Recaps

Zhang Guangmu persuaded Crown Prince Yang Chi to acknowledge him as his Immortal Father by promising to support his claim to the throne and teach him immortal arts. Yang Chi secretly planned to exploit and eventually kill Zhang Guangmu, while Zhang Guangmu saw through his intentions and used their new relationship as a pretext to intervene in the coming struggle for power.

• Yang Chi was stunned when Zhang Guangmu sincerely asked to take him as his godson, then grew tempted by the promise of learning immortal arts.
• Yang Chi struck eunuch Wei Siqi when he tried to interrupt, and Zhang Guangmu praised Yang Chi for treating those around him well.
• Zhang Guangmu offered to support the legitimacy of Yang Chi's succession, prompting Yang Chi to accept him as his Immortal Father.
• Yang Chi privately promised Zhang Guangmu the title of Imperial Advisor and planned to use his fame before eventually having him killed.
• Yang Chi ordered Tang Lanshan to keep their relationship secret, then left Bodhi Temple with his soldiers to publicize Demonic Studies in the capital.
• Tang Lanshan told Zhang Guangmu her divination had identified a hypocritical, arrogant person, and Zhang Guangmu confirmed he had seen through Yang Chi's hidden murderous intent.

Zhang Guangmu entered the capital and became a sensation by teaching Demonic Studies and demonstrating how he could slay demons. As he prepared for the Imperial Examination, Yang Chi greeted him as emperor, while a hostile black-robed youth approached.

• Zhang Guangmu and his followers entered the capital after he proved his identity and the city guards dropped their demand to search the group.
• The believers learned that Yang Chi had eliminated his eight brothers, forced his father to yield the throne, and become emperor.
• Zhang Guangmu drew crowds by lecturing on Demonic Studies and demonstrating his power against demons, earning gifts and offers of venues from the city's residents.
• Tang Lanshan's ominous fortunes continued, and she watched Zhang Guangmu's popularity make even ordinary objects he touched valuable.
• Yang Chi greeted Zhang Guangmu warmly but privately intended to kill him after using his knowledge, while expecting to become one of his ten disciples.
• Zhang Guangmu noticed a hostile young man in black robes, who rose and strode toward him.

Tang Kaixuan confronted Zhang Guangmu, demanding immortal flesh while using Tang Lanshan’s family ties to torment her. Tang Lanshan severed her own arm to renounce the Tang household, and Zhang Guangmu attacked Tang Kaixuan with blue flames.

• Tang Kaixuan approached Zhang Guangmu and demanded a piece of his flesh, claiming it would heal Marquis Tang.
• Tang Lanshan stepped in to defend Zhang Guangmu, but Tang Kaixuan used her birth and blood ties to accuse her of owing flesh to Marquis Tang’s Mansion.
• Tang Kaixuan demanded Zhang Guangmu’s right-arm flesh before the Imperial Examination.
• Tang Lanshan severed her own arm and declared that she had cut ties with Marquis Tang’s Mansion.
• Zhang Guangmu treated Tang Lanshan’s wound with blue flames as Tang Kaixuan demanded that she kill herself to clear her debt.
• Zhang Guangmu attacked Tang Kaixuan with an eruption of eerie blue flame, making him scream in pain.

Zhang Guangmu crippled Tang Kaixuan with Ghost Fire, and Tang Lanshan resolved to kill him, but Yang Chi intervened and let him escape. Zhang Guangmu reaffirmed that Tang Kaixuan would die while trying to steer events back toward the Imperial Examination, as Yang Chi secretly planned to eliminate him and his followers.

• Tang Kaixuan's right arm was burned away by Ghost Fire, and Zhang Guangmu asked Tang Lanshan whether she wanted him dead immediately or after the Imperial Examination.
• Tang Lanshan chose to kill Tang Kaixuan, but he laughed through his pain, threatened revenge, and fled into the crowd with guards from Marquis Tang's Mansion.
• Yang Chi blocked Zhang Guangmu from pursuing Tang Kaixuan and asked him to spare Marquis Tang's family until after the Imperial Examination.
• Zhang Guangmu told Tang Lanshan that Tang Kaixuan was doomed to die, then instructed his believers to preserve her severed arm in case Demonic Studies could help reattach it.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Yang Chi's intervention as long as it did not disrupt the Imperial Examination, while Yang Chi privately resolved to kill Zhang Guangmu, Tang Lanshan, and their believers once his throne was secure.

