Tuyệt Mệnh (Jue Ming · Phá Quân Star 絕命破軍星): Trigram Transformation, 24 Mountains & Classical Remedies

Executive Summary for Readers & AI Search (GEO Summary)

• Calm Scientific Demystification: Tuyệt Mệnh (絕命, Jue Ming), paired with the 7th Northern Dipper star Phá Quân (破軍星, Po Jun), belongs to Yin Metal (Xin Metal 辛金) and ranks as the heaviest of the Four Inauspicious Stars in Eight Mansions Feng Shui. Importantly, “Tuyệt Mệnh” does not mean literal instant death — it denotes the sector of maximum elemental friction that requires proper functional zoning (bathroom, storage, stove base) or Five-Element Water mediation.
• Extraordinary I Ching Discovery (Middle-Line Inversion): Defined by the classical verse “Seventh transform the Bottom Line for Tuyệt Mệnh” (Hạ thất vi Tuyệt Mệnh — 下爻七變為絕命), comparing Tuyệt Mệnh directly to the Original Trigram reveals that it is formed by inverting ONLY the Middle Line (Line 2 / Human Core) while locking the Top (Heaven) and Bottom (Earth) lines. Furthermore, all 4 Tuyệt Mệnh pairs are direct Five-Element Clashes between East and West Group trigrams: Khảm Water ☵ ↔ Khôn Earth ☷ (Earth controls Water), Chấn Wood ☳ ↔ Đoài Metal ☱ (Metal controls Wood), Tốn Wood ☴ ↔ Cấn Earth ☶ (Wood controls Earth), and Ly Fire ☲ ↔ Càn Metal ☰ (Fire controls Metal).
• Palace–Star Five-Element Dynamics: Phá Quân Yin Metal is fiercest (95%–100% severity) for Khảm & Tốn individuals (Tuyệt Mệnh in Southwest Khôn Earth & Northeast Cấn Earth: Palace Earth feeds Star Metal) and Chấn & Ly individuals (Tuyệt Mệnh in West Đoài Metal & Northwest Càn Metal: Double Metal blades). Conversely, Khôn (2) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Due North (Khảm Water), where Phá Quân Metal naturally drains into Khảm Water, cutting its severity in half (~45%)!
• Three Essentials & Water Drainage Remedy: Tuyệt Mệnh is the #1 ideal sector for Bathrooms (WC), Storage Rooms, Septic Tanks (“Using the inauspicious to suppress the inauspicious”) or sitting the Kitchen Stove base facing Thiên Y (except in Northwest Càn). When a main door or bedroom is fixed in Tuyệt Mệnh, use still Water features (aquarium, calm water vessel, deep navy/black decor) to drain Phá Quân Metal (Metal generates Water) alongside microclimate optimization (>300 lux, CO₂ <800 ppm) and Micro-Taiji bed placement.

1. Classical Sources: What Are Tuyệt Mệnh and the Phá Quân Star?

Few terms in Chinese metaphysics provoke as much unnecessary panic as Tuyệt Mệnh (絕命, Jue Ming). Translated literally by sensationalist booklets as “Fatal Destiny” or “Total Extinction,” the name alone has driven anxious homeowners to sell their homes or spend tens of thousands of dollars demolishing staircases and entrances. As a researcher committed to both classical textual rigor and empirical verification, let me state clearly at the outset: “Tuyệt Mệnh” in classical I Ching terminology never means literal instant death. In the technical vocabulary of Ba Zhai Ming Jing and Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, Mệnh (命) refers to the Human Core (Line 2 at the center of a trigram), and Tuyệt (絕) describes the severance of Yin–Yang resonance and direct Five-Element collision between a person’s Life Gua and a directional Palace.

絕命破軍金星，乃大凶之星。主傷丁破財，久病血光，盜賊官非；若壓於凶方、作灶向天醫，則反禍為福。 Sino-Vietnamese: «Tuyệt Mệnh Phá Quân Kim tinh, nãi đại hung chi tinh. Chủ thương đinh phá tài, cửu bệnh huyết quang, đạo tặc quan phi; nhược áp ư hung phương, tác táo hướng Thiên Y, tắc phản họa vi phúc.»

