Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness? Come on, let's see which one is really crazier.

"What did you say?"

Hearing Fang Mo's explanation, Ancient One was clearly stunned for a moment.

"This experience gave me some unusual insights. The essence of the multiverse may be different from what you understand."

Fang Mo recalled what he had just perceived. "Breaking free of a timeline isn't the same as breaking free of the river of time. The multiverse as you understand it may only be some kind of... uh, three-dimensional model? But in the multiverse, time and space have no meaning whatsoever."

"I know you like being abstract, but isn't that description a little too abstract?"

Ancient One voiced her confusion. "I understand that the universe isn't merely a three-dimensional model, but saying time has no meaning at all seems a bit..."

"That's because you haven't seen it."

Fang Mo shook his head, then raised the golden pocket watch in his hand. "I just escaped the shackles of time and witnessed some very special sights."

"If the universe is viewed as a grain of sand, then the horizon of space is an endless, vast desert."

"If the universe is viewed as a river, then the horizon of time is an unceasing torrent."

"Grains of sand represent the relative independence of parallel universes on the spatial level, while the branches of a river... mean that they are closely connected on the level of time. This structure is quite... uh, wondrous? Suppose you could splash some water in a tributary of the river of time. That would be equivalent to creating an independent universe."

"I understand that."

Ancient One nodded. "Suppose I hadn't guided Strange into becoming my disciple. Then the timeline would split as a result, and we would live in a parallel universe without Doctor Strange protecting it."

"Exactly, but you're like fish in a tributary, unaware