Firstly was the queen of spears Elise that controls the thunder element and the only existing human who has managed to control the tribulation spear which was forged back in the period where forging was at its peak a thousand years back before laws were the center of cultivation. The spear was the proudest work of the blacksmith Joker who was also renowned for his combat strength. Elise was also one of the few people who has slain a Great Saint in the Saint realm. From there, she conquered the continent and became the first queen in history.
The second person was the trickster of cards Jack, the same person who crafted the weapon used by Elise. Due to this, the bond between their two continents were closely linked together and among the seven continents, the two of them had the strongest combat power which resulted in them being ranked in the first tier even among the pinnacle of the pyramid.
Right beneath them was another continent ruled by the king of all demon beasts, Xerath. He has been on the rise from a hundred years ago and was also the first being who isn't a human to rule over the seven continents. One may question, isn't it against the rules implemented for one to pass their position down to someone who is of a different race? But this is a different case for Xerath who is a half demon, half human. As for his parents, it was the previous ruler of the continent who retired after passing his position over to Xerath. As for Xerath's mother, it was the mythical beast Keres, his birth was already against the rules of both sides and because of that, his mother had to leave her race and live in peace alongside his father.
The fourth continent was also known as the land of magic where wizards and witches truly exist in the cultivation world, their lifespan increasing with increase in mana capacity and various spells and pills casted and created by various magicians that take on another role as well. Their leader was a wizard that goes by the name Zilean. He was well known as the wizard that can control the flow of time and as for his strength, no one knows as he had never been in a battle. But none of the other continent leaders dared to offend him with his three disciples around, all of them capable of contending against any of the continent leaders.
The fifth continent was also known as the land of peace, their leader Olivia had changed the place continent into a forest and since it was surrounded by water, none of the continent leaders had ever visited there and anyone leaving that continent was rare. Firstly, it was protected by water and since everyone knew Olivia well, all of them had already expected traps to be laid out and secondly, the outer area of the forest definitely had more traps laid out. In the end, this remained the continent which had remained neutral throughout.
The sixth was the dragon continent ruled by the dragon race which had become the weakest after the struggle for power back then. But they were back on the rise and in another fifty years, all of the dragons foresee their rise once again to seize back their position. After all, Empress Rin on her snow dragon was enough to take on all six continents alone, her strength possibly the strongest in the entire universe.
As for the seven continents in the fragmented cultivation world, they were controlled by a representative from each of the divine continents, but this excluded the seven continent in the fragmented cultivation world.
The seven continent was unlike the others, it was controlled by the strongest experts of the fragmented cultivation world, even though the Divine realm had tried a few times to warn them about their actions, the stubbornness of those cultivators left them helpless.
The barrier between the two realms prevented the Divine realm from sending any cultivator exceeding the Four Domains to the fragmented cultivation world. The Divine realm had to give up this notion of they would only suffer in the hands of the Holy Land located in the fragmented cultivation world.
As for where Ace would belong, that was a mystery for now and even if given a choice, none of them would meet his eye. Compared to the sect he had develop all by himself, all other forces are only eyeing his talent and nothing else, once he loses everything, all gratitude and debts they owe him would vanish.
Yet, would the battle between the seven continents still proceed smoothly when intruders from another realm different from them corrupts the Divine realm, making use of their overwhelming strength to corrode the barrier and invade the fragmented cultivation world.