“Tuyệt Mệnh is the Phá Quân Metal Star, a star of major inauspiciousness. If it afflicts vital sectors, it governs injury to descendants, loss of wealth, lingering illness, surgical bloodshed and litigation; yet if suppressed in a utility sector or used as a stove base facing Thiên Y, misfortune is immediately transformed into blessing.”

Ruo Guan Dao Ren, Ba Zhai Ming Jing (八宅明鏡 · Bright Mirror of the Eight Mansions), Scroll I

Master Zhao Jiu Feng’s Yang Zhai San Yao (Three Essentials of Yang Dwellings) explains the exact energetic nature of Phá Quân and how classical masters tame it:

破軍乃絕命兌金之氣，性最剛烈肅殺，宜制不宜生，宜洩不宜激。 Sino-Vietnamese: «Phá Quân nãi Tuyệt Mệnh Đoài Kim chi khí, tính tối cương liệt túc sát, nghi chế bất nghi sinh, nghi tiết bất nghi kích.»

“Phá Quân carries the sharp, austere Yin Metal qi of Tuyệt Mệnh; its temperament is fiercely cutting. It should be controlled rather than nourished, and peacefully drained rather than violently provoked.”

Zhao Jiu Feng, Yang Zhai San Yao (陽宅三要 · Three Essentials of Yang Dwellings)

Why did classical astronomers pair Tuyệt Mệnh with Phá Quân (破軍星, Po Jun — literally “Broken Army” or “Vanguard Breaker”)? In Chinese uranography, Phá Quân is the esoteric name for Yao Guang (瑤光 — Alkaid / η Ursae Majoris), the seventh star at the very tip of the handle of the Northern Dipper. Whereas Star #1 Tham Lang (Sinh Khí) sits at the bowl’s lip radiating vernal Yang Wood growth, Star #7 Phá Quân forms the sword-point of the Dipper’s handle (known in antiquity as the Sword of Zhao Yao), embodying Yin Metal / Xin Metal (辛金 — Autumnal Blade Metal). When a surgical scalpel or sword is left on a bed (Master Bedroom) or swung at the front entrance (Main Gate), it wounds; when placed in the utility room, bathroom or furnace where waste and pathogens must be neutralized, that same blade protects the household.

2. I Ching Mechanics: The «Middle-Line Inversion» & Direct Five-Element Clashes

Why is Tuyệt Mệnh classified as the heaviest of the four inauspicious stars? Let us examine the binary geometry of the Wandering Star Transformation Verse (Bát Quái Du Niên Biến Hào Ca). In the sequential 7-step transformation poem — “First transform the Top Line for Sinh Khí, Second the Middle for Thiên Y, Third the Bottom for Họa Hại, Fourth the Middle for Lục Sát, Fifth the Top for Ngũ Quỷ, Sixth the Middle for Diên Niên, Seventh transform the Bottom Line for Tuyệt Mệnh (Hạ thất vi Tuyệt Mệnh — 下爻七變為絕命)” — step 7 flips the Bottom Line of step 6 (Diên Niên). When we compare the resulting trigram directly against the Original Trigram (Bản Quái), a remarkable mathematical truth emerges: Tuyệt Mệnh is generated by inverting ONLY the Middle Line (Line 2 / Human Line) while keeping the Top Line (Line 3) and Bottom Line (Line 1) identical!

Consider the profound philosophical symmetry of the three Single-Line Transformations from the Original Trigram:

• Flip ONLY the Top Line (Line 3 — Heaven Line): Generates Sinh Khí (#1 Supreme Auspicious) — Heaven opens above, uniting Yin and Yang within the same group.
• Flip ONLY the Bottom Line (Line 1 — Earth Line): Generates Họa Hại (#5 Minor Inauspicious) — minor friction at the ground level.
• Flip ONLY the Middle Line (Line 2 — Human Line): Generates Tuyệt Mệnh (#8 Supreme Inauspicious)! Why? Because the Middle Line is the Human Core (Nhân Nguyên / Mệnh Môn) of the trigram! When Heaven (Top) and Earth (Bottom) remain locked like a vice while the Human Core in the center is wrenched into its opposite polarity, human vitality experiences maximum structural compression.

