白蛇素贞（赵雅芝 饰）还是一条没有什么法力的小蛇时曾被捕蛇老人所抓，幸得一小牧童相救。素贞心内发誓，一定要报答这份救命之恩。一千年以后，白蛇修成人身，往人间报恩时相遇青蛇小青（陈美琪 饰），将其驯服，以姊妹相称。得到菩萨明示之后，素贞前往杭州西湖找到了千年后的小牧童、此 时是一个药堂的学徒许仙（叶童 饰）。天上降下大方贤惠又漂亮的女子，自然是呆学生许仙所不曾妄想的。而巧用妙计的素贞让二人相识不久很快就结成秦晋之好。而法海为报多年前受白素贞所戏，夺去天庭上仙赐予之可增进六百年修为的金丹之仇，胁持许仙进而设计白素贞水漫金山犯下弥天大错，因此原由待其子文曲星离体落地满月后便被法海收镇于雷峰塔下静心修炼，以赎前业。素贞再也无法逃脱，被压在雷锋塔下。要等他年儿子高中状元，才可盼望从中复出……

Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.