Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

"Grandma, can you tell me why?"

Seeing her grandmother's solemn expression, Qin Le's doubts deepened.

Although his grandmother valued etiquette and rules, she always doted on her grandson the most, and would never normally make such an unreasonable request.

But at this moment, her attitude clearly indicated that she hoped Qin Le would complete this task no matter what.

This is unreasonable.

Hearing Qin Le's question, her grandmother gave a bitter smile: "Xiao Le, do you still remember your grandfather?"

Qin Le was slightly taken aback, then shook his head helplessly: "To be honest... I don't remember much."

He only had some very vague memories of his maternal grandfather.

It seems that it was during the Spring Festival when he was three years old that he went with his parents to pay New Year's respects to his maternal grandparents. That is one of the few clear images in his memory.

Since then, my grandfather, with his perfected cultivation of refining emptiness and merging with the Dao, ascended to the Heavenly Realm ahead of schedule to seek the opportunity to comprehend the laws and break through to the Earth Immortal realm.

My maternal grandmother had already broken through to the Earth Immortal realm more than 20 years ago, and my maternal grandfather ascended to immortality ahead of time, mostly hoping to achieve immortality as soon as possible and stay with my maternal grandmother for a long time.

But the ending was not happy—my grandfather perished in the heavens.

This incident made my grandmother depressed for a long time.

"The reason I sent you to the underworld is related to your maternal grandfather," Grandma sighed softly, her tone complicated.

Qin Le was stunned. "Grandpa? Normally, Grandpa should have already been reincarnated, right? Could it be... that something happened to him?"

In his mind, his grandfather had died in battle in the heavens and his soul had returned to the underworld nearly ten years ago. According to the efficiency of reincarnation in the underworld, if the queue had gone smoothly, he would probably be in elementary school by now.

Even if it's slow, they should have been reincarnated by now.

Moreover, my maternal grandfather was gentle and mild-mannered throughout his life and never did anything wrong, so he should not be punished after his death.

Grandma didn't answer directly, but slowly took out an item from her storage ring and handed it to Qin Le.

It was a page that radiated a soft golden light, made of neither paper nor silk, with mysterious patterns flowing across it.

Qin Le's gaze sharpened as he recognized the object—the Heavenly Marriage Certificate.

When many monks become Daoist partners, they make a vow together and submit it to the Heavenly Dao in order to receive its blessing and witness.

Once this marriage certificate is generated, it becomes connected to the rules of Heaven and has extremely strong binding force.

Qin Le remembered that his parents had a copy, but he had never seen the contents.

"Take a look at this," Grandma said in a low voice.

Qin Le took the page of the golden book and looked down at it. The golden light on most of the clauses on the marriage certificate had dimmed, obviously because one of the parties to the marriage contract had passed away and thus become invalid.

Only one remained bright and dazzling, shining brilliantly.

When Qin Le saw the contents of the clause, her breath hitched slightly. She subconsciously looked up at her grandmother, her lips moved, but she didn't know what to say for a moment.

The clause clearly stated:

If one party leaves without saying goodbye, they will be condemned to eternal damnation in the underworld, suffering the punishment of volcanoes.

The terms still shine brightly, meaning... that Grandpa is currently being tortured in the underworld.

He will be punished for eternity.

Unless Grandma personally goes to the underworld to say a proper goodbye to Grandpa and complete the farewell ceremony, Grandpa will not be able to be freed and enter the cycle of reincarnation.

However, my grandmother only had the cultivation level of a terrestrial immortal, and was not qualified to apply to enter the underworld. If she forcibly broke in, she would probably be punished herself.

As for what happens after death?

If a celestial being were to perish, they would return directly to the universe and would not enter the underworld for reincarnation. If my grandmother truly perished, my grandfather would be completely without hope.

Only a powerful being at the Quasi-Saint level could forcibly tear up the marriage certificate and free my grandfather.

Or... the two parties to the marriage contract may voluntarily dissolve the marriage.

Now, Qin Le saw a faint but clear divine imprint below the marriage certificate—a mark indicating that her grandmother had agreed to dissolve the marriage.

It turned out to be the case.

Grandma sent him to the underworld so that he could take this page of the marriage certificate to Grandpa, who was being punished, and have him leave his mark of consent.

Thus, the engagement is dissolved, the punishment is waived, and the grandfather can reincarnate normally.

This isn't going to the underworld to handle business; it's clearly going to help my grandparents... with their divorce proceedings.

Qin Le was silent for a moment, then gently held the marriage certificate in her hand, looked up at her grandmother, and said seriously, "Grandma, I can try to make an effort to do this. But I can't guarantee that I can go down immediately; it will take some time and connections."

"Just do your best." Grandma's eyes held a complex mix of emotions, including guilt and deep expectation: "I just... really don't want him to suffer anymore."

She understood that the rules for entering the underworld were strict, and even with her grandson's special status, it would probably be quite a hassle to go through the normal procedures to get in.

As for smuggling?

Don't even think about it. The underworld is under the jurisdiction of the Goddess Houtu, and it is well-ordered. Anyone who trespasses will be severely punished.

However, while the grandmother could understand the difficulties, the biological mother, Lin Wanrou, sitting next to her, instantly exploded.

"son!"

Lin Wanrou stood up abruptly, hands on her hips, eyebrows raised, her demeanor completely different from her dignified appearance in front of her grandmother, her tone resolute:

"I'm giving you two days! This matter must be resolved before I get it done! Do you hear me?"

"Wanrou!" Grandma couldn't help but rub her forehead. "You're asking too much of her."

"Mom, you just came out of seclusion. You didn't know how much influence this kid had now," Lin Wanrou said to her grandmother, her tone confident. "If he had acted quickly, he might have been able to come back for a late-night snack if he went down now."

"This..." Grandma was speechless for a moment.

She did indeed only end her seclusion today and doesn't know much about the many changes happening in the outside world.

All that is known is that his grandson Qin Le has become a disciple of the sage and has even comprehended the Dao of Immortality, so his status must have changed.

She approached Qin Le because she thought that with the reputation of being a direct disciple of a sage, the underworld would at least give her some face and do her a favor.

After all, the same task can be vastly different in difficulty depending on the person's status.

If it were her or her daughter Lin Wanrou, even if they were already immortals, they would have absolutely no chance of accomplishing it.

But Qin Le... was completely different.

As for why Lin Wanrou had never mentioned asking Qin Le to handle this matter before?

The reason is simple—before today, Grandma had never told anyone about this, keeping the secret all to herself.

"Fine, fine, fine." Qin Le sighed helplessly, looking at his mother's uncompromising attitude. "I'll go ask His Majesty right now to see if he can make an exception."

"You have to be able to, even if you can't!" Lin Wanrou glared at him, her tone urgent and pressing. "That's your maternal grandfather! He's my father! Understand?"

Qin Le didn't have a deep emotional connection with her maternal grandfather, which she could understand, given that they hadn't spent much time together and had few memories of him.

But that was her father, the father who once cherished and doted on her!

Upon learning that her father was suffering eternal torment from being burned alive by a volcano in the underworld, Lin Wanrou felt as if her heart was being torn apart and wished she could rush into the underworld immediately.

But she didn't have the ability; she couldn't even get through the door.

Now that her son has a chance to get things done, why would she care about any compromises or difficulties?

She only wanted one outcome—to free her father.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away."

Seeing her mother's resolute attitude and her eyes reddening, Qin Le said no more, put away the golden Heavenly Marriage Certificate, and turned to walk out the door.