After walking for about a mile, he became sick of the summer heat, and decided to take a bath in the nearby Jiuwan Stream, using his weapon, a red sash named Huntian Ling (混天绫) as a towel.

The Dragon King's soldiers reported Li Gen's death to him, and Ao Bing, his third son, volunteered to deal with Nezha.

When Ao Guang learned of his son's death, he transformed into a human scholar and went to Li Jing's residence to protest.

[3] Nezha subjected the Dragon King to a beating, then forced him to turn into a small snake and return to Chentang Pass with him.

Upon arrival, Ao Guang transformed back into his human form, proclaiming he would gather the other Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and report the Li family to the Jade Emperor together, before disappearing in a breeze.

Eager for some archery practice, he lifted the bow and shot an arrow into the air, which flew all the way to White Bone Cave and killed the Biyun Tongzi (碧云童子; lit: Verdant Cloud Boy), an acolyte of Lady Shiji (石矶娘娘).

Taiyi Zhenren killed Shiji with the flames of the Jiulong Shenhup Zhao (九龙神火罩 ; lit: Nine Dragon Divine Bell Cover), reducing her to her true form: a rock.

Nezha was later brought back to life by his teacher, Taiyi Zhenren, who used lotus roots to construct a human body for his soul and gave him two new weapons: the Fenghuolun or Wind Fire Wheels (風火輪) and the Huojianqiang or Fire-tipped Spear (火尖槍).

When the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas threatened to flood Chentang Pass in retaliation, Nezha committed suicide to save his family and the people.

The above plot is only found in the 1979 Shanghai Animation Film Studio movie, Nezha Conquers the Dragon King, and not in the Fengshen Yanyi novel or Qing dynasty opera adaptations.

[6] However, the South Sea Dragon King, Ao Shun, convinced his brothers to submit a complaint to the Jade Emperor together instead.

[6] According to The Journey to the West, Nezha was born with the word Ne written on the palm of his left hand and zha on his right, hence his name.

But after he caused havoc in the Eastern Ocean, the Heavenly King had been so worried about the disastrous consequences that he decided to kill Nezha.

The original variant Naluojiupoluo (那羅鳩婆羅) changed to Naluojubaluo (捺羅俱跋羅), Nazhajuwaluo (那吒矩韈囉) and finally Nazha (那吒).

The simple addition of the "mouth radical" (口) to Na (那) changes the name to the current form Nezha (哪吒).

[10] Nezha made some appearances in the novel to help the four protagonists defeat powerful demons including his adoptive sister, Lady Earth Flow.

'Birth of Nezha'), produced by the Great Wall Film Company and premiered, according to differing accounts, in either 1927[citation needed] or 1928.,[12] In addition, he has appeared as a supporting character in numerous others, chiefly among the many adaptations of Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West.

In 2003, China Central Television began the broadcast of a new children's traditionally-animated series The Legend of Nezha,[14] which originally ran from 2003 to 2004, for a total of 52 episodes.

[17] On 26 July 2019, another animated feature film, Ne Zha,(Chinese: 哪吒之魔童降世; pinyin: Nézhā zhī mó tóng jiàng shì; lit.

[19] The series, titled My Nezha and Transformers, consists of 52 11-minute episodes and is produced by Allspark Animation and China Central Television.

[21] The character has also been evoked outside of the fantasy genre, in realistic contemporary and period drama films as a byword for a rebellious, nonconformist young person, such as in Rebels of the Neon God (Chinese: 青少年哪吒; pinyin: Qīngshàonián Nézhā; lit.

Ne Zha is a playable character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game Smite, where he is a melee assassin.

[25] On December 16, 2015, third-person shooter action game Warframe released a playable character named and themed after Nezha.

The game's second storyline, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, explores an alternate history where Qin Shi Huang successfully becomes immortal by studying her body, allowing him to rule China into the present day.

Nezha is also a summonable Astromon in the Korean creature capture game Monster Super League developed by 4:33 and Creative Labs.

[28] In 2022, the video game Overwatch (2016), made a skin based on Nezha for a female character as part of the Lunar New Year Event.