History Characters / TalesOfDemonsAndGods

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Combined with WeCanRuleTogether. In chapter 236 of the manhwa, he writes a letter to Ye Zong, stating that he should offer Glory City to the Wugui clan "as a betrothal gift" to celebrate the inevitable marriage between Ye Ziyun and himself, at which point Ye Yong will be a power second to the Wugui patriarch. If he refuses, the Wugui clan would descend on Glory City to take it by force.
* EntitledBastard: While he did actually train himself to be a fine and powerful warrior, he fully expected to be handed the title of City Lord simply for being the adopted son of Ye Yong. The moment he was surpassed by Nie Li, he lashes out at Ye Yong for not granting him the title earlier.

* HappilyAdopted: For the most part. Although he did receive a great deal of discrimination for his "commoner" blood, he was happy to be the son of Ye Yong... until Shen Xia got her claws into him.

* NeverMyFault: As he's stabbing Ye Yong in the back, he shouts "you forced me to do this."

* BullyHunter: One of the many reasons he picks fights with the Sacred Family is that the current generation of students are nothing more than bullying thugs. Especially Shen Yue and Shen Lie who both love to bully their arranged marriage fiances.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: After Ziyun reveals that she's got memories from the previous timeline, though fragmented, and Nie Li asks if she she believes in reincarnation, she reveals that she's had nightmares regarding her own life in the previous timeline, and her testimony matches what Nie Li knows happened. This makes Nie Li suspect that his group was put together by a higher power for some unknown purpose.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the original timeline, since nobody was able or willing to come to her aid in the AwfulWeddedLife that was her engagement to Shen Fei, she wandered off into the forest, abandoning everything, and her fate was unknown. It is later revealed that Xiao Ning'er met something in the forest that disfigured her face, and she wore a mask for the rest of her life. After the destruction of Glory City, she met Nie Li but did not reveal her true identity to him. They travelled together for a few days before she died protecting him. Nie Li himself remained unaware of this fact until after his reincarnation.

* DarkIsNotEvil: He fights with dark attribute magic and has black wings and hair, but he's among the most noble and upright individuals in the setting.

* HopelessSuitor: He's constantly hitting of Yang Xin of the Alchemist Organization. She's completely uninterested.

* ForcedIntoEvil: Though it's never mentioned who started the conflict, Xiao Ning Er testifies that her family was completely crushed, politically, economically, and militarily by Sacred Family and they have to bow the knee as a subservient family in order to survive, and that's the primary reason she was an arranged marriage fiance to Shen Fei. This all came to an end when she demonstrated not only being a once in thousand years talent, but can and will fight back against the Sacred Family's abuses.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: As he lay on his sick-bed, recovering from the Black Bee poison, he tries to warn Xiao Yunfeng regarding Dark Guild. He barely gets the word "Dark" out before they kill him.

* VanityIsFeminine: The use she likes for purple grass most is as a body tonic that lakes her look younger and sexier.

* CynicalMentor: She starts she series lecturing a class of would-be spiritualists that their initial background and family circumstances is an insurmountable barrier, and visibly chafes when Nie Li suggests otherwise. Amazingly, she secretly seems rather pleased when her class proves her wrong.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Once the party enters a certain desert, she starts getting flashes of her life in the past timeline, including the scene where she gave Nie Li GladToBeAliveSex. She blushes, [[NeverMyFault screams that he's a pervert]], and gives him an ArmorPiercingSlap.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Since he was ''[[UpToEleven born]]''!

* RapunzelHair: Her hair reaches the center of her back.

* RapunzelHair: His white beard reaches the ground. He can kick plenty of ass when he wants.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A mix of purple and rose.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Solid purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bright pink, though it looks like it might be dyed.

* BadassBeard: His white beard reaches the ground. He can kick plenty of ass when he wants.

* ProofByExamples: He lists the achievements of Ye Mo as proof that a "commoner" with a poor initial soul realm ''can'' smash the "nobles are born superior" lecture being given by Shen Xiu. She counters that he's an extremely rare exception... then Nie Li's inner circle (most of the class) become "genius" level spiritualists, despite being from poor backgrounds, as opposed to the Sacred Family who starts falling behind, and rather quickly.

A "slave" Nie Li encounters in the Silver Wing Family headquarters.

* RelativeButton: Do not speak ill of his mother. If you do, he will kill you brutally, the very first opportunity.
* TrainingFromHell: He endures three solid days of excruciating pain that has him screaming in agony, day and night, in order to escape the magical shackles put on him by Silver Wing Family and unlock his true power.

* WingedHumanoid: Duan Jian originally had wings made up of black feathers. After his bloodline is awakened, his wings slowly become more dragonic-loooking.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Thanks to something that Nie Li got from the Demon Lord of all people, he is able to bring Ye Zong back to life, albeit in the body of his child self.]]

[[folder:Ye Han]]
Ye Zong's adopted son.

[[folder:Ye Hong]]
A minor member of Snow Wind Family

* HopelessSuitor: He's constantly hitting of Yang Xin of the Alchemist Organization. She's completely uninterested.

[[folder:Ye Xio]]
A great elder, and second in command to The City Lord.

* ItsPersonal: He has a personal grudge against Gu Zha in the donghua, but this grudge [[NoodleIncident is never revealed]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Always does what he can to aid Nie Li, as he notes that the boy truly has the best interests of Glory City and Ye Ziyun at heart.

Ye Yong's adopted son.

[[folder: Chen Lijian]]

* FemmeFatale: She uses the lure of sex and power to entice Ye Han [[spoiler: into betraying the Snow Wind family and attacking Ye Yong with a poisoned dagger.]]

* YouCantFightFate: "Commoners" becoming better spiritualists than nobility? HAH! What a foolish and naive notion.

* AbominationAccusationAttack: He's fond of insulting Xiao Ning Er's chastity, or what he sees as a lack thereof. Xiao Ning'er gets quite tired of it, and when he attacks her, beats him down so hard, ''her father'' has to stop her, or she would have killed him.

* BrilliantButLazy: As lampshaded in Xiao Ning Er's internal monologue. He is indeed quite talented for a Demon Spiritualist, able to reach a one-star ''gold'' rank from a 5-star bronze without outside help in less than a single school semester. However, he spends so much time fooling around, and literally screwing over women, neglecting his cultivation and training in the process, that he falls behind those who are both talented and diligent like Xiao Ning'er, who became a two-star gold from a three-star bronze in even less time. He has the gall to be utterly gobsmacked that she's literally cleaning the floor with him, in a battle where she doesn't even have the tactical advantage!

* EntitledToHaveYou: To Xiao Ning'er. Even the complete annulment of the arranged marriage by ''both'' families doesn't deter him from proclaiming her as his fiance. Not even when she tells him to his face that he's unwelcome.

* ForGreatJustice: He demands "justice" against the Winged Dragon family because Xiao Ning Er spurned him, and he refused to take "no" for an answer. What's more, he wants redress for being seriously injured despite the fact that these injuries came about as a direct result of him barging into Wing Dragon Family's home, against Hong's orders, challenging Xiao Ning'er to a fight, and being soundly trounced in the fight he himself demanded.
* ICanStillFight: The primary reason Xiao Ning'er beat him to within an inch of his life is that he just kept getting up and coming at her. He had to be carried away on a stretcher before he stopped hostilities, at which point [[DirtyCoward he went and begged Shen Hong to avenge him.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: He joins Shen Xia for the express purpose of dragging Xiao Ning Er off, by force, to join Sacred Family through an arranged marriage that was already annulled, yet when Nie Li intervenes and retaliates against Shen Xia's slander, he loudly proclaims that violence against women is wrong.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: All he cares about is getting rich [[spoiler: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough except that Black Guild plans to unleash a Demon Beast army so massive it destroys Glory City, leaving him nowhere to spend it]]]].

* ShockAndAwe: Her primary element lightningg thanks to her soul attribute being an extremely rare wind lightning type.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the original timeline, since nobody was able or willing to come to her aid in the AwfulWeddedLife that was her engagement to Shen Fei, she wandered off into the forest, abandoning everything, and was never heard from again.
* ShockAndAwe: Her primary element lightning thanks to her soul attribute being an extremely rare wind lightning type.

