Han Feng

Biodata

Appearance

• Wears a green robe and initially approaches Xiao Yan with a friendly smile 43.
• Develops a bluish facial tint after being poisoned; most of it fades overnight as he suppresses the poison 50.
• After the alchemy accident, lies on a stretcher with his disfigured face wrapped in bandages, leaving only his resentful eyes exposed 50.

Personality

Han Feng conceals his greed behind genial manners, praise, and apparent requests for advice. When Xiao Yan refuses his invitation, he shifts to veiled threats about the dangers of possessing treasures without sufficient strength. He recognizes that Xiao Yan’s soul defenses are unnaturally strong, but his desire for the Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame Mantra overrides his caution 43.

Initially, Han Feng restrains followers who advocate an immediate attack and orders discreet surveillance instead. He later attempts murder in a secluded alchemy room, exposing the ruthlessness beneath his courteous exterior. Reputation also matters to him: he uses the academy’s alchemy exchange gathering to demonstrate his expertise and cultivate alliances 43 49 50.

Abilities & Skills

Dou Wang Cultivation

• Possesses Peak Dou Wang cultivation, placing him among the Inner Academy’s established powerhouses 43.
• Uses forceful palm strikes during his attack on Xiao Yan 49.
• Can suppress the poison turned against him, but cannot safely continue fighting while it spreads through his body 49.

Alchemy and Fire Control

• Has considerable alchemical skill; the narration later describes his alchemy as having surpassed Yao Lao’s 43 49.
• Uses pale blue flames to refine medicinal ingredients 50.
• Attempts an Ice Spirit Evil-Breaking Pill, a high-grade pill requiring extremely precise heat control, to showcase his expertise 50.
• Remains unaware of Xiao Yan’s covert interference with his medicine cauldron 43 50.

Soul Perception

• Probes Xiao Yan’s body with fine, needle-like threads of soul power while maintaining a polite conversation 43.
• Checks for nearby witnesses and locates Xiao Yan inside the abandoned alchemy room before attacking 49.
• Cannot penetrate Xiao Yan’s concealed Emperor Realm soul defenses or detect the tracking mark placed on his Storage Ring 43 49.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Medicine Cauldron — A high-quality, pitch-black cauldron covered in intricate patterns. Xiao Yan secretly contaminates it with a trace of Emperor Realm soul power in preparation for an apparent alchemy accident 43.
• Poisoned needle — A black needle with a blue-glinting tip, intended to paralyze Xiao Yan so Han Feng can seize the Flame Mantra. Its poison blackens the stone where it lands 49.
• Storage Ring — Secretly marked by Xiao Yan for tracking. Later emits a faint Soul Hall fluctuation that appears to resonate with something near the forbidden valley 49 50.
• Ice crystal grass — A rare medicinal ingredient used in his attempted refinement of the Ice Spirit Evil-Breaking Pill 50.

Relationships

• Yao Lao — His nominal master. Han Feng is later explicitly described as Yao Lao’s traitorous disciple and covets the Flame Mantra passed to Xiao Yan 43 49.
• Xiao Yan — Target of surveillance, intimidation, and attempted murder. Han Feng seeks his Heavenly Flame and cultivation method, unaware that Xiao Yan is preparing his downfall 43 49 50.
• Unnamed followers — Two capable Inner Academy figures who encourage him to cripple Xiao Yan and steal his treasures. Han Feng instead orders them to investigate quietly 43.
• Soul Hall — A covert connection that Xiao Yan traces through a Medicine Hut servant and Han Feng’s movements. The Hall’s spies intend to exploit his greed, then seize the Heavenly Flame for themselves 44 49 50.
• Inner Academy elders — Han Feng maintains close ties to several elders, making Xiao Yan reluctant to eliminate him openly 43.

Background / History

Probing Xiao Yan

After Xiao Yan wins the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, Han Feng approaches him with praise and an invitation to the Medicine Hut, ostensibly to discuss an ingredient for Qi Gathering Powder. His real purpose is to investigate the Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame Mantra. Xiao Yan refuses, prompting a warning that thinly disguises a threat 43.

Han Feng orders surveillance despite his unease over Xiao Yan’s soul defenses. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan plants soul power inside his cauldron, intending to arrange a fatal explosion without attracting suspicion 43.

Soul Hall Connections and Failed Ambush

A Medicine Hut servant encourages Han Feng to consider Soul-Devouring Powder against Xiao Yan. The servant’s Soul Hall contact plans to take the Heavenly Flame after Han Feng succeeds, revealing that the conspirators regard him as a means to obtain their own reward 44.

Han Feng later follows Xiao Yan into an abandoned alchemy room and attacks with a poisoned needle. Xiao Yan evades him, turns the poison against him through toxic mist, and secretly marks his Storage Ring. Forced to retreat, Han Feng heads toward a valley beside the academy’s forbidden area, allowing Xiao Yan to identify a likely Soul Hall contact point 49.

Orchestrated Alchemy Accident

That night, Han Feng suppresses his poison near the forbidden valley while Soul Hall fluctuations emanate from his ring. Xiao Yan interprets this as an attempt to seek the Hall’s assistance 50.

At the following morning’s alchemy exchange, Han Feng begins refining an Ice Spirit Evil-Breaking Pill. Xiao Yan covertly interferes with his cauldron, producing an apparent alchemical backlash that grievously injures and disfigures him. Han Feng survives; the accident exposes both his residual poison and Soul Hall fluctuations, which Xiao Yan expects academy instructors to discover during treatment 50.

Notable Quotes

“Some things will only bring death upon you if you lack the strength to protect them.” 43

“Hand over the ‘Flame Mantra’ you obtained from Yao Lao, and I’ll give you a quick death.” 49