Nie Li

Nie Li is the main protagonist from the Tales of Demons and Gods manhwa.

After dying at the hands of the Sage Emperor, Nie Li wakes up back in his thirteen year old body. Given a second chance to save his loved ones, he is determined to stop the Sacred Familyfrom betraying Glory City, and causing the attack that not only destroyed his home but killed all of his friends and family.

Nie Li is a member of the Heavenly Marks Family, a declining and weak aristocratic family. His initial talent is considered by others to be poor and is lacking in culture and social position. However, he retains all the knowledge he gathered while roaming the Divine Continent in his past life. Using that, he plans to cultivate himself to far greater heights in this life.[27] He also gathers allies who protected Glory City in his previous life. With his massive amount of knowledge, he helps his friends and family become stronger so that they can have a better chance at survival. These include: his best friends Du Ze and Lu Piao; Du Ze's followers Zhang Ming, Zhu Xiangjun, and Wei Nan; his past love Ye Ziyun; and Xiao Ning'er.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Nie Li is part of the Heroes Coalitions as a Solo Hero.

Appearance
His appearance is not really described in the novel beyond his pretty good looks and that he is a little shorter then Shen Yue. The manhua shows him as having orange spiky hair that reaches past his shoulders and blue eyes. His hair is often tied up into a pony tail. He wears an orange open vest over an orange gii with white linings, paddings are wrapped around his waist with a blue sash-like cloth, his arms are covered in bandages, orange baggy pants and orange boots.

Personality
He has a very calm and determined personality. Though his appearance is that of a thirteen year old, he truly has the mind of someone far older and more experienced. This often times confuses those around him. After losing everyone he cared for in his previous life, he swore to himself that he will protect them in this one.

After experiencing countless near death experiences in his previous life, Nie Li doesn't fear death. Almost nothing makes him afraid after his rebirth. Thus, he is able to handle almost every kind of situation that surfaces. Beside being a master tactician, he is good at reading the hidden intentions of those sly and cunning people he meets. Although he has a vicious tongue, he usually only uses it against his enemies, but does occasionally tease those who are close to him.

Nie Li is the only person so far in the story seen equipping more than one Demon spirit, making others question how he can do that. Nie Li has also seen many of the treasure chests in the world in his past life. Therefore, something completely useless to someone might become a treasure to Nie Li as he has the knowledge of how to properly use them.

In his alternate life, Nie Li used to be a timid and cowardly youth. However, he changed while traveling and facing life and death struggles together with Ye Ziyun. This happiness was short lived as Ye Ziyun died protecting him from a demon beast's attack.

Abilities
Nie has Physical Human Characteristics, Manipulation of Gravity; Ray Manipulation, Elementary Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Invisibility, Transformations; Effect of induction Status, Invocation, manipulation of the Soul, Sacred Manipulation, Light manipulation, Manipulation of Darkness and is skilled in combat.

Ying-Yang Explosion: A huge explosion made by the Panda of Dams capable of opening huge craters.

Fusion with Demon Spirits: Nie Li is able to merge with certain spirits, thus obtaining the power of the same:
 * Shadow Demon: A very powerful Killer spirit, with him Nie Li becomes invisible and gains a blade on each arm.
 * Fang Panda: It is an Animal Spirit capable of firing huge bursts of energy in the form of a Ying Yang blast and manipulating a Gravitational field that considerably increases Gravity around.

Trivia

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