In online novels, there were usually no works without a female protagonist because the female protagonist usually represented an important character in the novel's plot and played a vital role in the development of the story and plot. However, some authors might scatter the plot and character of the story or put the female protagonist in a relatively secondary plot, which might make the novel seem to have no female protagonist. A novel without a female protagonist required the author to spend more time and energy on character creation and plot arrangement to achieve better plot effects and character portrayals.