Chinese animation: Starting with Bad Guys

Kieran took a deep breath and explained to Qin Chuan the most despairing shadow hanging over the heads of the top known civilizations in the universe:

"It is as if there is an invisible ceiling. When civilization develops to a certain extremely high critical point, it will be completely destroyed by an incomprehensible and unpredictable unknown disaster. This destructive and unavoidable unknown is called—the ultimate fear."

Qin Chuan listened quietly; all the information matched his understanding.

His ultimate trial in this universe is to develop Earth civilization and break through this so-called "ultimate fear".

“I understand.” Qin Chuan nodded, then put forward a second condition, “I also need to have the right to use the ‘Great Clock’ to a certain extent for my research, or rather, my cultivation.”

Kieran heard the terms and acted almost without hesitation.

Although the Great Clock is the most precious legacy of the Divine River Civilization, it is not his private property, but belongs to the entire Super God Academy. It is a public research tool that all mentors and top scholars can apply to use.

"of course can!"

Kieran answered affirmatively:

"The Great Clock is a tool for exploring the truths of the universe, and any instructor at the Super God Academy is qualified to use it, provided they abide by the rules. Your joining us and your unique research methods may be the key to unraveling even more mysteries!"

With the conditions met, Qin Chuan officially joined the Super God Academy, becoming one of its mentors with a special identity and extraordinary status.

At almost the same time, King Liang Bing of the Apocalypse made a decision that surprised many people.

She gradually relinquished her military power, handed over governance to her subordinates, and resolutely entered the Super God Academy, becoming a student.

Her stated reason was that she had developed a stronger interest in the ultimate mysteries of time, space, and the evolution of life, and longed to systematically learn more profound knowledge.

But only she knew that following in that man's footsteps and exploring the vast and mysterious path he spoke of was perhaps the strongest driving force deep within her heart.

A new era, a new landscape. With the establishment of the Super God Academy and the addition of Qin Chuan, the future of the Angel Civilization and even the entire known universe has quietly shifted towards a more magnificent and challenging path.

Chapter 7 Spacetime Leap

Qin Chuan's course at the Super God Academy is titled "An Initial Understanding of the Great Dao and a Preliminary Exploration of the Origin of Energy".

He shared his understanding of "Tao" and another possibility for the circulation of energy and the sublimation of life in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

However, just as he had predicted, in this universe that relies purely on technology and is driven by dark energy, and has no concept of "spiritual energy of heaven and earth," the traditional path of cultivation has been almost completely blocked.

The students listened with rapt attention, marveling at the profound concepts and alternative worldview, but none of them truly grasped the essence of the subject.

Their super gene engine cannot analyze "qi sensation", and their divine body technology is incompatible with the meridian and dantian system.

Nevertheless, there are always those whose thirst for knowledge transcends common sense.

Among them, the most persistent, who attended almost every class and would come to ask questions with a thick stack of questions after class, was a young scholar named Karl.

Looking into Karl's clear yet unfathomable eyes, filled with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think of his second disciple, Li Muchen, in the world of fox spirits.

Both of them were geniuses who could forget to eat and sleep and devote everything to the pursuit of truth.

However, the two are fundamentally different.

Li Muchen was guided by him from a young age. Although he was also obsessed with research, he always maintained a sense of warmth and a bottom line towards people.

Qin Chuan could clearly sense that in the heart of this young scholar, knowledge was far more important than life, ethics, or even his own form of existence.

To verify a hypothesis, he might be able to calmly sacrifice everything.

Qin Chuan did try to guide them.

He discussed with Karl the boundaries between "knowing" and "doing," the balance between technology and ethics, and even subtly mentioned the potential for self-loss due to the excessive pursuit of knowledge.

However, Karl listened respectfully, his eyes gleaming with thoughtful consideration, but Qin Chuan understood that these words did not truly touch upon his core concerns.

His values ​​were already set in stone, and his thirst for knowledge was the sole purpose of his existence. In order to reach the "truth," he was willing to pay any price, including the possibility of abandoning his human form and embracing the void in the future.

Qin Chuan could only sigh softly in his heart, expressing his regret.

He knew that Karl would eventually walk the path called "Death," but he could not and had no right to forcibly reverse the direction chosen by an independent soul.

All he could do was provide objective and rigorous answers when Karl asked questions; how Karl applied that knowledge was another story altogether.

Aside from limited teaching time, Qin Chuan spent most of his time immersed in the vast ocean of information contained in the giant clock.

This pinnacle of wisdom from the Divine River civilization was, to him, an inexhaustible treasure trove of knowledge.

The physical laws of the universe, the birth and death of stars, the application of dark energy, the ultimate code of the genome...

The wisdom of countless civilizations and countless eras has been deposited here, allowing him to draw upon it.

Combining this vast amount of knowledge with insights into the future divine body of Keisha, Qin Chuan finally clearly integrated and summarized his next step.

He is about to embark on an unprecedented path of physical cultivation, refining and elevating every basic particle that makes up his body to the level of his current physical strength!

When billions of particles are all third-generation divine bodies, the quantitative change will inevitably trigger a terrifying qualitative change, propelling his physical path to break through the existing framework of the universe and reach a supreme realm that even the Divine River Civilization had never imagined.

This idea is undoubtedly a pipe dream for anyone familiar with technological systems.

The mental power required to control all of one's own particles is astronomical, enough to overload and break down the brain of any god.

But Qin Chuan is an exception.

