The film is based on selected chapters of Wu Cheng’en’s classical novel Journey to the West and will tell the story of how the young monk Tang Sanzang’s travels brings him to the Five fingers mountain and meets Sun Wukong where he’s trapped beneath. It is there that they will form a bond as Master and disciple. In their travels, they will also meet Zhu Ba Jie and Sha Wu Jing whom also become the disciples of Sanzang and join them in their travels to Leiyin Temple at Vulture Peak in India to collect scriptures to bring back to Chang An. This sequel, will focus on the story arc of the White Bone Demon who is hell bent on consuming San Zang, because this will grant her Demon-hood for all eternity as she did not want to go through reincarnation.
影片讲述了师徒四人在西行的路上，白骨精（巩俐 饰）为夺唐僧（冯绍峰 饰）而巧设圈套，被孙悟空（郭富城 饰）识破，屡次受挫。唐僧却误会孙悟空滥杀无辜，将其逐出师门。白骨精趁虚而入，掳走唐僧。悟空闻讯前往营救，彻底击溃白骨精。师徒冰释前嫌，重新上路。