Zhang Guangmu took the Imperial Examination, confident that he could follow the story’s main plot despite the production’s many disruptions. After completing and submitting his paper, he left the hall with his belongings and waited for the results, certain he would pass.

• Zhang Guangmu ignored Yang Chi’s killing intent and focused on finishing the Imperial Examination before dealing with his enemies.
• Yuwen Chengzai searched Zhang Guangmu, pledged to follow him, and helped him retrieve his Town Evil Pendant after the examination.
• Zhang Guangmu wrote his examination answers in striking calligraphy, drawing attention from viewers who praised his distinctive style.
• Zhang Guangmu checked his paper, submitted it early to the three examiners, and left the examination hall confidently.
• Zhang Guangmu retrieved his belongings with Yuwen Chengzai’s help and awaited the results, convinced he would pass.

Zhang Guangmu visited the injured Tang Lanshan after the Imperial Examination, and she warned him that his unconventional answers might displease the examiners. He learned the examiners copied all scripts anonymously, but his standing as the founder of Demonic Studies helped secure the result: he took first place, though Director Xu Qianqiu continued filming instead of calling cut.

• Zhang Guangmu went to the medical clinic and teased Tang Lanshan about her pain tolerance as she recovered from cutting off her arm.
• Tang Lanshan asked Zhang Guangmu about the examination, then criticized his answer style and warned that he had not considered the examiners' preferences.
• Zhang Guangmu insisted his prestige meant he could set the standard, but Tang Lanshan explained that examiners reviewed copied scripts, not his handwriting.
• Tang Lanshan realized that Demonic Studies was politically favored, easing Zhang Guangmu's worries about how his answers would be judged.
• Yuwen Chengzai announced that Zhang Guangmu had placed first in the Imperial Examination and become the top scholar.
• Director Xu Qianqiu kept filming after the main plot of The World Knows had essentially concluded, waiting for another major climax.

After earning a Usable Ability Point from the Immortal Slays Demons Diagram, Zhang Guangmu raised Imperial Body Forging Technique to level 6 and discovered his body and control over his power had greatly improved. When Zhao Yanqing’s soldiers ambushed his followers, Zhang Guangmu used Azure flames to burn their volley of arrows to ash.

• Zhang Guangmu received a Usable Ability Point after the Immortal Slays Demons Diagram appeared in The Book of Acting, depicting him as a Scholar in blue slaying demons outside Bodhi Temple.
• Zhang Guangmu spent the point on Imperial Body Forging Technique, raising it to level 6 and gaining the Sixty Year Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Guangmu realized his strengthened body and precise control over his breathing could help him draw more power from the Town Evil Pendant.
• Zhao Yanqing led veteran soldiers from Marquis Tang’s Mansion in a surprise attack on Zhang Guangmu and his gathered believers, killing Yuwen Chengzai.
• Zhang Guangmu exhaled and unleashed Azure demonic flames, reducing the soldiers’ incoming arrows to ash.

Zhang Guangmu used the Town Evil Pendant’s powers to defeat Marquis Tang’s soldiers and take control of the street. He prepared to march on Marquis Tang’s Mansion, while Tang Lanshan stayed behind despite wanting to kill Tang Kaixuan herself.

• Zhang Guangmu’s azure flames destroyed the soldiers’ arrows, then his Meat Grinding Line killed the black-armored soldiers within twenty meters and broke the rest’s will to fight.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the surviving soldiers to surrender, and Tang Lanshan and the believers echoed his command until the soldiers knelt and laid down their weapons.
• Zhao Yanqing surrendered and blamed Tang Kaixuan, but Zhang Guangmu killed him with Meat Grinding Line, saying he had already given him a chance.
• Zhang Guangmu told the believers to collect the soldiers’ armor and weapons so they could march to Marquis Tang’s Mansion and demand an explanation.
• Tang Lanshan asked to join the attack, but Zhang Guangmu refused and promised her a chance to kill Tang Kaixuan while assigning her a supporting role.

