Han Feng

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Background / History

Han Feng was Yao Chen’s disciple, whom Yao Chen treated like a son. Han Feng believed his master had unfairly withheld the Flame Mantra and stabbed him in the back. Yao Chen later explained that he had withheld it because the method was untested and required its cultivator to survive the dangers of absorbing multiple Heavenly Flames. Han Feng rejected the explanation and showed no remorse 93 115.

Han Feng joined forces with Mu Gu to ambush Yao Chen. Although the attack destroyed Yao Chen’s physical existence, his soul escaped and eventually took refuge in the Bone Flame Ring 82 141.

Han Feng established himself in the Black-Corner Region as a peak Dou Huang and sixth-rank alchemist. He possessed the Sea Heart Flame and had successfully cultivated an incomplete version of the Flame Mantra 109 111.

Maple City was named after him, and his alchemical standing made him someone numerous factions sought to court. Despite his position, he feared that Venerable Feng might discover his betrayal of Yao Chen and send someone from the Central Plains to capture him 109 110.

Personality

Han Feng was ambitious but intensely cautious. When an unfamiliar Dou Ancestor entered Maple City, he moved to another residence and had the visitor watched. The prospect of learning about another Heavenly Flame eventually drew him into a meeting, though he delayed it for four days to test the visitors and improve his bargaining position 110 111.

His resentment toward Yao Chen endured even after he learned why the Flame Mantra had been withheld. Faced with the loss of his own soul, however, he surrendered his imprint on the Sea Heart Flame in an attempt to survive 114 115.

Han Feng combined outward courtesy with concealed hostility when dealing with stronger patrons. He suppressed his anger at Xiao Yan’s insults because of Li Changqing’s strength and the promised Heavenly Flame information. He even offered to help supply the ingredients for Li’s supposed pill commission, hoping to cultivate a useful connection 112 113.

His willingness to surrender the Sea Heart Flame did not initially mean that he had abandoned resistance: he secretly intended to detonate it if Li Changqing lowered his guard. Only Li’s insistence that he erase his soul imprint prevented the scheme 114.

Han Feng blamed his incomplete Flame Mantra for remaining at Dou Huang. He believed that access to the complete method and more Heavenly Flames would have allowed him to reach Dou Ancestor, Dou Zun, and eventually Dou Sheng, elevating Starfall Pavilion above the leading powers of the Central Plains. These were his aspirations rather than attained cultivation levels 115.

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy

• Han Feng was a sixth-rank alchemist whose services attracted powerful clients. He maintained extensive stores of medicinal ingredients, pills, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques 109 114.
• His reputation made a supposed pill commission a credible way for Li Changqing and Xiao Yan to approach him 110 111.
• His accumulated medicinal collection was substantial enough that Li Changqing later estimated it could provide approximately one set of ingredients for an eighth-tier Venerable Origin Pill 133.

Sea Heart Flame

• Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame, ranked fifteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking 93 113.
• He unleashed it against Li Changqing at close range, but Li devoured the flames. After its extraction, the flame’s source remained intact and capable of recovering its power 113 114.
• The Sea Heart Flame allowed him to sense an unclaimed Heavenly Flame, making him confident that he could locate the purported Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagor Desert 112.
• The flame had long since become integrated with him. Its forcible removal caused severe pain to his soul, and a mistake during Li Changqing’s extraction destroyed his body 114.

Soul Force and Cultivation

• Han Feng reached peak Dou Huang and used Soul Force to assess visitors and shield a private discussion from probing 109 112.
• He cultivated an incomplete Flame Mantra. He sought another Heavenly Flame in the hope that absorbing it would evolve the method 111.
• His Soul Force allowed him to recognize Xiao Yan’s unusual aptitude for alchemy, but he could not determine Li Changqing’s exact cultivation level 112.
• Li Changqing’s Kunpeng devouring ability nearly exhausted his Dou Qi and Soul Force without changing his nominal peak Dou Huang cultivation. After his body was destroyed, his depleted soul was weaker than Xiao Yan and unable to escape Yao Chen’s supervision 113 114.