* LastSecondChance: A rare villainous example and combined with AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed. He's tasked with assassinating Nie Li to "erase his mistakes" in costing the Sacred Family 450 million demon spirit coins. [[spoiler: He not only fails, but gets captured by Nie Li and handed over to the Alchemist's Guild for interrogation.]]

Xiao Ning'er's arranged marriage fiance.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: When first introduced, he and his clan were at the top of the food chain, publicly and happily engaged in all sorts of villainy. When he's seen again, he's desperately trying to flee Prison Realm, and drag as many people as he can with him, to avoid the retribution of his clan's victims, many of which were freed by Nie Li and co. during their own escape. Then when Duan's through with him, he's a broken mess on the ground, drinking muddy water, nobody willing to help him, aside from his daughter who is in an equivalent state.
* SensingYouAreOutmatched: When Duan Jian comes at him for revenge, he pulls out all the stops, because even with a "suicidal" fighting style from the former, the latter's retaliation does little in the way of harm. When Duan breaks through to the next level, Sikong tries to run away. He doesn't get anywhere.

* ThisCannotBe: When Duan breaks through to Legend ''while actively fighting him.'' Considering he himself required taking a dangerous drug to break through, losing the ability to advance further in exchange, he's rightly very, very scared of Duan's righteous retribution for the hell he's been put through.
* WouldHurtAChild: Had Duan tortured, night and day, starting ''as an infant'' purely for his own sadistic pleasure.
* WrongAssumption: Since he focused his lightning attacks at Duan's soul ocean, he presumed he won the fight. Too late he realizes his lightning ''actually helped Duan break through.''

[[folder:Duan Jian]]
A "slave" Nie Li encounters in the Silver Wing Family headquarters.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: He grabs Duan Jian, who he knows nothing about, and attacks him with "Flame Palm," a technique even Shen Hong can't defend against without serious preparation. Say hello to the wrong end of a CurbstompBattle.

** [[spoiler:Additionally, he's quite knowledgeable as well for the most part which helps, as shown when he helped Xiao Ning'er in choosing the right techniques as well as healing her injuries plus getting rid of the poison in Yi Yun's father]].

* DoggedNiceGirl: She ''really'' wants to become Nie Li's girlfriend but doesn't want to put undo pressure on him, knowing that he has other things to worry about, preferring to simply be there for him in case he needs her. Time after time she gets hit with the harsh reality that she is not his main focus but she still persists, leaving Nie Li stumped as to how to deal with her feelings as well as his own regarding her. To be fair, he did tell her that he was actively pursuing Ye Ziyun but after she heard that it was a one-sided love, she wanted to try anyway.

* FieryRedHead: Literally and figuratively. She not only has an explosive temper, but she can summon flames and have them do her will.

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Combined with WeCanRuleTogether. In chapter 236 of the manhwa, he writes a letter to Ye Zong, stating that he should offer Glory City to the Wugui clan "as a betrothal gift" to celebrate the inevitable marriage between Ye Yin Yun and himself, at which point Ye Yong will be a power second to the Wugui patriarch. If he refuses, the Wugui clan would descend on Glory City to take it by force.

* EntitledToHaveYou: To Ye Yin Yun. Despite the fact that she's his step-sister, he constantly lusts over her. In the original timeline this is not mentioned since he was "away" when Glory City fell. In the current timeline, he comes back from... wherever it is he was "training," and tries to act on it.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: All his villainy is driven by the irrational desire to marry Ye Yin Yun. If destroying Glory City in its entirety is the price to pay for that, so be it.

* MoralMyopia: Combined with RevengeMyopia. He forces Nie Li into a duel with himself, holding out Ye Yin Yun's hand in marriage to the winner, then loses and promises to "pay him back" at some point in the future.

* VillainousIncest: His intentions towards Ye Yin Yun are clearly not healthy, and there is no crime he'd overlook to act on them.

* AbominationAccusationAttack: When Nie Li and Ye Yin Yun were found in Ancient Orchid City's treasure room, he accused Nie Li of stealing more than was allotted by the terms of the agreement to let him join the expedition. Chen Lijan would have none of it, as he believed Nie Li proved his character several times over.

* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how cowardly he may act, he will always be there to support Nie Lie.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He considers the death of his parents this way. With them dead, he has nowhere to go and decides to follow Nie Lie until his death.

* EngagementChallenge: He puts Nie Li through a bunch of them. [[spoiler: After Nie Li saves Glory City from a massive one million beast assault, he stops objecting altogether, happily handing his daughter off into marriage, if she consents.]]
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Which he lampshades. [[spoiler: Ye Han, the boy he picked up out of the slums and adopted? Stabbed him in the back with a poisoned knife as he was being hugged and comforted.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He considers the death of his parents this way. With them dead, he has nowhere to go.

The arranged marriage fiance of Ye Ziyun.

* NeverMyFault: The consequences of all his bullying, villainy, and wrongdoing? It's the fault of Nie Li and friends! That's who! [[RevengeMyopia and they must pay!]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sacred Hall "Merits Tournament," he simply disappears from the story.

* BrilliantButLazy: As lampshaded in Xiao Ning Er's internal monologue. He is indeed quite talented for a Demon Spiritualist, able to reach a one-star "gold" rank from a 5-star bronze without outside help in less than a single school semester. However, he spends so much time fooling around, and literally screwing over women, neglecting his cultivation and training in the process, that he falls behind those who are both talented and diligent, like Xiao Ning'er who became a two-star gold from a three-star bronze in even less time. He has the gall to be utterly gobsmacked that she's literally cleaning the floor with him, in a battle where she doesn't even have the tactical advantage!

* TheyJustDontGetIt: No matter who tells him that Xiao Ning'er is off limits, he still tries to forcefully claim her as his fiance. Even when she gives him a repeated NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, to the point that he's grievously injured and taken away on a stretcher, he '''still''' proclaims she's his fiance, and he deserves to torture the hell out of her for "seducing some other guy".

* [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: She ''really'' wants to become Nie Li's girlfriend but doesn't want to put undo pressure on him, knowing that he has other things to worry about, preferring to simply be there for him in case he needs her. Time after time she gets hit with the harsh reality that she is not his main focus but she still persists, leaving Nie Li stumped as to how to deal with her feelings as well as his own regarding her. To be fair, he did tell her that he was actively pursuing Yi Ziyun but after she heard that it was a one-sided love, she wanted to try anyway.

* CoverBlowingSuperpower: [[spoiler: They have the "Devil's technique" which can only be used by members of Dark Guild. When they use it, after feeling themselves cornered in Ye Yong's mansion, it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they're traitors to Glory City.]]

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: They managed to become one of the top three families by holding back their strongest, putting forth the absolute minimum they can get away with during Demon Beast attacks on Glory city, letting all the other families wear themselves out. When caught in the act performing some crime, their go-to "defense" is the protest that their "many contributions to Glory City" should grant them the benefit of the doubt.

* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: He loathes Ye Yong, the current Lord of Glory City, not for anything the man has done, but for the "crime" of simply existing. He even admits killing Ye Yong's wife, Ye Yin Yun's mother.

* PolitenessJudo: He is so skilled at this that he can convincingly tell people "black is white." [[spoiler: This comes to an end when his family openly reveals they're traitors working with Dark Guild.]]

* StupidEvil: His plan [[spoiler: to collaborate with Dark Guild in order to attack Glory City to eliminate all his political rivals and take control of the city afterward would leave him with nothing to rule over.]]
* TautologicalTemplar: He believes that helping humanity recover from the eventual fall of Glory City, [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans with him in charge, of course,]] is a truly noble goal. So everything he and Sacred Family do in pursuit of that goal ''must'' be noble and just without exception. [[spoiler: It takes his death and the complete destruction of Sacred Family, outed as traitors, to make him see how wrong he is.]]

The arranged marriage fiance of Ye Yin Yun.

* EntitledToHaveYou: To Ye Yin Yun. Even after Ye Yong annuls the arranged marriage, he still sees her as "his" and refuses to give her up... until Nie Li beats him into the ground.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: As dangerous as they are, the Nether Realm, from which they operate, has ''far more powerful threats'' that even they can't deal with. Ye Han brings one of those threats to bear against Glory City, just to force Ye Hong to have Ye Yin Yun marry him, or else.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Once the party enters a certain desert, she starts getting flashes of her life in the past timeline, including the scene where she gave Nie Li GaldToBeAliveSex. She blushes, [[NeverMyFault screams that he's a pervert]], and gives him an ArmorPiercingSlap.

