World’s Best Martial Artist

1324 The emperor’s true plan

Mentality will undergo a qualitative change at 100000 Hz.

For most powerhouses who had broken through 8 points, if their mentality had reached Fang Ping’s level, they would shatter the mentality gate and complete the qualitative change through the shattering of the mentality gate.

This was as difficult as a qualitative change in the origin.

Fang ping, on the other hand, touched his chin. ‘If I convert 100Cal of vitality, will it allow my mentality to complete a qualitative change?’

!!

If he could, he would be rich!

In reality, when faced with such a huge obstacle, the system was often useless.

As it turned out, the system was indeed useless.

The conversion could not be completed!

No matter how Fang ping pointed, roared, or thought, he could not complete this 1hz change.

Fang ping was prepared for this, so he did not mind.

Very quickly, Fang ping had completed this round of force conversion.

[Vitality: 5 million Cal (15 million)]

[Mentality: Mach 0 (99999Hz)]

[Force: 1000 origin (20000000 Cal vitality)]

He wasn’t able to convert all of it into force!

This time, the imbalance between mentality and vitality caused the conversion to be incomplete. However, the effect was actually the same.

With the help of the origin convergence technique, his blood and origin force had reached a balance, allowing them to exist together.

In other words, Fang Ping’s base vitality was as high as 25 million Cal.

Before that, after he had balanced out the conversion, he had reached a base of 14.8 million Cal.

This time’s transformation did not complete the double increase, mainly because his spiritual power was holding him back.

Even so, he had increased his base by 10 million Cal this time.

25 million Cal of vitality meant that Fang Ping’s physical body had completely broken through eight, and he was rapidly approaching breaking through two gates.

Now, it was up to how much the great Dao amplification could leave for him.

A 15% increase in combat techniques had already reached Fang Ping’s current limit. Unless he spent a lot of time cultivating combat techniques, this would be his current peak.

The rest would depend on the origin.

Fang ping installed Yuan gang’s main avenue.

This 100,000-meter wide path was compressed to only 800 meters. At this moment, because its origin was stronger, it was rapidly compressed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Fang ping watched without blinking, 700 meters, 600 meters …

“Damn it, leave some for me!”

Fang Ping’s heart ached. A great Dao that had broken through six levels was not tough enough. His own origin was too strong, directly crushing the great Dao until it kept shrinking.

If this continued, how much could he leave for himself?

BOOM!

The rumbling continued for a while. Very soon, a short great Dao appeared in front of Fang ping.

Fang ping was mentally exhausted. He had left so little. Yuan gang, that trash, was indeed trash. His great Dao was not strong enough at all.

Fang ping felt that if his Emperor’s path was still around, it would definitely be longer than this.

[Wealth: 200 billion points]

[Vitality: 5 million Cal (15 million)]

[Mentality: Mach 0 (99999Hz)]

[Force: 1000 origin (20000000 Cal vitality)]

[Jade bone: 99%(with vitality change)]

[Source world: 1099 meters]

[Combat technique: God-slaying saber technique (+15%)]

[Origin path: 25%(fake path)]

[Power control: 99%]

[Explosive limit: 34650000Cal/3500000Cal]

Another 250 meters!

The Heavenly King’s Avenue had shrunk from 800 meters to 250 meters. Fang ping felt that he was on par with an idiot.

His ultimate outburst was as high as 35 million Cal. In reality, it had already exceeded Fang Ping’s expectations. It was not bad. Although it did not reach the point of breaking nine, it had surpassed powerhouses who had broken the two gates and was moving towards the peak of breaking the two gates.

Another thing that Fang ping was excited about was the control of his strength!

As his origin Dao was being compressed, he became stronger and stronger. Previously, when he installed the origin, his control over his strength would decrease.

But now, it was still the same as before, 99%.

This meant that Fang ping had actually improved once again on the 99% path.

35 million Cal!

…

Fang ping raised his head and looked at the nine emperors seal that was still merging. He was looking forward to it. How much help could the nine emperors seal bring?

If it gave him another 10% increase, he would be close to the peak of breaking through eight, almost the same as those who had just broken through nine.

“Even if it can’t increase by 10%, according to the previous situation, it should at least increase by 5%.”

Fang ping did some mental calculations. In this case, he had really been strengthened to the extreme this time.

Their explosive power would exceed 35 million Cal!

Fortunately, he had seized the nine emperors seal. Otherwise, he would not have had the chance to complete such a great transformation.

