In the black-soil lands of Northeast China, yin forces run rampant. The five hidden immortals of the Hu, Bai, Liu, Hui, and Huang clans have kept out of sight for generations, while spirit mediums burn incense and establish altars to serve them.
Lin Yan seems like the most dull-witted, spineless farmhand in the village, a man so meek he can’t get a word out, someone anyone can bully. No one knows he bears an ancient spirit pact and shares his life with Su Qingyuan, the Yin Sovereign. Sealed within him are the ancient venerable immortals of the five great clans: Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui. When the spirit pact stirs, all immortals bow before him.
A ghost marriage demanding lives, a haunted house that devours souls, a weasel seeking a title, a serpent immortal weathering a tribulation, yin soldiers marching through the world… Strange and sinister events are happening across the region. Ordinary spirit mediums are helpless, but Lin Yan seems to resolve them with a casual wave of his hand, each time suppressing an overwhelming evil spirit.
He keeps his true strength hidden and endures in silence, all to suppress the backlash of the spirit pact and protect those around him. But as evil spirits rise and the immortal sects fall into turmoil, an ancient darkness sealed away for a thousand years breaks free, seeking to seize the spirit pact, devour his immortal bones, and wreak havoc between yin and yang.
When his disguise falls away and the spirit pact fully awakens
The Hu Immortal commands foxfire, the Bai Immortal determines life and death, the Liu Immortal rules the clouds and rain, the Hui Immortal communicates with the world of the dead, and the Huang Immortal controls the soul!
Together with Su Qingyuan, Lin Yan establishes a gateway to the heavens, wields authority over all immortals, slays every demon and specter, and brings peace to both the yin and yang worlds. He becomes the most domineering incense-bearing Immortal Venerable in the history of Northeast China!
Bound by a shared spirit pact, immortals and evil spirits cannot coexist. In this life, since I have taken up the mantle of a spirit medium, I will seal
