Demon Purging Division

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Demon Purging Division
Alias(es)	荡魔司 (Dàngmó Sī); Demon Purging Division Reserve Camp; Commander's Office
Affiliation	Great Gan imperial court and imperial family 17
Occupation/Role	Imperial anti-monster force; monitors officials and investigates collusion with monsters 17
Status	Active
First Appearance	5

Mandate and Authority

The Division is described as an imperial blade: it fights monsters externally while monitoring officials internally. Officials found colluding with monsters may be executed before a formal trial, with the Division reporting afterward. 17

• Responds to monster incursions, eliminates demon nests, and organizes city defense. 39 102 110 172
• Uses military merit to record monster kills, award promotions, and exchange for cultivation resources. Monster corpses are marked with the Division’s insignia to prevent others from stealing credit. 26 40
• Investigates or suppresses forbidden half-demon cultivation, which the Great Gan court classifies as treason. 146 198 202
• Maintains strict wartime discipline; failure to answer a monster-alert summons is treated as desertion under military law. 39

Organization

Position / Unit	Documented function
Reserve Camp trainee	Recruits who train and must meet advancement requirements before becoming official members. 26 27
Squad Leader	Lowest formal position in the Division; trainees who reach Blood Replacement within five years may be promoted into the role. 26 27
Lieutenant	Leads groups of trainees and lower-ranking personnel in field operations. 39
General	Commands teams of trainees, Lieutenants, and Squad Leaders. 33 105
Centurion	Senior field commander; Centurions assign personnel and lead large deployments. 89 102
Deputy Commander	High-ranking prefectural official; Zheng Yu is identified as one and is an Essence Refining Realm expert. 88 109
Commander	Head of a Commander's Office; Li Qingyun presides over the Hall of Punishment and directs major operations. 92 110
Reserve Camp	County-level institution that recruits and trains talent for the Prefectural City’s Division. 17
Commander's Office	Prefectural headquarters that trains promoted personnel, distributes resources, and coordinates deployments. 88 89

Kaiyang County Reserve Camp

The Kaiyang Reserve Camp occupies the eastern Inner City, a location and scale that display the Division’s wealth and influence. Its entrance is guarded by stone lions and uniformed guards bearing “Demon Purging” insignia. 24

The camp’s commands are politically divided. General Wu Peng is associated with the Li and Wu families, while General Bai Sheng is associated with the Zhao and Yu families. General Huang Qiong is regarded as neutral and connected to county-yamen interests. 33

General Ding Yun’s command is notably neglected: it has few surviving Squad Leaders, receives little guidance or resources, and is often assigned menial work or dangerous front-line duties. 33 39

Recruitment and Training

Entry Assessment

Applicants for the Reserve Camp must reach peak Skin Refining before age twenty. 17

The assessment includes:

• Examination of bones and age.
• Lifting a heavy stone lock.
• Registration before an examiner. 24

Recruitment is vulnerable to favoritism. Wealthy applicants can arrange guaranteed placements, while poorer candidates face stricter treatment; Liu Mancang is disqualified and seriously injured after challenging the examiner. 24

Trainee Benefits

Benefit	Details
Salary	Five taels of silver per month for low-level trainees. 26 27
Food	Meals are included; medicinal cuisine is served every three days. 27
Cultivation support	One medicinal bath per month for trainees. 27
Equipment	Trainee token, three dark-green uniforms, and a Thousand-Refined Iron saber. 26
Techniques	New recruits may select a Bone Forging Realm cultivation technique. 26
Treasury access	Weapons, elixirs, techniques, and other resources may be exchanged with military merit. 26

Trainees must reach the Blood Replacement Realm within five years to qualify for promotion to Squad Leader and become recognized Division members. Those who fail can remain trainees indefinitely despite receiving basic benefits. 26 27

Operations

Kaiyang Monster Incursion

When monsters attack Kaiyang County, the Division summons available personnel to the training grounds, divides them into groups, and deploys them across the city. Its forces fight alongside the county yamen, local clans, gangs, and military units. 39

The Division records individual kills for merit and secures monster corpses under its insignia. 40

Liuyang County Expedition

The prefectural Commander's Office mobilizes Centurions, Generals, Lieutenants, and trainees against an unusually large demon force near Liuyang County. 102

The force suffers heavy casualties after encountering numerous Commander-level demons and a Demon General. It ultimately breaks out in multiple directions under Centurion cover. 104 105

After the Minotaur Demon General devastates Liuyang County, Deputy Commander Zheng Yu and Commander Li Qingyun lead a follow-up extermination effort into the mountains. 109 110

Kaiyang Anomaly Disaster

An Anomaly Domain causes Reserve Camp trainees and Lieutenants to lose control and attack one another. Centurion Zhao Hu activates a Jade Plate artifact that dispels the Domain’s influence across the camp and orders the survivors to remain inside. 137

The Division later restores order after the disaster, with no major expansion of the incident reported. 143

Yellow Sand Gang Suppression

After Lin Feng exposes the Yellow Sand Gang’s secret half-demon cultivation operation, Pacification Commissioner Mei Zuo mobilizes Division personnel to surround and assault the gang. 198

The operation treats the cultivation of half-demons as a capital offense and dismantles a major power in Luocheng within an hour. 199 202

Defense of Qinhe Prefecture

The Division joins the government office, local clans, gangs, and other forces in defending Qinhe Prefecture City after demons openly declare war. 172 174

During the siege, Centurion Zhu Wei abandons his post, sacrifices subordinates to escape, and kills his own men while fleeing—actions identified as capital offenses by Lin Feng. 176

Institutional Problems

Despite its mandate to monitor officials, the Division is repeatedly affected by corruption, factionalism, and selective enforcement.

• Family factions influence trainee assignments and access to capable commanders. 33
• Bribery can influence entry to the Reserve Camp, and privileged applicants may treat assessments as a formality. 24
• The Division and county yamen issue a public notice that protects Chief Constable Wu Hua from accusations connected to the Xu family, despite evidence being submitted against him. 59
• Villagers reporting missing infants and deaths receive no help from the Reserve Camp; personnel eventually draw weapons to drive them away. 132
• General Liang Feifan extorts Blood Replacement Pills from newly promoted Lieutenants until Commander Li Qingyun punishes him with twenty lashes. 89 92
• Low-ranking personnel are sometimes treated as expendable in major engagements, particularly during the Liuyang breakout. 105