“At the critical moment, if I burn my great Dao, I can actually still fight against breaking nine. But if I burn my great Dao, I don’t have any other great Dao. The duration is … Five minutes?”

Fang ping glanced at this short great Dao. It could only last five minutes at most.

In other words, he had five minutes of combat power to break nine.

After the burning of Dao, he could only rely on his Foundation and combat techniques. With a Foundation of 25 million and his combat techniques, he would have a burst of nearly 29 million, which was the level of breaking two gates.

“If I don’t rely on the great Dao, I’ll break the second gate and the great Dao will continue. I’ll have about 35 million. If I burn the great Dao, I’ll probably be able to break nine!”

…

Fang ping made a judgment and had an idea.

“If my mentality undergoes a qualitative change and reaches 200000 Hz, I should be able to break 9!”

Fang ping calculated again. His vitality was 15 million, and his mentality was 200000. If converted to origin force, it would be 1750 units, which was equivalent to 35 million Cal of vitality.

He was afraid that he could no longer use his great Dao, but the amplification of his combat techniques should still be there.

With this calculation, the limit could reach 40.25 million Cal!

“Fleshly body breaking through nine!”

Fang Ping’s eyes were shining!

He could break nine with his physical body!

The premise was to complete the last 1hz mentality transformation. This way, he would not need to use the origin and his physical body would directly break 9!

“Mentality Metamorpho…Mentality is short by 1hz!”

This was definitely a huge hurdle. Fang ping knew this in his heart.

In the Three Realms, according to what Fang ping knew, there were only five people who had completed the transformation of their mentality, including Cang Mao, Feng, Hong Yu, the God forger, and Huan.

The others, including the Heavenly King, did not have it before.

Heavenly King of suppression … Fang ping was not sure if there was one now.

Shi po was getting closer, because he had been walking on the path of mental power.

In the vast three realms, other than the nine emperors and four Emperors, there were many experts. However, only five of them had completed the transformation of their spiritual power. From this, one could see how difficult it was to transform one’s spiritual power.

This stupid cat, it couldn’t even explain how it had transformed.

“My spiritual power has transformed. I can break nine!”

“In addition, my physical body is still lacking the Jade body, and the true Blood hasn’t spread all over my body.”

Previously, Fang ping had thought that he had no other way out. Now that he thought about it, there was actually a way out.

Not only that … Fang ping narrowed his eyes and looked at one of the statistics.

The source world, 1099 meters.

Could it be that the source world could continue to expand?

However, according to the situation of the great Dao of origins, the next time it would give him benefits would probably be 2000 meters.

The 1000-meter run was already driving Fang ping crazy, let alone the 2000-meter run.

……

Fang ping let out a long breath!

35 million, that’s enough!

And now, there were very few people in the Three Realms who could match him.

There were many powerhouses who broke the two gates, but the only one Fang ping was not confident in was actually the old Heavenly King.

In addition, underworld God, who was at the beginner stage, might also be close to this level.

“Heavenly King suppression, underworld God … Heavenly Star?”

Fang ping was not too sure. According to everyone’s previous analysis, the captain of the cat guards had not actually reached this level, not to mention that he had just recovered.

However, the other party could suppress a beginner martial stage expert in the heavenly tomb, so he might be stronger than expected.

In addition, there was also the rumored fist God among the beginner martial stage powerhouses. He should be the top powerhouse among the suppressed ones, no weaker than underworld God.

At this moment, Fang ping no longer looked at the origin.

It was the Three Realms!

“The Heavenly King suppression has probably broken through nine, so this old thing shouldn’t be counted! That’s me, underworld God, fist God, Tian Chen …”

Fang ping did some mental calculations. Only these three were on par with his combat strength.

Old ghosts who broke nine, go away!

He should be able to rank in the top five among the eight powerhouses of the Three Realms breaker.

As for the shifter Emperor and Hongkun, unless they were hiding their strength, they would have an outburst of around 32 million Cal.

Feng, on the other hand, had only broken through one door. He was still a little short of breaking through the second door. Perhaps he could break through the door of life after he got out. Right now, he was on par with Fang ping, who did not need to use his great Dao.

As for the others, no one could compare to Fang ping.

‘As for God forgers … It should be more than 30 million Cal. It’s mainly because this old guy cheated with his divine weapon, bone armor.

……

Having made it this far, Fang ping was truly confident!

At this point, his opponents were no longer powerhouses of the same level.

It was those who had broken nine, those emperors!

BOOM!

