Yet some people argue that "it makes no difference if there is anyone to carry on the tradition of martial arts novels or not." Changing times have brought detective novels, horror novels and so forth. If one form of novel dies, there will always be a new form to replace it.
不過也有人抱持「武俠小說沒有傳人有什麼關係」的立場，若真的沒有武俠小說可讀，隨著時代改變我們有偵探小說、驚悚小說，自有其他小說來收復武林失土。