Heretic Trainer: The Gym Is My Cultivation Method

One week passed quickly.

For Paren, however, it did not feel quick at all.

Every day, he entered the law convergence, absorbed world-law fragments, got dragged out whenever the pressure became too violent, recovered, and went straight back in again.

By this point, even his curses sounded tired.

Yet the results were undeniable.

His deep blue [World Seed] was finally full.

The crystal-like seed floated in front of his chest, brighter, denser, and heavier than ever before.

Countless compressed patterns flowed within it like rivers of sealed laws, layered over one another until the entire seed seemed packed to its absolute limit.

Garion stood nearby with both hands casually shoved into his pockets. ”So?”

Paren slowly opened his eyes. ”It has reached full maturation.”

Garion’s expression immediately brightened. ”Good.”

The surrounding world laws continued swirling around them, but Paren was no longer absorbing any of them.

His [World Seed] had reached its limit.

There was simply no more room.

If even another thread of world law entered the already saturated foundation, the seed would no longer be able to remain in its current state.

Garion rubbed his chin thoughtfully. ”Alright. How do you open it into an [Inner World] now?”

Paren gave him a tired look. ”It opens by itself.”

Garion blinked. ”That’s it?”

”Yes.” Paren carefully maintained the stability of his [World Seed] as it floated before him. ”Once the [World Seed] reaches full maturation, the transformation becomes automatic. The seed will split open, expand, and begin evolving into a genuine [Inner World].”

Garion frowned slightly. ”So there’s no special chant?”

Paren gave him a flat look. ”No.”

Garion tilted his head. ”No dramatic technique either?”

Paren shook his head. ”No.”

Garion raised an eyebrow, clearly unwilling to give up. ”What about some kind of command? You know, you shout something cool, the [World Seed] explodes open, and boom... [Inner World].”

Paren stared at him in complete disbelief for several seconds. ”Why the hell would there be a command?”

Garion clicked his tongue, clearly disappointed. ”Feels like a wasted opportunity.”

Paren decided not to waste his remaining patience on that nonsense.

He slowly stood up while keeping the [World Seed] stabilized in front of him. ”For now, take me somewhere safe.”

Garion glanced around at the violent law spiral surrounding them. ”Not here?”

Paren’s face immediately darkened. ”Absolutely not here.”

He pointed toward the chaotic world laws colliding throughout the [Disaster Zone].

”The absorption stage required powerful stimulation, so this place was useful. The actual transformation stage is different. Once the [World Seed] begins opening, I need a stable environment.”

Paren’s expression became increasingly serious. ”If I attempt to form my [Inner World] here, all these conflicting world laws could interfere with the transformation and tear apart the forming foundation before it has a chance to stabilize.”

Garion nodded once. ”Makes sense.”

At that exact moment, Paren’s aura suddenly trembled.

His expression changed instantly.

The deep blue [World Seed] pulsed once.

HUMM...

A faint sound came from somewhere deep within the crystal structure.

CRACK.

A tiny fracture appeared across its outer layer.

Paren’s eyes widened. ”Now.”

Garion did not waste another second.

Purple-black gravity instantly wrapped around both of them.

He clenched one hand and directly pulled space, gravity, and their bodies toward the main base.

WHOOSH!

The violent [Disaster Zone] vanished from around them.

A moment later, Garion and Paren appeared back at the main base of [Divine Celestial Gym Island No.1].

Garion immediately brought him to the rooftop of the [Divine Dormitory], one of the safest and most stable areas available.

The energy here was calm and dense, while multiple formation barriers surrounded the entire building, isolating it from the island’s more violent environmental disturbances.

Paren wasted no time.

He sat down cross-legged immediately.

His breathing became slow and controlled.

The deep blue [World Seed] floated in front of his chest once again, trembling harder with each passing second.

CRACK...

Another faint fracture appeared.

Then another.

The compressed laws inside it began surging restlessly, as though something enormous was trying to emerge from within a shell far too small to contain it anymore.

Garion stood several steps away, watching the crystal seed with genuine interest. ”Alright.”

His expression slowly became excited again. ”Let’s see your world hatch.”

Soon, the deep blue crystal seed began pulsing faster and faster.

THUMP.

THUMP.

THUMP.

Each pulse sent visible ripples through the surrounding energy.

Garion remained nearby with both hands casually shoved into his pockets, watching the process with growing interest.

A second later, the first crack spread across the surface of the seed.

CRACK.

Another followed almost immediately.

CRACK! CRACK!

Paren’s aura surged violently around him.

The compressed world laws packed inside the [World Seed] had finally reached their absolute limit, and the crystal-like shell could no longer contain the foundation gathering within it.

Garion’s eyebrows rose slightly. ”Oh?”

The next instant, the [World Seed] exploded.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

A massive blue shockwave erupted from Paren’s body and swept across the entire rooftop of the [Divine Dormitory].

The surrounding formation barriers reacted instantly.

HUMMMMM!

Layer after layer of protective formations lit up around the building, containing the violent energy before it could spread uncontrollably.

Even then, the entire floating island trembled faintly.

Huge waves of blue energy rushed upward into the sky, spreading outward like something enormous had just been born and was trying to announce its existence to the entire world.

If this breakthrough had happened somewhere ordinary, half the surrounding region might have been blown apart by the initial release alone.

Thankfully, this was [Divine Celestial Gym Island No.1].

A little explosion like this was nowhere near enough to destroy anything important here.

Well...

Little by the island’s standards.

Garion raised his head and watched the enormous blue light spreading across the sky like a blooming lotus. ”Wow.”

The shattered fragments of Paren’s [World Seed] did not disappear after the explosion.

Instead, every fragment transformed into streams of deep blue light.

They expanded outward.

The compressed foundation that had once been trapped inside the crystal seed rapidly spread around Paren’s soul foundation, beginning to form a vast, blurry internal space.

It was no longer merely a seed.

Yet it was not a complete world either.

Space began taking shape first, followed by unstable streams of energy and countless world-law patterns spreading throughout the newly forming foundation.

Everything remained blurry and chaotic, like the earliest stage of a world that had only just begun separating itself from nothingness.

Garion watched the transformation closely, his amusement turning into genuine fascination. ”Damn.”

He tilted his head slightly as another enormous wave of blue light rose from Paren. ”This really looks like one of those immortal ascension scenes.”

Atlas’s voice immediately sounded inside his mind.

[Because it is basically a Celestial ascension.]

Garion nodded seriously as though Atlas had just confirmed something profound. ”Yeah.”

He looked back toward Paren’s rapidly forming [Inner World]. ”Pretty cool.”