130: Chapter 13 You knew you were going to die, so you killed them all.

He knew his superior's temperament and methods well, and even more so the strictness of the Heavenly Court rules represented by that blood-and-tears Jade Slip.

Thus, this Deputy Captain Ye decisively reported the matter after the Wang Family Ancestor left.

Bribing a member of the Heavenly Court Law Enforcement Team like him? It wasn't that easy.

"Listen to me?" Lin Mo put down the Jade Slip, his finger lightly tapping the report regarding the Wang Family Ancestor's request, his voice suddenly turning cold:

"The Wang Family Ancestor's actions are no longer as simple as indulging a junior; he openly seeks to corrupt the Heavenly Court law enforcement procedures with personal favors and wealth, attempting to place the laws of the Heavenly Court beneath the private interests of a Family. This is a heinous crime, and such a trend must not be allowed to grow!"

Over the years, the Heavenly Court Law Enforcement Team had been incredibly busy, yet they still couldn't look after everything because there were too many people and too much complexity across the heavens; it could only be done step by step.

"As for the Human Race internally, we should set an even better example and strictly abide by the Heavenly Laws." Lin Mo stood up, his gaze like lightning.

"If one can practice favoritism because of being from the same race, or pervert the law because of a great Family, then what is the difference between the laws established by the Heavenly Emperor and those of the past? We cannot hold the Heavenly Emperor back. I will handle this matter personally. Go and seal the relevant evidence and records for inspection."

"Yes, your subordinate obeys!"

Wang Family ancestral land, outside the Wang Family Ancestor's meditation room.

Wang Nineteen was showing off the Flowing Moon Shuttle in the courtyard, its lunar radiance trail drawing the envy and admiration of many branch Family disciples.

"The Old Ancestor dotes on me the most. A small matter like this will definitely be settled." Wang Nineteen bragged to his companions.

The door to the meditation room opened, and the Wang Family Ancestor walked out, his expression exceptionally solemn.

He had just received an investigation order personally issued by Captain Lin Mo, which explicitly required Wang Nineteen and a group of people from their Wang Family to go to the Law Enforcement Hall for questioning, while also warning him not to make any further attempts to interfere with the judiciary.

"Nineteen, come here!" the Wang Family Ancestor barked, his voice carrying an unprecedented severity.

Wang Nineteen was startled, put away the Flowing Moon Shuttle, and walked over apprehensively.

"What exactly happened that day? You just hit him once and then snatched something, was there anything else?"

The Wang Family Ancestor stared at him, feeling some regret in his heart. Had he known the other party would be so serious, he wouldn't have bothered to find Deputy Captain Ye; it would have been better to just wipe out the Qingmu Family early on.

Then there wouldn't have been so much trouble. Now, it might have backfired instead.

"No... nothing, Old Ancestor. I just took that kid's shuttle. He made the first move, so I had the guards stop him. Who knew he'd be so fragile..."

Wang Nineteen's eyes flickered.

The Wang Family Ancestor sighed deeply, a mix of helplessness from his pampering and some lamentation:

"Forget it, I will personally go to the Law Enforcement Hall. I can't let the Heavenly Court truly deal with my Wang Family over such a small matter."

He was confident that with his Quasi-Emperor cultivation, his status as an established Human Race Family, and his attitude of personally appearing and sincerely admitting fault this time, there should still be room for maneuver.

This was the confidence belonging to a Human Race Quasi-Emperor and a great Family.

Inside the Law Enforcement Hall, the atmosphere was not as negotiable as the Wang Family Ancestor had anticipated.

Lin Mo received him personally, but his attitude was strictly business.

"Captain Lin, the child was immature and impulsive. I failed to discipline him properly and offer my apologies here. For all the losses of the Qingmu Family, my Wang Family will compensate tenfold—no, a hundredfold. We are all Human Race, why make things difficult for our own people?"

"I only ask the Captain to be lenient and not ruin the child's future. He has good talent and may serve the Human Race and the Heavenly Court in the future!"

The Wang Family Ancestor lowered his posture and even handed over a Storage Ring filled with rare treasures.

Lin Mo did not take the ring, but only presented a clear investigation report.

It included the process of Wang Nineteen's forceful robbery, the guards' attack on a Four Extremities Realm Cultivator with Sendai Realm power, the shattering of Qingmu Yan's Dao foundation, and the record of the Wang Family Ancestor's attempt to settle the matter with Deputy Captain Ye, all shown to the Wang Family Ancestor.

"Wang Chengkun, this is not impulsiveness; this is bullying the weak, robbery, and causing disability, with conclusive evidence."

