While Nihility Devouring Flame shamelessly called Xiao Yan "Master, Master" with great affection, Xiao Yan showed no appreciation whatsoever and ordered him to return to the Soul Realm at once and serve as the Alliance's inside man in its attack on the Soul Clan.
When Nihility Devouring Flame first heard this news, he refused.
After all, he had finally escaped the Soul Clan's rotten ship, which looked ready to sink at any moment, and had even kept his life. Though he had lost some freedom, it still counted as liberation, didn't it?
Then Xiao Yan wanted him to return to the Soul Clan, back to that lunatic Hun Tiandi's side. How could that possibly happen?!
Besides, he was still a mighty Nine-Star Dou Sheng. It wasn't as if he would go just because Xiao Yan told him to. He had to first—
Get the hell out of here!!!
After Xiao Yan's roar, Nihility Devouring Flame promptly got the hell out of the Xiao Realm.
With his Origin Flame having been refined by Xiao Yan through the Flame Mantra, Nihility Devouring Flame had no ability whatsoever to refuse Xiao Yan's will. At most, his mouth could say no while his body obediently complied.
Even if Nihility Devouring Flame said he did not want to go, his body, having received the order, would honestly make its own way to the Soul Realm.
So, was Xu Wu Tun Tan scared or not?
Well, that was the entire process of Xiao Yan's conversation with Nihility Devouring Flame after coming out of seclusion.
It could be said to have been exceedingly friendly and cordial. Both sides had reached a highly unified consensus regarding Nihility Devouring Flame infiltrating the Soul Realm.
"Sending Nihility Devouring Flame to the Soul Realm as a spy? Heh, you really came