Recaps

Fang Mo, a powerless young man facing a deadly appointment at the Heavenly Prison, encountered a Demonic Cultivator Remnant Soul at a brothel. After a mysterious power awakened in his mind, he seized the remnant soul and welcomed it into his Prison Suppressor.

• Li Mingyue and her subordinate pursued a remnant soul that had escaped from the Demon Suppression Tower.
• Fang Mo recalled his failed attempts to practice martial arts, study for the imperial examinations, or become a merchant, and feared reporting to the Heavenly Prison after his father's suspicious death.
• Fang Mo went to Yihong Pavilion with his death-benefit silver and tried to distract himself from the danger awaiting him.
• A Demonic Cultivator Remnant Soul appeared and offered to make Fang Mo stronger by merging with him, then changed its mind and tried to make him its disciple.
• An unexplained torrent of information flooded Fang Mo's Sea of Consciousness, and he grabbed the remnant soul and pressed it against his brow, calling it his Prison Suppressor.

Fang Mo absorbed Old Ancestor Black Mountain's Remnant Soul, awakened his Heavenly Prison ability, and advanced to the Qi and Blood Realm. After Li Mingyue sensed Demonic Energy in him, she had him seized and taken to the Demon Suppression Division, while Nian Nu'er secretly ordered an investigation into him.

• Fang Mo imprisoned Old Ancestor Black Mountain's Remnant Soul in the Prison Suppressor, leaving it powerless in a cage.
• Fang Mo gained strength from absorbing the Remnant Soul and reached the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Fang Mo tried to leave Yihong Pavilion, but Li Mingyue and her men burst into the room after sensing Demonic Energy.
• Li Mingyue overpowered Fang Mo despite his new strength and ordered Monkey to take him away.
• Nian Nu'er revealed her composure after the group left and told the madam to repair the room and investigate Fang Mo and the Demon Suppression Division.

Monkey brought Fang Mo to the Demon Suppression Division and locked him in its dungeon, where Fang Mo entered his blood-colored inner world. There, he discovered he could assign punishments through the Record of Punishing Crimes and prepared to cane the imprisoned Demonic Cultivator Remnant Soul.

• Monkey carried Fang Mo to the Demon Suppression Division and locked him in a dungeon cell for the night.
• Fang Mo entered his blood-colored world and found the Demonic Cultivator Remnant Soul trapped in a rune-covered cage.
• The Record of Punishing Crimes revealed Wang Ergou's crimes and transformed them into a quatrain.
• Fang Mo wrote that Wang Ergou should receive three thousand strokes of the cane, summoning a Wolf Tooth Club from the sky.
• The cage transformed into a wooden bench that restrained Wang Ergou, and Fang Mo approached him with the club.

Fang Mo brutally punished Wang Ergou in the Prison Suppressor Space, strengthening his Qi and Blood and earning the Cold-Blooded talent and an incomplete Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. After sensing danger, he returned to the dungeon just as Li Mingyue entered.

• Fang Mo struck Wang Ergou with the Wolf Tooth Club, purifying his Black Qi and refining Fang Mo's Qi and Blood with each blow.
• Fang Mo continued beating Wang Ergou until the Record of Punishing Crimes awarded him the Cold-Blooded talent and an incomplete Heaven Devouring Demonic Art.
• Fang Mo prepared to resume punishing Wang Ergou for his remaining crimes, but Wang Ergou fainted before Fang Mo could continue.
• Fang Mo sensed a warning from outside and left the Prison Suppressor Space, finding his strength and composure greatly improved.
• Li Mingyue opened the dungeon door and entered as Fang Mo regained consciousness.

Li Mingyue questioned Fang Mo in the Demon Suppression Division and recited his family’s long history of serving as Heavenly Prison jailers. She then offered him a second salary by joining the Demon Suppression Division, leaving Fang Mo to suspect she wanted him as a double agent.

• Monkey escorted Fang Mo from the dungeon to the interrogation hall, where Li Mingyue told him to squat in a corner instead of kneeling.
• Li Mingyue read Fang Mo’s childhood misdeeds and traced fifty-seven generations of his family’s Heavenly Prison service.
• Li Mingyue asked Fang Mo whether he would be interested in drawing a second salary from the Demon Suppression Division.
• Fang Mo realized Li Mingyue was trying to recruit him despite his expected job at the Heavenly Prison and suspected she wanted him to act as a double agent.

