Arc 17Road to the Contest Pagoda
Ning Chen traveled west with Ruoxi, seeking the Resurrection Technique and bringing Wan Hongzhu and Jian Shui'er into his company. At the Hundred Dynasties Competition, he entered the Contest Pagoda and was surrounded by powerful opponents as he summoned a divine sword.
- Changsun died peacefully against Ning Chen’s shoulder, and Ning Chen later left the manor with Ruoxi and the Ice Coffin.
- At sea, Ning Chen traded Phoenix Blood with a Black Tortoise Descendant, then defended Xin Liangchen and Jiaqi from Zhao Ling'er’s attempt to seize the pipa player.
- Ning Chen guided the wounded Hong Wulei, then entered Yuheng Sacred Land and sought the Resurrection Technique by joining its competition as an outer disciple.
- Ning Chen helped Wan Hongzhu forge the sword Undying Bloom and defeated Jian Shui'er and Yin Yixuan before leaving the Sacred Land with Ruoxi, Wan Hongzhu, and Jian Shui'er.
- Ning Chen’s group survived an attack tied to Jian Shui'er’s past and crossed Jiatian Pass, while Ning Chen refused Ye Fengdu’s demand to surrender his hands in exchange for Hong Wulei.
- Mei Yingxue attacked Ning Chen with Passion-Severing Spring Poison, but he killed her and expelled the poison from Ruoxi.
- Ning Chen shielded his companions from the Sin-Purging Incantation and Profound Water Calamity, then reached Jingfeng City and entered the Contest Pagoda with Wan Hongzhu and Jian Shui'er.
- Ning Chen helped Jian Shui'er leave the tower and sent Wan Hongzhu onward, then fought Aizen Myōō, King Xuanyang, and four other heaven’s chosen before summoning a purple-gold divine sword into Zhimin’s hand.