Immortal Emperor Yun Yi stroked his beard thoughtfully. "Natural Time Secret Realms are rare finds. The few known ones in the Ancient Region have long been occupied by various races and turned into major cultivation grounds. Their internal structures are stable, but their space is relatively fixed. They also touch on the core interests of those races. Tearing them down and rebuilding them entirely according to Immortal Maiden Li's vision would face immense resistance, and might not even be suitable."
Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang spoke slowly, his voice tinged with reminiscence:
"When I was in the Primordial Region, I heard of certain deadly places there. Violent clashes between the Heaven and Earth Laws, or the eternal light of unusual celestial alignments, had created vast regions where the Time Flow Rate was chaotic. In some places, a single day might span a thousand years, or a thousand years might pass in an instant."
"But those places are unimaginably hostile, full of unpredictable Spacetime Rifts and Law Storms. Forget transforming one—even approaching it would mean nine chances of death for every chance of survival. Such places are no fit home for delicate Spirit Plants."
The Golden Roc Immortal Emperor scratched his head. "So we still have to find a wild site that's big enough, stable enough, and has a fast enough Time Flow Rate? That sounds harder to find than a rare mineral vein."
Fang Chen had been listening quietly. Now he gazed out at the vast starfield beyond the window, deep in thought.
He recalled occasionally sensing areas where space and time seemed strangely viscous or disordered while traveling through the depths of the Sea of Laws. But he had been focused on finding powerful foes to temper himself and had never investigated further.
Fang Chen turned back to the others. "Perhaps