[{"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-67":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},1633300,2099,"Chapter 67: Autopsy of the Second Realm","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-67",67,"\u003Cp>Dahlia stepped out of the God Gym, stretching her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly spotted Garion standing a few meters away near an open field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already cleared the ground, creating a vast flat space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia quickly went to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, Master. I’m here. What are we going to do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion looked up with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good timing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his hand and pulled out four massive bags from his system storage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s in those?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised an eyebrow and leaned closer, opening one bag. Her eyes widened immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... are these...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the bags lay the cold corpses of Feron, Dario, Bria, and Alonzo, the elders Garion had killed days earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia blinked a few times, turning toward Garion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master... you didn’t drag their bodies all the way here, did you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I did. You can’t just throw away valuable specimens like these.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She folded her arms, eyes narrowing, and a small smile appeared on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be... You plan to turn them into cadavers and study them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion grinned wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. That’s why I want to do this outside. Things might get messy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia gave a short laugh, her earlier exhaustion fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Messy, huh? Then this might be fun. I’ve always wanted to see what a Second Realm cultivator’s body looks like from the inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion nodded approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Then let’s start with Alonzo’s body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crouched next to the corpse, pulling out a sharp knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With practised precision, he began cutting through he man’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia leaned closer, keeping a bit of distance, and watched with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion muttered while working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... not as tough as I thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s normal. Reaching the Second Realm only refines their mana and control. It doesn’t change the body itself that much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True,\" Garion said, slicing through another layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, this Alonzo had a stone-type mana trait. It basically transformed his attack into a stone-type. I thought maybe his body would show traces of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just a mana trait, Master. It doesn’t reshape the body unless the cultivator reaches a higher stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion stopped for a moment, thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right. He was just a Stabilization stage cultivator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped his knife against the ground lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stabilization stage means being able to use the mana trait. Awakening stage strengthens it and makes it easier to control. And Integration stage...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...began to fuse with the body,\" Dahlia finished, nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued their examination. Dahlia began to conclude after inspecting some organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The organs seem normal. They are slightly tougher, but still human. So it can be said there is not much change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion nodded, but then he noticed something. He leaned closer and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait. What’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the lower abdomen, he spotted something small. It was hard and faintly glowing grey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully removed it and rolled it in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... the mana core?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia crouched beside him, shaking her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not quite, Master. These people were only at the Stabilization Stage, remember? This should be the mana seed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mana seed, huh?\" Garion turned it under the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strange. It’s more like a tiny stone. And nothing seemed to be connected with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s because these cultivators use virtual meridians. Their energy flow isn’t bound by physical veins like ours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, I almost forgot about that. Make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the small grey seed onto a cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, interesting. Let’s keep this one for study. A seed like this probably acts as a mana container.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed,\" Dahlia said, moving toward the next body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s check the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion stood, wiped his hands, and walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened Dario’s bag next. The smell wasn’t pleasant, but both of them had long since gotten used to worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a few quick cuts, Garion opened the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, everything looked the same as others, but with slightly firmer tissue and stronger bone structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the seed this time glowed faint green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They then moved directly to Bria next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion sliced carefully along the torso, exposing the same organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he found her mana seed, it shimmered faintly with a metallic sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, in front of them, were three different types with varying shapes, sizes, and colours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alonzo’s pale grey, Dario’s glowing green, and Bria’s metallic silver mana seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion crossed his arms, studying them closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it’s confirmed. The mana seed changes depending on the cultivator’s trait and their affinity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And maybe their strength, too. The stronger the mana, the better the seed becomes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes shifted toward Feron’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now then... let’s see the difference between them and this one. Feron was at the Awakening Stage. His body should show something new.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crouched beside the corpse and began making careful incisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside was similar to the other three, but denser and stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm. The body’s definitely stronger,\" Garion muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But still not much different in structure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia folded her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems that true transformation only starts at the Integration Stage, Master. That’s when the mana trait begins merging with the body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I was thinking the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his knife lower, reaching toward the abdomen, and sometimes quickly caught his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... what’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached in and pulled out an object that pulsed faintly red. Unlike the other rough and hard gem...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was a bit rounder, smoother and had a deep blood red colour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, would you look at that... definitely not a mana seed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held it up, amazed by what he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the other three were like rough stone, then this one’s like jade... solid and smooth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia leaned closer, fascinated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this must be a mana core. It’s different from the seeds, and you can feel it from the mana coming from it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion nodded, still staring at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed. I can feel the density, the pressure. It is leagues above the other three. The difference is bigger than I thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then put it with the other three mana seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve learned a lot tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dahlia nodded quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have. Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garion stood and looked down at the bodies one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I understand why reaching higher realms made them even stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1063,"2026-06-06T11:12:18.542Z",1,"novelbin.me","bf3aa40da812d8d5460c1186ac2a2e203ab952bc87da9214e195a779f99908af","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-406","heretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-chapter-405",613,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheretic-trainer-the-gym-is-my-cultivation-method-cover.jpg"]