Qinghua Continent:
This continent produced a medicinal herb called Qinghua.
This herb was one of the primary ingredients for refining secret medicines of the realms.
Countless top-tier major powers had fought until their heads burst like dogs' skulls over this continent.
One era after another passed, and almost every year, new forces dreamed of securing a foothold on this continent.
Likewise, forces were driven out of this continent.
Even more than twenty top-tier major powers had been beaten out of Qinghua Continent more than once over the long years.
The covert struggles here were exceedingly fierce.
Beneath every nightfall, Heaven-Piercing Heavenly Pride, and even Myth-level powerhouses, fell. Every few days, even Overlords perished.
Yet all conflicts on Qinghua Continent took place beneath the cover of night.
By day, this place was no different from any other continent.
The reason for all this was a powerhouse named Black Gold.
Black gold had originally been a precious material.
When Chu Qing had been weak, he did not know how many people he had killed for ten taels of black gold.
Countless martial artists pursued black gold, seeking only to forge divine weapons and equipment.
This powerhouse had taken Black Gold as his name because he was strong enough.
All by himself, he suppressed the entire continent and established countless rules.
Anyone who violated his rules, no matter which top-tier force they belonged to, would be reduced to ashes.
Black Gold was rather low-key.
His territory lay atop a great mountain at the very center of the continent.
This mountain was pitch-black throughout and contained vast quantities of black gold.
Everyone called this mountain Black Gold Mountain.
Black Gold sat at the mountain peak, swaying his head as he expounded on countless matters of cultivation.
A group of realm-level prodigies, and even Myth