* MadeOfIron: He was already tough enough to endure endless torture since ''infancy''. His bloodline being awakened by Nie Lie just made him even tougher. Now, only the strongest of attacks can have any effect on him. And even then, he will more likely than not just endure it to keep on fighting.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Since he was born!
* DarkIsNotEvil: He fights with dark attribute magic, and has black wings and hair, but he's among the most noble and upright individuals in the setting.

Nei Li's primary love interest and the girl he's desperately trying to woo.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Even in the original timeline, she was a powerful demon spiritualist. The current timeline makes her even stronger thanks to Nei Li.
* ShipperOnDeck: She fully supports Nei Li and Xiao Ning Er's relationship, finding them a beautiful couple.
* ToughLove: On the receiving end. When Nei Li and her father anticipate an attack from Sacred Family, they lure her into a room with a powerful energy barrier and lock her up inside until the threat has passed. She, unsurprisingly, resents it.

!Glory City
!!Snow Wind Family
[[folder:Ye Zong]]
The patriarch of the Snow Wind family, and the City Lord.

* EngagementChallenge: He puts Nei Li through a bunch of them. [[spoiler: After Nei Li saves Glory City from a massive one million beast assault, he stops objecting altogether, happily handing his daughter off into marriage, if she consents.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: He deeply resents Nei Le courting his daughter, Ye Yin Yun, because Nei Li has other women pursuing him romantically. In doing so, he ignores the fact that he has (or had) at least two wives simultaneously.
* NoodleIncident: It is never revealed why such an OverprotectiveDad agreed to the arranged marriage between his daughter, Ye Yin Yun, and Shen Yue of the Sacred Family, against whom he's always been suspicious.
* OverprotectiveDad: Nei Li tries to court his daughter? DEATH PENALTY!!

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Combined with WeCanRuleTogether. In chapter 236 of the manhwa, he writes a letter to Ye Yong, stating that he should offer Glory City to the Wugui clan "as a betrothal gift" to celebrate the inevitable marriage between Ye Yin Yun and himself, at which point Ye Yong will be a power second to the Wugui patriarch. If he refuses, the Wugui clan would descend on Glory City to take it by force.
* EntitledBastard: While he did actually train himself to be a fine and powerful warrior, he fully expected to be handed the title of City Lord simply for being the adopted son of Ye Yong. The moment he was surpassed by Nei Li, he lashes out at Ye Yong for not granting him the title earlier.

* MoralMyopia: Combined with RevengeMyopia. He forces Nei Li into a duel with himself, holding out Ye Yin Yun's hand in marriage to the winner, then loses and promises to "pay him back" at some point in the future.

* SoreLoser: His response to losing a duel he demanded from Nei Li? An oath to try and avenge himself, because "if [he] doesn't get some payback, [he] can't call himself a man." Nei Li calls him out on it, hard.

[[folder:Nei Han]]

* BumblingDad: He's every bit the goofball Nei Li is, but he means well, and is otherwise a good and loving father.

* ShipperOnDeck: To the point of IWantGrandkids. He's ''thrilled'' that Nei Li is a ChickMagnet, and happily supports both Xiao Ning Er and Ye Yi Yun.
* SoProudOfYou: When Nei Li returns to Heavenly Circle Village as an official Bronze Star spiritualist, he's ecstatic and says the trope name word for word. When Nei Li is instrumental in repelling assassins trespassing in the family's territory, and capturing two of the ringleaders, he's prouder still.

* TheAllegedBoss: Around Nei Li, and only Nei Li. Around everyone else, she's clearly in charge. Of course, this is only because she doesn't want to offend Nei Li's [[InventedIndividual benefactor.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: She asks Nei Li how he knows her when he greets her by name at the alchemist Association. Nei Li explains it by being the one who wrote and delivered the letter concerning purple grass to her...

The one who greets Nei Li at the gates of the Alchemist association.

A rather cocky man Nei Li meets at the exam area.

