Town Demon Suppression Division

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Town Demon Suppression Division (镇邪司)
Affiliation	Jiuzhou; maintains branches in every city, including Tianhai City 24
Occupation/Role	Supernatural-response organization responsible for suppressing ghosts, investigating hauntings, protecting civilians, and combating hostile occult groups 5 18 24
Status	Active 46
First Appearance	Chapter 5

Background / History

The Town Demon Suppression Division is the authority that handles incidents involving ghosts. Its personnel clarify that killing ghosts is not illegal and take statements from civilians or cultivators involved in supernatural cases. It also identifies the nature of ghosts: beings with one soul and seven spirits whose incomplete souls leave them vulnerable to extreme emotions 5.

The organization operates across Jiuzhou. All 34 provinces and more than 600 cities have Town Demon Suppression Division branches; each city branch has at least five Night Wanderer Envoy-level captains leading the Five Elements Squads 24.

It has repeatedly campaigned against evil cults throughout Jiuzhou's history. The Net is noted as an exceptionally dangerous surviving organization, having endured more than ten Division encirclement campaigns 24.

Organization

Five Elements Units

Tianhai City's branch divides its core units according to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth 5.

• Metal Unit — led by Meng Jianmin in Tianhai City 5.
• Water Unit — led by Shangguan Qingxue in Tianhai City 5.
• Other elemental units — the city branch is stated to have five Night Wanderer Envoy-level captains for its Five Elements Squads 24.

Command Structure

Position / Realm	Known role
Grandmaster	Guards a provincial-capital headquarters; corresponds to the Malevolent Soul threat level 24
Day Wanderer Envoy	City-branch directors and deputy directors must be at least half-step Day Wanderer Envoys 24
Night Wanderer Envoy	Captains of the Five Elements Squads; qualified to confront Fierce Ghosts 9 24
Night Patrol Envoy	Field member classification for personnel capable of handling Evil Ghost-level threats 9
Probationary Member	Entry-level membership granted through the Town Watch APP 6 9
External Member	Supports post-incident investigation, verification, evidence collection, and cleanup rather than primary exorcism 13 19

Strength Assessment

The Division assesses a member's operational strength primarily through combat record rather than their personal cultivation realm. A member's rating reflects the highest tier of ghost they have defeated, and that rating determines which missions they may accept 9.

Ghost threat tier	Corresponding human classification
Vengeful Ghost	Probationary Member
Evil Ghost	Night Patrol Envoy
Fierce Ghost	Night Wanderer Envoy
Blood-Clad Fierce Ghost	Day Wanderer Envoy
Malevolent Soul	Grandmaster

The Division further divides cultivation realms into early, middle, and late stages 18.

Operations

Town Watch APP

The Division issues members the Town Watch APP, which contains four functions:

• Tasks — lists supernatural incidents and allows eligible members to accept missions.
• Shop — sells weapons, martial arts manuals, talismans, compasses, and other supernatural equipment.
• Exchange — facilitates point expenditure.
• Personal — displays membership identity, assessed strength, combat record, and points 9.

Members may submit completed missions or report undiscovered ghost entities through the app. Reports are reviewed by customer-service personnel working three shifts, after which nearby auxiliary personnel are dispatched to verify the information 18.

Mission Restrictions and Rewards

• Members are generally barred from accepting missions beyond their assessed strength tier for safety reasons 9.
• Completing exorcisms or reporting supernatural threats earns points and monetary rewards 6 18.
• Points unlock purchases and information clearance in the Town Watch APP; higher membership status grants access to more items and ghost information 9.
• New members receive 100 starting points 9.

Investigation and Cleanup

After a ghost is eliminated, external members examine its remains and use Bagua Mirrors to assess its strength and determine rewards. Ghosts may leave behind blood, eyes, hair, organs, or other remnants after death 13.

The Division also handles civilians affected by supernatural events, including removing victims from dangerous sites and taking custody of unusual individuals for evaluation or protection 33 46.

Personnel

• Meng Jianmin — Captain of Tianhai City's Metal Unit; a third-realm Night Wanderer Envoy who oversees spiritual matters in Tianhai City's western district 5 32.
• Shangguan Qingxue — Captain of Tianhai City's Water Unit; responds directly to high-level threats and protects Division personnel in combat 5 42.
• Wang Wenjing — Night Patrol Envoy and cultivator assigned to assist with curse-related cases; knowledgeable in Taoist talismans and the Soul Control Art 23 24.
• Zheng Hai — Public Security officer and external Division member responsible for scene verification and cleanup 13 19.
• Lu Siye — initially enrolled as a probationary member after killing the Takeout Ghost; later recognized as an ordinary member with Night Wanderer Envoy privileges 6 18 33.
• Yuan Mou — member of the Yuan family of diviners and an honored guest consulted by the Division for specialized appraisals 35 36.

Resources and Equipment

• Body Tempering Art — introductory martial arts manual issued to Lu Siye upon joining 6.
• Blazing Blood Blade — a Tang heng blade forged by a former Fire Element Captain; available through the Town Watch APP 12.
• Soul Severing Blade Technique — saber art created by the Star of Heavenly Wound, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits; supplied through the Division's shop 15.
• Bagua Mirror — used to identify a ghost's remaining strength and point value at a scene 13.
• Demon Suppression Talismans and compasses — among the supernatural tools available through the Town Watch APP 12.
• Spirit Nether Jade Disc — housing and Yin-energy-condensing artifact issued to approved Yin Spirits 36.
• Yin Spirit Manual — legitimate ghost cultivation method provided to qualified Yin Spirits; its upper volume permits cultivation to the Fierce Ghost level 36.

Yin Spirits

The Division is not composed solely of human cultivators. It also recognizes and may recruit Yin Spirits: special ghosts born with two souls and seven spirits rather than the one soul and seven spirits of ordinary ghosts. Their additional soul grants them greater emotional control and allows them to retain their humanity, making cooperation possible 35.

Yin Spirits are evaluated before acceptance. Fang Lanyue was approved after Yuan Mou's divination confirmed that her souls were intact and that she had not taken human lives 36. The Division also offers children with dual-soul constitutions the option of joining and being raised within the organization 46.