Naruto: I Became Orochimaru's Apprentice - Chapter 7: The Training Never Ends

“Success is a shallow foundation built on luck and circumstance. Failure, accumulated and stacked like endless bodies in a mass grave, forges the deepest roots into unshakable power. I know all this about power with surety as all I had were countless failures. After all, I am Vakochev, and I set the very Scales of Existence. This... is my story. Existence, is my Story.”---In the brutal Lands of Stone, where mountains move and beasts devour civilizations whole, power is the only currency that matters.Damian Vakochev was once a prince to a glorious power, but he was stripped of that power, family, and everything he held dear as he was left with a shattered foundation.In an age where tribes war for scraps and Neolithic Empires crush all who oppose them, where ancient beasts roam territories older than memory and Mana flows through the Lands of Stone like blood through veins, where Warriors reinforced by Mana who could go against entire armies and Primal Beasts could devour entire mountains, Damian looks upon it all and asks...why?Who said things had to be the way they were? Who decided what power truly was?Why could he not stand over the tallest mountain and declare exactly what power was as he saw fit?!Why did he have to follow the set path of cultivation? Why were others born with Land and Sky Physiques while he was not? What prevented him setting up his own rules and his own paths?!

The devil would love you only in his own way: “Remember, don’t look at me, don’t hold me, and don’t kiss me! Turn your face away, as long as you lie down obediently and quietly! ” Just lie down obediently? What did he take her for? An inflatable wife?

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Polishing antiques in the basement was supposed to be a punishment. When monsters arrived, it saved Emma’s life. Now sealed inside a suit of armor old when the world was young, Emma Knight will have to master newfound powers she’d long regarded as merely myth; all whilst navigating the breakdown of society and delving through dungeons in search of the truth behind the apocalypse. How’s that for a Sworded Affair? What to expect: LitRPG, Progression, Dungeons and the Apocalypse. What not to expect: Harem, Smut, Drama or Tragedy.

Shen Tang woke up and found herself in the body of a three-hundred-pound big fat woman, yet she had five absolutely gorgeous Beast Husbands.The beautiful Red Fox, overbearing Black Panther, gloomy White Snake, Mermaid tyrant, and strong Golden Eagle commander... each one was more exceptional than the last!The original owner was ugly and lazy, hated by people, and the Beast Husbands avoided her like the plague. When Shen Tang crossed over, the beginning was already a chaotic scene! Facing the icy, hateful gazes of the Beast Husbands, Shen Tang trembled all over with fear, kicked away the man in front, and turned around to run.Divorce, then divorce! This lady is not going to serve you!Yet at this moment, she unexpectedly bonded with a “beautification system,” demanding her to conquer these five exceptional Beast Husbands! As long as she increased their affinity, she could gain abundant rewards: acne cream, Weight Loss Pill, beauty pill... Shen Tang was tempted.Isn't it just conquering men? If you haven't eaten pork, you must have seen pigs run! She confidently checked the affinity of the five Beast Husbands, and the result — four hostile, one blackened, each wishing to rid her as soon as possible!She only had one little life, how could she conquer them?But later:How did the hated by millions become admired by millions?