The origin of immortal cultivation novels could be traced back to ancient China, but it took the 1980s for them to become popular. During this period, immortal cultivation novels gradually became one of the most important types of online novels and were widely welcomed. In the early 1980s, China's online culture had just begun to flourish. Internet forums and chat rooms began to become popular. Some young people used these platforms to discuss various topics, including novels. During this period, cultivation novels began to be loved by some young people, and they began to share these novels on the forum. As time went by, cultivation novels gradually became more and more popular and became an important online cultural phenomenon. Not only did they occupy an important position in China's online novels, but they also received widespread attention and recognition worldwide. Nowadays, immortal cultivation novels have become a cultural phenomenon. Not only do they occupy an important position in Chinese literature, but they have also been widely spread around the world.