Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3 (Chinese: 仙劍奇俠傳三, literally "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3") is a wuxia turn-based role-playing game in a fantasy/medieval setting. It is a prequel to the original Legend of Sword and Fairy and takes place approximately fifty years prior to the original Legend of Sword and Fairy I, around the Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty. It tells the story of Jing Tian (景天), a young assistant pawnbroker who has adventures after an unlikely encounter with a young noblewoman, Xue Jian (雪見).
The story begins with the opening animation. We see a woman on a tree, which is later seen to be Xi Yao (夕瑤), the god in charge of the Shen Shu (神樹, literally Tree of Gods). We then see Fei-Pung (飛蓬), a god, and Chong Lo (重樓), a demon fighting. Their fight lasted for three days, and the gods were angry at Fei-Pung for not guarding the Shen Muo Zhi Jing (神魔之井, literally Well of Gods and Demons), and demons were leaking in the divine realm. Fei-Pung was distracted and his sword fell into the mortal realm, to become the Zhen Yao Jian (鎮妖劍, literally Monster Destroyer Sword) of Shu-Shan.
Chong Lo, seeing Fei Pung reincarnated as a lowly pawnbroker Jing Tien, decided to get his sword back for him. But instead of getting him the Zhen Yao Jian, he accidentally got the Muo Jian (魔劍, literally Demon Sword or Magical Sword), a sword forged by his first reincarnation, Long Yang (龍陽), who was a prince of a small country during the Warring Period (戰國時代).