Only after Xiao Xuan's voice faded did the Second-Generation Soul Emperor slowly drop his eerie smile and return to his most normal state.
Yet even at his most normal, an eerie, sinister aura radiated from his entire body. His pitch-black eyes, devoid of whites, seemed capable of devouring all things.
Xiao Yan could sense that even the nihility devouring flame within him had become immensely powerful at that moment. Though it still fell short of emperor flame, its uncanny devouring power was far stronger than before.
"Don't worry. This fellow may be a little strange, but he's one of us."
Standing behind Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan spoke with a faint smile.
At that moment, a smile also appeared on the Second-Generation Soul Emperor's face. "Boy, since you helped resurrect me, I shall give you two treasures today. Though you've already become a Dou Di, I imagine both will still be of great use to you."
As his words fell, a vortex of pitch-black flames flew out of his body and landed directly before Xiao Yan.
"This is... the origin flame seed of nihility devouring flame!"
Looking at the black flame vortex, Xiao Yan's eyes filled with astonishment, along with a measure of delighted surprise.
He had thought nihility devouring flame was forever beyond his reach, yet now it had come to him without the slightest effort. The Second-Generation Soul Emperor had simply given it to him.
Now that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Di, the boost nihility devouring flame could give his combat strength was extremely limited. Even so, such a wondrous flame was something not even a Dou Di could disregard.
With the amplification of origin emperor qi, any heavenly flame would unleash power in a Dou Di's hands far beyond what it had possessed before.
His current