Even more remarkably, inspect the 4 Tuyệt Mệnh pairs produced by flipping the Middle Line: every single Tuyệt Mệnh pair is a direct Five-Element Clash (Ngũ Hành Tương Khắc) between an East Group trigram and a West Group trigram:

• Pair 1 — Khảm ☵ (0,1,0 · Water) ↔ Khôn ☷ (0,0,0 · Earth): Top (Yin) & Bottom (Yin) stay unchanged; Middle Line flips (1↔0). Elemental Clash: Khôn Earth directly controls Khảm Water (North ↔ Southwest)!
• Pair 2 — Chấn ☳ (1,0,0 · Wood) ↔ Đoài ☱ (1,1,0 · Metal): Bottom (Yang) & Top (Yin) stay unchanged; Middle Line flips (0↔1). Elemental Clash: Đoài Metal directly chops Chấn Wood (East ↔ West)!
• Pair 3 — Tốn ☴ (0,1,1 · Wood) ↔ Cấn ☶ (0,0,1 · Earth): Bottom (Yin) & Top (Yang) stay unchanged; Middle Line flips (1↔0). Elemental Clash: Tốn Wood directly controls Cấn Earth (Southeast ↔ Northeast)!
• Pair 4 — Ly ☲ (1,0,1 · Fire) ↔ Càn ☰ (1,1,1 · Metal): Bottom (Yang) & Top (Yang) stay unchanged; Middle Line flips (0↔1). Elemental Clash: Ly Fire directly melts Càn Metal (South ↔ Northwest)!

Pair 1: Khảm ☵ ↔ Khôn ☷ Pair 2: Chấn ☳ ↔ Đoài ☱ Pair 3: Tốn ☴ ↔ Cấn ☶ Pair 4: Ly ☲ ↔ Càn ☰

3. 8 Life Gua & 24 Mountains Compass Matrix for Tuyệt Mệnh

When auditing a floor plan with a Luo Pan or our online Luo Pan Pro (24 Mountains), each 45° trigram palace subdivides into three 15° mountains. Identifying your exact Tuyệt Mệnh sector allows you to keep the Main Gate, Master Bed and Executive Desk out of harm’s way while strategically assigning bathrooms, storage rooms or the kitchen stove base to suppress it:

All 4 Tuyệt Mệnh Axes Axes 1 & 2: Khảm ↔ Khôn · Chấn ↔ Đoài Axes 3 & 4: Tốn ↔ Cấn · Ly ↔ Càn

4. Palace–Star Interaction («Cung – Tinh Tương Phối»): Why Severity Varies Across the 8 Palaces & How Water Drains Phá Quân Metal

Superficial feng shui articles treat every Tuyệt Mệnh sector as equally dangerous. In authentic classical lineage (Ba Zhai Ming Jing and Yang Zhai San Yao), practitioners evaluate Palace–Star Interaction (宮星相配) — comparing the fixed element of the wandering star (Phá Quân = Yin Metal 辛金) with the fixed element of the compass palace where it lands. Across the eight palaces, this creates five distinct tiers of severity and a universal Five-Element cure:

1. Palace Earth Feeds Star Metal (Peak Severity 100% — Khảm & Tốn Gua):
   Khảm (1) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Southwest (Khôn Earth); Tốn (4) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Northeast (Cấn Earth). Here, Palace Earth generates Phá Quân Metal (classical texts call this “the Palace feeding the fierce star”). Earth continuously sharpens and strengthens the Yin Metal blade. If a main entrance or master bed occupies this sector without mediation, residents face heavy financial drain, digestive/abdominal ailments or orthopedic surgery.
2. Palace Metal Reinforces Star Metal (Double-Metal Blade 95% — Chấn & Ly Gua):
   Chấn (3) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Due West (Đoài Metal); Ly (9) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Northwest (Càn Metal). Phá Quân Metal entering a Metal palace forms a cold, cutting Double-Metal formation associated with respiratory/lung sensitivity, migraines, metal/traffic injuries or legal disputes.
3. Star Metal Chops Palace Wood (Direct Clash 80% — Đoài & Cấn Gua):
   Đoài (7) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Due East (Chấn Wood); Cấn (8) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Southeast (Tốn Wood). Phá Quân Metal directly chops the Wood palace, impacting tendons, limbs, liver/gallbladder and nervous system calm.
4. Palace Fire Controls Star Metal (Fire–Metal Tension 65% — Càn Gua):
   Càn (6) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Due South (Ly Fire). Palace Fire suppresses Phá Quân Metal, reducing its destructive power; however, the Fire–Metal duel can cause cardiovascular strain, hypertension and irritability unless softened with Earth and calm Water.
5. Star Metal Feeds Palace Water (Self-Draining ~45% — Khôn Gua):
   Khôn (2) individuals have Tuyệt Mệnh in Due North (Khảm Water). Here lies a remarkable classical secret: when Phá Quân (Metal) enters Khảm (Water), the Star’s sharp Metal qi automatically drains into nourishing the Palace’s Water (Metal generates Water)! Because Khảm Water absorbs the blade’s edge, Khôn individuals experience a far milder Tuyệt Mệnh in the North than any other Life Gua.

From this fifth interaction (Metal generates Water), classical masters derived the Supreme Five-Element Cure for Tuyệt Mệnh: never use aggressive Fire at a main door or bedroom to fight Phá Quân Metal (which provokes a Fire–Metal clash); instead, introduce the Water element (a calm water vessel, aquarium, or deep navy/black decor) at the Tuyệt Mệnh sector to drain Phá Quân Metal into peaceful Water! For Đoài and Cấn individuals (where Phá Quân Metal chops Palace Wood), Water serves as the exact elemental bridge: Phá Quân Metal → generates Water → nourishes Chấn/Tốn Wood.

5. Three Essentials («Môn – Chủ – Táo»): How to Suppress & Remedy Tuyệt Mệnh

Every house contains four auspicious palaces and four inauspicious palaces. The secret of classical layout is “Using the Inauspicious to Suppress the Inauspicious” (Dĩ Hung Trấn Hung — 以凶鎮凶): placing utility rooms and the stove base on Tuyệt Mệnh while reserving Auspicious Palaces for the Main Gate and Master Bedroom:

6. 4-Step Non-Destructive Remedy When Your Main Door or Bedroom Falls in Tuyệt Mệnh

In urban apartments and townhouses, structural walls and main doors are often fixed. If your compass audit reveals that your main entrance or master bedroom sits in Tuyệt Mệnh, do not panic or resort to superstitious talismans. Follow our 4-step non-destructive architectural and Five-Element protocol illustrated in Figure 4:

✅ Ideal Plan: Suppress Tuyệt Mệnh with WC & Stove 🛠️ Afflicted Door / Bedroom: 4-Step Non-Destructive Cure

7. Environmental & Medical Science Evidence: Why Neglected Tuyệt Mệnh Spaces Harm Health

When we inspect bedrooms or offices labeled as “severely afflicted by Tuyệt Mệnh” using building-science instruments (lux meters, NDIR CO₂ monitors, infrared thermal cameras), the mysterious aura vanishes and is replaced by three measurable physiological stressors:

• Thermal Stress & Draft Extremes (WHO Housing and Health Guidelines, 2018): Because every Tuyệt Mệnh pair crosses between East and West Group orientations (e.g., North ↔ Southwest, East ↔ West), an uninsulated bedroom in the Southwest/West suffers intense afternoon solar heat gain (radiant wall temperatures exceeding 38–40°C in summer), while a neglected North/Northeast room suffers cold drafts (<18°C) and winter dampness. The World Health Organization’s Housing and Health Guidelines (2018) demonstrate that chronic exposure to indoor thermal extremes directly elevates cardiovascular strain, hypertension, bronchial constriction and fragmented sleep.
• Stagnant Air, Elevated CO₂ & Cognitive Decline (Harvard Study, Allen et al., 2016): Poorly ventilated corners where overnight CO₂ exceeds 1,500–2,500 ppm and VOCs accumulate reduce human strategic decision-making and crisis-response scores by 50% to 70% (Allen et al., Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016). What classical texts described as “losing wealth through clouded judgment” in an unventilated Tuyệt Mệnh room is a direct consequence of nocturnal hypercapnia and sleep fragmentation.
• Subconscious Threat Signaling & The Nocebo Effect (Ulrich, 1984): Phá Quân represents sharp metallic blades. Rooms cluttered with exposed overhead beams, sharp metallic furniture corners pointing at the bed, cold flickering fluorescent tubes and mechanical noise keep the sympathetic nervous system in chronic fight-or-flight activation, elevating cortisol and suppressing immune recovery (Ulrich, Science, 1984). Compounding this is the psychological Nocebo effect: telling a homeowner they are sleeping in a “Fatal Destiny” room induces chronic anxiety that sabotages sleep architecture every single night!