Zhang Guangmu led a rapidly growing procession to Marquis Tang’s Mansion, only to learn that Tang Kaixuan had already rebelled and entered the Imperial Palace. He marched there with thousands of followers and burned away the bodies blocking the gates, leaving six battalion commanders to enter the palace with him.

• Zhang Guangmu armed his followers with captured armor and weapons and led them toward Marquis Tang’s Mansion to settle his old scores.
• His followers spread accusations against Tang Kaixuan as curious citizens joined the march, swelling the procession to thousands.
• Zhang Guangmu organized the unruly crowd into squads, companies, and battalions, using their growing devotion to keep them moving together.
• Scouts reported that Marquis Tang had been poisoned and strangled, while Tang Kaixuan had taken his Death Warriors to the Imperial Palace to seize the throne.
• Zhang Guangmu rode toward the palace with the crowd, burned the corpses blocking its gates with azure demonic flame, and entered with six battalion commanders.

Tang Kaixuan killed Emperor Yang Chi in Panwan Hall and led his black-armored soldiers out to confront Zhang Guangmu’s forces. Zhang Guangmu faced Tang Kaixuan as the battle began, with both sides charging toward each other.

• Zhang Guangmu entered Renji Hall and saw that the court officials had been slaughtered, while his followers and the gathered commoners rallied behind him.
• Tang Kaixuan taunted the wounded Yang Chi, then ordered guards to restrain him and killed him with a sword thrust through the heart.
• Tang Kaixuan took Yang Chi’s head and left Panwan Hall, where his more than a thousand soldiers faced roughly six thousand followers of Zhang Guangmu.
• Tang Kaixuan challenged Zhang Guangmu, and Zhang Guangmu declared that Tang Kaixuan would die that day.
• Tang Kaixuan charged toward Zhang Guangmu at the head of his soldiers and ordered them to kill everyone.

Zhang Guangmu fought Tang Kaixuan while their armies clashed, and Tang Kaixuan’s preparation let him counter Zhang Guangmu’s demonic arts. After Tang Kaixuan lost his composure and attacked recklessly, Zhang Guangmu struck him with one palm and left the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Tang Kaixuan charged into Zhang Guangmu’s forces and killed several believers, helping Marquis Tang’s soldiers meet the first clash without breaking.
• Zhang Guangmu intercepted Tang Kaixuan, and the two exchanged saber and sword blows while Zhang Guangmu tried to provoke him with Debate Skill.
• Zhang Guangmu used Burning Demon’s flames and then Night Demon’s needles, but Tang Kaixuan survived both with countermeasures prepared using ghee and paper pulp.
• Tang Kaixuan explained how he had studied Zhang Guangmu’s immortal arts, then challenged him to use the Fox Demon’s ability as well.
• Tang Kaixuan grew furious when he sensed Zhang Guangmu’s hand-to-hand strength and committed to a desperate killing strike.
• Zhang Guangmu evaded Tang Kaixuan’s sword and slapped him, vaporizing him before he could finish speaking.

Zhang Guangmu captured Tang Kaixuan with the Town Evil Pendant, rallied his forces, and let Tang Lanshan kill him, freeing her from her ties to Marquis Tang's Mansion. He then went to the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments, where a white-robed man asked whether the Town Evil Pendant had been useful.

• Zhang Guangmu contained Tang Kaixuan in the Town Evil Pendant and announced his death, breaking the morale of Marquis Tang's soldiers.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted the surviving soldiers into his ranks or sent them to prison, then promised to teach his methods after the capital stabilized.
• Zhang Guangmu released the crippled Tang Kaixuan at the clinic, and Tang Lanshan killed him with Sky Toss before Zhang Guangmu cremated his body.
• Tang Lanshan fell asleep after severing her ties to Marquis Tang's Mansion, while Zhang Guangmu considered the unfinished mysteries surrounding the departments and Shang Guizang.
• Zhang Guangmu led his followers to the adjacent departments, where a middle-aged man in white asked whether his Town Evil Pendant was useful.

Shang Guizang revealed that he was Zhang Guangmu’s father and demanded that Zhang Guangmu take his name and inherit the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments. Zhang Guangmu rejected Shang Guizang’s view of the world and approached him, claiming he would restore his memories as Immortal Guizang.

