前作で国家の危機を救った判事のディーは、その功績により、皇帝から最強の神剣を授けられることに。しかし、それを快く思わない皇后の則天武后は、神剣をわが物にしようと、司法長官のユーチにディーの襲撃を命じ、さまざまな剣術・妖術の使い手である異人組を配下に雇い入れる。そんなある日、宮殿の柱に彫られた巨大な黄金龍に突然生命が宿って大暴れするという奇怪な事件が発生。それは、移魂術を操る封魔族の仕業だった。

古代中国、殷代末期。強大な勢力を誇る時の王・紂王（ちゅうおう）は、慢心により女神の怒りを買い、九尾の狐が化けた美女・妲己（だっき）に魅了されてしまう。紂王は妲己に操られるまま暴政を行ない、人間界は戦乱と妖魔たちが跋扈する乱世と化した。事態を重く見た仙界最強の道士にして周の軍師・姜子牙（きょうしが）は、弟子の楊セン（ようせん）らを派遣するが、妲己率いる妖魔軍団もこれを迎え撃つべく策略を巡らしていた。

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.

Wang Sheng, a Ming-Dynasty scholar who just failed the Imperial Examination, works together with his fellow villagers through many strange but fantastic approaches to change his hometown’s backwardness and his own fate. He accidentally meets with a Fox Spirit and involves himself in a series of weird adventures, both physically and emotionally, only to completely change his own life.

Yang buys a painting of fox fairy. When he faces the painting and calls "Qing Mei", a fox fairy will get out the painting and stay together with Yang. Yang's parents invite a Taoist to catch the fox, but a vampire appears to kill the Taoist's assistant and seduce Yang. The fox fairy fights the vampire to protect Yang.

When she helplessly falls in love with her mortal enemy, the beautiful yet cursed fox spirit known as Snow Lady causes her mother much trepidation. To make matters worse, a ruthless tracker emerges and threatens to alter her fate. Darkly comical and hauntingly stylish, this magical gothic tale from Hong Kong also features performances from Wai Yiu and director Ma Wu.