if he spends money on people with enough charm, he gets every cent back in cash! This is amazing! “This old guy is incredible! Facing a vicious crimi 129Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 49 Me: The Richest Man's Dad, Caught Cheating by the Whole Internet? 我：首富他爹，被全网捉奸？ After returning from another world, he finds that his son has become the richest man in the country and his grandson is a city-dwelling Dragon King. Great, now he can retire in peace. But somehow, he’s become the “homewrecker” everyone online despises. So much for ending his life with his reputation intact. 194Reads7.7Score156Shelves
- 50 The Invincible Hall Master: Every Disciple Helps Me Cultivate 无敌馆主，全馆学徒都在帮我修炼 [High-martial world + disciple rewards + stat allocation + no heroine + invincible + ...] Mo Lingyun transmigrated, poisoned and crippled, abandoned by his family. He took over the Mo Family Martial Arts School in Shuixi County, a remote city. Everyone thought this was the end of a great prodigy. But Mo Lingyun unexpectedly gained a god-tier Martial Arts System. Taking on disciples or teaching martial arts at his school earned him breakthrough points. … [Basic Master-Disciple System: Disciples' 653Reads6.4Score104Shelves
