Success

Alex knew what the result would be the moment he put the two ingredients into the cauldron. Due to the difference in the temperature and the motion of the two ingredients according to their recipe, one of them had to burn while the other one barely cooked.

The energy released from the two ingredients wasn't what they should have been either. While the vine had released regular energy, the fruit had burnt and released its energy way too quickly.

Alex stopped and quickly threw away everything before clearing the cauldron.

"So, I can't send them in at once," he spoke out loud. He liked talking through what he was doing and it certainly helped him. "One at a time then?" 

He tried.

He first threw in the vine and controlled it until it was reduced to nothing but powder with the energy in the cauldron. Then, he threw in the fruit.