Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171123054740/@comment-26018514-20171127075631

I don't think he has a time limit per say... rather he has a powers limit. Think about it,  with all 4 relics one likely has the power to create just about anything, so most of his powers are likely from the time he had them,  so by locking them up and distributing powers... he has starved himself and is gradually emaciating his remaining self to powerlessness.

From the evidence thusfar he seems to be The Adam to Salem's Eve... she convinced him to do something the gods didn't like(they punished them both) and he probably ran with it... until he heard what she wanted to do with it and decided it was a step too far, then over time has come to believe he should go so far as to undo what he did(the over mortal ken achievements). She can likely do at least a good % of whatever he was able to do, and that % grows larger by the century as he divvies out more of his abilities, until eventually she is outright the superior(may already be at that point).

It shows how bad this trend is as Ozpin gives up his abilities to hopeful underlings like Raven and Qrow while Salem tells Cinder to take his previously shed Maiden power while giving up none of her own.