* AllJustADream: Combined with ThisCanNotBe. He believes he's dreaming when he hears that Nei Li passed the hardest exam, with flying colors. So he runs out of the association and along the walls of Glory City.
* ButtMonkey: He goes out of his way to flaunt his "superiority" over Nei Li and friends, only to realize they are way, way above him. So then he runs off screaming about this generation all being "monsters." HilarityEnsues on both sides of the fourth wall.
* TheBet: Engages in one with Nei Li. If Nei Li can pass the exam, he'll run along the entire outer walls of Glory City.

* CassandraTruth: Inverted. He needs to go and see Nei Li with his own eyes, answering things on the Alchemist's bulletin board that had the whole guild stumped for years, before he can bring himself to accept the fact that Nei Li had passed the entrance exam with a perfect score.

* TheParagon: The reason Nei Li likes him is because he's the embodiment of truth and justice, even if he is a bit odd.
* WiseBeyondHisYears: Even when his loyal followers all nae say Nei Li, he still sees the latter's HiddenDepths and trusts him implicitly. His trust winds up well, well rewarded, even after giving Nei Li first pick of Ancient Orchid City Ruins treasure.

* AbominationAccusationAttack: When Nei Li and Ye Yin Yun were found in Ancient Orchid City's treasure room, he accused Nei Li of stealing more than was allotted by the terms of the agreement to let him join the expedition. Chen Lijan would have none of it, as he believed Nei Li proved his character several times over.
* AttackBackfire: He uses a powerful spirit energy technique, trying to overload and destroy Nei Li's spiritual core, to cripple, if not outright kill him. Nei Li happens to know a healing technique that allows his core to expand and heal, making it bigger and stronger. This results in Nei Li absorbing most of Chan's spiritual power and becoming much stronger.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He sees Hyuan Lanruo crawling all over Nei Li, and easily believes Nei Li is sniffing her out.

* SoreLoser: When it looks like he'll lose a friendly spar with Nei Li, he goes full tilt AxeCrazy and tries to cripple or kill him.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: He gives Nei Li, whom he knows nothing about, three "free" moves to attack him.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Combined with WrongGenreSavvy. They ''constantly'' underestimate Nei Li and friends because they're firmly into the mindset that he's a no-name loser from a fallen noble family, as was the case in the original timeline. Every time they go after him and his, they are utterly gobsmacked that he's handing their asses to them. The one exception is Shen Hong, but by the time he personally takes action, it's too late for them.

* DevilInPlainSight: He is a very obviously abhorrent individual, yet in the original timeline, nobody had even the tiniest suspicion of his actions until his entire family openly betrayed and abandoned Glory City. Nei Li makes a point of exposing his sins to the world, and making sure he answers for them. [[spoiler: Which he ultimately does.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He constantly directs his family's ire at Nei Li for fear of watching his legacy go up in smoke. The villainous acts he and his family undertake in trying to eliminate Nei Li is precisely what makes this fall happen.

Introduced as the teacher in Nei Li's class. An incredibly haughty and unpleasant woman.

* CynicalMentor: She starts she series lecturing a class of would-be spiritualists that their initial background and family circumstances is an insurmountable barrier, and visibly chafes when Nei Li suggests otherwise. Amazingly, she secretly seems rather pleased when her class proves her wrong.

* GracefulLoser: Unlike the rest of her family, she honors her end of the bet with Nei Li with elegance, not ranting, raving, and promises of revenge. In fact, it almost seems that the only reason she bears a grudge is because her patriarch, Shen Hong, forces her to.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She tries to impress and wow [=VIPs=], including the dean, by showcasing several prominent techniques "crafted" by her family. She also tries to make Nei Li look like a lazy delinquent in the process. Unfortunately, Nei Li is able to prove that at least one of those techniques was plagiarized from a book of techniques in the spiritualist library.

