Devour you, shell and all!

Su Zhan Dharma Form his right hand.

It's not a fist.

It's a palm.

Spread your five fingers.

Palms facing up.

The light of the five Principle shone from the five fingertips respectively—thumb: metal, index finger: wood, middle finger: fire, ring finger: earth, and little finger: poison.

"The Five Elements Return to Origin"

Su Zhan spoke in a low voice.

Five beams of light shot out simultaneously from the five fingertips of the Dharma Form.

The five beams of light converged into a single point in the air, then shot towards the tip of the dark greatsword.

The two forces met at the very center of space.

Boom!

The sound was beyond what the ear could detect.

That's a resonance at the level of Principle.

Every fragment of Spirit Stone, every rock, and every wisp of air in the Core Space resonated with this attack.

The shockwave that spread outward from the point of impact flattened the lower half of the Core Space.

The giant sword that Clones shattered into pieces during the collision.

The power provided by the fourteen chains was like trying to pull a train with a rope when faced with the terrifying output of the Five-Method Fusion.

"Impossible..."

The Clones's voice was filled with disbelief.

Its hands were still in the posture of holding a sword, but only the hilt remained in its hands.

Su Zhan's five-colored beam of light passed through the wreckage of the broken sword without slowing down.

It went straight for the Clones's chest.

In the span of half a breath, the threads of the Shadow Thousand Silk Lock severed four more chains.

Seven are gone. Ten remain.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Because the attack from Su Zhan had already arrived.

The beam of light pierced the Clones's chest.

The Clones looked down at the colorful hole in its chest, its expression almost blank.

"You... what exactly...?"

"Talks too much."

Su Zhan's Dharma Form stepped forward.

His other hand was raised as well.

Palms down.

It was placed on the top of the Clones's head.

The moment his palm landed on the Clones's head, Su Zhan felt a fierce resistance.

The ten remaining chains of the Clones tightened frantically, drawing the last of their power from the sphere at the Grotto-Heaven Heart, attempting to suppress and repel Su Zhan's Principle.

However, Dharma Form Five-Method Fusion tightly gripped its spiritual essence.

Not a single bit loosened.

"Soul Search."

Su Zhan uttered two words.

This Soul Search was different from the one used when dealing with the three Elders.

The combined souls of the three Elders were like three cups of murky water.

The soul of this Clones is a bottomless pool of ink.

Because it's more than just a Clones.

It shares nearly 30% of its memories, will, and Law Power with the original body. Searching its soul is tantamount to peeping into the deepest secrets of the Black Demon Sect Sect Master's heart.

The cost was that the resistance also increased many times over.

"Roar--!"

The Clones let out a roar that was not human.

Blinding black light shot out from those pitch-black pupils, transforming into sharp blades that attempted to pierce Su Zhan's Sea of Consciousness for a reverse search.

The Thunder Emperor Divine Seat lazily rolled over.

The black blades touched the purple-gold throne, making a "sizzling" sound, and evaporated completely.

[Thunder Emperor Divine Seat]: Here we go again. How come these black mosquitoes are never-ending?

After the Clones's counter-search was crushed, Su Zhan's will swept straight in.

A deluge of information poured in.

It was dozens of times more than the combined amount of the previous three Elders.

The Black Demon Sect's history, internal power structure, the Sect Master's Cultivation Practice Method, forbidden Secret Art, and hidden outposts in various locations...

This information flooded in chaotically, Thunder Emperor Divine Seat operated at full power, beginning high-speed sorting.

But Su Zhan was not greedy.

He was only looking for two things.

First – the Sect Master leader's specific cultivation level and weaknesses.

Found it.

Second Level Martial Emperor.

It may seem terrifying, but in reality, the Sect Master's Martial Emperor Realm was forcibly built up using Evil Method, and his foundation is not solid. His greatest weakness lies in his soul.

His soul was riddled with holes during the cultivation of the Black Demon Great Art. The backlash from the Thunder Emperor Divine Seat had torn a large gash in his already fragile soul.

He is currently undergoing frantic healing deep within the Demon Sea.

It will be impossible to return to peak condition within three months.

Second – the method to unlock the chains on the Grotto-Heaven Heart.

It was found too.

When Su Zhan came across this memory, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile.

The solution is surprisingly simple.

The chains are essentially a "Contract"—a Contract between the Sect Master and the Grotto-Heaven Core, with power as its medium.