diff.text: Nephrite was the second of the four [[Shitennou]] (heavenly king) to appear in the manga succeeding his fallen comrade [[Jedite|Jadeite]]. He is the commander of the North American division of the [[Dark Kingdom]].  After [[Jedite|Jadeite]]'s death and subsequent preservation/burial in a glass coffin Nephrite  appeared in [[Queen Beryl]]'s throne room, asking to be allowed to take over the mission to gather energy and locate the Silver Crystal. Upon her approval Nephrite vows to avenge his death and begins his mission appearing in the third act of the manga. Thinking that the "magnificent treasure of the D Kingdom" was the [[Imperium Silver Crystal]], Nephrite  plots to steal the jewel from its owner Princess Diamond who was visiting Tokyo. He used his shadow to possess Princess Diamond at a party. Princess Diamond grabbed the jewel and ran off with it as well as draining the energy of her party's guest at the same time. [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] confront Princess Diamond, but Nephrite 's shadow leaves her and is then destroyed by [[Sailor Moon]]'s ''Moon Twilight Flash'' attack. In Nephrite's final attack (act 5 of the manga), he again makes use of his shadow, but this time possessing a mannequin that comes to life as a “ghost bride” kidnapping men and stealing their energy. The “ghost bride” manages to manipulate [[Motoki Furuhata]] through brainwashing, who in turn tried to drain [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] of her energy. When [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] arrive to investigate, [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] snaps out of her trance and realises that she has been tricked. She is infuriated by the trickery and transforms for the first time into [[Sailor Jupiter]] after having a transformation pen thrown at her by [[Luna]]. Nephrite reveals his presence to the four girls and is incapacitated by [[Sailor Jupiter]]’s ''Flower Hurricane'' attack. He is finally eliminated with a lightning blast from her tiara. After Neflite|Nephrite died, he transformed into a hard type of jade that is dark green in colour. That type of jade by coincidence is also called Nephrite <ref>[http://www.sweetusagi.com/moon/sailorpro/fourgen.htm - SweetUsagi (Shitennou)]</ref><ref>[http://www.eternal-moon.org/villains/neph.html - Eternal-moon (Nephrite)]</ref>! 
diff.text: Having avoided [[Queen Beryl|Queen Beryl’s]] punishment of “Eternal Sleep”, Nephrite was allowed to continue in his energy gathering efforts in reawakening [[Negaforce|Queen Metallia (Negaforce)]]. After performing inside his operation’s base intonation with the stars regarding his next target (Hiromi [Laurie] Matsuno), Nephrite decided that the time was right for him to use his two powerful [[Youma|youmas]] [[Gemini Warriors|Castor and Pollux]]. Though seemingly unbeatable by the power of their friendship (as symbolised by their bound tails) and their ability to mimic both [[Sailor Mars]]’s and [[Sailor Mercury]]’s attack,  the bound from which t heythey drew their strength from weakened as they argued over how who should defeat their opponents. The distraction created from their bickering gave [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] the opportunity to eliminate them once and for all. “It was after this defeat that Nephrite finally realized how much he had underestimated the strength of [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] as well as in just how desperate a situation he was in, and that the only possible way he had left of redeeming himself was to find the [[Imperium Silver Crystal]]. It was an obsession that would ultimately prove to be his undoing<ref>[http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/N/nephrite.html - The Ultimate Sailor Moon Encyclopaedia (Nephrite)]</ref>.      
diff.text: When [[Queen Beryl]] learnt that the Diamond Kingdom possessed a secret treasure, she designated [[Zoisite]] to investigate as to whether or not it was the legendary Imperium Silver Crystal. However, her assignment was snatched from Nephrite as [[Queen Beryl]] believed that Nephrite's desperation after his recent string of failures would be the best motivation into working harder and succeeding. Regrettably, this was not the cast as this venture proved to be both a waste of time and resources for Nephrite. "After going through all the trouble of" implanting his last [[youma]] [[Soul Shadow]] inside the body of [[Molly|Naru Osaka's (Molly Baker)]] and using her as a "middleman" to "pass" [[Soul Shadow]] onto Princess (Dia)mond, so the latter could steal the treasure. Not only was [[Soul Shadow]] destroyed by [[Sailor Moon]]’s [[Moon Tiara Magic|Moon Tiara]], but the legendary secret treasure was nothing more than a priceless 2000 carat diamond statue of the Diamond Kingdom's first princess. 
diff.text: All the monsters released by [[Neflite|Nephrite]] were also destroyed. At one point, he sent [[Soul Shadow]] to possess Princess Diamond in his search for the silver crystal, believing her to be the Moon Princess.