* IGaveMyWord: One of her few virtues is that she will honor her promises. When Nei Li bet her that should he become a bronze star spiritualist in two months, she'll have to resign... she resigned when he succeeded, even without outside pressure forcing her to comply. In fact, the dean didn't ''want'' to let her go, due to how many "geniuses" her class turned out, but honored her wishes when she did.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: When Nei Li has had enough of seeing Xiao Ning Er getting slandered by her, he sends Duan Jian after her. Duan Jian slaps her so hard, she's sent flying into a pillar on the other side of the banquet hall.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Although she does target Nei Li because she finds him a personal nuisance, she is right to try and out him as a delinquent because he's disruptive, takes naps during the class, and obviously does not take the lesson she's trying to teach seriously.

* SugaryMalice: An expert. She's great at browbeating, tormenting, and humiliating people with flowery words and phrases. Against Nei Li, and only Nei Li, this backfires spectacularly.

* HopeSpot: Invoked repeatedly. Nei Li's fights against Sacred Family fighters all had Nei Li "struggling" and being on the losing end, until a "sudden surprise upset" granted him the victory, especially in the last fight, showcased in chapter 108 of the manga/manhua, where he decides to stop holding back and hiding his strength.
* LastSecondChance: A rare villainous example and combined with AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed. He's tasked with assassinating Nei Li to "erase his mistakes" in costing the Sacred Family 450 million demon spirit coins. [[spoiler: He not only fails, but gets captured by Nei Li and handed over to the Alchemist's Guild for interrogation.]]

* SunkCostFallacy: Invoked and Exploited. Nei Li goads him into making larger and larger wagers on fights between himself and members of the Sacred Family, not only by insults and provocations, but by teasing him with very narrow victories. [[spoiler:In this manner, Nei Li manages to fleece the Sacred Family of 450 million demon spirit coins.]]

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: He rounds up six guys and attacks Nei Li, without any obvious cause or provocation, in public, and repeatedly shouts things along the lines of "pummel him until he dies" as Nei Li is screaming that Sacred Family is trying to murder him, while trying to run away. He then has the gall to call Nei Li "despicable" when he's caught.
* EntitledToHaveYou: To Ye Yin Yun. Even after Ye Yong annuls the arranged marriage, he still sees her as "his" and refuses to give her up... until Nei Li beats him into the ground.
* MoralMyopia: He repeatedly antagonizes Nei Li, among others, even trying to beat Nei Li to death, ''in public'', yet when any of his intended victims retaliate, or he gets called out on it, his intended victims are the despicable ones.
* NeverMyFault: The consequences of all his bullying, villainy, and wrongdoing? It's the fault of Nei Li and friends! That's who! [[RevengeMyopia and they must pay!]]

* AdaptationalIntelligence: He is far more cunning, crafty and patient in the cartoon than the source material, never openly confronting Nei Li, and working through subordinates to get things done.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He joins Shen Xia for the express purpose of dragging Xiao Ning Er off, by force, to join Sacred Family through an arranged marriage that was already annulled, yet when Nei Li intervenes and retaliates against Shen Xia's slander, he loudly proclaims that violence against women is wrong.

The first named commander Nei Li comes across.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Combined with RevengeMyopia. He hunts Nei Li while trespassing in the territory of Heavenly Circle Family, and when he meets resistance, he swears to avenge himself by eliminating the entire Heavenly Circle Family after just ''one'' of his men falls before him.
* TheMole: Nei Li notices him in Glory City and is informed [[spoiler:that he works in a Sacred Family business]].

* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. When they cross path in Glory city, both he and Nei Li pretend to not recognize each other, but they recognize each other quite well.

* VirtueIsWeakness: His response to Nei Li agreeing to his terms regarding a HostageSituation? "I did not think you would be so... emotional."

* FindTheCure: They, especially the monarch, are desperate to find a cure to having the wings they're born with slowly and painfully rejected by their bodies. Nei Li is able to exploit this, not only to save his life and the lives of his followers, but to steal some "favor" from them.

