The skies above Shanghai burned with auroras not seen since the beginning of time.
Below, the Karma Nexus lit up like a second sun—its crystal conduits humming in resonance with Lin Wei's Infinite Card. Above, in orbit, Vault Sky—Xu Han's flying palace—glowed a menacing obsidian red, its engines of false karma pulsing like a synthetic heart.
And in the heart of it all: Lin Wei vs. Xu Han.The first true clash between infinite wealth and corrupted power.
Skyfire Duel
Lightning crackled across the heavens.
Wei hovered above the Vault Sky, cloaked in karma light, the Infinite Card orbiting his palm like a living comet.
Across from him, Xu Han stood atop his floating throne, his False Card gleaming with data-forged karma, numbers etched in blood and debt.
Xu Han spoke first.
"You stand on ideals, Wei. But ideals don't pay for empires."
Wei's eyes didn't waver. "Empires built on lies crumble first."
Xu Han raised his hand—and thousands of Karma Drones screeched from Vault Sky, each forged from stolen intent, camouflaged in synthetic virtue.
"Let's see how your 'truth' handles this."
Wei didn't even blink.
"Karma Knight Formation—Heaven Ring Protocol!"
The Karma Knights Strike
The skies shimmered as twelve Karma Knights formed a sacred ring around Vault Sky, each floating on radiant platforms.
The Knight of Flame unleashed a blaze that burned lies down to atoms.
The Knight of Mirrors reflected the truth back into the drones, causing hundreds to explode from moral contradiction.
The Knight of Thread rewove karmic circuits, disarming drone after drone.
In the center, Wei unleashed a direct beam of golden karma energy, aimed at Xu Han himself.
But Xu smiled.
"You think I didn't prepare?"
He vanished in a burst of shadow.
Inside the Vault Sky
Wei blinked—and found himself pulled into Vault Sky's core.
It wasn't made of steel or circuits.
It was made of intent.
Every hallway was a memory.
Every room—a deal struck in desperation.
The walls whispered: "Who do you think you are?"
Wei walked calmly through them.
"I'm the man who made money… feel again."
Suddenly, Xu Han appeared at the end of the corridor, seated on the Throne of Truthless Riches.
He clapped.
"Well said. But words don't build worlds."
Wei took a breath.
"No, but choices do."
Xu Han's Secret Weapon
Xu Han stood, raising his arms as the throne behind him unfurled into a machine—tall as a mountain, complex as sin.
"Let me show you what unlimited false karma can do."
The machine released a beam of black-red light.It struck Wei.
[System Alert: Your karma score is being rewritten.]
Wei staggered.
Memories twisted.
He saw a world where he'd never helped the beggar…Never saved Xinyi…Never forgave his father.
His intent was being overwritten.
His soul… erased.
The True Heart Awakens
But from the depths of the Nexus, a pulse echoed.
Xinyi gasped.
"His true karma… it's resisting."
Noor typed rapidly. "It's fracturing reality—he's trying to choose again."
Li Mei whispered, "Let him remember…"
Inside Vault Sky, Wei gritted his teeth.He reached into himself—not his card, not the system.
But into his heart.
And there, he remembered—
His mother giving her last rice to a stranger.
His father saving to buy a book instead of wine.
Xinyi crying after losing her sister—and him promising to stay.
That was real.
That was intent.
And it burned brighter than any fabricated lie.
The Final Blow
Wei's Infinite Card reformed—glowing with more than data.
It glowed with memory, humanity, and love.
He pointed it at Xu Han.
"You sold everything… but you never learned what anything was worth."
A storm erupted behind him—karma flame, thunder of forgiveness, winds of mercy.
The card fired.
Xu Han screamed as his false karma machine shattered.
All his "bought" virtue vanished.
His throne disintegrated.
Vault Sky cracked in half.
Xu Han fell to his knees.
And the karma engine took back what it never granted.
Aftermath: A New Economy
Vault Sky collapsed into the sea.
Xu Han was imprisoned—not by force, but by his own karma score.
The world cheered.
But Wei didn't.
He stood on the shore, watching the waves wash away the remains of fake wealth.
Xinyi came up behind him.
"Did we win?"
Wei looked down at his card.
"No. We restarted."
Post-Credit Scene – The Infinite Black Card
In a vault beneath Antarctica, a hand reached out.
It was not human.
It pulled out a card—pure black, with a sigil that predated money itself.
A voice whispered:
"So… the boy rewrote karma.Let's see how he handles desire next."