After the death of princess Hanyang of the southern Tang Dynasty, she turned into a skeleton succubiness, who borrowed the first beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze river, Ximen Yan skin, and transformed into a young woman with a charming an. Scholar Wang Ziyu encounters the skeleton succubus that incarnate Ximen Yan accidentally, see admire, knot Qin Jin in all. Unexpectedly, the bride is hiding under the skin of demons. The wife Chen Ying that is driven out of a house prince jade, see Wang Jia encounters evil spirit misfortune, invite exorcist path grows urn and its apprentice small steamed stuffed bun. Kill the skeleton banshee on the earth, the exorcist Daoren who is bent on behead, and stage a battle of love and hatred between people and demons. The film is based on the Chinese classical novel Liaozhai Zhiyi.

The story tells about Jigong, who, at the critical moment of breaking through the final level to become the Dragon-Subduing Arhat, senses the villagers of Baishui Town in distress. He abandons his spiritual practice and journeys to Baishui Town to rescue them. There, he encounters Huang Yuan, who impersonates Jigong and deceives the people, nearly burning Jigong to death. Ultimately, Huang Yuan is moved by Jigong's actions and helps him subdue the demon, saving the people of Baishui Town. Jigong then becomes the Dragon-Subduing Arhat.