Strangely, his work on the book led him to convert to Christianity. Asked about this spiritual change of heart, Lee says that he once felt very much in tune with Buddhism and read a great many sutras. But he says he experienced a religious epiphany while writing the climactic confrontation between Lady White Snake and the monk Fa Hai.
提及這段心靈轉折，李喬表示過去和佛教相當親近，也讀過不少經藏，但書寫白娘子與高僧法海最後決鬥的過程中，卻讓他領悟甚多。