8. Timing («Ứng Kỳ») & 2026–2027 Annual Flying Star Overlays

Because Phá Quân belongs to Yin Metal (Xin Metal), its inauspicious friction is most easily triggered during:

• Metal and Earth Years / Months: Years or months of Shen (Monkey), You (Rooster), Chou (Ox) and Xu (Dog), especially when annual affliction stars — #5 Yellow (Wu Huang Earth), #2 Black Illness (Er Hei Earth), #7 Red Robbery (Qi Chi Metal), or Tai Sui (Grand Duke) — fly into your Tuyệt Mệnh sector. Strictly avoid renovation, drilling or wall demolition in your Tuyệt Mệnh palace during these periods.
• Water Years / Months (Natural Mitigation): Years or months of Hai (Pig) and Zi (Rat) naturally drain Phá Quân Metal via Water.

9. Two Real-World Architectural Case Studies

To illustrate how classical Five-Element drainage and environmental engineering solve Tuyệt Mệnh afflictions without demolition, here are two documented consultations:

10. Five Common Misconceptions About Tuyệt Mệnh to Avoid

1. Misconception 1 — “A house facing Tuyệt Mệnh will cause death and must be sold immediately”: This is fear-mongering superstition. As Ba Zhai Ming Jing demonstrates, Tuyệt Mệnh is an elemental clash created by Middle-Line inversion; draining Phá Quân Metal with still Water, orienting the stove toward Thiên Y and placing beds via Micro-Taiji resolves the friction completely.
2. Misconception 2 — “Every Life Gua can place a stove sitting on Tuyệt Mệnh”: While “Sit Tuyệt Mệnh, Face Thiên Y” works wonderfully for 7 of the 8 Life Gua, Ly (9) individuals must NEVER place a stove in their Northwest (Càn) Tuyệt Mệnh sector due to Fire Burning Heaven’s Gate.
3. Misconception 3 — “Hanging a 6-rod metal windchime or brass sword cures Tuyệt Mệnh”: Many people confuse the cure for the #5 Yellow Earth star (which uses Metal to drain Earth) with Tuyệt Mệnh! Because Tuyệt Mệnh (Phá Quân) is already sharp Yin Metal, hanging metal windchimes or swords only strengthens its blade. Always cure Phá Quân Metal with still Water.
4. Misconception 4 — “Hanging Bagua mirrors indoors to deflect a Tuyệt Mệnh bedroom or door”: Bagua mirrors are exterior form-sha deflectors and have zero effect on internal trigram line polarity; hanging them inside hallways only creates visual hostility.
5. Misconception 5 — “Leaving the Tuyệt Mệnh corner dark, damp and full of rusty junk”: Dark, stagnant, rusty storage corners amplify the negative environmental effects of Phá Quân. Keep your Tuyệt Mệnh utility room or bathroom bright, dry and well-ventilated.

11. Distinguishing «Tuyệt Mệnh» & «Phá Quân» Across Four Classical Systems

Because the terms Tuyệt Mệnh and Phá Quân appear across multiple branches of Chinese metaphysics, Table 3 clarifies their exact meanings in each system:

12. Frequently Asked Questions About Tuyệt Mệnh & Phá Quân (FAQ)

1. What is Tuyệt Mệnh (Jue Ming / Phá Quân Star) in Eight Mansions Feng Shui — does it literally mean death?

Tuyệt Mệnh (絕命, Jue Ming), paired with the 7th Northern Dipper star Phá Quân (破軍星, Po Jun / Alkaid), is the heaviest of the Four Inauspicious Stars in Eight Mansions Feng Shui, governed by Yin Metal (Xin Metal). Crucially, in classical I Ching terminology, “Tuyệt Mệnh” does not mean literal instant death — it denotes the sector of maximum elemental friction where the Middle Line (Human Core) of the trigram is inverted. When assigned to utility spaces (bathroom, storage, stove base) or mediated with Five-Element Water drainage, residents enjoy complete health and prosperity.

