The Innovation List continued to announce names. Most of the people who appeared were completely unfamiliar to Huo Yuhao, with the exception of Wu Yi, and they were all soul engineers.
But after Long Tu, everyone listed belonged to the younger generation. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, those sibling prodigies, were also among them.
The rewards for the Innovation List were overall weaker this time, so the siblings received limited prizes. Xiao Hongchen obtained a God- bestowed soul ring and an 80,000-year soul ring upgrade.
Meng Hongchen, due to her lower ranking, only received an attribute enhancement reward—her ice attribute was raised to the Extreme level. But for her, this was already a shocking surprise.
This meant that from now on, nobody could restrain her poison through Extreme Ice.
"Innovation List, Third Place: Xuan Ziwen, thirty… eighty-fourth rank. Innovation: Milk Bottle Sealing Technology."
"Reward…"
"Innovation List, Second Place: Yu Tianming, one hundred and sixty-three years old. Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Soul Power: Rank 94. Innovation: Perfected Dragonification Secret Art."
"Reward: Soul ring upgraded by 150,000 years."
Compared to everyone else, Huo Yuhao felt Yu Tianming's reward was honestly garbage. Second place for this? After thinking it over, Yuhao figured it was probably the guy's age dragging him down. Since the Divine Rankings appeared, he was the oldest person to ever get listed.
Xuan Ziwen's reward, however, was solid. His talent as a soul master wasn't outstanding, but he was an 8th-rank soul engineer with tremendous potential. Now that his Martial Soul had improved in quality, breaking through to Title Douluo wouldn't be hard, and reaching 9th-rank soul engineer in the future was practically guaranteed.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to bring him into the Soul Guidance Hall. But the thought passed quickly—Xuan Ziwen was a senior teacher of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, not someone easy to poach.
In the original story, Xuan Ziwen was lured to the Tang Sect by Dai Yuhao using his own soul tool technology.Huo Yuhao, however, hadn't trained in soul tools at all—so he couldn't lure anyone with anything.
And for just one 9th-rank soul engineer, it was way too much trouble. It wasn't that he looked down on soul tools—just that the soul tools of this era couldn't keep up with his pace at all.
At this moment, the most anticipated name—first place—was finally announced.
"First Place: Huo Yuhao, thirteen years old. Martial Souls: Spiritual Eyes, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Soul Power: Rank 65. Innovation: Mingjie, Ring Condensation Method."
"Reward: Growth-type treasure — Mountain and River Sheji Map."
As the vast divine voice echoed through the entire continent, shock rippled everywhere. Thirteen years old. Rank 65 Soul Emperor. Such monstrous talent shook the world.
Although the founding of Heaven Court had spread widely, those who attended the auction and the founding ceremony were all top-tier experts. Only a small portion of people knew about Huo Yuhao's information, and they hadn't even had time to spread it yet.
At Shrek Academy, in front of the Sea God Pavilion, the elders wore heavy expressions. They all felt the immense pressure this rising monster brought. Chicken-Leg Douluo Xuanzi's killing intent was practically solidifying in the air.
At the Star Luo Empire's border, the headquarters of the Northwest Army was filled with crashing and smashing sounds. The command tent was a complete disaster—shattered wood, broken porcelain, torn papers everywhere. Dai Hao had smashed every object within reach.
He lifted his head, his strange dual pupils glowing with a red tint. Dai Hao suddenly pointed at the sky and cursed:
"Old Heaven! Are you blind?!"
Boom!
A bolt of thunder shot down from the Divine Rankings and struck the command tent straight on.
"Marshal! Marshal! Not good! Quick—call the military doctors!"
Panicked voices erupted as the tent descended into chaos.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao knew none of this. The Divine Rankings had basically given him free advertisement. From now on, countless people would be scrambling to join Mingjie. After all, this was something even the gods themselves acknowledged—who wouldn't be tempted?
On the Divine Rankings, golden light wrapped around a long object and descended toward Heaven Court. Many people saw this scene but didn't even consider trying to snatch it. Who would dare rob something delivered by the Divine Rankings?
Huo Yuhao quietly pondered. Rumor had it the Mountain and River Sheji Map was a Primeval Spirit Treasure, once used by Nuwa Niangniang.
Inside the map were mountains, rivers, and landscapes—capable of nourishing heaven and man, generating all things. It was said to be one of the ten supreme innate treasures.
The Mountain and River Sheji Map wasn't an offensive treasure, nor a defensive one. It recorded the land veins and terrain of the primordial world—a map of the Great Desolation.
Within it existed mountains, rivers, wondrous phenomena, the sun and moon, vegetation, and countless beasts—like a miniature real world. Endless spiritual energy flowed inside, extremely beneficial for cultivation. That spiritual energy birthed billions of living beings within its cycle of creation and destruction—everything imaginable.
When the divine light faded, Huo Yuhao caught the Sheji Map. What lay in his hand appeared to be nothing more than a scroll, the rod made of simple wood, the parchment old and rustic.
Looking at this unimpressive thing, Huo Yuhao struggled to connect it with the legendary treasure capable of suppressing Da Luo Golden Immortals.
This had to be fake. Right?Huo Yuhao suspected as much. He injected soul power into it—but nothing happened. The scroll simply rejected his power.
What the hell? Wasn't this thing given to him? Why wouldn't it let him use it? Yuhao was baffled.
But since this wasn't a soul tool, maybe it required a special method of acknowledging a master. With this thought, he cut his fingertip and let a drop of blood fall onto the scroll.
A simple method—but clearly the correct one. The Mountain and River Sheji Map did require blood recognition.
After two or three seconds, Huo Yuhao suddenly understood everything about it. Just as he suspected, the map he held was not genuine—it was an imitation, and its functions were significantly different.
Inside this version, there were no beasts, no spiritual energy, and no way to nurture life. Besides simple vegetation, it was essentially a dead world.
The so-called "nourishing heaven and man" was nonsense. It was downright inferior—night and day compared to the real treasure.
But the entrapment ability of the Mountain and River Sheji Map had been successfully replicated. It was no longer limited to pre-laid traps—Huo Yuhao could now unleash it even mid-battle and forcefully pull enemies inside.
This was a nightmare for agility-type soul masters. Once trapped inside, they were at Huo Yuhao's mercy.
The strength of the entrapment depended on his own cultivation. With his power equivalent to a Rank 98 Super Douluo, even an Extreme Douluo would struggle to escape once pulled inside.
The map did have weaknesses—those strong enough could forcibly destroy this inferior imitation. But the required level of strength was something that simply didn't exist in the Douluo Continent.
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