"Afterward, instead of thinking about a fair resolution, you attempted to interfere with law enforcement through personal favors. Error upon error, crime upon crime." Lin Mo's tone was calm but firm.

The Wang Family Ancestor's expression changed, carrying a hint of the majesty belonging to a Quasi-Emperor:

"Captain Lin, I am a Human Race Quasi-Emperor after all. Can't you consider our common race and make an exception just once? Must you damage the face of a Human Race Family for the sake of a small Family and chill the heart of an old official?"

"Talk about sentiment? The Blood Demon Clan Leader said the same to me back then; he has been dead for many years now." Lin Mo looked up, his gaze like lightning.

"Wang Chengkun, since you knew about this long ago, instead of disciplining and punishing them, you blindly indulged and shielded them, even attempting to suppress others with your power to interfere with Heavenly Court law enforcement. What crime do you think that deserves?"

"You!" The Wang Family Ancestor was choked with rage, and his Middle Stage Quasi-Emperor aura involuntarily began to spread.

But he immediately suppressed it by force, because he saw behind Lin Mo, the faint phantom of a golden token symbolizing the Heavenly Emperor's will appearing.

He remembered the Blood Demon Clan Leader's fate, and a chill rose from the bottom of his heart.

He finally realized that the Law Enforcement Captain in front of him, and the Heavenly Emperor behind him, truly did not care what race you were, what your cultivation was, or what background you had.

Even the banner of being fellow Human Race might be completely useless. Now the Wang Family Ancestor was truly panicked.

"He... he is after all of my Wang Family Bloodline, my direct great-great-grandson!"

The Wang Family Ancestor's voice carried a hint of pleading.

"Before the laws of the Heavenly Court, there is no 'only,' only guilty or innocent." Lin Mo stood up.

"Someone, bring Wang Nineteen and the involved guards into custody. As for you, Wang Chengkun, for indulging your kin, knowingly breaking the law, and intending to obstruct law enforcement, you are also to be taken in to await judgment!"

...

On the Execution Platform of Immortals.

Wang Nineteen knelt on the stage, his face pale as death, his whole body trembling.

The Wang Family Ancestor's cultivation was also restricted by special Dao locks; he stood to the side, his old face deathly pale, looking as if he had aged many years in an instant.

Below the stage, Cultivators of all races gathered, and countless Cultivators from other Human Race families and sects watched closely.

Lin Mo's gaze was icy as it swept over the deathly pale Wang Nineteen and the withered Wang Family Ancestor, Wang Chengkun.

He did not say much, only unfurling a Jade Slip in the air that emitted an aura of solemn slaughter.

Immediately, the Wang Family's many years of misdeeds were transformed into brief but ironclad text and light-shadow projections, displayed before the eyes of the myriad races of the heavens.

"Wang Chengkun, your Wang Family is truly audacious!"

Lin Mo's voice was calm, but his tone was filled with fury and killing intent.

"The Law Enforcement Hall has thoroughly investigated your Wang Family's actions. Your Wang Family has forcibly seized Star Domain resources, indulged disciples in harming fellow clansmen, and treated human life like grass... every single case is in this scroll. Your Wang Family's so-called Family dignity has long been stained with the blood and tears of countless innocent people!"

In the light and shadow, various evil deeds flashed by: the Wang Family using their Quasi-Emperor might to seize by force, their Family's secret guards eliminating dissidents, and colluding with scum to disrupt the legal order.

Although not detailed, it already made all the observers feel a chill in their hearts.

Everyone in the Wang Family, from the Old Ancestor to the Family Head, and then to the many core elders involved in the matter below the stage, all looked as pale as ash.

"The evidence is conclusive, no more words are needed." Lin Mo closed the Jade Slip and announced in a voice like thunder:

"Principal offender Wang Nineteen, for frequently relying on strength to commit robbery, injuring and disabling people, destroying others' Dao foundations, refusing to change despite repeated warnings, and having a deeply malicious nature, is sentenced to death, to be executed immediately!"

"Principal offender Wang Family Head Wang Zhenyue, for leading the Family and not only failing to guide people toward goodness but instead leading them in evil, indulging Family disciples in committing crimes, and having no way of management, is sentenced to death, to be executed immediately!"

"Principal offender Wang Family Ancestor Wang Chengkun, as a Supreme within the clan, knowing full well of the monstrous crimes, yet not only failing to discipline and punish but instead blindly indulging and shielding, and repeatedly using power to suppress others, harming many innocent people and interfering with Heavenly Court law enforcement, with heavy sins, is sentenced to death, to be executed immediately!"