What's wrong with the angle trisection using Intercept theorem?

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Could anyone tell what I'm missing?

I know that angle trisection is proven to be impossible (see Pierre Wantzel in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_trisection). However, I just came up with the following method and can't find any flaw

Steps (sorry, I'm not super precise describing it)

  1. Given angle ABC
  2. draw a circle from point B, to intersect both angle lines in U and L points
  3. join created points to get line segment UL
  4. multiply the segment 3 (since it's trisection) times on one of angle line (creating points L1, L2, L3 or U1, U2, U3 depends on which line you pick)
  5. draw a line crossing L3 & U points (or U3 & L)
  6. draw a parallel line that crosses L2 and UL in point X1
  7. draw a parallel line that crosses L2 and UL in point X2
  8. draw one line crossing points B & X1
  9. draw one line crossing points B & X2

Now the angle ABC should be divided into 3 equal angles?

You can also watch quick presentation/draft with computer program.

https://odysee.com/@xliiv:f/trisect-angle-with-tales:2

Perhaps, here's the reason why the method is false, but can't catch it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercept_theorem#Algebraic_formulation_of_compass_and_ruler_constructions