Xu Feng was not discouraged by his inability to leave.
Circumstances had forced all of this upon him. Now that his life was no longer in danger and his child was safe, he could finally settle down and devote himself to cultivation.
Rather than wander around the Uninhabited Zone, he returned to its depths and found the Star Whisperers' outpost where Xiao Dan and the others had hidden before.
The underground limestone cave remained quiet. The glowstones shone steadily, and the stone houses along the riverbank were unchanged.
After going around in circles, he had ended up living here himself. He hardly knew whether to laugh or cry.
The members of the Sun Church were equally speechless when they returned.
After Xu Feng explained, however, everyone accepted the situation.
At least they had plenty of food and a peaceful environment.
Xu Feng did not live with the others, though. Instead, he carved out a new cave for himself deeper inside the limestone cave and installed a ventilation system.
He took the Time Crystal out of its origin crystal box and set it upright on a stone platform in the center of the cave.
The head-sized Time Crystal immediately emitted a deep blue glow that enveloped an area twenty meters in radius.
"Time flows at least ten times faster close to the Time Crystal."
Cang Jue made a rough estimate.
"One day outside is ten days inside.
If you spend three years in there, only a little over three months will pass outside. That should be enough."
Xu Feng nodded slightly, very pleased.
Yet this also left him puzzled.
Back then, there had also been a time Secret Realm inside an ancient tree in the Spirit Tribe's ancestral lands, where Miaoran and the others lived.
Time had flowed at an astonishing