  We study a new class of non-Hermitian topological phases in three dimension
in the absence of any symmetry, where the topological robust band degeneracies
are Hopf-link exceptional lines. As a concrete example, we investigate the
non-Hermitian band structures of nodal line semimetals under non-Hermitian
perturbations, where the Fermi surfaces can transit from 1d nodal lines to 2d
twisting surfaces with Hopf-link boundaries when the winding number defined
along the nodal line is $\pm 1$. The linking numbers of these linked
exceptional line phases are also proposed, based on the integral of
Chern-Simons form over the Brillouin zone.