Fang Mo was caught between Li Mingyue’s investigation and Wang Youan’s intervention, then was recruited into the Demon Suppression Division while retaining his Heavenly Prison post. Wang Youan warned him to stay quiet and return to work the next morning, and Fang Mo headed home to attend to the Prison Suppressor and claim its hidden rewards.

• Li Mingyue questioned Fang Mo about evidence that his father had been drained of Essence Blood, but Fang Mo refused to take sides.
• Wang Youan arrived, pretended to scold Fang Mo, and asked Li Mingyue to let him take Fang Mo away; Li Mingyue instead arranged for Fang Mo to join the Demon Suppression Division.
• Fang Mo signed paperwork for his new post and received twenty taels in salary before Wang Youan led him to a teahouse.
• Wang Youan warned Fang Mo to keep quiet, explained that many Heavenly Prison guards drew multiple salaries, and took Fang Mo’s silver to hold for him.
• Wang Youan told Fang Mo to report to the Heavenly Prison the next morning, and Fang Mo realized his uncle was unusually powerful.
• Fang Mo headed home, eager to claim the cultivation technique and talent from the Prison Suppressor.

After his father’s death, Fang Mo tested his new powers and discovered the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art had a terrible conversion rate. He tortured Wang Ergou through the night and gained the ability to summon condemned souls, leaving him eager to exploit the prisoners in the Heavenly Prison.

• Fang Mo returned home, found the East Wing Room dark, and vowed to avenge his father.
• Fang Mo examined his Cold-Blooded talent and found it kept grief and anger from clouding his judgment.
• Fang Mo studied the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and cursed its one-percent conversion rate.
• Fang Mo entered Prison Suppressor and beat Wang Ergou while venting his frustration with the art.
• Wang Ergou’s soul dissolved into the Record of Punishing Crimes, which granted Fang Mo the ability to summon Sin Prisoner souls to fight for him.
• Fang Mo found his Qi and Blood foundation strengthened and looked forward to using the Heavenly Prison’s criminals as summoned fighters.

After Fang Mo woke feeling stronger and ate breakfast, Wang Youan explained the Heavenly Prison’s harsh shift schedule and revealed that he was Fang Mo’s superior. On the way to work, Wang Youan warned Fang Mo to stay close because others might be trying to take the jailer post inherited from his father.

• Fang Mo woke feeling vigorous, washed up, and went out for breakfast with the few Silver Shards Wang Youan had left him.
• Wang Youan joined Fang Mo at the food stall, explained the Heavenly Prison’s twelve-hour shifts and 6:45 AM roll call, and revealed he was the warden of Fang Mo’s assigned cell block.
• Wang Youan made Fang Mo pay for their breakfast before they headed toward the Heavenly Prison.
• As they walked through increasingly deserted streets, Wang Youan warned Fang Mo to stay close, speak little, and watch carefully.
• Wang Youan told Fang Mo that people might want the jailer position inherited from his father, leaving Fang Mo worried that someone would challenge his claim.

Wang Youan led Fang Mo into the Heavenly Prison, explained its dangers, and introduced him to the jailers who would help him take over his father’s position. The friendly welcome was interrupted when a pale man in a brocade robe emerged from the shadows and addressed Wang Youan.

• Wang Youan guided Fang Mo through the Heavenly Prison and warned him not to listen to or engage with the prisoners.
• Wang Youan explained that the prison held prisoners of varying cultivation levels and that he oversaw Cell Block C, Room 9.
• Wang Youan introduced Fang Mo to the jailers as the heir to Fang Dashan’s position and instructed Old Huang to guide him.
• The jailers welcomed Fang Mo and promised to look after him.
• A gaunt man in an ornate brocade robe emerged from the shadows and called out to Wang Youan.

Liu Tingbai arrived at Heavenly Prison to defend Liu Junyan, but Wang Youan humiliated and struck them both. A mysterious official then emerged from the corridor and challenged Wang Youan's authority.

• Liu Tingbai arrived and invoked his twenty years as Chief Clerk of Heavenly Prison, Cell Block C, while Wang Youan mocked his record against Huang Laoshi's family service.
• Wang Youan slapped Liu Tingbai to the ground after Liu Tingbai accused him of going too far.
• Fang Mo kicked Liu Junyan in the chest when he rushed to his Father's aid.
• Wang Youan crushed Liu Tingbai's fingers underfoot and declared that neither Liu Tingbai nor Liu Junyan was qualified to suppress him.
• A handsome middle-aged man in a black official robe emerged from the corridor and asked Wang Youan whether he was qualified.

