Tian Lingzi
Emperor Yizong died later in 873 and was succeeded by his young son Emperor Xizong. As both the powerful eunuch Tian Lingzi and the chancellor Zheng Tian believed Wang to be capable, Wang was soon recalled to serve as "Zuo Pushe" (), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, "Shangshu Sheng"), and in 876 was restored to the chancellorship with the designation of "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" as well as the title of "Menxia Shilang" (), to assist dealing with the deepening crises of multiple agrarian rebellions, the largest of which were led by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, who by that point had merged their armies.