Chapter 985

The Five Aggregates are form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness.

The Five Aggregate Divine Thunder is an intangible, formless yin thunder that specifically targets and neutralizes spiritual cores and all powers related to the spiritual core.

In other words, once cultivated, it can silently stir the opponent’s mind and emotions; as soon as their Five Aggregates stir, you can harness that momentum to unleash the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder and damage their spiritual core.

Moreover, if external demonic influences or other spirit-related star arts infiltrate, this technique can obliterate them.

A secret spiritual combat art that can both kill enemies and protect oneself.

Its power is extremely strong.

But it has drawbacks, especially when used for defense.

When defending oneself, the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder is triggered within one’s Dao Embryo or Nascent Soul—before harming the enemy, it harms oneself first.

This is the risk Master Fenghua Emperor Jun spoke of.

He did not know the strength of Xu Jin’s heart demon tribulation; if Xu Jin cultivates this art, he can handle the tribulation easily, but afterward, his Dao Embryo or Nascent Soul will be injured, possibly severely.

Compared to ordinary spiritual defense methods that only defend and never attack, the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder is far superior.

Yet, cultivating this Five Aggregate Divine Thunder is extremely difficult!

None of Xu Jin’s senior brothers have succeeded in mastering it.

Of course, this is also because they have no urgent need for this technique.

Among the many thunder-based rules and arts, several are specifically designed to counter Dao Embryos and Nascent Souls, with extraordinarily potent power.

The Extermination Divine Thunder that Xu Jin learned from the Heavenly Punishment True Person falls into this category.

To some extent, its power overlaps with that of the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder, so his senior brothers never took it seriously.

Because human energy and time are limited.

Besides this, there is another major reason why his senior brothers failed to master it.

That is, if one has the Grand Void Questioning Platform to assist, cultivation becomes relatively easier.

Without the Grand Void Questioning Platform, cultivation is exceedingly, exceedingly difficult.

The fundamental reason is that cultivation consumes vast amounts of the Seven Emotions’ power.

Only by using the power of the Seven Emotions and Five Aggregates as the catalyst, with yin thunder as auxiliary, can one successfully cultivate the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder.

This is also why Master Fenghua Emperor Jun passed on the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder to Xu Jin.

“Jin’er, this is part of the Seven Emotions’ power I’ve prepared for you; combined with the Seven Emotions’ power you’ve already accumulated in your Grand Void Questioning Platform, you should be able to rapidly master the Five Aggregate Divine Thunder.

But after mastering it, the power of your Grand Void Questioning Platform may drop drastically, requiring a large amount of Seven Emotions’ power to restore.”

As Xu Jin studied, Master Fenghua Emperor Jun continuously guided him through the difficulties, clarifying doubts and resolving confusion, allowing Xu Jin to fully comprehend it in short order.

Moreover, Master Fenghua Emperor Jun gifted him two thousand units each of Seven Emotions’ power.

“Thank you, Master!”

Xu Jin accepted the gift generously and bowed, “Master, as long as I can overcome the heart demon tribulation, I am on the verge of becoming a True Person; if the Grand Void Questioning Platform’s power drops, so be it.

I’ll just have to slowly gather more Seven Emotions’ power later when I have time to restore its power.”

Hearing this, Master Fenghua Emperor Jun suddenly laughed, “Jin’er, it seems there’s something you still don’t know.”

“Please, Master, enlighten me?”

“Jin’er, do you know what the greatest difference is between my Thousand Star Alliance and the regions of Tongxuan, Hongluan, and Qingyu?” Master Fenghua Emperor Jun asked.

“The greatest difference?”

After a few breaths of thought, Xu Jin replied, “Master, is it relative freedom, complex origins of personnel, or ‘more work, more reward’?”

By “more work, more reward,” Xu Jin meant that many benefits in the Thousand Star War Zone have clear standards.

As long as you meet the requirements, you can claim them directly.

For instance, an Emperor-level cultivator can directly carve out a Star Island; as soon as you meet the criteria, you can instantly summon a Star Ruin into the Star River, transforming it into a Star River star.

Whether it’s a small, medium, or large world, you may choose freely.

No restrictions.

Xu Jin believed this might be the Thousand Star War Zone’s greatest feature.

“None of the above.”

Master Fenghua Emperor Jun shook his head, “Jin’er, you’ve simply spent too little time in the Thousand Star War Zone. Stay longer, and you’ll understand.

The greatest feature of the Thousand Star War Zone—or my Thousand Star Alliance—is that wealth can reach the divine!”

“Wealth can reach the divine?” Xu Jin was puzzled—this was truly unexpected.

“You probably haven’t thoroughly studied the functions of your Thousand Star Token, have you? It has a bounty posting feature.

With your token’s rank, you can directly post tasks on it.

As long as you offer sufficient rewards, others will gladly gather Seven Emotions’ power for you.

When you have time, study this—it’s an excellent way to save time,” Master Fenghua Emperor Jun said.

Xu Jin was stunned, as if suddenly awakened.

In an instant, he understood.

This was precisely “wealth can reach the divine!”

Of course, “wealth can reach the divine” requires possessing sufficient wealth.

And Xu Jin, right now, was not lacking.

He sank his spiritual sense into the Thousand Star Token and glanced at the bounty task interface.

He had once clicked into it while in Kunling Domain, but saw nothing then and paid no attention.