At the end of the Ming Dynasty, corruption is rife, a traitor is in power and the Jin army is threatening war. In the Northwest, famine is rife. The "Jade Raksha", a witch thought of as evil throughout the empire, helps the victims of the famine by arresting and killing corrupt officials responsible for it. She is framed for the murder of the governor of the Province, Zhuozhong Lian and she and her followers become targets of the Dynasty.

The qhite Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom is a Chinese wuxia-fantasy film adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Baifa Monu Zhuan and stars Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming and Vincent Zhao.