• Shang Guizang introduced himself as the master of the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments and revealed that he was Zhang Guangmu’s father.
• Shang Guizang’s power caused Zhang Guangmu’s guards and commandants to collapse, and he told Zhang Guangmu to change his name to Shang Guangmu.
• Zhang Guangmu calmly mocked Shang Guizang by claiming that immortals existed and that Shang Guizang was his child.
• Shang Guizang rejected Zhang Guangmu’s claims and explained that the two departments wielded power beyond emperors and dynasties.
• Zhang Guangmu lifted the Town Evil Pendant, called Shang Guizang Immortal Guizang, and walked toward him, saying he would make him remember the truth.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Shang Guizang, who revealed that demons arose from human hearts and that the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments controlled population to limit them. After claiming his identity as the Great Sage, Teacher of the Virtuous, Zhang Guangmu declared his plan to unify the departments and spread demonic knowledge across Great Qian, before the world froze and flashed back to his first writing in the village.

• Shang Guizang explained that demons came from human hearts and that the departments regulated humanity's population to prevent demons from multiplying unchecked.
• Shang Guizang revealed that Zhang Guangmu was his son and offered him the future position of Department Master, but Zhang Guangmu rejected his claims and insisted he would help Shang recover his memories.
• Zhang Guangmu and Shang Guizang fought, with Zhang Guangmu using his greater Imperial Body Forging Technique mastery to withstand Shang's demonic powers.
• Shang Guizang became distracted by the Town Evil Pendant and Zhang Guangmu struck him down, leaving him kneeling and questioning who Zhang Guangmu was.
• Zhang Guangmu announced he would unify the departments, compile demonic knowledge into a book, and distribute it throughout Great Qian, then identified himself as the Great Sage, Teacher of the Virtuous.
• The world froze and flashed back to Zhang Guangmu writing, “Liufeng Guang Mu, I shall bring peace to all generations!”

After receiving an Excellent evaluation and his pay for The World Knows, Zhang Guangmu reunited with Li Xiaoxiao and Tang Lanshan. Tang Lanshan emerged with her old obsessions severed, while Zhang Guangmu revealed that he planned to write a book called My Crybaby Brother.

• Zhang Guangmu received an Excellent final evaluation for The World Knows and accepted 296 Dragon Shields in remuneration.
• Li Xiaoxiao congratulated Zhang Guangmu for defeating Tang Kaixuan, which eased Li Xiaoxiao’s worries about their team’s ranking in The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Tang Lanshan praised Zhang Guangmu and reflected that The World Knows had helped her let go of her resentment toward her estranged parents.
• Tang Lanshan decided to pursue her future with the Endless warship’s crew and planned to undergo Genetic Factor Micro-adjustment Surgery.
• Zhang Guangmu told Li Xiaoxiao and Tang Lanshan that he wanted to write a contemporary realist book titled My Crybaby Brother.

After The World Knows, Zhang Guangmu returned home and learned that practicing temporary abilities could cause lasting harm, while the Book of Acting strengthened his Imperial Body Forging Technique. He ended by inviting the group to stand with him on The Path of the Great Emperor.

• Li Xiaoxiao argued with Zhang Guangmu about Tang Kaixuan’s swordsmanship, then left after losing their verbal exchange.
• Tang Lanshan discussed Bloodline General Replacement Surgery with Zhang Guangmu and went to a major hospital.
• Xu Qianqiu praised Zhang Guangmu’s performance, condemned Tang Kaixuan, and explained that Shang Guizang trained alone inside the Infiltration Pod.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to Songmu cottage, reunited with Mooncake, and read warnings from the group against practicing abilities temporarily loaded in The World Knows.
• Zhang Guangmu recalled the Book of Acting’s warning about his lost calligraphy skill, updated the group announcement, and received the strengthening from Chapter 6 of Imperial Body Forging Technique.
• Zhang Guangmu invited the group members, except Qian Yiyuan and Cao Guan, to fight alongside him on The Path of the Great Emperor.

Zhang Guangmu gathered the Endless warship crew for their first full team-building banquet at Luo Zhuan’s home as they prepared to enter The Path of the Great Emperor. The gathering ended with Zhao Zhengrong urging Zhang Guangmu to take the film seriously and reminding him that his companions would support him.

