7 turns short from my first completed ascension. Only move I could make was death from the Amulet's curse

I did not realize until this point, that really, the only way to succesfully ascend, is to kill enemies and weaken the Amulets curse. This run, I did not do that. I started my ascend only avoiding enemies and went from the fullest inventory I've ever had in a playthrough, to this. Using every last item I had to get myself back up and got this far. 3 days later, I finally completed my first succesful ascension. Firing up another game right now.