He had already honed the Way of the Heart to its peak in the world of fox demons. His mental power was boundless, capable of dividing into billions of thoughts and commanding billions of particles. This was not an unbearable burden for him.

This has an additional benefit: each particle that is enhanced and endowed with a trace of divine consciousness is equivalent to a miniature independent research terminal, capable of processing, analyzing, and deducing the massive amount of knowledge obtained from the Great Clock in parallel.

Thus, with Kieran's tacit approval, or even his delight, Qin Chuan's consciousness became almost deeply connected with the Great Clock.

The torrent of knowledge was absorbed, digested, and integrated by his differentiated divine thought particles.

His body seemed to have transformed into a living, constantly evolving miniature "giant clock," a walking repository of cosmic knowledge.

In the end, he had completely mastered most of the knowledge stored in the clock.

There is one type of knowledge that he always feels is separated from by an impenetrable membrane, making it impossible for him to fully understand its deepest mysteries.

That is—time.

Time and space are undoubtedly the most fundamental and profound laws that constitute the universe.

Qin Chuan had gained a profound understanding of the Way of Space during his time in the Fox Demon World, but Time remained a vast unknown territory for him.

Therefore, he made a special trip to visit Kieran, who was known as the "God of Time".

Coincidentally, Liang Bing was there too.

She's recently become obsessed with the study of spacetime genes and is pestering Kieran to ask her some profound questions about spacetime stability and the limits of wormhole jumps.

Upon seeing Qin Chuan arrive, Kieran smiled and gestured for him to wait a moment.

Liang Bing's eyes lit up, but she quickly put on a serious face, pretending that she wasn't very familiar with Qin Chuan.

Once Liang Bing's questions were settled, Qin Chuan frankly explained his purpose, hoping that Kilan could share some of his understanding of the essence of "time".

Kieran shared this without reservation.

He admired Qin Chuan's wisdom and thirst for knowledge, and then recounted his observations, understanding of time, and even some unverified conjectures.

He talked about everything from the macroscopic increase of cosmic entropy to the quantum leap of microscopic particles, from the simulation of timelines by a large clock to his own experience of being able to slightly interfere with the flow of time.

Liang Bing listened with a furrowed brow. Many of the concepts were too advanced and abstract for her, and she could only barely remember them, having only a superficial understanding.

Qin Chuan, on the other hand, kept his eyes closed and focused his mind throughout, his aura becoming unusually calm and profound.

Kieran's words were like a key, constantly unlocking the fog in his heart regarding the laws of time.

Suddenly, the space around Qin Chuan began to distort strangely, not due to wormhole calculations, but a more fundamental fluctuation.

The faint light flickered on his body, as if countless fragments of time were flashing simultaneously.

Kieran stopped speaking abruptly, looking at Qin Chuan in surprise.

Liang Bing's eyes widened and her mouth gaped open.

Under their gaze, the spacetime fluctuations around Qin Chuan suddenly intensified, forming a miniature vortex of chaotic light.

The next second, his figure suddenly became blurry and illusory in this strange spacetime fluctuation, and then disappeared completely!

Only Kieran and the dumbfounded Liang Bing remained in the laboratory.

"He...he...he..."

Liang Bing pointed to the spot where Qin Chuan had disappeared, stammering and unable to speak a complete sentence:

"He just...traveled through time like that?!"

Kieran's aged face was also filled with disbelief and astonishment. He slowly shook his head, his tone filled with immense amazement:

"It's not exactly time travel. But it definitely caused the deepest ripples in spacetime! Even I can only observe and influence the flow of time in the slightest way. To directly cause spacetime fluctuations and merge into them like this is simply incredible!"

Unbeknownst to them, Qin Chuan had not fully mastered the laws of time. Rather, inspired by Kieran, he had combined his own profound understanding of space with his unparalleled mental strength to undertake an extremely risky and directionless "space-time leap."

His destination was not a point in the past or a segment of the future, but more likely he was thrown into the turbulent currents of the river of time itself.

This time, he will be facing the most mysterious and dangerous realm in the universe.

His return will inevitably bring unpredictable changes to this universe.

Chapter 8 No need to thank me

The ripples of time and space gradually subsided, like a lake surface returning to stillness after a pebble has been thrown in.

Qin Chuan's feet stepped onto a solid and ancient piece of land.

The air was filled with a scent that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

It was a natural fragrance untouched by industrial pollution, mixed with the unique smell of smoke and dust from the late Tang Dynasty, and a faint hint of the iron-blooded and war-torn atmosphere characteristic of that era.

He looked around and saw that the mountains, rivers, and landscape were strikingly similar to his hometown in his memory.

A sense of familiarity that transcends time and space welled up in my heart.

"The Milky Way, the Chiwu Star System, Earth."

He murmured to himself, his tone carrying a hint of surprise at traversing countless ages, but his deep eyes quickly returned to a calm that seemed to understand everything.

This unplanned time-space jump brought him here, as if it were all preordained.

No matter which universe he is in, his familiarity with this blue planet and the deep-seated sense of intimacy he feels for it will never change.

However, this tranquil sentiment was soon ruthlessly shattered by the enormous shadow hanging high above the East China Sea.

A massive spaceship, brimming with cutting-edge technology yet strangely blending classical carvings and ornate patterns—the Heavenly Court of Clouds—like the cold, judgmental eye of a god, indifferently surveys the ancient land below, which it regards as an anthill.