As he spoke his name.
As he formally introduced himself to the Universal Source.
The instant he etched the words "Yu Yuan" into the Universal Source.
A vast, majestic power flowed from it into his body.
His flesh, soul, mind, and spirituality began an unprecedented transformation.
At the same time, an old-fashioned wooden box appeared before him. Yu Yuan was faintly surprised.
It was the Fate Card box.
But he had not opened it. Why had it appeared on its own?
As Yu Yuan pondered, a line of text slowly emerged beneath the long wooden box.
—Maxim: Every gift of fate has a price marked on it in secret.
"Could this ascension have triggered a Fate Gift?"
What happened next went far beyond Yu Yuan's expectations.
Under his gaze, the wooden box skipped the Fate Gift entirely.
It went straight to drawing a Fate Card.
The box began to tremble, then burst with dazzling golden light.
Yu Yuan knew without looking that this card had to be—Fate Card: Debauchery.
It was also the last Gold Tier card among the Fate Cards.
The wooden box had held only four Gold Tier cards.
Slaughter, Conquest, Extravagance, and Debauchery.
Extravagance had been removed first, at a cost of five million Survival Points.
Conquest had been removed next, when he killed the Everfrost Tyrant.
The third was Slaughter, removed when he killed the Blood Clan Progenitor.
So when the final Gold Tier Fate Card flew out of the wooden box and hovered before Yu Yuan.
It was, unmistakably, the last one: Fate Card—Debauchery.
The card slowly turned before him, its golden light illuminating his face.
Even the Universal Source noticed the disturbance and turned its attention toward them.
Yu Yuan watched the card in silence.
The Fate Cards were items left behind by the