Fang ping opened his eyes and got up. His eyes were like the sun, bursting with divine light. With a glance, he directly pierced through the cangmao’s mentality barrier and instantly cast his gaze to the opposite side.

The one standing opposite him was the divine Smith.

At this moment, the divine Smith and Fang ping looked at each other. Suddenly, their eyes stung.

A huge wave was set off in his heart!

What was his strength?

Although he had yet to break through the two gates, he was definitely an expert on the same level as Hongkun and the others when he forged his Jade bones and combined them with the divine tool bone armor.

Now, however, he was actually intimidated by Fang ping.

What was Fang Ping’s strength?

Breaking nine?

The divine Smith was in disbelief and didn’t want to believe it. How was this possible?

The last time they met, this fellow had only broken through six. Why had he surpassed him now?

Did I sense it wrong?

……

As soon as Fang ping stood up, the gray cat also dispersed the mentality blocking him.

Fang ping picked up the gray cat casually and placed it on his shoulder. The gray cat that he had thought was heavy before was now just average.

At this moment, Fang ping looked around again. Everyone was also looking at him in silence.

Oppressive!

Yes, when Fang ping looked at them again, they felt oppressed and invaded.

Fang ping used to be very arrogant, but that domineering sense of invasion, as if he was going to kill you in the next moment, was something he had never felt before.

Now, he had one!

Even the Dao tree that had broken nine narrowed its eyes and smiled.”Congratulations to fellow Daoist Fang for improving your strength! This way, the hope of breaking through is even greater!”

Fang ping said calmly,”it’s nothing. I barely broke through eight before. Now, I’ve just stabilized my realm!” Breaking eight … Is nothing to you. ”

After Fang ping said that, he laughed lightly.”But don’t push me too hard. If you push me too hard, it’s not like I can’t fight those who break the two gates!”

“Break eight!”

When they heard Fang ping admit that he had broken through eight, everyone was still in shock.

There were also differences between broken eight.

For example, the current king Qian, Lizhu, and Luan …

These guys all said that they had broken through 8%, but it wasn’t stable. The door wasn’t broken, and if they didn’t break it, even if they broke through 8% at the last moment, they wouldn’t be considered to have broken through 8%.

Only when they got out and broke the door successfully would they be considered to have broken eight.

As for Fang ping, if he said that his realm was stable now, it was clear that he could really display the strength of over eight points with every strike.

Besides, this guy never told the truth.

Who knew what was going on with him?

……

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Fang ping smiled and said,”What are you all looking at me for? If we don’t act now, the rule force in this place will recover, and the emperors who disappeared before will have disappeared in vain!”

Everyone looked at each other, and the Dao tree said in a low voice,””Summon the North Emperor!”

It had been delayed for a long time because of Fang Ping’s matter.

However, without seeing Fang Ping’s actual strength, no one was in the mood to summon him. Although they still could not tell, at least they had a rough idea.

The operation to summon the North Emperor had begun.

……

The Heavenly King floated in front of Fang ping like a ghost.

After staring at Fang ping for a while, he chuckled and said,”Kid, you broke the second gate?”

“It’s not like that. How can it be that simple!”

Fang ping laughed.”When I exploded earlier, I burned my great Dao. If I didn’t burn it, I’d only be able to break through to the seventh peak.”

“Really?”

“Of course!”

Fang ping said helplessly,”breaking the two gates has an outburst of 30 million Cal. Before I came in, my outburst was less than 10 million Cal. I can’t improve that quickly even if I wanted to.”

Heavenly King Zhen touched his chin.”You’re not lying to me?”

“How is that possible?”

“If I told you to hide your strength last time, would you tell me your full strength?”

“Of course. Aren’t you my Godfather?”

“Of course I won’t hide it,” Fang ping said with a serious face.

“I always felt that you wouldn’t tell the truth.”

Heavenly King Zhen muttered and quickly said,””Be careful. Even if you really break the second gate, don’t break the ninth so quickly! If you break nine, you’ll be in big trouble!”

Fang ping laughed.”How can it break nine? that’s too far away from me. 40 million Cal, going up by tens of millions. Do you really think I’m a pervert!”

“Aren’t you?”

“You’re already eight,” heaven suppression King cursed.”Aren’t you?” Don’t you know? Do you want me to say it for you? I’ve only been cultivating for three years, and I’ve already broken through eight!”

