Above Destiny

Chapter 675 Of course
Ultimately, it has nothing to do with hard work and sweat, nor with talent or genius.

It's simply because the Ember set is too powerful!
Too strong.

No matter how careless or distracted Ji Jue is, the materials he throws in will still produce something that scores at least 60 points.

Throughout the entire operation, Non-Aggression's control was so strong that even if there were occasional accidents, there were no accidents at all.

Within the bounds of theory, we attempt and explore, striving with all our might to seek out our own failures...

With the theories of Triadic Alchemy, the foundation of the Enneagram, and the control of non-aggression, and with so much assistance, the lower limit has been raised to such a high level that it is more difficult to fail naturally than to succeed by default.

To succeed in overcoming failure, one must find and utilize one's own shortcomings and weaknesses.

That is why the few failures he experienced unexpected inspiration and supplements for Ji Jue.

It's like starting from scratch to sort out everything you've learned, known, felt, and realized, slowly and methodically checking for omissions and filling in gaps, not letting go of any oversights, and reviewing everything about yourself from a perspective you've never imagined before.

In just a few days of exploration, Tian Xingjian's progress was many times greater than when Ji Jue was struggling to sit in the workshop!
After personally experiencing the method the teacher described, I realized that it was a shortcut tailored to me, leading to the self-transformation of all things.

The essence of the self-transformation of all things lies in the natural achievement of all things and phenomena in the universe through constant collisions, a creation as if made by heaven and earth.

Even without artisans, the matter gathered from the earth will still form ley lines; even without a controller, spirits will still be born from thunder and fire…

Just as people marvel at the wonders of nature when they see stalactites formed over thousands of years in a cave, even without craftsmen, many mysterious creations and strange sights will naturally emerge from the fusion of spirit and matter, transformation and desolation.

So much so that when everyone is captivated by the magnificence of this creation, they often overlook... the countless inevitable failures and premature demise that follow the seemingly inevitable success.

Before matter could gather, the earth's veins were destroyed by the volcanic tremors. Before thunder and fire could manifest, they were extinguished in the raging storm.

An earthquake shattered the cave, and a tsunami destroyed its magnificent scenery.

Success and failure are both part of the ever-changing cycle of all things.

For Ascension and Desolate Ruins, the birth and collapse of the earth veins, and the gestation and premature death of the spirit essence, can be considered success or failure.

When onlookers lament the loss of the magnificent scenery and the vanishing elegance, they never consider whether this natural wonder, this divinely ordained destruction, was caused by the mere momentary joy and annoyance of onlookers.
All things transform themselves; they are never said to be created by nature!
Therefore, the key point is never about success or failure!

But...

"—Of course!"

In the instant Ji Jue realized, "Success and failure are both within the realm of reason; because they are transformed by nature, they are both self-made and self-defeating!"

Therefore, success is to be expected, and failure is to be expected...

All he can do is try his best to select factors that lead to success, remove the seeds of failure, and within the environment he has determined, naturally guide this change to where it should go, to where he hopes it will go...

Therefore, Ye Xian sent Ji Jue to seek failure.

He already possesses no shortage of theories and techniques that lead to success, but he lacks the insights and experiences that lead to failure.

Wait a minute—

Ji Jue's eyes flickered: a defeat that was natural and inevitable... he seemed to have it too!
In the silence, he lowered his head and looked at his right hand.

The viscous, surging black flames appeared silently, flowing, surging, and rising upwards.

Chaos and disorder manifest itself here!

"Wow, so strong..."

Ji Jue's eyes lit up.

Get ready to try!

How about... Try it?
Then he passed away.

--boom! ! ! !
Who am I? Where am I? What happened?

Oh, I was courting death. Never mind then!
Amidst the dizzying spin, Ji Jue opened his eyes.

I almost didn't see my butt hanging from the tree...

If you throw two opposing objects into a furnace, what will happen naturally?

They will either annihilate each other or intensify each other's conflict.

In the process of mutual stimulation, the collision between them will directly turn the sealed furnace into a bomb that is only missing being covered with a grid pattern.

In the process of mutual annihilation, a large amount of spiritual matter and impure matter will also be released... It will also explode!

Even more frightening is...

Isis cast a cold glance at her.

“Sir…” she said slowly, “I just finished tidying up the workshop this morning.”

"sorry."

Ji Jue obediently lowered his head.

"After frying them in the morning, I cleaned them up again at noon."

"I'm so sorry!" Ji Jue started sweating.

"After frying in the afternoon, before dinner, I remember cleaning up once more."

“Isis, I…I am Ji Jue…”

Ji Jue's expression twitched.

"...By the way, your recent furnace explosion successfully damaged the furnace that had just been nurtured. If I remember correctly, you haven't finished paying off your loan yet?"

Isis delivered the fatal blow.

Ji Jue was speechless, only feeling that small pearls were about to fall out.

Fortunately, it's not unrepairable. After all, over 99% of a furnace is a consumable item. You never know how much work a craftsman might do, so it breaks down quickly and is easy to repair, though it still costs money...

