User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 383: Surfer Lucy, Review./@comment-24748439-20140510013721/@comment-7418318-20140511135435

I used to think that the Spirit King can slow or stop time, but I'm no longer so sure.

In the manga there was no hint of him freezing time and even in the anime the only clue we have is the glasses floating in mid-air.

Manipulating time would not explain how the water from the falls could rise up into the air. Gravity Magic of some kind on the other hand would explain both the rising water an the floating glasses.

If the Celestial Spirit King would be able to slow time to the extend that it goes the same pace as in the Human world, why didn't he use that power during the pre-GMG party?