Plot

Basically a retread of the first movie, in which the evil Tree Spirit is back with yet another ghost played by Joey Wong. The Swordsman Yen and Leslie Cheung characters are replaced by a Buddhist Abbot and disciple (Tony Leung). Jacky Cheung also pops up again, this time as a money-grabbing swordsman with a neat bag of tricks.—Paul Mason <panurge@tcp-ip.or.jp>

Set 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story, Buddhist Bai Yun (Shun Lau) and his disciple Fong (Tony Chiu Wai Leung) journey through a small town to transport a golden idol of Buddha. However, local thieves thwart their journey, sending them to take shelter at the ghostly Orchid Temple. There, Fong encounters Lotus (Joey Wang), a female ghost at the evil bidding of the awakened Tree Devil (Siu-Ming Lau). As Lotus falls in love with Fong, her evil sister Butterfly (Nina Li Chi) threatens to expose them to the Tree Devil, whose reign of terror is vowed to be ended by Bai Yun.—Oliver Chu