He kept emptying his pockets, the money he made from sundials was just sitting on the books, more than he could ever spend. Chen Xingzhou kept urging him to invest, and Ji Jue even wanted to get some sponsorship from him! But while he did make money, the big boss wouldn't budge an inch when it came to the numbers. Investing in industries at least yielded returns, but what was the difference between investing in artisans and throwing good money after bad?

To avoid accidentally blowing up the workshop, Ji Jue had no choice but to tone down his ruthless work and find another place to continue.

Then... Lou Feng started to suffer.

Damn it, Coast Technology's office building shook nine times in three days, and seventeen furnaces were destroyed in five days. Even the cheapest ones, who can stand this?!

The old man kicked down the door, angrily demanding, "Why don't you go work in your own coastal industry!"

Ji Jue was shocked: "Coastal Industry is an industry I personally founded!"

"..."

Lou Feng stared blankly for a long time, then smiled helplessly and rolled up his sleeves.

The fist is hard.

Let's have a fight first!

In fact, the explosion was entirely within Ji Jue's expectations.

Conversely, it would be unreasonable not to blow it up!

The black flames of the Demonic Reflection are essentially extreme disorder and chaos. If one wants to use them for alchemy, one must reshape order from them. However, after Ji Jue's continuous experiments, he discovered that this was simply impossible!

How can order be reshaped from pure chaos and disorder?

The non-aggressive control and the corrosive nature of the black flames are both too extreme, yet they are both perfectly natural, representing a possibility of spirituality and materiality.

This is precisely why Ji Jue saw a possibility of the two coexisting.

Referring to the Great Necromancer's Resonance in Necromancer's Alchemy, he changed the object of sacrifice from the Great Necromancer to himself, and introduced the chaotic disorder into the furnace as part of the alchemy process.

After breaking the extreme control of non-aggression, more changes were successfully introduced... No lower limit, only the upper limit!

After abandoning the originally extremely stable guidance, it instead actively created an out-of-control environment, allowing the materials within it to catalyze and transform on their own.

I'll risk my face!

If it fails, just blow it up; if it succeeds, it might still explode.

They build, modify, and blast things at the same time. Sometimes, they don't even know what kind of thing they'll end up with... It's like a lottery, all about the thrill!

Let your imagination run wild and try everything beyond the established patterns. Follow your instincts, transcend success and failure, and observe the process of becoming a better person from another perspective.

Ascension, purification, transformation, integration.

The four parts naturally flow or stagnate, and naturally achieve or fail.

Ji Jue became completely absorbed in the experience, gradually forgetting what he had learned and finding new enjoyment in this observation that he himself did not interfere with.

The blessings bestowed by the heavens shine brightly, operating with terrifying efficiency and propelling progress forward.

boom! ! !
The furnace shuddered and, without warning, erupted.

Before that, Ji Jue had already raised his hand.

The non-aggressive flow enhances the material properties, and the three-phase alchemy transforms into one another, thus extinguishing the erupting spiritual storm once again.

It was as if they had foreseen this defeat.

In this completely chaotic and purely random process of refinement, Ji Jue gradually discovered a certain pattern... Even after ignoring theory or experience, he was occasionally able to sense the changes and phenomena that would occur next!
No, it's not about foresight or knowing beforehand, but about understanding and comprehension!
Because if things keep changing like this, it will explode!
If this continues, it will completely spiral out of control.

Even after the explosion...

Ji Jue reached out once more and pulled a broken sword blade from the cracked and completely collapsed furnace—a prototype of the Giant Sword!

Failed.

The sword's structure is completely unstable; if even a little bit of spiritual energy were infused into it, it would probably shatter on its own.

But at the same time, it was also a success...

At this moment, Ji Jue smiled and casually waved his hand. The blade hummed, the air trembled, and a deep buzzing sound suddenly spread.

Immediately afterwards, all the metal and iron objects in the entire workshop began to vibrate rapidly, and even flesh and blood felt spasms and convulsions.

Hair hummed, teeth chattered.

The interaction between substances was enhanced by dozens of times beyond its original limit!

Subtle vibrations spread with a gentle whistling sound, echoing all things, rising from the ground and soaring into the sky, enveloping the entire Coastal Technology office building.

The floorboards swayed, producing a series of crisp sounds like glass beads falling; the water pipes vibrated, and a massive, boiling echo spread out; the glass hummed, and cracks spread silently.

In the office, Lou Feng had just picked up his water glass when he noticed the subtle ripples in the tea.

It blurred his own reflection.

He froze in place.

Unable to hold back any longer, he burst into a tirade of profanities.

"You surnamed Ji, are you ever going to stop?!"

Unable to contain herself any longer, she rolled up her sleeves, ignoring the bruises on her face and the throbbing pain in her back, kicked open the basement door, pointed at Ji Jue's nose, and angrily shouted, "What the hell are you doing every day like a madman?"

Then, I saw Ji Jue's insane smile.

"You've come at the perfect time, Lao Lou!"

Just as the eerie, grotesque laughter came rushing towards me, I was grabbed in one swift motion!
"Come quick, I've got something good to show you!"

(End of this chapter)