小和尚十方(梁朝伟 饰)随师父白云(刘洵 饰)护送金佛去五台山。路上偶遇痞子道士燕赤霞(张学友 饰)杀死强盗无数,三人结下梁子。十方与师父夜宿鬼寺兰若寺。师父外出打探时,十方遭遇女鬼小卓(王祖贤 饰)。十方不受其诱惑,二人争斗,十方念咒将其制服,但仍好心将其放走。十方将金佛不慎丢失,找到后已破成两段,树妖姥姥趁机发难,白云被活捉。十方在小卓帮助下逃出,外出求人修补金佛却不幸被骗。幸得再遇小道士燕亦霞,得其相助。小卓死敌小蝶(利智 饰)出击勾引二人不成,恼怒之际识破小卓与十方的计划,引姥姥到三人藏匿之处。十方在小卓再次帮助下逃出,并救得师父,小卓却被姥姥抓回折磨。十方与燕赤霞掘出小卓骨灰逃出兰若寺,但姥姥已布下天罗地网,众人危在旦夕,最后关头,十方化成佛祖金身,对付树妖……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.