Fang Mo accepted Liu Junyan as a temporary worker in the Heavenly Prison while planning to use the next seven days to grow stronger. Old Huang began showing him the prison and took him to his late father's locker to collect his uniform and gear.

• Fang Mo decided to let Liu Junyan work off the compensation Liu Tingbai had withheld from his father.
• Wang Youan declared Liu Junyan a temporary worker and said his wages would go toward the debt, causing Liu Tingbai to faint.
• Wang Youan ordered Old Huang to familiarize Fang Mo with the job.
• Old Huang warned Fang Mo about the dangers underground and explained the protective properties of the Jailer Uniforms.
• Old Huang led Fang Mo to his late father's locker and pointed out that its key was attached to his badge.

Fang Mo learned how Block C prison worked as Old Huang showed him around and introduced him to the wealthy prisoner Zhao Guangcai. After Fang Mo accepted Zhao’s purse, Old Huang told him he had to hand over seventy-five percent, leaving Fang Mo shocked by the prison’s ruthless cut.

• Old Huang explained Block C’s layout, the prisoners it held, and how their martial arts had been crippled.
• Old Huang showed Fang Mo the luxurious cell of Zhao Guangcai, an assistant director in the Ministry of Revenue.
• Zhao Guangcai gave Fang Mo a purse of silver and asked him to look after him in prison.
• Fang Mo accepted the purse and promised to help Zhao Guangcai when he could.
• Old Huang told Fang Mo to hand over seventy-five percent of the silver, and Fang Mo protested that the cut was worse than Skinner Zhou’s.

Old Huang showed Fang Mo how the Heavenly Prison profited from wealthy prisoners before taking him to a torture cell. When Fang Mo saw Iron Bone Liu being tortured, he offered to take over, revealing a disturbing eagerness to inflict pain.

• Old Huang explained that prison earnings were divided among the public coffers, the Heavenly Prison, and court officials, while prisoners without money paid with their lives.
• Old Huang led Fang Mo through iron doors to a cell where a scar-faced jailer was torturing Iron Bone Liu to learn where he had hidden stolen Red Goods.
• Iron Bone Liu spat blood at the jailer and refused to reveal the goods, so the jailer filed his collarbone and made him scream.
• Fang Mo sensed Iron Bone Liu's crimes stirring the Prison Suppressor and became angry that the jailer was using the file ineffectively.
• Fang Mo interrupted the torture and advised the jailer to use salt water and file against the grain, then asked to demonstrate.

Fang Mo tortured Iron Bone Liu to death before he could confess the location of the Red Goods, and absorbed the red phantom that appeared over the corpse. The resulting power pushed Fang Mo to the mid-stage peak of the Qi and Blood Realm, while Iron Bone Liu’s page in the Record of Punishing Crimes filled with red ink.

• Fang Mo excitedly asked Old Huang and Scarface whether killing a prisoner would be a problem, prompting the two jailers to leave him alone with Iron Bone Liu.
• Iron Bone Liu began to confess the location of the Red Goods, but Fang Mo shoved a spiked Meteor Hammer into his mouth to keep him from finishing.
• Fang Mo repeatedly filed Iron Bone Liu’s wound until Iron Bone Liu died, despite the prisoner’s desperate attempts to cooperate.
• A red phantom rose from Iron Bone Liu’s corpse and was absorbed into Fang Mo, triggering a surge of power.
• Fang Mo broke through to the peak of the mid Qi and Blood Realm and saw Iron Bone Liu’s page turn vivid red in the Record of Punishing Crimes.

Fang Mo learned from Iron Bone Liu’s suppressed memories that stolen Red Goods were hidden beneath a dry well in South City, then told Old Huang and Scarface that the prisoner had confessed. Old Huang and Scarface went to retrieve the goods while Fang Mo left the prison, concealing that he had extracted the information through his Prison Suppressor.

