The Green Snake and the White Snake are two thousand-year-old snake demons who yearn for human love and, in their efforts to become human, also try to enjoy the seven emotions and six desires that only humans have.
Xiaoqing is a green snake demon who has cultivated for 1,500 years.
Bai Suzhen is a white snake demon who has cultivated for 1,700 years.
The two snakes met by West Lake, fought fiercely, and determined who was stronger. They then addressed each other as sisters.
Bai Suzhen survived the tribulation of lightning and transformed into human form in order to break through the ultimate goal of cultivation.
Unexpectedly, when she was settling her karmic debts, she fell in love with the ordinary scholar Xu Xian, married him, and lived a simple life.
Xiaoqing, however, only wanted to learn the joy of being human. She fell in love with the handsome, refined, and ethereal young monk Fahai, who was cold and ruthless, and whose every move exuded masculine beauty, ignoring his status as a monk.
Fahai was a highly virtuous monk of Jinshan Temple who took it upon himself to subdue demons and monsters, regarding them as his greatest enemies in life.
After observing the actions of the two snake demons, Hai decided to stop this illicit love affair.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiaoqing accidentally drank realgar wine and revealed her true form, frightening her brother-in-law Xu Xian to death. To save Xu Xian, Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen risked their lives to go to Kunlun Mountain to steal the Lingzhi mushroom from the Antarctic Immortal, hoping to revive her husband, but they were discovered by Fahai.
To buy time so that Bai Suzhen could rush back to save Xu Xian, Xiaoqing stayed behind to fight Fahai. Fahai, however, demanded that Xiaoqing use all her temptations to cultivate his Zen mind.
Fahai's cultivation was ultimately inadequate. Under Xiaoqing's influence, he transformed into a giant black python and mated with her, resulting in his failure.
As Xiaoqing and the large black python became deeply entwined in the water, Fahai's face turned blue, his brows furrowed, as if he were suppressing something.
After a moment, Fahai's complexion returned to normal, and he recited a spell, at which point the giant black python disappeared.
Fahai, enraged by breaking his vow of celibacy, still kept his word and ultimately let Xiaoqing go.
Having stolen the magic herb and rescued Xu Xian, they thought their suffering was over and good days were coming.
Unexpectedly, one day, Xiaoqing and her brother-in-law Xu Xian became entangled in a sexual affair and committed an illicit act.
When Bai Suzhen returned home and discovered what had happened, the former sisters naturally turned against each other and started fighting.
Later, Bai Suzhen became pregnant with Xu Xian's child and won Xu Xian's heart.
After learning that Xu Xian and Xiao Qing were having an affair, Fahai became extremely jealous and resentful of Xu Xian. He forcibly took her away and imprisoned her at Jinshan Temple.
In order to win back her husband, Bai Suzhen had no choice but to seek help from Xiaoqing.
The two sisters reconciled and plotted a grand rescue of Xu Xian, resulting in the flooding of Jinshan Temple.
When Bai Suzhen revealed her true form as a white snake, Xu Xian was terrified, only then realizing that the woman he had been sleeping with day and night was actually a white snake demon.
When Bai Suzhen fought Fahai, she suffered a miscarriage and unbearable abdominal pain. For the sake of her unborn child, she stopped resisting and was suppressed by Fahai.
On the shore of West Lake, near the Broken Bridge, Bai Suzhen gave birth to a baby boy, but Xu Xian was too afraid to approach.
Disheartened, Bai Suzhen gave up resisting and was suppressed by Fahai under Leifeng Pagoda. Only then did Xu Xian realize his regret, but it was too late!
Seeing her sister suppressed, Xiaoqing, in a fit of rage, killed the heartless and ungrateful Xu Xian and fled far away.
After the battle, the monks of Jinshan Temple and the people of the city below the mountain suffered heavy casualties due to the raging flood.
Seeing this scene, Fahai, holding the child born to Bai Suzhen, was completely bewildered.
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Xiao Ning kept walking along the mountain path, his mind still replaying the plot.
He wore a blue Taoist robe, yet not a single drop of morning dew clung to it.
Although their pace seemed slow, it wasn't long before they descended the mountain, left the rolling hills, and arrived at a small village at the foot of the mountain.
"Huh, a young Taoist priest has actually arrived?"
A village woman saw Xiao Ning appear and asked in surprise.
"What a handsome young Taoist priest! Walking in the wilderness, isn't he afraid of being eaten by wild beasts?"
"Young Taoist priest, where is your master?"
Xiao Ning's body was only sixteen years old. He had a handsome and refined appearance, and because he had recovered his cultivation, he exuded an otherworldly and refined aura. This made some of the village women feel maternal and concerned, and they all asked him about his health.
Even some little girls showed curiosity on their faces; they couldn't believe there was such a young and handsome Taoist priest.
Xiao Ning looked up and glanced around. Seeing that most of the people in the mountain village were women and there were very few young men, he couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked a question.
"Sister-in-law, why are there only women in the village?"
Upon hearing this question, the village women looked even more sorrowful and lamenting, and they all helplessly began to recount their stories.
It turns out that this village is the only village at the foot of Tongtian Peak. Not far away, another fifty miles away, is Fuliang County.
Normally, the villagers hunt in the mountains and then take their prey to the county town to exchange for necessities. This has been their way of life for thousands of years, and they have lived in peace.
However, strange things have been happening frequently in the last six months.
Many young men went hunting in the mountains but never returned, causing widespread panic. The few remaining young men dared not go hunting anymore.
“There must be some terrible demon in the mountains that specializes in devouring young men.”
"She might be a female ghost, otherwise why would she only target young men?"
"Legend has it that immortals live in the back mountain. Could it be that you were summoned away by the immortals?"
"What nonsense about gods! If there are gods, why don't they protect our village and ensure good weather and abundant harvests?"