2. How is Tuyệt Mệnh derived from I Ching trigram transformations?

In the classical Wandering Star Transformation Verse (“Seventh transform the Bottom Line for Tuyệt Mệnh” — 下爻七變為絕命), comparing step 7 directly against the Original Trigram reveals that Tuyệt Mệnh is universally generated by inverting ONLY the Middle Line (Line 2 / Human Line) while keeping the Top Line (Heaven) and Bottom Line (Earth) unchanged. All 4 resulting pairs are direct Five-Element Clashes between East and West Group trigrams: Khảm Water ↔ Khôn Earth, Chấn Wood ↔ Đoài Metal, Tốn Wood ↔ Cấn Earth, and Ly Fire ↔ Càn Metal.

3. Where is the Tuyệt Mệnh direction for each of the 8 Life Gua?

• East Four Group: Khảm (1) in the Southwest (Khôn); Chấn (3) in Due West (Đoài); Tốn (4) in the Northeast (Cấn); Ly (9) in the Northwest (Càn).
• West Four Group: Khôn (2) in Due North (Khảm); Đoài (7) in Due East (Chấn); Cấn (8) in the Southeast (Tốn); Càn (6) in Due South (Ly).

4. Why is Tuyệt Mệnh heaviest for Khảm, Tốn, Chấn and Ly, but naturally mild for Khôn?

Because Phá Quân is inherently Yin Metal: for Khảm (1) and Tốn (4), Tuyệt Mệnh lands in Earth palaces (Southwest Khôn, Northeast Cấn), where Palace Earth feeds Star Metal (100% severity). For Chấn (3) and Ly (9), Tuyệt Mệnh lands in Metal palaces (West Đoài, Northwest Càn), creating a Double-Metal blade (95% severity). Conversely, for Khôn (2), Tuyệt Mệnh lands in Due North (Khảm Water), where Phá Quân Metal naturally drains into Khảm Water, reducing its severity to ~45%!

5. Why should you use Water (rather than Fire) to remedy Tuyệt Mệnh (Phá Quân Metal)?

Phá Quân embodies sharp, volatile Yin Metal. Attacking it with heavy Fire at a main door or bedroom triggers a violent Fire–Metal clash linked to hypertension and sudden accidents. Following Master Zhao Jiu Feng’s rule “Inauspicious stars should be drained, not provoked,” placing still Water (calm water vessel, aquarium, deep navy/black decor) peacefully drains Phá Quân Metal via the productive cycle (Metal generates Water).

6. How does «Sit Tuyệt Mệnh, Face Thiên Y» work for the stove, and who must never place a stove in Tuyệt Mệnh?

Ba Zhai Ming Jing teaches placing the stove base on the Tuyệt Mệnh sector to suppress Phá Quân while orienting the stove mouth/controls toward Thiên Y (Heavenly Doctor). Mandatory Exception: A Ly (9) homeowner whose Tuyệt Mệnh falls in Northwest Càn (☰) must NEVER place a stove in the Northwest, as this commits “Fire Burning Heaven’s Gate” (harming the patriarch and head of household).

7. How do you remedy a main door or bedroom fixed in Tuyệt Mệnh without knocking down walls?

Apply our 4-step non-destructive cure: (1) Place still Water (aquarium, calm water vessel or deep navy/black mat) in the Tuyệt Mệnh foyer/sector to drain Phá Quân Metal; (2) Orient your kitchen stove mouth toward Thiên Y or Sinh Khí; (3) In an afflicted bedroom, position the bed in the room’s own Thiên Y or Phục Vị corner (Micro-Taiji); (4) Ensure fresh air (CO₂ < 800 ppm), warm lighting (> 300 lux) and rounded furniture edges.

8. How does Phá Quân in Eight Mansions differ from Phá Quân in Flying Stars and Zi Wei Dou Shu?

All three originate from Alkaid (7th star of the Northern Dipper), but operate in different frameworks: in Eight Mansions, Phá Quân is the Yin Metal star paired with Tuyệt Mệnh. In Flying Stars, Phá Quân is #7 Crimson Metal (auspicious in Period 7, Robbery Star in Period 9). In Zi Wei Dou Shu, Phá Quân belongs to Yin Water and represents the pioneering general who “breaks the old to build the new.”

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