Wuxia of the Ghost Sect in the Dead City

The story mainly follows the Dead City in the Black Forest of the martial world, a place resembling the underworld. No one who enters ever comes back alive. The protagonist, Yuwen Lie, watched his mother die with regrets, and his father's identity remains unknown. Yet Yuwen Lie becomes the successor to Iron-Hearted Asura, master of the Yanwang Sword, and learns everything his teacher has to offer. He enters the martial world and embarks on a path to find his father and exact revenge. Along the way, Yuwen Lie encounters one stroke of good fortune after another. After accidentally drinking the blood of a strange snake, he gains decades of power and becomes immune to every poison. Later, he learns several peerless martial arts and develops an indestructible body. By then, much of the martial world is under the control of the Dead City, whose people have sealed the leaders of the twelve sects inside coffins. As Yuwen Lie investigates the matter, he gradually uncovers the truth about his own origins. He then meets several women, including Jiang Yaofeng, Cao Yueying, and Bai Xiaoling. In the end, Yuwen Lie foils the Dead City's scheme and settles all the old scores and grudges...