三千年前，商末，昏君纣王（梁家辉 饰）受妖妃妲己（范冰冰 饰）蛊惑，联手申公豹（古天乐 饰），试图召唤黑暗力量降生灭世黑龙，一时间妖孽横行，民不聊生……为阻止昏君灭世，姜子牙（李连杰 饰）命雷震子（向佐 饰）、哪吒（文章 饰）与杨戬（黄晓明 饰）联手寻找光明之剑斩妖除魔，并协助武王引领西岐大军攻打朝歌。不料妲己施法令姜子牙中了逆生咒，朝歌大战迫在眉睫，黑龙降世已成定局，天下再度陷入危机……Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Feng Shen Yan Yi (The Investiture of the Gods), the story tells of how King Zhou of Shang becomes a tyrant due to the wiles of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines.