He struggled to maintain his calm, took deep breaths, but when the blessing was activated and the seal broke, he couldn't help but tense up.

He exerted all his efforts to extend his perception, aiming to envelop every change within his sight.

But as he concentrated fully on the task, his pupils gradually dilated, losing focus as if in a trance. Yet, that peaceful sensation was neither distraction nor blankness but a kind of tranquility and calm that was even more comforting.

For a moment, he felt as if he had become a mere observer.

Admiring everything that was happening before him.

Material properties catalyzed, materials extracted, blessings activated...

Everything became so clear, no longer complex or puzzling.

It was as if all the changes had already fallen into his hands, but his hands were not within the flames, nor was there anything there at all.

That inexplicable perception continued unabated.

Transferring every minute change in meticulous detail, he could feel the scorching heat, the soft touch of molten metal drops, the gradually changing temperatures, and even the movements of every spiritual essence.

It was as though the Invisible Hand had already grasped the imminent extraction in its palm!

In the moment of realization, the image that inexplicably appeared before his eyes was from the past in the Crack Realm where the Mercury's Ten Thousand Hands covered the firmament. In the midst of the Mutant event, the traces of Non-attack were still clearly visible.

It revealed its essence directly to the successors hundreds of years later.

[Hand]

The innate tool of humans, the limb they never forgot since opening their eyes, for touching, probing, grasping firmly, squeezing tight, opening as a palm, clenching as a fist.

Drilling wood can spark fire, splitting stones can make ploughs. Columns rise high to build great houses, iron firmly forged into swords.

In the end, everything humans possess is held in their hands.

Everything created by humans originates from the palm.

In the moment the first person reached out towards the world in front of them, they achieved the brilliance that would shine for thousands of years, the creation boundless!

All prosperity stems from this hand.

Everything in the world is made by these ten fingers.

"So that's how it is..."

At this moment, a genuine epiphany and realization emerged from Ji Jue's heart:

"—This is Non-attack!"

Everything began from these empty hands, and his ten fingers would eventually cover the earth and reach the skies.

Holding everything, controlling all, having aspirations like the distant vision of Mercury was too far-fetched for Ji Jue to dare wish for. He simply wanted to hold tight to the things he had obtained through immense hardships and keep them in his hands.

So, now... he needed to move his fingers.

Just like a newborn, stretching out his palm for the first time toward the world in front of him from his cries, it wasn't a prayer nor a demand but an instinct to grasp everything.

To hold this never-before-experienced magnificent scenery, the unattainable vast possessions, in his palm!

Ji Jue extended his hand.

Boom!

A bursting sound erupted from the ascending Fierce Flame.

Ye Xian suddenly changed color, subconsciously wanting to raise her hand, but then, her slightly lifted fingers stiffened in place, her eyes behind her glasses lifted, reflecting the fierce light.

Then she saw something very familiar.

That was her own... Dissociation Technique?!

The intense transition between motion and stillness from this moment flowed smoothly under the control of the Invisible Hand, once again enveloping everything within the furnace, making even the fragile blessing tremble.

In the fierce changes of spiritual essence, the halo seemed on the verge of shattering, yet it didn't burst.

Instead, the contamination absorbed and the traces left by the first creation, under the dual application of the Dissociation Technique and Fluid Alchemy, peeled off like water washing.

It seemed as if it was reborn!

The Invisible Hand controlled everything as if instinctual, managing all operations within the heart of the furnace, dismissing any variations, silencing unexpected noises. This was a miracle only apparent in alchemy creation, solely belonging to the profound lineage of Non-attack!

In an instant, purification and cleansing completed.

Then, upon the gradually emerging form of a ring, the three-phase structure was accomplished in one stroke!

The intricate spiritual circuits intertwined like ropes, at the junctions, Ascension, Ruins, and Embers emblem emerged from the transforming spiritual essence, solidified, the spiritual circuits wrapping and merging with the blessing as one.

Everything evolved naturally just as Ji Jue had hoped and designed.

And so, it was accomplished!

That moment, outside the Melting Furnace, Ji Jue raised his palm.

And the Invisible Hand inside the furnace, before dissipating, reached out beyond the flames.

The tangible and the intangible, from that fleeting moment, seemed to touch each other, like an illusion, rapidly vanishing without a trace.

Only the glowing hot ring fell into Ji Jue's hand.

Searing the spiritual coating.

Hissing sound.

Soon, the last trace of heat dissipated from the evaporation, and the ring shed its original brilliant glow, turning into a plain iron-gray.

But the moment spiritual essence was first injected into it, it trembled violently, emanating a faint ringing sound from the iridescent flow.

Like a newborn chick calling out to the world from hatching.

So subtle, yet so profound.

Ji Jue was so immersed, completely mesmerized!

"Alchemy is truly wonderful, teacher."

He lifted his hand, against the light, gazing at the exquisite creation on his fingertips.

Unable to hold back, he started laughing.

Filled with joy and delight.

It felt just like, creating life itself!

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