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!Others
[[folder:Duan Jian]]
A "slave" Nei Li encounters in the Silver Wing Family headquarters.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Since he was born!
* DarkIsNotEvil: He fights with dark attribute magic, and has black wings and hair, but he's among the most noble and upright individuals in the setting.
* IOweYouMyLife: By freeing him from Silver Wing Family, Nei Li has gained complete and absolute loyalty from one of the strongest fighters in the series, for life.
* MalignedMixedAncestry: The Silver Wing Family hates him beyond all reason because he's the son of a Silver Wing Family woman and a Dragon Wing Family man.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Nei Li's word is law, no objections.
* NoSell: Even the most powerful of flame techniques from Sacred Family can barely make him flinch.
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents were killed by Silver Wing Family, and then they tortured him since he was an infant, never letting him die...
* RelativeButton: Do not speak ill of his mother. If you do, he will kill you brutally, the very first opportunity.
* TrainingFromHell: He endures three solid days of excruciating pain that has him screaming in agony, day and night, in order to escape the magical shackles put on him by Silver Wing Family and unlock his true power.
* UndyingLoyalty: He will serve Nei Li, no questions asked. If Nei Li orders him to die, so be it.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He considers the death of his parents this way. With them dead, he has nowhere to go.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the original timeline, since nobody was able or willing to come to her aid in the AwfulWeddedLife that was her engagement to Shen Fei, she wondered off into the forest, abandoning everything, and was never heard from again.
* ShockAndAwe: She can also hurl around bolts of lightning.

* AChildShallLeadThem: At the age of 13, [[spoiler: he winds up leading the army defending Glory City.]] Justified as he has a century's worth of experience in an alternate timeline.

** [[spoiler: Additionally, he's quite knowledgeable as well for the most part which helps, as shown when he helped Ning Er in choosing the right techniques as well as healing her injuries plus getting rid of the poison in Yi Yun's father]].

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Which Ye Ziyun notices and lampshades frequently. Nei Li may act like an air-headed goof-ball most of the time, but there is method to his madness.
* TheGadfly: He loves to tease and provoke Ye Yi Yun because he finds her flustered reaction adorable.

* ItsPersonal: Nei Li hates the Sacred Family with undying passion because their cowardice and thuggery left him alone in the world with all his loved ones dead, while they fled to an alternate dimension, hiding out the fall of Glory City.

* ProofByExamples: He lists the achievements of Ye Mo as proof that a "commoner" with a poor initial soul realm ''can'' smash the "nobles are born superior" lecture being given by Shen Xiu. She counters that he's an extremely rare exception... then Nei Li's inner circle (most of the class) become "genius" level spiritualists, despite being from poor backgrounds, as opposed to the Sacred Family who starts falling behind, and rather quickly.

* AbominationAccusationAttack: She once accuses Nei Li of being yet another "suitor" simply looking to exploit her for her family's political position, so he can be an HeirInLaw, and throws him out. She realizes how wrong she was when Nei Li shows up and saves her father's life, in spite of this unfounded charge.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: She's shocked and confused when Nei Li chooses to sleep ''beside her'' after she comes into his quarters for the night wearing erotic negligee and offering herself up sexually. Her aunt often told her men lust after what they can't have and lose interest when they get it.

* GladToBeAliveSex: In the original timeline, after the fall of Glory City, when she and Nei Li managed to escape with their lives, after Sacred Family abandoned her, she snuck into his tent... He married her as a direct result. Said marriage was tragically short.

* ButtMonkey: He goes out of his way to flaunt his "superiority" over Nei Li and friends, only to realize they are way, way above him. So then he runs off screaming about this generation all being "monsters." HillarityEnsues on both sides of the fourth wall.

!Dark Guild.

* CardCarryingVillain: They're despicable, they know it, they're proud of it.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: As dangerous as they are, the Nether Realm, from which they operate, has ''far more powerful threats'' that even they can't deal with. Ye Han brings one of those threats to bear against Glory City, just to force Ye Hong to have Ye Yin Yun marry him, or else.

* TheMole: Nei Li notices him in Glory City and is informed [[spoiler: that he works in a Sacred Family business.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: All he cares about is getting rich [[spoiler: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough except that Black Guild plans to unleash a Demon Beast army so massive it destroys Glory City, leaving him nowhere to spend it.]]]]

* DeathByAdaptation: Subverted [[spoiler: In the original source, Nie Li is forced to let him go, because even with the 10,000 demon spirit array, he was too strong to take on directly, at least without massive casualties. In the cartoon, Ye Xio is able to take him down, with a bit of help, and a massive home-field advantage. Even then, the stinger reveals that he escaped by using a "substitution" technique.]]

! Silver Wing Family