Xiao Jin had no idea what had happened inside the Storage Ring. He only knew that the Nihility Devouring Flame before him truly lived up to its reputation for being tsundere.
Brother, take off your sunglasses before you talk.
This was the first time Xiao Jin had clearly realized that his Heavenly Flames were not merely resources to help him improve his cultivation. They were living beings with self-awareness and intelligence.
"Void, once I refine you, you'll merge with me. If I die, all of you will dissipate from this world as well. Do you really have no thoughts about that?"
Void sniffed in an extremely humanlike manner and said in a muffled voice, "This lord has no thoughts about it. If we don't follow you, we'll only remain trapped on this continent."
"What do you mean?"
"What this lord means is that we need to take a long-term view. It looks like you'll become our prison, but in reality, isn't this continent also a prison trapping us?"
Xiao Jin was dumbfounded.
Was this really the Nihility Devouring Flame?
No, this was clearly a philosopher.
What he said actually made quite a bit of sense. Ten thousand years ago, the Dou Emperors of the Dou Qi Continent joined forces to seal the passage to the Great Thousand World. It seemed as though they were protecting the people of the Dou Qi Continent, but weren't they also shackling everyone within this world?
His claim that the Dou Qi Continent was everyone's prison actually made quite a bit of sense.
"Did you come up with all that yourself?"
"Of course. This lord is the most powerful of all the Heavenly Flames!" The Nihility Devouring Flame grew arrogant again.
"Then why are you still trapped in the Storage Ring?"
"???"
Was he not