Jin Yong's novels usually had a male protagonist who was usually the main character in the story to drive the development of the story. However, Demigods was an exception. There were multiple male leads in the novel. The number of male protagonists in Jin Yong's novels may vary from novel to novel. For example, in the Legend of the Condor Heroes, there were only Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu, and Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, Xu Zhu and Murong Fu. Each male lead had his own unique personality and storyline, which added rich and colorful content to the novel.