The standards for taking part in the assessment were also perfectly clear.
Any human of the Nine Provinces who followed the Righteous Path, was under two hundred years old, and had cultivation above the ninth level of the Grandmaster Realm could register.
Registration would remain open for one month.
Anyone who registered after that month would not be added to the rolls.
Though the Nine Provinces World was vast beyond measure, teleportation arrays connected many of its important cities.
The news of the Emperor's search for a son-in-law would spread throughout the Nine Provinces in just a few days. Even martial artists in the most desolate corners would hear about it.
And for martial artists at the Great Grandmaster level or above, reaching a major city and teleporting to Tianjun City to register within a month was no problem at all.
Since Lu Yang had a beauty who had set her heart on him, he had people register him at once.
However, during the first few days, hardly anyone from the court or the common people signed up.
Most of the applicants were outstanding disciples from Shangyin Academy or the sons of officials from the Prime Minister's faction.
The expected throngs of applicants never appeared.
When Lu Yang heard the news, he was only a little surprised. He soon understood why.
The Pillar State Princess was indeed a peerless beauty, and she also possessed an exceptional Cauldron constitution. Any man who became her husband would gain wealth, power, and cultivation enough to make anyone's heart leap!
But no matter how wonderful the Princess was, you had to live long enough to marry her.
Anyone in Central Province with even a little power or influence knew that the Pillar State Princess was the exclusive possession of Li Chengliang, son of the