The Soul-Summoning Bell was only a tool. One should not place excessive expectations on tools. That was the advice once given by Professor Ye.

A tool only had meaning when it was used by someone. Likewise, the value of a tool did not lie in the tool itself, but largely in the person who wielded it.

The Soul-Summoning Bell was indeed a rare and extraordinary Blessed Creation. If refined a little further, improved in quality, or equipped with a complete system, it could even be classified as a Divine Creation. Every Ember and Aether user would be willing to pay any price to obtain it.

It held such irresistible appeal to the Ember and Aether paths precisely because other followers of Supreme Benevolences had no need for such complicated tools at all. The strength of its constructs was limited not only by the number of residual spirits available, but ultimately by the user’s own mastery. With limited spirit matter and materials, how precisely one eliminated all waste and converted every bit of spirit matter into a vessel of destruction determined...