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Set in a fictionalized version of ancient China, players control Baili Tusu, a young swordsman with a tragic background. Elements of traditional Chinese culture, including mythology, cuisine, fashion, architecture and Taoism, were prominent; the main characters' names are derived from names of alcoholic beverages in ancient China. The game's monsters were inspired by Chinese mythology, and many of the in-game locations are based on photographs and descriptions of historic sites.

The game begins with a young Han Yunxi, son and sole successor to a female village shaman, sneaking out of the village to play. His plan to take his best friend, Chu Chan, to see a rare golden fox is disrupted when they are attacked by a bear, causing Chu Chan to stop playing with him. Under his mother's orders, Yunxi enters the Cave of Ice and Fire to perform a village ritual. Inside the cave, he sees the Sword of Fenji within a magical seal. He finally emerges from the cave, only to witness a group of outsiders massacre his village. He passes out in shock, and wakes up in the cave beside his mother's dead body.

Several years later, a 17-year-old Yunxi, now called Baili Tusu, has become the second disciple of Master Ziyin from the Tianyong sect that resides in the Kunlun Mountains. Tusu carries with him the Sword of Fenji, which has been released from the seal after the massacre. Vicious spirits residing within the sword torment him from time to time. Tusu leaves the mountains for the outside world to answer to the desperate pleas of a group of men kidnapped by bandits. He rescues Fang Lansheng, a young, talkative scholar, Ouyang Shaogong, a gentle, mild-mannered alchemy expert, and Ji Tong, Shaogong's elderly servant. Shaogong tells Tusu that he is trying to retrieve the stolen treasure of the Qingyutan sect: a special jade which can be used to create a potion to revive the dead. The jade has been broken into pieces, and are being used to absorb human souls. Hoping to revive his mother, Tusu proposes to help Shaogong find the fragments, in exchange for Shaogong to brew him the potion of resurrection. Tusu also vaguely recognises the jade, and is convinced that it will lead him to the true culprit behind the massacre.

Tusu leaves the bandit camp for the town of Qinchuan. He passes by a mountain stream and runs into Feng Qingxue, who happens to be bathing in the stream. Taking him to be a voyeur, she immobilises him and takes away his Sword of Fenji as punishment. Tusu chases after Qingxue, but the evil spirits in the sword haunt him again when he finally catches up to her in Qinchuan, causing him to lose his mind. Tusu regains his consciousness to discover that he is on Shaogong's ship. By passing some of her chi to him, Qingxue was able to relieve him of his pain, something he thought was impossible.

Qingxue, in search of her missing elder brother, joins Tusu and Shaogong in the search for the jade fragments. On the ship, they meet Xiang Ling, a half-fox who was also saved when Tusu cleared the bandit camp. Lansheng attempts to escape from an arranged marriage, meeting a lady named Hong Yu. The three of them join Tusu's party.