Online Game: Immortal Heroes

Online Game: Immortal Heroes is a sci-fi online-game novel by the web author Fire God. Completed, it centers on the protagonist Yi Han. The story is set in the not-too-distant future: after a devastating catastrophe strikes the real world, humanity's supreme executive and the developers of the Immortal Heroes world jointly launch the Gate of Heaven Project, relocating all survivors into this data-built virtual world to preserve the species. Twenty-three years have passed since humanity entered the Immortal Heroes world when the novel opens: Yi Han is now over thirty, a top-tier assassin ranked among the Deathless Gods, standing with a faction leader atop Bujun Peak, the highest summit of Shenzhou, in search of a door that will decide their fate. The work blends traditional xianxia elements—sects, spiritual roots, cultivation—with the leveling, classes, equipment, and quest systems of online games, building a layered power structure that ascends from mortal-world sects to the inner courts of the immortal realm. Relying on a reincarnator's foreknowledge and the covert advantages of the assassin class, the protagonist schemes for equipment and skills, maneuvers among the major righteous and villainous factions, and climbs steadily upward in pursuit of greater power and true freedom. The book's main thread is the protagonist's growth and revenge plotting, interwoven with sect rivalries, resource struggles, and an ensemble cast; it is one of the more representative works in the online-game xianxia genre.