Even he was a little annoyed by what he said, and the more he thought about it, the more jealous he became. He snorted,””Don’t be so smug. They’re just trying to trick you. You’re just a puppet. You’ll be killed in a few days. I’ll be waiting to see you make a fool of yourself!”

Fang ping narrowed his eyes and laughed,”Godfather, could it be my Grandmaster who killed me?”

“What?”

“Sun god!”

Fang ping chuckled.”We’re all family. There’s no such thing, right?”

Heavenly King Zhen frowned and snorted after a while.”Don’t think too much. Master has thought about reaching the Emperor realm at the beginner level. Who doesn’t have some ambition after cultivating to this level?” However, to say that he would do anything to you … That would not be to the extent.

You’d better be careful of the celestial Thearch …”

“Why?”

Heavenly King Zhen hesitated for a moment before saying,””Kid, you walk the path of equilibrium, right?”

“It can be considered so.”

Heavenly King Zhen hesitated for a moment,”actually, I’ve always felt that your role is not to take over or replace. To be honest, at our level of cultivation, would we give up on the physical body that we’ve cultivated so hard?”

Fang ping frowned and said in a low voice,”then you mean …”

“Supplement!”

Heavenly King Zhen only had one word.

Fang Ping’s heart skipped a beat!

Heavenly King Zhen squinted his eyes.”Do you understand now?”

Fang Ping’s heart was in turmoil. Nonsense, of course he understood!

“There are some things that I didn’t tell you before, but I’m sure you know about them. That place really had a hole! The three emperors might be used to nurture and fill in the gaps, and it might not be just the three emperors, but also the East Emperor!”

“What?” heaven suppression King laughed coldly.”Can strength or balance fill the hole?” Or perhaps, the three of them together could fill up the hole! If it doesn’t work, donghuang will try to throw it in. If it doesn’t work, get another fellow that is completely balanced and throw it in to try. Maybe it will be repaired!”

“……”

Fang Ping’s eyes flickered.

He had been thinking about possession.

Fusion.

However, after thinking about it carefully, after cultivating to the level of breaking nine or even the Emperor realm, was he willing to give up his own body and everything to possess someone else?

If it were him, he would not be willing.

Heavenly King Zhen continued,”other than this possibility, there’s a second possibility. The one who’s mending the hole can’t leave anymore and needs a suitable body. He wants to escape and threw his body there to mend the hole.”

However, he needs a body that can give him great power. Yours is suitable!”

Fang Ping’s eyes were cold and sharp.

The celestial Emperor!

It was either he would be thrown to mend the hole, or his own body would need to be mended. The celestial Thearch needed a perfect body, so of course, his body would be the most suitable!

Balance and power had little to do with the origin, so they would not be greatly limited.

This was Fang ping!

The Heavenly King continued,”kid, your strength was average in the past, I couldn’t be bothered to say much …”

BOOM!

A deafening sound rang out as the sky was split open. The North Emperor descended.

Heavenly King Zhen took a glance and didn’t pay much attention to it. He continued,””Don’t worry about them. I’ve been thinking about a problem. The East Emperor was actually more suitable to fill the hole than the three emperors. However, the East Emperor might still be alive, but the three emperors are dead …”

Fang ping said coldly,”donghuang suggested using the three emperors to fill in the hole. I was thinking that this guy was ruthless. Now, it seems that he’s saving himself?”

When donghuang had proven his way, the three powers were not balanced and he was just a little off.

Was he really unable to do it, or was he doing it intentionally?

Did donghuang already know something?

Therefore, he had deliberately given up!

The three emperors were all Gokudo Masters. It was more suitable for the three Gokudo Masters to fill in the hole than for an unbalanced guy like him. Perhaps the effect would be better.

If that was the case, donghuang must have been prepared.

In fact, the celestial Thearch might have wanted to use donghuang to fill the hole in the beginning.

At the thought of this, Fang ping frowned.”His clone appeared before and incited old Wang to destroy the three gates at once …”

Fang Ping’s expression darkened.”Could it be that he’s targeting old Wang and wants to have one more backup?”

“It’s possible!”

Heaven suppression King sighed.”Zhan Tiandi was said to be the disciple of the Three Sovereigns. In fact, he learned the most from donghuang. He also walked the path of balance of donghuang.” Zhan’s talent was outstanding and extremely terrifying. Perhaps donghuang had thought of this back then, to have Zhan replace him and become the person to patch the hole.

