Ah, I haven't finished the novel in its entirety yet, so I can't deny everything you said yet, but if the actual universe is indeed not infinite, then it l1c probably doesn't work. The idea of the timelines inside timeline came from when I thought the universe was stated to be infinite, and when Cha said to the giant that there are other timelines inside the universe. However, iirc, we are kinda strict with these standards so I'm not sure if this would be enough. Though, I do genuinely think there is the potential of possibly tier 1.
I have to finish the novel and it's side stories and then come back to you. That said, what do you think about haxes? Since that's what I'm really interested in. Do you think transcendent are AE type 1? I recall statements about them being ideas, but some feats iirc just seem to contradict it. Also, what about their concept stuff? I have already made a profile for
Nessie, and I made a thread for how their concept type is type 1, though I'm interested in what you think.