Heber

Heber, commonly called the Tyrant, is a veteran Beyond Grade A Pugilist and the ruler of Bloodshed Land. He builds a disciplined expansionist organization around bodily strength, martial training, and personal prestige. His attempt to turn Han Xiao into either a subordinate or a worthy defeated rival instead produces a competitor who surpasses him. Heber never becomes warm toward Black Star, but shared allegiance and the World Tree invasion eventually turn rivalry into practical cooperation.

Biography

The Black Star Mercenary Group

Heber's influence first reaches Han through recruitment. Bloodshed Land notices the mercenary leader's growth and offers him a Vanguard position, demonstrating the Tyrant's habit of acquiring exceptional talent before it can strengthen a rival. Han refuses, but the approach establishes the difference between their organizations: Floating Dragon relies heavily on Ames, whereas Heber has already converted his longevity and reputation into a large, active military institution. (Chapters 434 and 590–596)

Mutation Disaster and the Secret War

At the Tyrant's gathering, Heber assembles powerful guests, mediates a confrontation with Ames, and introduces Crimson Dynasty diplomacy to the Shattered Star Ring's upper tier. He personally invites Han again and accepts the refusal without coercion because talent that will not submit is not useful as a resentful subordinate. He encourages his own defeated officer rather than humiliating him, but otherwise governs through direct pressure and a dominating presence that makes Bloodshed Land's hierarchy unmistakable. (Chapters 605–616)

During the Secret War, Heber lends Bloodshed Land to Klent's expansion while usually preserving Beyond Grade A deterrence rather than fighting personally. He watches Han's growth because he wants the prestige of killing another Beyond Grade A, not merely a promising Calamity Grade. When Han appears to stall, Heber is disappointed and assumes the war will end before the breakthrough comes. This pride turns a strategic enemy into a desired test of personal legacy. (Chapters 631, 657–661, and 722)

The Evolution Cube and Crimson Dynasty

Han advances sooner than Heber expects and survives the confrontation, overturning the hierarchy the Tyrant assumed. Although Bloodshed Land officers attempt dirty tactics without his knowledge, Heber's own conflict remains direct: strength should decide the issue. After both men become dynasty-aligned, he accepts a ceasefire and works beside Han in the Flickering World despite the reputational cost of appearing to retreat. He acknowledges Han as an equal while refusing friendship or the appearance of fear. (Chapters 725, 774, and 818)

The new alliance does not remove rivalry. Heber greets Han calmly at strategy meetings, keeps his hostile Vanguard Officials disciplined, and competes for resources and territory without sabotaging the dynasty's exploration. He is tempted by opportunities that would improve his forces but cannot always bring himself to request help from the rival who defeated his plans. Pride protects the Bloodshed Land identity, yet it also blocks pragmatic benefits Han more readily accepts. (Chapters 818 and 887)

The Flickering World

Heber's public image remains built around uncompromising strength, and his followers turn even the harsh cost of Tyrant-related progression into a badge of loyalty. Yet Black Star's victory damages Bloodshed Land's influence, and commercial support from Sorokin cannot reverse the gap. Heber continues creating trouble for Han through competition and refuses to abandon face, while Han's greater flexibility lets him avoid fights that offer prestige but no strategic reward. (Chapters 903, 937, 988, and 1035)

Intelligent Plague and the Association

During the Intelligent Plague era, Heber keeps a lower profile and concentrates on rebuilding. Han remains unwilling to lend him the Evolution Cube, while Sorokin eventually suspends the financial support that helped Bloodshed Land compete. Heber's martial legacy nevertheless spreads through techniques: Polar Channel Flow—Cellular Overdrive exchanges future potential for immediate strength, and Stellar Furnace Cultivation remains one of Han's most effective energy-training methods until Ames produces a stronger alternative. (Chapters 1046, 1062, 1092, and 1183)

Heber joins the Beyond Grade A collective but does not embrace Han's leadership. His participation reflects the strategic need for Supers to coordinate, not personal reconciliation. The same independence that makes him a difficult ally also prevents Bloodshed Land from becoming a Black Star subsidiary; Heber accepts institutions only while retaining the right to disagree openly. (Chapters 1092 and 1183)

Sanctum Revival and the Super Crisis

When the association elects Han as president, Heber is among the few members who abstain. He neither tries to overturn the overwhelming result nor pretends enthusiasm. The abstention condenses their entire rivalry into a political act: Heber recognizes the collective's decision and Han's superior influence, but will not personally endorse the former subordinate candidate who displaced him as the Shattered Star Ring's dominant figure. (Chapter 1251)

