The Difference Between Before and After

[Consumed 1.86 million years of Dao Cultivation; the Demon Form has successfully condensed]

Jiang Yuechu's heart stirred as she watched the words flicker across the panel.

That was less than she'd expected...

Condensing the two toads earlier had cost her over two million years. Now these two Eight-Way Great Demons together had somehow cost less than that?

She silently considered the possibilities.

Perhaps it had something to do with the demons' innate talents.

Although these two Wolf Demons were not low in cultivation, they had no special abilities. And despite having nearly a million more years of Dao Cultivation than the two toads, they were only six realms higher... They had probably made it this far largely thanks to the Second Young Master backing them.

This also gave Jiang Yuechu a much clearer understanding of Cloud Dream Haven's way of doing things.

Talent alone was worth a damn. When you made your way in the world, what mattered was who you knew...

Jiang Yuechu shook her head helplessly, gathered her thoughts, and looked into the depths of her Qi Sea.

The Dao Chess Piece of the Prison-Suppressing Sword Toad floated quietly in the chaos.

After some thought,

she tried drawing the two newly acquired Wolf Demon bodies toward it, intending to stuff them into the first Dao Chess Piece.

However,

the instant the Wolf Demon bodies were about to touch the Dao Chess Piece,

an intensely powerful force of repulsion erupted from deep within it,

and flung both Demon Forms away.

Jiang Yuechu furrowed her brows and fell into thought.

Why was this happening?

If a Dao Chess Piece could only fuse with one demon, why had she been able to stuff both toads' Demon Forms into it earlier?

Could it be that demons of different species couldn't