Synopsis:
According to legend,
there lived a horde of goblins and monsters in the depths of the primeval
forest. Among these evil spirits were two snakes, one white and one green,
loitering in the mountains, leading a carefree life .One day, a young herbalist
Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) came to the mountains and accidentally fell into a lake.
White Snake (Eva Huang), in the incarnation of a beautiful lady, the form she
acquired after a thousand years of practice and cultivation, came to his
rescue. White Snake’s passion for this young man could not be contained, and
with the help of Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she ventured into the human world
and got married to Xu Xian.
Not long after their marriage, a strange
disease started plaguing their town. As a physician, Xu Xian was very anxious.
In order to help her husband, White Snake was willing to use up most of her
supernatural power to concoct medicine for the disease, undermining her body
and her vital energy.Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from Jinshan Temple, whose
mission was to travel the world to subdue demons and slay monsters, arrived in
time to save the town from the plague. But at the same time, from the medicine
provided by Xu Xian, the sorcerer detected a touch of evil.
Then came Dragon
Boat Festival when Chinese families drink wine to drive away evil spirits. In
celebration, Xu Xian made White Snake drink some wine, and she immediately
turned into a big white snake. Meanwhile Fa Hai came to the house in order to
subdue White Snake. In confusion, Xu Xian used the sacred sword given to him by
Fa Hai and wounded the large white python. White Snake escaped with serious
injury.Xu Xian was grief-stricken and tried to make remedy by risking his life
to obtain a potent medicinal herb for his wife. Xu Xian got the herb but during
the course was possessed by demons. In order to save him, Fa hai kept him in
Jinshan Temple.
After taking the
herbal dose, White Snake regained her strength and power and rushed to Jinshan
Temple for her husband. She was overcome with rage after the failure to enter
the Temple. In extreme frenzy, she summoned up a flood over the Temple causing
a catastrophe.
