"Do you think you are a god just because you bear heavenly mandate?
I was born without any mandate... and that is why I will kill you."
Nine Profound Dao Repository – Southern exit.
As Lin Mo stepped out of the inheritance rift, less than an hour later, heaven and earth trembled.
A surge of pressure from the sky descended, carrying the aura of the Ancient Divine Palace.
In the void, three figures in black armor, without sect emblems, their cultivation levels concealed, descended like thunder exploding through heaven and earth.
On their chest armor was the Heart Cleansing spiral symbol – the emblem of the fate-slaying Divine Guards.
"Target confirmed: Lin Mo."
"Void Fate Bearer – must be eliminated before activating the second layer."
"Full force authorized, leave no remnants."
No grandeur. No warning words.
The three Divine Guards immediately struck.
One reached down with Soul Locking Palm, sealing his entire soul sea in an instant.
Another unleashed Spirit Annihilation Shattered Shadow, a forbidden technique capable of shattering the souls of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage.
The last one charged like a meteor, using a silver light sword to slash directly at Lin Mo's forehead – objective: shatter his mind, seize his Void Fate.
BOOM!!!
The entire surrounding ground was pulverized into dust.
Lin Mo did not evade, did not dodge, did not retreat.
Because he... had no spiritual power to resist.
No magic treasures, no protective aura, no spirit root.
But... the moment the three killing intents touched him —
All three Divine Guards simultaneously froze!
Their entire bodies trembled as if forcibly pushed back, their eyes filled with shock.
"He... has no fate root?!"
"No living aura? No spirit root origin point?!"
"What is this... this is not a cultivator!!"
—
Lin Mo looked up, his gaze calm.
"I cultivate nothing. I belong to no Dao."
"And therefore... you cannot bind me by any rules."
At that very moment, from Lin Mo's palm, a spiral of ash light slowly turned — breaking all surrounding energy structures.
Shattered shadow extinguished.
Soul palm dissolved.
Silver sword exploded into dust.
One Divine Guard shouted:
"This is... Dao Self-Breaking!!!"
"He's using himself as a fate pillar, self-generating counter-cultivation rules!"
Before he could finish, he was sucked into the ash vortex, his body twisting like silk, then transforming into a wisp of ash suspended in space.
The second one activated the Heart Cleansing Seal – a special command talisman to request higher-level assistance from the Divine Palace.
But... before the command talisman could fly far, Lin Mo looked directly at it.
Just one glance — the command talisman turned to ash.
"From now on... no one but me has the right to decide whether I live or die."
The last one, panicked, fled, attempting to pass through the void to survive.
But Lin Mo merely spoke softly:
"You live for heavenly mandate...
And I live to kill heavenly mandates like you."
A single word "Kill" resonated in the Divine Guard's soul.
No need for magic. No need for killing moves.
That person fell from the void like a soulless corpse, his skin unharmed, but his soul pulverized into nothingness.
Lin Mo did not frown.
No joy.
No regret.
He simply turned his back and continued on his ashen path.
"I do not seek blessings from the Great Dao.
Nor do I seek protection from sects."
"I only need one thing – whoever raises a sword against me... shall die, even if it is heaven itself."