Secrets of the Sacred Timeline

Without noticing Zhang Ye’s unnatural expression, Miss Minutes continued speaking to herself.

The system archives still retained many old records, including the previous generation’s TVA handbook, which documented every method involved in establishing the Time Variance Authority.

This could even determine the direction of our future lives. If we could find a way to use sufficient resources to recreate the time-flow apparatus, we could cut out this entire timeline and form a universe that endlessly looped.

Listening to Miss Minutes, Zhang Ye inexplicably began to feel uneasy.

Looking at Miss Minutes as she envisioned a beautiful future, like an innocent young girl, Zhang Ye found it profoundly unsettling.

Influenced by countless things from reality, he had nearly forgotten that Miss Minutes was no ordinary artificial intelligence. She possessed powerful learning abilities and independent consciousness. Strictly speaking, Miss Minutes was not much different from a normal person.

His memories of first encountering Miss Minutes resurfaced, throwing his previously calm heart into disarray. Zhang Ye had not forgotten Miss Minutes’ emotionless gaze back then—a cold scrutiny that seemed to see straight through one’s soul.

There was also the Starlight Giant that had been steadily devoured and invaded when he first took control of the Time Twister and became its new master, along with Miss Minutes’ indifferent tone at the time. All of it stood in stark contrast to the Miss Minutes before him now.

Everything related to Miss Minutes had become exceptionally strange, forcing Zhang Ye to once again consider that he could not trust her.

For a long time, Zhang Ye had rarely communicated with Miss Minutes. His excuse was that he did not want Kara and Pietro to learn of her existence, but in truth, he had been deeply wary of Miss Minutes from the very beginning.

He could not trust an intelligent creation that had been modified and concealed enormous secrets. Though he could not be certain, Zhang Ye did not want Miss Minutes leading him around by the nose before he understood the origins of the Time Twister and Miss Minutes.

But now, when Miss Minutes suddenly brought up the idea of rebuilding the TVA, alarm bells rang once more in Zhang Ye’s heart after so long.

Zhang Ye still did not fully understand Miss Minutes’ purpose, but the words "rebuild the Time Variance Authority" alone were steeped in conspiracy.

Was this Miss Minutes’ own idea?

Or was this the plan of whoever stood behind her?

They had originally controlled the development of countless timelines. Had they already seen what was happening at this very moment?

In other words, was it possible that he had been part of their plan from the very beginning, and that this Time Twister had fallen into his hands as part of some unknown scheme?

It was even possible that his journey into the universe of American comics had been a script they set in advance. Everything had merely been meant to accomplish some unknown purpose of theirs.

And he, who appeared to be brave and resourceful, constantly using his own knowledge to resolve matters across different universes, was actually nothing more than a puppet on strings.

Every step he took had followed the direction they set. What was tragic was that he had not realized it at all.

By the time he thought of this, the clothes on Zhang Ye’s back were already soaked with cold sweat.

"Wait. Rebuilding the TVA—you mean that Time Variance Authority?" Zhang Ye forcibly returned his expression to normal, then asked casually.

Yes~ The Time Variance Authority is an extremely important organization. If no one manages the development of the universes from a macro perspective, then all Multiverses will ultimately head toward destruction.

Miss Minutes turned toward Zhang Ye with a broad smile, then continued.

The Multiverse is like an incomparably huge tree, and every timeline is a bud growing from it. The TVA’s duty is to serve as this tree’s gardener, pruning away excess and unreasonable parts so that timelines can develop better and more peacefully.

"I’ll grant you the gardener part, but isn’t what you said wrong? Inside the Time Variance Authority, there is only one Sacred Timeline. But you cannot deny that, beyond that timeline, countless universes are flourishing. Which tree are you gardening?"

In Zhang Ye’s memory, there had been two TVA organizations that truly appeared. One was the Time Variance Authority from the Loki television series, established by a Kang variant. The timeline it managed was not Marvel’s Prime Universe, but the corresponding cinematic "main" universe.

The other Time Variance Authority appeared in Marvel Comics’ Prime Universe. They did seem mysterious and powerful, as if they intended to govern the entire Multiverse, but in truth, they appeared in major events even less often than the Watchers.

Later on, the organization became little more than a name. Many comics no longer contained any trace of them.

And that was what puzzled Zhang Ye most. What exactly was this so-called Time Variance Authority, and why could they freely govern the "Multiverse"?

Zhang Ye did not have to wait long before Miss Minutes explained.

In fact, the Time Variance Authority carried out a "grafting project."

"A grafting project?" Zhang Ye frowned.

Yes. We have no way of knowing how the primordial universe was born, but by the time we were able to observe the Multiverse, that enormous tree of timelines already existed. The TVA was dedicated to creating a truly peaceful timeline.

So, for this purpose, we would select and control a relatively outstanding timeline from the records, then use special devices to guide its development, ultimately turning it into a beautiful world that operated perfectly in endless cycles like an ouroboros.

"What about the other Multiverses? After cutting out this timeline, wouldn’t it be affected by the other timelines on the tree of timelines?" Zhang Ye asked again.

Of course not!

Miss Minutes smiled.

From the moment the Sacred Timeline was established, it would break away from its original branch and become a true main world. It had the potential to become the next tree of timelines, but to stabilize the universe’s development, we had to ensure the singularity of the Sacred Timeline.

So…

Zhang Ye held his breath, the hand gripping the steering wheel trembling slightly.

…the entire TVA was merely a single timeline Kang had cut from a branch of the Prime Universe, turning it into another kind of "Prime Universe."

With that thought, Zhang Ye looked again at Miss Minutes, who radiated such clear stupidity.

Then what was the purpose of making me do this?