Tyrants

## Description

Tyrants were one of the three forces in the Holy Land. The Tyrants were a group of individuals that focused on the pursuit of the body’s limit. They were seen as more extreme, and were less accepted by normal human beings. Though this method of cultivation was easy to understand, it was generally unaccepted by the masses, especially for a bunch of youngsters to abandon their ‘body’ and become freaks.

Obtaining power is their ultimate aim, and the process or means used did not matter. They were willing to modify their bodies and even abandon their human body if that meant they could obtain more power. The bodies of the Tyrants were all modified to a certain extent. They thought of the human body as restraints on their power, and humans needed to eliminate this weakness through the Dimensional World in order to reach the final goal of being invincible. They also adhered to belief that if you could completely get rid of the human parts of your body, you would be granted immortality. Only ancestor in the Tyrants attained that level of power.

The saying about cultivation being like a boat trip was passed down by Sacred Teachers. Other than the Tyrants, the Mystic Sect, and the Sparta Clan, they all had similar explanations. The difference between them was that the three parties had different ways of sailing the sea of bitterness.

The tyrants gain strength and power at a faster rate, that there is extra time for various research to be carried out. Tyrants will always be at the forefront of the three supreme forces when it comes to actual combat and alchemy technology.

## Cultivation

Tempering and Smelting were the two major directions of the Tyrants. Although the Tempering faculty was the orthodoxy and origin of the Tyrants, over the years, it had already begun to decline. The Smelting Method was faster and stronger than the Tempering Method, as well as higher in terms of moldability. This was an indisputable fact. Students of the Smelting Method had claimed that only sissies who dared not transform their body would choose the Tempering Method.

### Tempering Method

The Tempering Method focuses on strengthening the human body and stimulating your potential. For example, you can rely on practicing various scriptures, rely on some special medicaments, or practice Metamorphosis Techniques; in general, these keep your own body intact, without involving excessive transformation.

This was the first method Tyrants relied on to make a name for themselves. When it comes to tempering the body, no one is stronger or knows more than them.

### Smelting Method

The Smelting Method focuses on replacing parts of the body with foreign objects and transforming them with alchemical materials, or integrating dimensional elements by making full use of the Dimensional World’s materials and ultimately achieving the purpose of strengthening the body.

This method is currently the mainstream method of refining the body. The research on the transformation of the body by the Smelting Method began about two hundred years ago. This method works faster than the Tempering Method, and the effect it can achieve is also unparalleled.

## Quotes:

“The path of cultivation, no matter what your ultimate pursuit is, is like sailing in a sea of bitterness. The soul is a passenger, and the body is the boat which will eventually take you to where you want to be. There may be rough seas at any time. There are many ways to avoid capsizing in this sea. Some pursue the strength of the soul. Even if the boat capsizes, the passenger can swim directly to the end. But for us Tyrants, we value the rigidity of the boat and focus on strengthening the body. We pursue the limit of the limits. No matter how strong the waves are, they will not be able to rock us even an inch.” - Luo Ba

“The pursuit of the body’s limit is what the Tyrants believe in. For freshmen, we mainly have two cultivation directions for you to choose from.” - Luo Ba

## References

1. Chapter 708 - Layout of the Holy Land (2 in 1)
2. Chapter 737 - Tempering and Smelting