Building on Ontology V8.4, this paper completes the key transition from a kinematic formula to a dynamical theory. The main results are: 1. promoting the spacetime granularity \(dx\) to a scalar field \(φ=1/dx\), with dimension \([L⁻¹]\), whose physical identity is the inverse-length scale field of spacetime granularity;2. writing the kinetic and potential terms of \(φ\), and obtaining the Lagrangian density \(L_φ=12(∂φ)^2-V_Pe-φ/φ_P\);3. writing the complete action \(S[g,ψ,D,φ]\), consisting of gravity, the \(D\) field, the \(φ\) field, and matter;4. performing the ADM decomposition, obtaining the Hamiltonian constraint \(H=0\) and the momentum constraint \(H_i=0\);5. performing canonical quantization, obtaining the Wheeler-DeWitt equation \(ĤΨ=0\);6. identifying the problem of time and proposing a dual internal-clock scheme based on the \(D\) field and the \(φ\) field;7. fully treating the non-minimal \(f(D)\) coupling and proving background independence. This paper makes clear that the \(φ\) field is the scalar field of the spacetime ontology: it decouples in the low-energy limit and becomes significant at the Planck scale. \(φ\) has a lower bound \(φ_P=1/l_P\), corresponding to an upper bound \(l_P\) on the spacetime granularity. The time quantization \(dt=t_P\) remains an additional assumption, but it is already connected to continuous time through the internal-clock scheme. Keywords: spacetime granularity; scalar field \(φ\); complete action; ADM decomposition; Wheeler-DeWitt equation; problem of time; internal clock; background independence
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