Meanwhile, there is a cavern of snake-demon people, who are oppressed by the general. Xuan reads the inscription, which indicates it was made at 'special jade workshop'. They find a jade hair pin which brings back some memories when it is then revealed, that the hairpin too is magical. However, after spending some time with him (and with the reveal that she has magic powers) she starts to fall for him. Reluctant at first, Blanca is skeptical about Xuan. She is rescued by a man, Xuan/Xu Xian, who takes her to his home, Snake Catcher village, where the villagers catch snakes for the general, as snakes were thought to aid in immortality. However, she is caught and is involved in a battle which results in her submerging into water and losing her memories. It then shows that same mysterious woman (named Blanca) who is on a mission to assassinate the general. The story begins with two sisters in a traditional Chinese bath, where they both speak of immortality. This strongly displeases her young sister, Verta/Xiaoqing, the green snake-demon. The protagonist is a young adult white snake-demon Blanca/Bai Suzhen who loses her memories while being disguised as a lovely human woman and falls in love with a snake hunter. The story follows the Chinese fable the Legend of the White Snake.

The film has been featured in festivals including Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, and Animation Is Film. A sequel White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake was announced in 2020, and was released on July 23, 2021. The film was inspired by the Chinese folktale Legend of the White Snake and was released in China on January 11, 2019. 'White Snake: The Origin') is a 2019 Chinese-American computer animation fantasy film directed by Amp Wong and Zhao Ji, with animation production by Light Chaser Animation.

White Snake ( simplified Chinese: 白蛇：缘起 traditional Chinese: 白蛇：緣起 pinyin: Báishé: Yuánqǐ Wade–Giles: Pai 2shê 2: Yüan 2ch'ih 3 lit.

Green screen snake