Chapter 2112: Nonexistent World (2/2)

“Pseudo-immortal…” The prince’s eyes flashed.

“It just depends on the individual’s definition. What’s an immortal in your eyes might only be a pseudo in mine. But either way, our world definitely doesn’t have a pseudo or a real one.” Li Qiye said with a smile.

The prince sighed after hearing this. His father had indeed said that there was no immortal in their world.

“Then you are going to the Nonexistent World because…” The prince deduced.

Li Qiye was amused: “You think I’m looking for the immortals? Well, not exactly wrong because who wouldn’t chase after immortality?”

“You have been in that state before, I was simply curious.” The prince coughed, feeling slightly awkward.

“Perhaps that world really has existences of this level, but like I said, I’m going there to open a new page for this epoch. It would be nice to see these immortals as well.” Li Qiye smiled.

“I simply can’t fathom them at all.” The prince said.

“I don’t know what they are like either, only that there are beings that have survived the ultimate expedition.” Li Qiye continued.

The prince stared at him and commented: “I know that you’re one of them.”

“You are only half right.” Li Qiye shook his head: “In fact, I’m not the only survivor from our own epoch.”

“There are others?!!” The prince was shocked.

“That’s right, even earlier than me in our epoch.” Li Qiye revealed.

The prince took a deep breath after getting this confirmation. His father had told him of this before: “The legend is true then.”

Fei and Deep South have speculated of this possibility before but they didn’t have any concrete detail.

“How did they return?” The prince asked.

“I don’t know. Personally, the final battle is probably impossible to come back from but some have made it in our epoch. There are too many questions about the first expedition, about the partic.i.p.ants. Perhaps they were only cannon-fodders for a test.” Li Qiye said with a cold smile and a profound glare.

The prince started to think about the mysterious first expedition. Logically, no one should be able to return alive from one outside of an undying being like Li Qiye. Perhaps all of the survivors were from this period.

He eventually sighed and said: “The final battle, that’s probably even harder.”

The prince was filled with disappointment. The top beings from all the epochs couldn’t come back, including his father and grandfather. He knew them well enough to know that they weren’t the type to give up halfway as deserters. Thus, their fate could be easily guessed.

“Well, I can’t say either, but I believe there is one survivor from the final battle.” Li Qiye said.

“Does that mean this person won?!” The prince suddenly became excited. This gave him hope for his family members.

1. A direct translation would be fake/false immortal; but it doesn't sound right. These beings will still be at the very top of the food chain. Imagine seeing one for the first time and a spectator yells out: “Oh no, a fake-immortal! Everyone run!” - not as impressive and contextually inaccurate. The usage in this case sounds like a t.i.tle/realm. Pseudo is better contextually, but not literally. It’s tough picking the right one unless the author gives a definition, or tell us that it is a realm. Usually, in many other novels, this is indeed a realm, so I’m going with pseudo. Just note that this would be a bad usage, if someone were to say: “Hah, you’re just a pseudo-immortal”. In that case, false/fake immortal would work a bit better. In Chinese, this t.i.tle works just fine as a realm and is tone/att.i.tude dependent to show respect or dedain