Earlier, Maera had already passed the first two stages of her calamity.
The Pain Penance test had nearly destroyed her aging body.
That test directly attacked the flesh, bones, meridians, and blood. For several hours, she had endured unbearable pain while forcibly rebuilding her damaged body using Spirit Essence.
Then came the Dejection Demon test. That test was even more dangerous. Illusions had attacked her mind endlessly. All her inner weaknesses had been dragged out and magnified.
Many cultivators lost themselves during that stage and either went insane or destroyed their own cultivation. Yet Maera had endured both tests.
Although it was indeed true that the Dao Paths of the Dadangar Subcontinent had been reopened after Dao Beast Seralyth stopped feeding on them to survive, the change mostly affected the Celestial Tribulation. It did not decrease the difficulty of the first two tests.
