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@brandon-thomason to answer your questions.
No timed challenges are different than the dungeons, your timed challenges should show up on the right hand scroll bar, I will take a pic the next time I log in but DO NOT think that yours will be the same is mine, as a higher player I have to collect more to get the same result.
This is the Love Season one, it gives elementium instead of gems, there is also the Gold Challenge, Growth Spurt and Rune challenge, all 3 of those give gems as the end result.

The monsters will always be higher than yours, that does not matter what level you are, it is the same as all of us, you can counteract this by using runes and relics. So work on your rune and relic buildings. Also work on your temples so your monsters can level up more.
And finally they are actually correct, in the beginning it would be a waste for you to use gems, never use them for upgrading as gold would be the best option. Also do not buy monsters as this early you need to breed the "free" ones as much as possible. And since earning gems is so difficult the only real option is to buy them and I would not recommend buying them until you are more familiar with the game to get the best value for your purchase. It seems to me there is so much you do not know or need to do that you need to master the free stuff to get a better handle on the game before you start buying and spending gems. This is a LONGGGGGGG term game, Concentrate on learning it and improving the features that you do not have yet, not trying to rush to get to where others are as it took them just as long to get there.
I am a collector not a fighter, need I say more? Oh yeah....and female. ;)
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