This question was not left unanswered for long.
The very next moment, cracks appeared across the spacetime barrier. They widened and spread in the blink of an eye, swiftly occupying many areas on both sides of the Land of the Divine Remains!
The cracks grew ever more intense, causing this place, once separated from the outside starry sky, to form many connections with it. Even the distortions of spacetime began to recover and calm considerably.
Yet this change took Qiu Yan by surprise, and even stirred a trace of shock within him.
"I had already expected the Heavenly Emperor's move to be extraordinary, but I never thought it would act directly upon the spacetime barrier. This barrier separates inside from outside, leaving the Land of the Divine Remains largely disconnected from the outer starry sky, as though they were two different worlds. That is why their flows of time differ: one side can grow while the other remains unaffected. Judging from these cracks, could the barrier be about to shatter? If it does, the force of spacetime distortion will inevitably be assimilated by the rules of the outer starry sky and cease accelerating time. Then how can the Land of the Divine Remains grow into a continent? After White Emperor went to such painstaking lengths, could he truly not want this Minor World to become a Middle World?"
Qiu Yan had already discerned signs of the Land of the Divine Remains' growth. It was transforming from a Grotto-Heaven Spirit Land dependent on Donghua into a continent equal in standing to present-day Donghua. Once that transformation succeeded, its value would be boundless. Even to Star Lords and Heaven Lords, it would carry significance. Emperor Lords might not think much of it, but obtaining a Grotto-Heaven Spirit Land and obtaining an entire