The World Tree War

The foreign invasion gives Heber a conflict larger than reputation. He still calls Han an opportunist and rejects flattery, but acknowledges that their interests and survival are aligned. He joins the war effort as a front-line Pugilist and ultimately fights inside coordinated formations rather than as a solitary Tyrant. Alongside other martial experts, he charges World Tree fleets and tears apart their defenses, subordinating personal style to the explored universe's combined strategy. (Chapters 1345 and 1437)

His cooperation does not require a personality reversal. Heber remains blunt, proud, and unwilling to praise Han, while the coalition benefits from exactly the durability and offensive commitment that built his reputation. The war resolves the strategic rivalry without resolving personal affection: Bloodshed Land and Black Star can stand on the same side because extinction makes their common interest undeniable. (Chapters 1345, 1368, and 1437)

Appearance and personality

Heber is a seven-meter-tall Demon with a massively muscular, mountain-like body. His skin is red, curved horns grow from his forehead with half of one broken, his pupils are white, and two black lines run from forehead to jaw. He wears heavy plate armor and is so dense that his steps mark the ground. His quiet gaze and calm voice carry pressure without requiring theatrical anger. (Chapters 590 and 608–609)

He is domineering, direct, proud, disciplined, and deeply concerned with martial prestige. He values talent and gives strong subordinates room to recover from defeat, but expects hierarchy to follow strength. He does not force Han to accept recruitment and can honor a ceasefire, showing that pride is bounded by rules and organizational responsibility. His great weakness is inflexibility: concessions that Han treats as tools feel to Heber like damage to identity. (Chapters 610, 616, 661, 722, 818, 953, and 988)

Abilities and class

Heber is a senior Beyond Grade A Pugilist whose body is described as his strongest weapon. He can penetrate a planet physically, withstand its deep crust and molten core, and resist force-field pressure that would tear lesser Supers apart. His titles “Walking Fixed Star” and “One Who Stepped into the Forbidden Zone of Life” reflect extraordinary durability, density, energy, and close-range destructive power. (Chapters 590, 596, and 606)

Pugilist combat and Polar Channel Flow

Heber fights by reinforcing his body with Pugilist energy and forcing close combat through overwhelming speed and impact. Polar Channel Flow emphasizes harsh explosive output. Cellular Overdrive temporarily increases strength by consuming future potential, making it powerful when a decisive burst matters but damaging as a routine solution. He teaches related techniques to Vanguard Officials, allowing Bloodshed Land's martial doctrine to extend beyond his own body. (Chapters 659 and 1062)

Stellar Furnace Cultivation

Heber Stellar Furnace Cultivation is an advanced energy-training technique capable of greatly increasing maximum energy over repeated practice. Han gains substantial reserves from it and treats it as his best method until Dragon Emperor Star Energy Extraction surpasses it. The corpus establishes its training value but does not provide a complete description of how Heber developed the technique or every step required to practice it. (Chapters 799 and 1183)

Relationships

• Han Xiao: Heber first tries to recruit Han, then waits for him to become strong enough to kill as a prestigious rival. Han instead defeats and surpasses him. They remain cold competitors under the dynasty and association before fighting together against the World Tree. (Chapters 596, 610, 722, 774–818, 988, 1251, and 1345–1437)
• Ames: Heber and Ames are old rivals whose abilities contrast his nearly indestructible body with her force-field control. He recruits one of her officers, defeats her in an earlier clash, and repeatedly challenges her authority, though shared alliances prevent their feud from becoming unrestricted war. (Chapters 605–616 and 606–610)
• Psyker: Psyker and Heber cooperate against Han during the Evolution Cube conflict and later share the position of diminished Shattered Star Ring rivals. Both abstain from endorsing Han's association presidency while remaining within the collective. (Chapters 725–774 and 1251)
• Sorokin: Sorokin invests in Bloodshed Land and uses it as the legitimate front of commercial pressure against Black Star. Heber accepts capital that strengthens his organization without mistaking the financier's motives for loyalty. (Chapters 924, 953, 991, and 1092)
• Hila: Hila studies Heber's reputation as an example of the physical heights a Beyond Grade A can reach and later becomes another Shattered Star Ring powerhouse who shifts the balance away from Bloodshed Land. (Chapters 606 and 1002)

Items

• No individually tracked signature item: Heber uses specialized armor and commands Planet Heber, a mobile planet-grade fortress, but the approved inventory assigns no personal item article to him. His body, techniques, and organization—not a unique weapon—define his power.