Two more years passed inside the Midnight Inn before Lex learned how to control his Dao Body. Fortunately, that was not too much time inside the Dream realm - one of the main reasons he wanted to keep the Midnight realm inside an early or development phase.
Unfortunately, that was easier said than done. Charles regularly brought back the information from Taro's journal, which had taught Lex a few things.
As the upper limit of a realm grew, and as a realm became capable of supporting stronger entities and manifesting stronger tribulations, the flow of time would automatically slow down. This was because of the way the realms process energy.
Due to the higher and more complex requirements a more Mature realm had, more of its energy was diverted towards maintaining its operations, causing the flow of time to slow down. It was not just a matter of energy though, or it would be far too easy to speed up the flow of time in a realm.
