The Spirit Medium

Everyone knows that in the three northeastern provinces beyond the passes, people worship the “Five Great Immortals,” but few know that the “Outer Five Immortal Halls” also exist among the dark mountains and pale waters.

The “Outer Five Immortal Halls” are the Bear, Tiger, Wolf, Eagle, and Centipede. They were once fierce and untamed wild spirits. Only after the Bear Immortal, “Black Mama,” attained the Dao at Jiuding Tiesha Mountain and was appointed “Grand Protector of the Northeastern Taoist Tradition” did she begin to bring the Outer Five Immortal Halls to heel and set them on the right path.

I was supposed to be a child who would die young, but by a twist of fate, Black Mama took pity on me and chose me. I became a rare disciple of the Outer Five Immortal Halls, and from then on, “one medium served all five halls.” My life took a very different path...