• Fang Mo’s Fate-Judging Poem revealed that Iron Bone Liu had hidden a Black Box beneath a dry well in South City.
• Fang Mo placed Iron Bone Liu’s soul in a cage inside the Prison Suppressor and taunted him.
• Old Huang and Scarface worried that Fang Mo had killed Iron Bone Liu and lost the clues to the Red Goods.
• Fang Mo told Old Huang and Scarface that the Red Goods were buried three feet beneath the dry well behind the City God Temple in South City.
• Old Huang and Scarface decided to retrieve the goods and planned to give Fang Mo the largest share of the credit if they found them.

Fang Mo encountered a terrifying creature in Room Sixty of Block C prison, then returned to the Prison Suppressor to punish Iron Bone Liu. After discovering that a single blow required more strength than he possessed, Fang Mo reduced the punishment to a thousand strokes and considered making Wang Ergou do the work.

• Fang Mo ventured deep into Block C prison and saw the scarlet eyes of a powerful creature inside Room Sixty, then retreated under its pressure.
• Fang Mo returned to the jailers' hall and entered the Prison Suppressor, where Iron Bone Liu's soul cowered in a cage.
• Fang Mo wrote Cudgel Punishment × 1 in the Record of Punishing Crimes, but found the Wolf Tooth Club too heavy to lift.
• Fang Mo changed Iron Bone Liu's punishment to a thousand blows, making the Wolf Tooth Club light enough for him to swing.
• Fang Mo realized the punishment did not specify who had to administer it and looked toward Wang Ergou, offering him overtime work.

Fang Mo recruited Wang Ergou as a jailer to help punish Iron Bone Liu, then gained the Iron Bone talent when Liu’s sentence was completed. As Fang Mo enjoyed his new toughness, Gu Yichuan and the Punishment Department arrived and ordered him to identify stolen goods.

• Fang Mo turned Wang Ergou into jailer 9527 and ordered him to beat Iron Bone Liu, joining in with his Wolf Tooth Club.
• Fang Mo delivered the final blow, completing Iron Bone Liu’s punishment and earning the Iron Bone talent, which strengthened his bones, skin, and muscles.
• Six members of the Punishment Department entered the jailers’ hall, led by Gu Yichuan of the White Tiger Hall’s Seventh Squad.
• Gu Yichuan identified Fang Mo as Fang Dashan’s son and ordered him to come along to identify the stolen goods.

Fang Mo led Gu Yichuan and the Punishment Department to a dry well where Liu Mazi had supposedly hidden stolen goods. When Gu ordered Fang Mo to enter the well first, Fang Mo played the coward and let Third Brother go down instead.

• Fang Mo recognized Gu Yichuan as the officer who had captured Iron Bone Liu and flattered him while agreeing to lead the group.
• Gu Yichuan offered to consider recruiting Fang Mo as an outer member of the Punishment Department if they found the Red Goods.
• Fang Mo led Gu Yichuan and his five men to a dry well behind the abandoned City God Temple in South City.
• Gu Yichuan ordered Fang Mo to descend first, but Fang Mo feigned fear and warned that Liu Mazi might have placed a trap below.
• Gu Yichuan sent Third Brother down the well on a cord while Fang Mo secretly counted down.

Fang Mo and Gu Yichuan’s men searched Iron Bone Liu’s hidden Black Box, but a poisoned-needle trap killed Third Brother. Gu Yichuan forced Fang Mo to descend into the well, where Fang Mo relied on his Iron Bone defense as he went to retrieve the box.

• Fang Mo sensed danger as Third Brother descended into the well, then heard a mechanism snap and the man die.
• Gu Yichuan ordered men to light the well and haul up Third Brother’s body, revealing it was pierced by poisoned needles.
• Gu Yichuan rejected Fang Mo’s suggestion to abandon the search and decided the Black Box was behind a brick where the trap had been triggered.
• Gu Yichuan threatened Fang Mo with a blade and forced him to retrieve the Black Box.
• Fang Mo trusted his Iron Bone defense, asked Gu Yichuan to spare him if he succeeded, and jumped into the well.

Fang Mo retrieved the hidden iron case from the well and helped reveal that the so-called Red Goods were three forbidden Blood Spirit Pills. Gu Yichuan recognized their value and turned his killing intent toward Fang Mo to keep the discovery secret.

• Fang Mo pressed the raised blue brick in the well wall and found a hidden compartment containing a black iron case.
• Fang Mo brought the case out of the well, and Gu Yichuan ordered him to open it as proof of his loyalty.
• Fang Mo smashed the case with a stone until its lid sprang open, revealing a strange red glow.
• Gu Yichuan identified the three crimson pills inside as Blood Spirit Pills, forbidden drugs that could force a martial breakthrough.
• Fang Mo realized the pills made everyone present a threat, and Gu Yichuan looked at him with killing intent.

