[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method":3,"chapter-heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Heretic Trainer: The Gym Is My Cultivation Method",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1633133,2099,"Chapter 5: Fake Cultivation 101","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Garion opened the first book. The title was[Secret Tiger Fist].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed fierce, but when he read it, he quickly frowned and snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the book, he could see a crude drawing of stick figures, doing some weird movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the pictures were also some strange chants written in big, bold letters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion squinted and tried to read it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar like the heavens, claw like the earth, unleash the secret of the tiger...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the book immediately and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what the hell is that chant. I know that this is the cultivation world, but how can the chant be like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tossed the book aside and picked up the next one. The title was[The Great Sword Manual].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened and read it. The first page had only one instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stand still for three hours with a sword on your head. If fate accepts you, the sword will become your sword spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion stared at the words before quickly closing the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, another stupid book. What do you mean by letting fate accept you? Just what the hell is this talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed as he threw the book aside like the first one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These manuals are already starting to feel like a stupid fake martial art book.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he picked up another one, hoping for better results. The next one he picked was called[Flowing Mana Diagrams].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book showed him a crude drawing of a human body with dozens of parts that were mark with dots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text below explained that when you punctured these points with needles, it would strengthen your flow of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion frowned, directly knew the mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... looks like acupuncture, but what the hell with these points. They were all wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in his old world, he had also studied basic anatomy and even tried acupuncture out of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew enough to tell that the dots were completely misplaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was literally drawn on the knee cap, and another one was drawn in the middle of the forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If one really stabbed these points with needles... they will be fortunate enough if they don’t die right away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed as he tossed it aside, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, he began to dig through the pile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he decided that if the contents were stupid enough, he would quickly toss them aside to save time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manuals like[Iron Ox Breathing],[Heavenly Goose Kicks], and even something called[The Twelve Frog Jumps]were all tossed aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one felt faker than the last, and when he read the contents, he was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soon rubbed his temples, already exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, just why do all of the manuals I read sound like a scam?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it just me that feels like this, or should manuals be like this, stupid and unreadable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to give up, he noticed an interesting book at the bottom of the stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cover was quite plain and titled[Cultivation Secrets Vol. 1].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion raised his brow, smirking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This should be interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened it and read the content. Instantly, he knew that this book was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The writing was clearer and also not as dramatic just other books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This book only explained one thing. The first realm of mana cultivation,[Mana Refinement Realm].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It basically told him that the first realm was where the cultivator should absorb mana from the air, store it in the lower abdomen, and circulate it through their body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book also told him that the[Mana Refinement Realm]had five stages in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first stage was[Initial Stage]. You need to sense the mana in the air to reach this stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second stage was[Accumulation Stage]. You need to inhale mana and gather it into your lower abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more you inhale and the more you gather, a virtual storage or[Mana Pool]will be formed, and you have officially reached this stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third stage was[Circulation Stage]. You need to refine mana in the mana pool into liquid form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refining it, you began to circulate it around the body until[Mana Meridians]began to form, unlocking energy channels around the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the stage where you could finally able to use mana to coat certain parts of your body to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth stage was[Tempering Stage].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this stage, you need to absorb, store, circulate, and fuse the liquid mana into your body to strengthen both flesh and meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after you managed to strengthen the body to where it was easy to handle your mana, smooth circulation around the meridian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when your mana pool size had already reached its peak and was filled with the liquid mana, you have officially reached the fifth stage,[Saturation Stage].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the stage where you would be getting ready to reach the second realm, which was called the[Mana Core Realm].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much was known about this realm except that your liquid mana began to crystallize slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion then closed the book and smiled, thinking about the contents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting. So this is the mana cultivation in this world, huh? It was basically the program of building the body to handle mana.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then smirked, impressed for once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, this world mana cultivation seemed not too bad when I read it, but I still need to see if I can do it. Let’s see other cultivation books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then began to read the rest of the pile. He tossed aside the martial arts book and only read the cultivation ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he read it, the more he understood about the cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The[Cultivation Secrets Vol. 1]he read only gave him the basic knowledge about the first realm, not how to cultivate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These cultivation books he was reading were the methods on how to reach each stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were various stances, tricks, or even conditions of cultivation that needed to be used to maximize the potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading through all of them, he lost interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were just too many variations. Let’s just ignore it for the moment and see if I can actually sense mana.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to close his eyes and sat cross-legged. He wanted to see if he could reach the[Initial Stage]before thinking further.\u003C\u002Fp>",1034,"2026-06-06T11:12:18.261Z",1,"novelbin.me","2a9d68a5ac93a2853d91039582736d9dd9cea7904d64cc9f4218d8842daac1e9","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-6","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-4",613,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-cover.jpg"]