 In winter 886, after the imperial officials further urged him to take the throne, Li Yun did so.He offered Emperor Xizong, in exile, the title of retired emperor ("Taishang Huang").Meanwhile, though, by this point, Tian Lingzi had abandoned his powerful post as the commander of the Shence Armies (神策軍) and sent himself to Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan) as its eunuch monitor of the army — as his older brother, Chen Jingxuan, was Xichuan's military governor.