Power Progression

Equipment / Items

• Sea Heart Flame — forcibly extracted by Li Changqing and taken by Xiao Yan 114.
• Ring of Holding — contained medicinal ingredients, pills, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron 114.
• Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron — a medicinal cauldron from the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking; Li Changqing took it from Han Feng’s ring 114.
• Hidden stores — kept possessions at several residences in and around Maple City, as well as in a chamber beneath his main courtyard. In addition to his main residence, he maintained two other residences inside the city and one outside it, moving between them without a fixed pattern 115.
• Confiscated collection — Li Changqing seized the underground medicinal stores and ordered Han Feng’s surviving four Dou Wang subordinates to retrieve the possessions kept elsewhere. They returned with Rings of Holding containing the collected property 115 116.

Relationships

• Yao Chen — former master. Han Feng betrayed him over the Flame Mantra; Yao Chen later gave him a chance to explain himself but could not bring himself to kill him. Han Feng’s ambush with Mu Gu had left Yao Chen surviving as a soul 82 93 115 141.
• Li Changqing — adversary who posed as a client, seized Han Feng’s flame and possessions, and ultimately destroyed his soul at Yao Chen’s request 112 113 114 115.
• Xiao Yan — Yao Chen’s later disciple. Xiao Yan helped lure Han Feng into a meeting, received his Sea Heart Flame, and condemned his betrayal of Yao Chen 111 114 115.
• Mu Gu — a Hall of Souls figure Han Feng believed knew of his murder of Yao Chen. Han Feng invoked Mu Gu’s name in a failed attempt to deter Li Changqing from killing him. Mu Gu had participated with Han Feng in the ambush on Yao Chen 114 115 141.
• Venerable Feng — a figure Han Feng feared might uncover his role in Yao Chen’s apparent death. Han Feng initially suspected that Li Changqing had been sent to capture him on Venerable Feng’s behalf 110 111.
• Dou Wang subordinates — guards and attendants who protected his residences, monitored visitors, and supplied intelligence. Li Changqing killed one who attempted to verify his orders with Han Feng and forced the remaining four to surrender and gather Han Feng’s property 111 112 114 115 116.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Targeting the Sea Heart Flame: After Gu Yuena took the Green Lotus Core Flame, Yao Chen proposed obtaining Han Feng’s flame instead. Han Feng’s expected stockpile of rare medicinal ingredients was an additional reason to pursue him 107 108.
• The Maple City deception: Li Changqing and Xiao Yan offered information about a Heavenly Flame in exchange for a supposed pill commission. Han Feng investigated them, then agreed to meet after four days 110 111 112.
• False lead on the Green Lotus Core Flame: Han Feng dismissed his guards and established a Soul Force barrier for negotiations. Li Changqing claimed to know of the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagor Desert, withholding that Gu Yuena had already taken it. Convinced by Li’s explanation for not giving that flame to Xiao Yan, Han Feng accepted the proposed exchange 112.
• Loss of the Sea Heart Flame: Li revealed that the commission was a pretext, subdued Han Feng, and extracted the flame. The extraction destroyed Han Feng’s body but left his soul intact 113 114.
• Final confrontation: Yao Chen confronted his former disciple and heard him defend the betrayal. When Han Feng remained unrepentant, Yao Chen asked Li to end his life; Li shattered Han Feng’s soul 115.
• Posthumous consequences: Li Changqing collected the rest of Han Feng’s possessions before leaving Maple City. Han Feng’s final invocation of the Hall of Souls also prompted Li to consider joining that organization to use its intelligence network to search for the Yin-Yang Flame. Later, Li drew on Han Feng’s confiscated medicinal collection when preparing to refine a Venerable Origin Pill 116 133.

Notable Quotes

“A careful ship sails for ten thousand years.” 111

“Favoritism! You were playing favorites!” 115

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