Wuxia novels used to be a popular genre of literature, but with the change of times and the change of readers 'aesthetics, it gradually declined. Some of the reasons included: 1. technological advancement: wuxia novels usually need to describe some high-tech equipment and martial arts, which are no longer popular in modern society. With the development of science and technology, people paid more attention to the feasibility and rationality of the story, and the exaggerated descriptions in martial arts novels gradually lost their appeal. 2. The change of readers 'aesthetics: In the 1980s and 1990s, readers began to pay more attention to the complexity of the plot and the development of the characters. The simple plots and single characters in martial arts novels gradually could not meet the needs of these readers. 3. The limitation of writing style: The writing style of martial arts novels is usually gorgeous and romantic, but such a style is often difficult to adapt to the tastes of modern readers. In addition, some plots and character settings that often appeared in martial arts novels, such as martial arts secret manuals, sects, and Jianghu loyalty, were no longer of universal significance in modern society. For the above reasons, the wuxia novels gradually declined and more complex literary types such as Xianxia fantasy novels gradually replaced its position.