Because the demonic qi and primal qi within her body were constantly draining away, Xu Chunniang's cultivation fell below the Tribulation Passage stage after a month, returning to the Body Integration Realm.
As time passed, the demonic qi and primal qi within her flowed away ever faster.
Xu Chunniang's cultivation plummeted again and again, dropping from the Body Integration Realm to the early Spirit Transformation stage before finally stabilizing and ceasing to decline.
Yet on the second day after her cultivation stabilized, the Demon Body suddenly discovered signs of decay appearing in her powerful demonic physique.
Her once taut, vigorous skin had inexplicably turned slack, fine lines spreading across it, while even her strength had weakened considerably.
It seemed the second tribulation she had to face was the Decline Tribulation.
Birth, aging, illness, and death were the fixed fate of all living things.
The purpose of cultivation was to transcend the Five Elements and the Three Realms, extending one's lifespan to achieve immortality.
Ordinarily, Xu Chunniang still had ample years left to live. She should not have encountered the tribulation of aging so soon.
But in the Tribulation Passage stage, anything was possible.
Moreover, this time, it was not only the Demon Body that underwent the Decline Tribulation; her true body was not spared either.
Once the Decline Tribulation descended, both her true body and Demon Body began to age rapidly.
Even her powerful body grew weaker by the day as its aging deepened.
Xu Chunniang's cultivation now barely remained at the early Spirit Transformation stage, while the robust physique she had gained through all manner of fortuitous opportunities deteriorated with each passing day.
In a mere thirty days, her appearance underwent an earth-shaking transformation. From a cultivator in the full bloom of youth, she had become a white-haired old