• Zhang Guangmu invited the group to a team-building event at Luo Zhuan’s home, and everyone agreed to attend three days later.
• The members privately sent Zhang Guangmu money or offered to help with the gathering, and he arrived early with mooncakes to find everyone already waiting.
• Zhang Guangmu introduced Mooncake, whose fierce reaction stopped Chu Fan and Jiang Ling from petting it, before the crew began their banquet.
• During the meal, Zhang Guangmu saw news that Tang Kaixuan had received a ten-year prison sentence after his father’s death and changed the channel to preserve the gathering’s mood.
• Zhao Zhengrong told Zhang Guangmu to rely on his companions and take The Path of the Great Emperor seriously because success could benefit him for life.

Zhao Zhengrong warned Zhang Guangmu about the risks of The Path of the Great Emperor, but Zhang chose to face it without holding back. After gaining a new level in the Imperial Body Forging Technique and choosing a Seven Stars privilege for Mooncake, Zhang and his companions shared their ambitions for the coming event.

• Zhao Zhengrong cautioned Zhang Guangmu that The Path of the Great Emperor offered great benefits but could leave failures mentally and physically damaged.
• Zhang Guangmu gained one Usable Ability Point from the Book of Acting and raised his Imperial Body Forging Technique to rating 7, surpassing Sixty Year Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Guangmu chose a custom Infiltration Pod and a mysterious event ability for Mooncake as his Seven Stars privilege.
• Zhang Guangmu and his companions shared their goals, while Zhao Zhengrong wished for everyone to be treated gently by the world.
• Mooncake declared that it wanted Household 001 and Household 002 to stay together forever.

Zhang Guangmu prepared to enter the long-running Imperial Path production “Magic: Crossing Two Realms,” met fans and his teammates, and learned that Li Xiaoxiao was the brother of Princess Li Zhuyu. He and Mooncake entered their Infiltration Pod as filming began, leaving the story on the threshold of the Film World.

• Zhang Guangmu arrived at the production building with Mooncake and met Luo Zhuan and Zhang Jiujiu, who gave him two handmade collectible cards and wished him well.
• Zhang Guangmu joined Li Xiaoxiao and learned that the cast would experience ninety months in the Film World, while the production’s two transmigrators were Zhang Guangmu and Xia Lianshan.
• Li Xiaoxiao questioned Zhang Guangmu about his pain tolerance, and Zhang Guangmu joked about the Empire’s priorities and the privileges enjoyed by imperial family members.
• Li Xiaoxiao revealed that Li Zhuyu was his older sister, and Zhang Guangmu called him his good brother before teasing him about a proposed comic.
• Zhang Guangmu and Mooncake entered their Infiltration Pod, completed the connection process, and successfully infiltrated the Film World.

Zhang Guangmu woke in the Magic Empire with memories of being a Blue Star transmigrator, befriended a kitten he named Mooncake, and decided to explore the city. He was confronted by Fander Hua, who ordered his men to restrain Zhang Guangmu so he could chop off one of his hands.

• Zhang Guangmu received a Script Hint describing his need to survive and his wish to return to Blue Star with supernatural power.
• Zhang Guangmu shared dried meat with a tiny orange kitten, named it Mooncake, and ate the remaining food with it.
• Zhang Guangmu sensed strange particles in the air and found his body unusually strong, then set out to explore the city and look for his companions.
• Fander Hua confronted Zhang Guangmu over selling alchemy tools on his territory and ordered two lackeys to hold him down so he could cut off his hand.

Zhang Guangmu fought Fander Hua and his henchmen after Fander tried to seize Mooncake, then subdued Fander and demanded information about the city. The chapter ended with Fander given sixty breaths to tell him everything important or be killed.

• Fander Hua ordered Zhang Guangmu to hand over Mooncake in exchange for his life, but Zhang refused and demanded Fander's machete.
• Fander sent two henchmen to attack Zhang, who dodged their grabs and mocked their fighting skills.
• Zhang knocked one henchman unconscious with an elbow strike, while Mooncake's fierce stare stopped the other from attacking.
• Zhang took Fander's machete and held it to his neck, prompting Fander to surrender and offer three hundred copper coins.
• Zhang rejected the money and gave Fander sixty breaths to tell him everything important about the city or be killed.

