By this time, news that Xia Ping had won the Genius Tournament had spread throughout the Cloud Sky Realm. The major martial arts families had all heard about it, and they began making their moves.
"I never expected this year's Genius Tournament champion to be a commoner, not a prodigy from one of the King Families. What an eye-opener." Someone sighed with emotion.
The Genius Tournament had been held many times, and almost every year, the champion came from a King Family. For a commoner to make a name for himself and win was practically impossible.
Setting aside their natural talents, the resources available to the two sides were on entirely different levels.
Ordinary people had to toil away, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while members of King Families could simply pop pills. A single pill could be worth months of cultivation for an ordinary prodigy. How could anyone compete with that?
"It's good that he's a commoner. That's even better. It proves just how astonishingly talented this young man is. He's a future King. If our family could form a marriage alliance with him, wouldn't we gain a powerful backer?"
Someone wanted to send his daughter off to marry Xia Ping.
After all, anyone with eyes could see that Xia Ping had a bright future. Unless something unexpected happened, his ascension to the King Realm was all but certain.
If they could secure this powerful ally in advance, wouldn't they be set for life?
He couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have a King standing behind his family. They could probably roam the Cloud Sky Realm without anyone daring to provoke them.
"But according to rumors, that kid is quite the womanizer. No one knows how many girlfriends he's had, and he even