Cultivation novels referred to a fictional world view and cultivation method, usually describing a story of human beings achieving self-transcendence and growth through cultivation and exploring the various powers and mysteries of the universe. Cultivation novels often involved various mysterious elements such as Dao, Buddha, Demon, Immortal, and Ghost, as well as different cultivation methods and techniques. Some cultivation novels also involved love, friendship, loyalty, and other emotional elements, as well as various complicated interpersonal relationships. Cultivation novels had a wide range of readers around the world and were generally regarded as a form of literature that was full of imagination and creativity.