Song Qingge threw her phone against the wall in a rage.

Damn queerbait novel!

As an avid WebNovel reader and proud lesbian, this was the kind of novel she hated the most!

Her online friend, screen name Immortal_Fudanshi, had recommended the novel Alone at the Highest Peak a few days ago, excitedly explaining that there were gay characters in the story, and that she should check it out.

She clicked the link he sent and was brought to the novel’s front page, and she saw that the first tag was indeed BL. Bored after a long day at work, she decided to binge the novel that night.

But how could she have known that the story was actually a hot-blooded cultivation novel, and that the gay character was actually the villain?!

Alone at the Highest Peak centered around the main character, Jie Luo, on his journey to the peak of cultivation.

The novel began like many others, Jie Luo’s family was wiped out by demonic cultivators, and to get revenge, he found a master at a righteous sect and begged to become a disciple. The master, Yao Huizhong, who had never taken a disciple before, decided to take him in out of pity.

The two got along quite well, and soon the master decided to take on a few new disciples.

This was the start of the male leads ‘harem’. The second disciple was a beautiful girl named Feng Wenling, she came from a famous cultivation family who respected Yao Huizhong quite a bit, and they were interested in creating an alliance by marrying their daughter to his disciple. But Yao Huizhong didn’t want to force anything, and it was decided that he would take her in as a disciple.

If feeling developed naturally, then great, the marriage could proceed. If not, then she could at least learn some skills from Yao Huizhong.

Song Qingge particularly like this martial sister, she was well-written for a female character in a BL novel, smart, elegant, and not scheming at all! Just her type! 

In the back of her mind, though, she felt a bit of pity for that sister, the setup was too obvious, she would definitely either become the protagonist's white moonlight, or a villainess who would oppress the male lead. She hoped it would be the latter, it was better for such a beautiful girl to live on. 

Song Qingge continued reading.

A few years passed, and Jie Luo and Feng Wenling became the promising stars of the sect, occasionally going down the mountain on some small adventures. One day, while investigating rumors about monsters running around, they came across a village that had been completely destroyed. Jie Luo and Feng Wenling searched the rubble for survivors. Jie Luo uncovered a small girl from the rubble, and they quickly took her back to the sect for treatment.

After waking up, the girl revealed her name was Song Qingge.

In reality, Song Qingge suddenly felt she was being pranked, and quickly texted Immortal_Fudanshi, complaining that he was making her read a novel just to tease her. But Immortal_Fundanshi insisted that it was just a coincidence, and that the gay character was someone else. Song Qingge wasn’t completely convinced, but the story was fairly interesting so far, so she kept reading.

Since the little Song Qingge had no home to return to and good spiritual roots, Yao Huizhong decided to take her in as a disciple. The little Song Qingge was delighted, she was young and had grown quite attached to Jie Luo since he had been the one to save her. From then on, the three disciples cultivated together, but their relationship was not exactly harmonious. The little Song Qingge was quite jealous of the close relationship between Jie Luo and Feng Wenling, and always tried to get between them, but no matter how much she schemed against her Senior Sister and stole Jie Luo’s attention by acting sweet in front of him, Feng Wenling never got angry at her.

The present Song Qingge felt a bit sorry for both of them, in this male-dominated novel, they could only fall into typical archetypes and vie for favor from a man who would never love them.

Two years passed within the novel, and the final villain finally made his first appearance. On another mission down the mountain, Jie Luo encountered a group of ruffians bullying a young boy and intervened. After saving the child, he learned the boys name was Wei Yaozu. Xie Luo asked why he was being attacked, and the boy revealed that his family had been annihilated by demonic cultivators, and left without a home he was targeted by the other children for being a beggar. Jie Luo’s heart softened at this explanation, their tragic pasts were similar, and he decided to bring Wei Yaozu back to the sect.

After reading this, Song Qingge became excited, this must be the main love interest! But her excitement quickly turned into fear, she had really come to like Feng Wenling, what would happen to her now that the main love interest had appeared? She decided to keep reading and find out.

After hearing Wei Yaozu’s tragic story, the master, who loved adopting orphans, took him in as his fourth disciple. The little Song Qingge was very upset by this and secretly bullied Wei Yaozu everyday. But Wei Yaozu wasn’t like Feng Wenling, who tolerated Song Qingge’s actions. One day, after the four disciples had entered a secret realm, Wei Yaozu took his revenge. When no one was around, he killed Song Qingge with a demonic technique!

Alone at the Highest Peak was written from a third person perspective, so the protagonist, Jie Luo, had no idea what had occurred between his junior siblings. He only learned his junior sister had died after exiting the secret realm. Wei Yaozu lied as easily as breathing and said they were attacked by a beast and that Song Qingge had died. Jie Lou was inconsolable, as the Senior Brother he felt responsible for protecting the others.

The present Song Qingge shivered, the male lead was really twisted! She didn’t like the Song Qingge in the story very much, but they shared a name, so she felt somewhat connected to her. Even if she bullied the male lead, killing her like this was a little ruthless, no? Either way, she kept reading.

The death of the young Song Qingge signaled the beginning of the end, while the first part of the story was a pleasant slice of life, from that point on, things took a dark turn.

Soon after exiting the secret realm, news spread that the demon sects were growing in power, and war was brewing in the cultivation world. Jie Luo, still heartbroken, was determined to fight and protect as many people as possible. Feng Wenling and Wei Yaozu naturally followed him to the front lines.  

The righteous cultivators gathered on the battlefield, but were unexpectedly ambushed by one of their own, Wei Yaozu!

It turned out that Wei Yaozu was actually the Demon Lord, and he had posed as an innocent disciple to gather information on the righteous sects and destroy them from the inside.

The righteous sects fought back the best they could, but ultimately they suffered heavy casualties.

One of those casualties was Feng Wenling.

Song Qingge began to cry while reading the final scene between Feng Wenling and Jie Lou, where Feng Wenling finally confessed her true feelings:

“Shixiong, to me you were the older brother I never had… I hope you can forgive our Shidi, he has lost his way, but I know he cares for you above all else.”

It was too unfair! Song Qingge thought. This beautiful sister had to die for the main pairing, but she never even liked the male lead that way… She had half a mind to drop the novel there, but there were only a few more chapters left, so she decided to keep reading.

The story ended with a confrontation between Jie Lou and Wei Yaozu.

“Shixiong, we can finally be together!” Wei Yaozu had said

But Jie Lou did not reply, he just looked at his junior brother with an indescribable expression and drew his sword.

In the end, Wei Yaozu lost his life to the man he loved, and Jie Lou lost everyone he loved.