One year later,

In the outskirts of the Dark Region,

’Splash’

A black-coloured fist tore through the air before smashing into a giant humanoid creature made up entirely of dark water.

’Boom’

The creature’s head exploded into countless black droplets that scattered in all directions.

However, before those droplets could even touch the ground, they quickly gathered together and formed another Dark Water Golem.

’Aargh’

"Die...die...just die."

The young man standing in the middle of hundreds of Dark Water Golems roared with bloodshot eyes as he continued to throw punch after punch.

Each punch carried terrifying raw strength that could easily shatter mountains.

’Boom’

’Boom’

’Boom’

Every time his fist landed on a Dark Water Golem, one of them exploded like a watermelon.

However, there was no end to them.

The black-coloured sea beneath the world continuously released dark water essence, rapidly creating more and more Dark Water Golems.

"This fellow is crazy."

At a distant location, a group of High-level Emperor Realm Cultivators who were passing by that world looked at the scene with shocked expressions on their faces.

"He says he is a Summoner but I have never seen him summon any of his Elemental Spirits."

One of the cultivators looked at the young man, who was fighting barehanded against the endless horde of Dark Water Golems, and could not help but mutter in confusion.

"I heard he lost his family to these Dark Beasts and thus, he wants to kill them with his bare hands to avenge them."

A middle-aged cultivator sighed as he looked at the young man with pity.

"Leave it...it won’t be long before he gets killed by his own obsession."

Another cultivator shook his head before the group quietly left the place.

Even though the young man’s raw strength was terrifying enough to instantly kill High-level Emperor Realm Dark Water Golems, there was simply no end to them.

No matter how powerful a cultivator was, they would eventually exhaust themselves to death.

At least, that was what those cultivators believed.

However, they had no idea that the young man they pitied was treating this endless battle as cultivation.

’Boom’

The young man ignored everything around him as he crazily punched another Dark Water Golem.

This young man was none other than Ajax who, after a little...no, a big incident during the exploration of the Dark Region, got separated from his father and Siora.

By the time Ajax opened his eyes, he was in a different universe.

Exactly a month ago,

’What happened to me?’

As soon as he opened his eyes, Ajax clutched his head, trying to remember what had happened to him.

’Right....I was fighting the Dark Space Frog.’

Soon, Ajax started remembering the events from before.

The last thing he remembered was that he was fighting a Dark Beast of Quasi-Divine Grade along with his father Aron and wife Siora.

Unlike the regular cultivators and beings, the Dark Beasts of the Dark Region can’t ascend to the Heavenly Realm.

So, after living for thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, these Dark Beasts reach the Quasi-Divine Grade Realm where even dozens of High-level Emperor Realm Cultivators would struggle to kill them.

Nevertheless, during the past 11 months, Ajax and the other two had grown quite powerful and were only an inch away from ascending.

Moreover, it was not their first time fighting Quasi-Divine Grade Dark Beasts as they had already killed a dozen of them.

’That’s right! Just before dying, that Dark Spatial Toad summoned a violent Dark Spatial Tornado, targeting Siora, who was the weakest among us.’

While saving her, Ajax himself got caught in the attack.

[Ding! Thanks to the host’s Divine Body Cultivation reaching the Peak Emperor Realm, the host’s body has survived the Spatial Tornado]

[However, that attack tore a space in the Dark Region and teleported the host to a new universe]

’What? A new universe?’

Hearing the system notifications in his head, Ajax was shocked.

Even though he already knew there were other universes in this realm, Ajax didn’t expect that he would be teleported to a new universe.

’In the past, it was my mother, and now, it’s me.’

Ajax learned from his father about the past, that his mother’s soul was also teleported to a different universe while protecting the Purplestone World from the Greater Demon Emperors.

Thinking about that and his current situation, Ajax could not help but mutter, ’Does my family have a curse of travelling through the universe?’

His father, Aron, a transmigrator from a different universe, and his mother, Myla, were forced to teleport to a different universe, and now, he was also teleported to a new universe.

Thus, making Ajax think that their family was cursed to move around the universe and not to stay together for long.

’At least, the system is still with me.’

Amidst all the bad turn of events, Ajax thought of the only good thing and quickly calmed himself before asking the system, ’System, what happened to my father and Siora? They are safe, right?’

[Only the host had been caught in the Dark Spatial Tornado of the Dark Beast, and only he was teleported]

[Aron and Siora are still in the old universe and were completely safe until the host teleported]

[With their battle prowess, as long as they don’t encounter powerful Quasi-Divine Grade Dark Beasts, they will be safe]

. . .

After arriving in this new universe, the system couldn’t check on the beings from another universe.

So, it only informed Ajax that they were safe until he teleported and assured him that they would be fine on their own as long as they didn’t explore the depths of the Dark Region.

’That’s true. Even if they encounter powerful Quasi-Divine Grade Dark Beasts, I am confident in their abilities to escape.’

Even though Aron and Siora didn’t have as many trump cards as him, Ajax was not worried about their safety.

’Another good thing is, despite teleporting to this new universe, my cultivation, Divine Rules and strength remained the same.’

The next thing Ajax checked was his strength, and seeing everything remained the same, he heaved a sigh of relief.

When his father and mother teleported to new universes, they teleported with nothing but their souls.

However, Ajax had not only teleported with his body intact, but all his strength remained without any changes.

So, in a way, Ajax felt lucky as he didn’t have to go through everything from building a new body and re-cultivating to the pinnacle of the Emperor Realm.

’System, is there a way to return to my universe?’

Once he understood his body’s condition, Ajax asked the system whether he could return to the old universe.

[The possibility of returning to the host’s old universe is extremely low]

[Even if the host somehow finds a way to open a portal to a different universe, there is no guarantee that it would lead to the old universe]

’As expected, it is almost impossible.’

Ajax was not surprised as he already guessed it.

’If it were possible, mother would have long since opened a portal to return home.’

’Then, the only way for me to reunite with my family is by ascending to the Heavenly Realm.’

A look of determination appeared in Ajax’s eyes as he muttered, ’There is no need to delay my ascension any longer.’

[The host can’t trigger the Ascension Tribulation because the universe is rejecting you, an alien from a different universe]

’Alien?’

Just as Ajax was planning to trigger the ascension tribulation to the Heavenly Realm, he received a system notification that made him frown.