This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of Act IV, Scene 1 : "I am honored to meet you, king Wu. I must be Ziyajiang, right?" . In other words, he's the new king of China. He's in charge of the entire country. He tells the audience that he killed all of the "shang army" led by "wen zhong" . He also tells them that he has put a "magic formation" in the city of xiqi, and that once it's activated, the city gate will fall in one swoop. This is a big deal, because it means that the city will be totally destroyed. But then the king realizes that the magic formation has been weakened.