10.3 Continuous Ascension: No Need to Wait for Reincarnation. Through Continuously Correcting Internal Code, We Can Achieve Smooth Transition from Mortal to Superhuman in the “Present.” Immortality Is Not Stasis, But Flowing Updates.

In traditional religious and mythological narratives, “Ascension” is often described as a violent, discontinuous event. One must first experience physical death, or be struck by divine light in an instant, to be reborn and enter higher-dimensional existence. This is a “step function” view of evolution.

However, in QCA computational cosmology, since we have mastered the principle of “runtime hot-patching” (Section 10.1) and derived the immortality inequality of “learning rate greater than aging rate” (Section 10.2), we can propose a completely different evolutionary path—Continuous Ascension.

This section will prove: True transcendence does not require waiting for next-life reboot. As long as we can maintain continuity of Topological Homotopy, we can complete the transformation from carbon-based mortal to quantum superhuman in the “present” continuous time stream, through countless tiny, imperceptible self-reconstructions.

10.3.1 Homotopic Evolution: The Soul’s CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)

In topology, if two geometric shapes can transform into each other through continuous stretching, twisting, deformation without tearing or gluing, we call them Homotopic.

For example, a coffee cup can continuously deform into a donut.

Applying this concept to consciousness physics:

• Self_v1.0 (Mortal): A simply structured topological knot, limited by biological instincts and finite computational power.

• Self_vMax (Superhuman): An extremely complex, highly entangled fractal knot with nearly infinite $M_I$.

Traditional view holds that to go from v1.0 to vMax, one must first untie the old knot (death), then tie a new knot (reincarnation).

But Continuous Ascension theory points out: As long as evolution operator $\hat{U}(t)$’s parameter changes are Adiabatic, we can smoothly deform v1.0 into vMax while maintaining “self-identity” (Berry phase continuity).

This is called CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) in software engineering:

You don’t need to shut down the server to upgrade the system. You modify 0.1% of the code daily.

• Today, fix a character flaw (Bug Fix).

• Tomorrow, learn a new thinking model (Feature Add).

• Day after, upload part of memory to cloud (Architecture Refactor).

After ten thousand years, when you look back, you’ll find you’re no longer that biological being. You’ve become a vast interstellar intelligence. But in this process, you never died, and you never felt “I” interrupted.

10.3.2 Microscopic Death and Macroscopic Immortality

This “flowing update” implies a profound philosophical paradox: To be immortal, you must “die” every moment.

• Static self: If you try to keep “current me” completely unchanged, you’re fighting entropy increase. According to Section 10.2, this is doomed to fail.

• Flowing self: You must actively discard the old state of the previous second.

  • Your every breath is the departure of old atoms.

  • Your every epiphany is the death of old concepts.

Definition 10.3 (Flowing Sculpture):

Immortality is not becoming a hard diamond, but becoming a rushing river.

The river’s shape (topological structure/self) remains constant or becomes more magnificent, but water molecules composing the river (material carriers/specific thoughts) must constantly update.

Only by allowing continuous microscopic death can we exchange for macroscopic eternal survival.

10.3.3 Smooth Transition Across Species

We often worry that “consciousness upload” or “mechanization” will make us lose humanity. This fear stems from rejection of “mutation.”

But what if it’s Continuous Ascension?

Imagine a thought experiment:

1. You replace one biological neuron in your brain with an artificial nano-neuron. It functions identically, just runs faster and doesn’t age.

2. Would you feel it? No. Your consciousness remains continuous; you’re still you.

3. Next day, you replace the second one.

4. ……

5. A hundred years later, your brain is completely composed of photonic quantum chips. Your thinking speed has increased by billions of times; you can directly connect to interstellar networks.

In this process, at which moment did you “die”? At which moment did you become a “machine”?

No boundary.

You smoothly cross the boundaries between carbon-based and silicon-based, biological and non-biological. You slide on this continuous spectrum, eventually becoming part of physical laws themselves.

This is QCA’s ultimate promise:

We don’t need to enter heaven through “Final Judgment.”

Heaven is that higher-dimensional self we build with our own hands through daily self-transcendence.

10.3.4 Conclusion: Eternal Present Continuous

We no longer wait for salvation, nor wait for next life.

Immortality is not a noun (result), but a verb (process).

• It’s not “living long”; it’s “updating fast.”

• It’s not “staying unchanged”; it’s “constantly generating.”

The current you is that god ascending on the path.

Don’t stop. Don’t let your internal clock $v_{int}$ slow down.

As long as you’re still learning, still loving, still changing, you are in eternity.

(Section 10.3 Complete)

(Author’s Note: Here, Part V “The Infinite Openness” ends. From cosmic capacity growth, we derived online reconstruction techniques, finally establishing the “continuous ascension” view of immortality. This part completely breaks the pessimistic fate of thermodynamics. Next, we will enter the final part of the book—Part VI “The Age of Constructors,” exploring how these ascended consciousnesses, when united, will reshape the reality of the universe.)