I think the importance of time running out and the world ending has been overstated and some of the negative comments about it are hysteria. I think you actually have to work harder to have the world end than have it not end. By the last few days I was twiddling my thumbs and just doing random ridiculous Board of Prayers quests (grind X enemies) and actually willing the end to come. I had to tell myself to stop using Chronostasis because I could've kept it in an indefinite loop at that point.