Hong Chuan was dead, and this time, there would be no miracle or unexpected comeback. 

Even after using Three Forms of the Thunder Fist to push himself beyond his limits, the so-called "King of the Century" had still failed to reach transcendence. At his strongest, he had only barely reached the level of Second Growth, and even then, he was still weaker than Lu Changsheng had been when he underwent his own Second Growth. 

Lu Changsheng, meanwhile, had already completed his Third Growth and reached transcendence. To Lu Changsheng, anyone who had yet to transcend was far too weak to pose a genuine threat, and Hong Chuan was no exception. Crushing him with a single palm strike had taken almost no effort at all. 

The members of the three great clans could only stare at what remained of Hong Chuan. They had known from the beginning that he could lose, but none of them had...