The pressure from the metal elemental laws naturally did not affect her in any way. If Ling Chuxi was willing, she could immediately ascend to the second step. However, she did not do so.
Although the law of the five elements was lower than the Law of Time, this was the purest law of the metal element. It would be very beneficial for her to deepen her understanding of the Law of Time. Moreover, she had all five elements. The cultivation method she had initially refined was by herself. As she advanced to the monarch level, the cultivation speed of that cultivation method was no longer as fast as when she was at the sage level. When she advanced to the monarch level, it would be a bit difficult. She could take advantage of this opportunity to perfect the cultivation method.