The Result

Alex was in the final stages of completing the pill. He was done with the powder and the energy, and now it was time to bring it all together. 

He had been prepared for this moment for days, wondering every time if he was doing something wrong. But each time, he knew he had to do this.

He needed a ticket to go find his family and for that, he needed to be a Supreme Alchemist. This was the only way.

With no more thoughts or hesitation, he employed the Vortex of Perfection technique. The energy from the technique flowed into the cauldron, suddenly causing the gathered powder to fall into a sphere of perfect symmetry.

Then, a vortex appeared atop it, sucking in all the energy within the cauldron, into the individual combination of powder that lay in a unique structure, forming the pill.

When the pill was completed, Alex finally stopped and let the pill remain in the now-cold cauldron.