Time travel novels were a fictional genre that described the protagonist's journey through different histories, futures, or fantasy worlds to obtain wealth, power, and love through exploration and adventure. The origin of time-travel novels could be traced back to the 1980s, when they first appeared as a form of science fiction, such as Time Machine and Back to the Future. As time passed, time-travel novels gradually became more and more popular and became one of the main forms of online literature. The rise of time-travel novels was inextricably linked to the popularity of the Internet and the development of mobile communications because these technologies made it easier for people to travel through time and space. At the same time, time-travel novels were also influenced by popular culture, such as movies, TV series, anime, etc., which also provided the soil for the popularity of time-travel novels. Time travel novels can be traced back to the 1980s, but it was not until 2000 that they began to gradually become popular. At present, time-travel novels had become a major genre of online literature and had a high influence in various fields.