On the day programmer Lin Bei was laid off, he received word that his grandmother had passed away. While returning to his hometown to inherit her belongings, he accidentally tore down a talisman that had sealed the altar for seventy years. That very night, the Fox Immortal, Yellow Immortal, White Immortal, Willow Immortal, and Gray Immortal all appeared, and an absurd "group interview for immortals" unfolded in the old house.
While others worship immortals with offerings of incense, Lin Bei manages them through performance reviews. He has no intention of becoming a spirit family's pawn, a disciple who serves at their beck and call. He wants to be the CEO managing the Five Immortals. Just as he uses a programmer's logic to bring the most difficult team in history into line, a mysterious organization called the Guixu Society, marked by a double-snake copper coin, emerges. Their goal is the "Gate of Guixu," sealed beneath Northeast China, and the key to opening it is hidden inside Lin Bei.
From the bottom of the Songhua River in Harbin to the summit of Tianchi Lake on Changbai Mountain, Lin Bei and his five very different immortal partners clash with the Guixu Society across three northeastern provinces. In the end, he must choose: sacrifice himself to seal the gate forever, or let the five immortals share the cost.
Urban suspense meets Northeastern folk traditions, rational thinking collides with the world of immortals, and a passionate ensemble story is woven together with bonds of affection. This is a modern legend set amid the snowy plains of the Ice City, about family and protection.