Fang Mo revealed his overwhelming strength when Gu Yichuan tried to kill him over the Blood Spirit Pills. After killing Fourth Brother and leaving Gu Yichuan and three black-clad men terrified, Fang Mo declared that he was the hunter and they were the prey.

• Gu Yichuan tried to kill Fang Mo with his sword after Fang pretended not to recognize the Blood Spirit Pill.
• Fang Mo caught Gu Yichuan's blade barehanded, revealing the power of his Iron Bone talent.
• Gu Yichuan ordered his men to attack, but Fang Mo swung him into their blades, breaking several of his ribs.
• Fang Mo killed Fourth Brother with a single punch to the chest.
• Fang Mo faced the three surviving black-clad men and declared that he was the hunter and they were the prey.

Fang Mo killed Gu Yichuan and the three remaining men in black, then staged the scene to make it look as though Gu and his team had died fighting Iron Bone Liu’s accomplices. He hid the bodies, swallowed the three Blood Spirit Pills, and waited for dawn as their power took effect.

• The three men in black fled in different directions, but Fang Mo killed one and summoned Liu Tiegu’s soul to stop the other two.
• Fang Mo returned to the badly wounded Gu Yichuan, removed his mask, and explained how he would disguise the killings as a battle with Iron Bone Liu’s accomplices.
• Fang Mo snapped Gu Yichuan’s neck and absorbed several dark red shadows.
• Fang Mo took the Blood Spirit Pills, threw the bodies into the Dry Well, and covered it with the stone mill.
• Fang Mo dirtied and tore his clothes, lay in the grass, and pretended to be unconscious while the pills’ power began to rise within his Dantian.

After the Punishment Department investigated the massacre at the City God Temple, Fang Mo successfully passed himself off as an innocent survivor. He left with his strength advanced to the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm and returned to Heaven’s Prison, eyeing its prisoners as his next opportunities.

• Lei Heng investigated the deaths of six Junior Officers and learned that the Red Goods had vanished from a hidden compartment in the well.
• Fang Mo claimed masked bandits had attacked the group and that he had fainted before seeing what happened.
• Lei Heng dismissed Fang Mo as useless and ordered him released after his statement was recorded.
• Fang Mo left the Punishment Department with his Qi and blood at Perfection, one step from the Bone Forging Realm.
• Fang Mo returned to Heaven’s Prison, eager to meet Director Zhao and the other prisoners.

Fang Mo returned to Heaven's Prison after the Blood Spirit Pill was taken, and he assured Old Huang and Old Liu that it was no longer in their hands. As he deflected Old Liu's questions about the pill, a massive presence suddenly blocked the light in the hall.

• Fang Mo entered Heaven's Prison and headed to the rest area in Block C, Room Shen.
• Old Huang and Old Liu anxiously checked that Fang Mo had survived and asked whether he had found the missing item.
• Fang Mo told them someone had taken the Blood Spirit Pill, relieving Old Huang and raising Old Liu's suspicions.
• Old Liu asked whether Fang Mo had seen what was inside, but Fang Mo claimed he had been too busy playing dead to know.
• Fang Mo urged Old Liu to investigate through his connections, but Old Liu refused, unwilling to risk confronting the Punishment Department and powerful experts.
• The prison hall suddenly darkened as a massive presence blocked the light and warmth.

Fang Mo visited Yihong Pavilion the morning after surviving a dangerous encounter with the Demon Suppression Division, demanding to see Nu'er. Mama Feng tried to delay him as he headed upstairs, leaving the reason for his visit unresolved.

• Fang Mo strode through the Divine Capital in high spirits, and a yellow dog fled from him in terror.
• Fang Mo pounded on Yihong Pavilion's closed doors and demanded that Mama Feng let him in.
• Mama Feng recognized Fang Mo from the night he had been carried out of the Heavenly Chamber, but concealed her shock behind a polite smile.
• Fang Mo pushed past Mama Feng and the attendants, claiming his previous payment made him a VIP, and called for Nu'er.
• Mama Feng followed Fang Mo upstairs and tried to stall him by offering tea and pastries while Nu'er got ready.