I think it's the other way around.
Think of it this way: The mixer is the owner of the sound, you are sending sound out from the mixer in to the DD7 (to manipulate it) and then bringing it back in to the mixer to send it out from your master channel.
If that's confusing, here's the short version:
MIXER'S SEND --to--> DD7 INPUT
DD7 OUT --to---> MIXER RETURN
Don't forget to turn SEND/RETURN ON on your FX dial.