"There are punishments more cruel than death. Not imprisonment. Not exile. But – forcing you to exist... yet never having the right to be a part of the cultivation world."
The highest point of all heavens. On the peak of the Dharma Palace hidden within the twelfth layer of clouds, an old man with a silver beard, clad in robes crafted from the fate-script of the Heavenly Realm, stood before an ancient formation that had long been unused: "Heavenly Dao Self-Destruction Array." He was the supreme Law Enforcer – one who did not belong to the Divine Palace, nor was dependent on the Divine Sect, yet held the power to re-establish heavenly laws whenever an anomaly occurred. He spoke but one sentence:
"That one, is not allowed to cultivate." A command talisman formed spontaneously from the sky, swirling with immeasurable Dao light. The Dao Annihilation Decree – issued. He was crossing the Ancient Ice Tomb Village, supporting the Empress in his arms. But suddenly: BOOM!!! A light from the void struck his chest. He collapsed, all the aura within his body forced to transform into mortal dust. His divine consciousness system disappeared. The ashen Dao script in his bloodline was forced into dormancy. He couldn't even sense life – death – or the Dao anymore. "What... is this?" The Empress's face turned pale, her voice trembling:
"No way... That is the highest prohibition of the entire heavenly realm – the Dao Annihilation Decree. Once it descends, whether you are an Immortal Emperor, Demon Lord, or Divine Master... you will forever be unable to cultivate." Lin Mo chuckled softly:
"Like... cutting off one's right to be human in the cultivation world?" "No. Worse. It forces you to become a beast that cannot raise its head, but still lives to be mocked by all Dao." He staggered to his feet.
"Just because I rewrote someone's fate, the entire Heavenly Dao wants to cut off my path to life? Very well..." He looked up at the sky. A stream of ash-blood burst from his glabella. He personally shattered his heart palace – which had retained a glimmer of hope for re-establishing his cultivation. "I don't need you to grant me the Dao." "I... will dig the Dao myself from nothingness." "For the second time, I start anew. No spirit root. No cultivation method. No talent. Nothing at all..." "Only one thing – the will of one who has died and still walks on." The moment his Dao path was sealed, the ash in Lin Mo's blood silently surged, forming a vortex counter to heaven. And from within his heart meridian – a bright ash particle formed. [Primordial Dao Heart – Void Genesis Stage]
"This is a path that belongs to no rule. It does not need to be recognized. As long as – I am alive, it exists." All the heavens, including the hidden magnates, were terrified:
"The Dao Annihilation Decree didn't kill him? He even... managed to establish a new Dao heart from nothingness?" The Law Enforcer opened his eyes once more:
"If you don't need the Dao... Then I will erase your name from the Samsara Heavenly Scroll." A stream of light descended – not to kill, not to burn, but to erase Lin Mo's name from all layers of fate. No one could see his future anymore. Cannot be divined. Cannot be prophesied. Cannot be remembered. But at that very moment... A book burning with ash on the ground – the Fragmented Heavenly Dao Tome of Lin Mo's ancestor – automatically opened, recording three lines of text:
"The one erased from fate. Is precisely the one who will rewrite fate." – Excerpt: The last note of the Lin Clan's Ancestral Dao.