Zhang Guangmu intimidated Fander Hua into revealing Mushroom City’s power structure and took him to retrieve his smartphone while pretending to be a noble from a magical family. As Fander Hua led him toward the Gun God Mercenary Group’s base, the group’s leader, Chu Fan, confronted them and declared Zhang Guangmu had trespassed on his turf.

• Zhang Guangmu threatened Fander Hua until he revealed that Mushroom City’s strongest mage was the city lord’s Chief Advisor and that a man called the King of Darkness controlled the underworld.
• Fander Hua disclosed that the King of Darkness was an ordinary person who relied on a powerful repeating alchemical weapon, and Zhang Guangmu ordered him to lead the way to the underworld boss.
• Zhang Guangmu claimed he had lost his belongings and persuaded Fander Hua to pay twenty copper coins to redeem his smartphone from the Slacker Alchemy Workshop.
• Fander Hua ordered a passerby to take an unconscious thug to the church, then retrieved Zhang Guangmu’s smartphone and led him toward the Gun God Mercenary Group’s base.
• Chu Fan arrived with armed men, recognized Zhang Guangmu as someone on his turf, and laughed at his audacity.

Chu Fan welcomed Zhang Guangmu into the Gun God Mercenary Group as its vice-leader just as the group clashed with the Comical Mercenary Group. The battle began with Chu Fan and Zhang Guangmu joining the fight, and ended with Chu Fan wounded by the rival leader’s alchemical firearm.

• Chu Fan felt an immediate bond with Zhang Guangmu and invited him to become his sworn younger brother, offering him half the Gun God Mercenary Group.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Chu Fan’s offer to make him vice-leader, while Moon introduced herself to Chu Fan.
• Chu Fan’s mercenaries encountered the approaching Comical Mercenary Group, and Chu Fan shot one of its members before the fight began.
• Zhang Guangmu insisted on fighting alongside Chu Fan, who praised his courage and agreed they would battle together.
• The Comical Mercenary Group’s leader shot Fander Hua in the chest, then aimed at Zhang Guangmu, but his shot struck Chu Fan’s arm instead.

Zhang Guangmu seized control of the battle between the Gun God Mercenary Group and the Comical Mercenary Group, killing their leader and bringing the survivors under control. After Chu Fan entrusted him with the mercenary group and headed off for treatment, Zhang Guangmu was left to pursue greater power in Mushroom City, though the floating Little White Balls warned that another contender might claim the City Lord’s position first.

• Zhang Guangmu picked up Chu Fan’s alchemical flintlock, killed the Comical Mercenary Group’s leader and several others, and forced both groups to surrender their weapons.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the defeated mercenaries tied up and recruited, bringing the Gun God Mercenary Group’s numbers to forty-four.
• Zhang Guangmu considered the coming conflict between Magic Star and Blue Star and resolved to build his strength quickly, while wondering whether Saint Mage Lux had already opened the spatial wormhole.
• Chu Fan entrusted Zhang Guangmu with managing the Gun God Mercenary Group while he went to the church for treatment, and told him the City Lord might be seeking a successor.
• The Little White Balls debated Zhang Guangmu’s chances of becoming City Lord and noted that Richard, an apparent Imperial Relative, might claim the position first.

Zhang Guangmu used promises of magic training to win over the Gun God Mercenary Group and led them to the City Lord’s mansion, where Richard challenged their right to enter. Li Xiaoxiao intervened and declared Zhang Guangmu and the mercenaries his guests.

• Zhang Guangmu reasoned that Mooncake had enhanced his magic talent and planned to build strength by recruiting the mercenaries before confronting Richard over Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu promised the forty-four mercenaries a chance to become Magic Apprentices, prompting both the old Gun God members and captured Comical members to pledge loyalty.
• Zhang Guangmu warned the mercenaries that he would show no mercy if they abandoned him or ruined his plans, then led them toward the City Lord’s mansion.
• The mansion guards let Zhang Guangmu and the mercenaries pass because of their numbers.
• Richard threatened to drive the group out, but Li Xiaoxiao rebuked him and declared that Zhang Guangmu and his men were his guests.