However, in the end, the battle didn’t reach the point where the three powers were balanced. ”

Heavenly King Zhen thought for a while and said,”so, what you said is possible. Wang Jinyang might be one of his choices. Even if he can’t patch the hole, he can still patch the hole he left behind after he escaped.”

The nine emperors were actually all trapped.

Each of their origins was filling up a crack.

Donghuang had nurtured old Wang, perhaps to make up for the loopholes after he left.

Fang Ping’s eyes sharpened again.”The Emperor of heaven reverse cultivated Hongkun. He must have taken some of the energy source. When he left, he needed an expert in the way of energy to fill in the gap. The Emperor of heaven reverse chose Hongkun!

The human Emperor’s qi and blood are powerful, so he might need a powerhouse with a more powerful qi and blood to fill the hole after he left. Who’s going?”

Fang ping looked at the Heavenly King suppression!

He gritted his teeth and said,”me or old Zhang?” No, I might be a backup plan for the celestial Emperor, but old Zhang … Is a candidate for the human Emperor?”

When Heavenly King Zhen heard him say this, he sighed,””You’ve already guessed it …”

Fang Ping’s face darkened,”I finally understand!” There were several flags in the Three Realms. There were the arrangements made by the celestial Thearch and the nine emperors! Everyone hoped to cultivate an expert who could replace them, at least with the strength to break through nine or even become a sovereign.

The Dao tree … Was it the divine Emperor’s arrangement?”

“It should be,”

Fang ping matched them one by one in his heart.

The divine Emperor, the Dao tree.

Donghuang, or old Wang, might have other arrangements.

There were actually many powerhouses who could be chosen for the path of qi and blood, and the chances of the human Emperor were very high. 𝑶𝚟𝓁xt.𝗇𝓔t

Emperor Nan, the origin returning technique … Damn it, the origin returning technique might not be a good thing. Perhaps Emperor Nan’s avatar also hoped to find a replacement, and he might have caught the eye of Emperor Nan.

The Western Emperor was an expert in the path of mental energy. Previously, the divine inheritor said that the Western Emperor was willing to work with him, which meant that he had his eyes on the divine inheritor.

The North Emperor’s physical body was strong, and he might even be able to forge Jade bones. Yue Ling had been forging Jade bones all this time, so he couldn’t be targeting his daughter, right?

“The human Emperor was so angry earlier and descended directly … Could it be that the human Emperor’s target was actually a Weapon Master from the start?”

Fang ping was suspicious.

If that was the case, the human Emperor’s arrival would explain what happened that day.

“Spirit Emperor … Who has the spirit Emperor taken a fancy to?”

Fang ping suddenly looked at the gray cat, who was still yawning on his shoulder. Fang ping frowned. The spirit Emperor had said that he could go to the ninth heaven to find her after breaking the ninth heaven. Could it be that he had taken a fancy to the gray cat?

Not necessarily!

There might be other alternatives.

For every Emperor, there would definitely be a candidate to replace him.

At this moment, Fang ping really felt that he had seen through some of the general trend of the Three Realms.

He had seen through some of the emperor’s arrangements!

They would let someone become the Emperor, let someone replace them, let them escape, seize the seed, transcend, and no longer be subject to the Three Realms!

“Beast Emperor … This guy might have taken a fancy to the demon Thearch.”

“If I kill the demon Thearch, the beast Emperor might come.”

“The Emperor … Is ruthless!”

Fang ping snorted softly. The Three Realms were a game of chess, and they were all chess pieces. The nine emperors would place their own pieces.

He was creating an era of becoming an Emperor, a chance to become an Emperor!

There was more than one person who had become an Emperor.

Other than the king of earth, eight more would be needed. No, the heaven reverse Emperor would need eight more. He might have already proven his way to the origin. Nine more would be needed to replace them.

The emperors all knew what they were doing, so they needed a great era!

That was why they were cooperating!

That was why they had gathered the experts of the Three Realms from all eras in this generation, making them fight, fight, and become sovereign.

Fang ping narrowed his eyes. Heavenly King Zhen sighed softly. “Didn’t you want to know why mo Wen sword was in despair? He might not have felt despair after seeing those memories, but he knew … That he was actually just a substitute for one of them. ”

Fang Ping’s pupils shrank!

At this moment, he suddenly understood, he really understood!

Mo Wen sword might not have given up hope because the great Dao of origin was trapped in the celestial source. Many people had seen this scene, but how many people were truly in despair?

Mo Wen sword knew who was scheming against him!

It wasn’t a title, it wasn’t anyone else, it was an Emperor.

He might have already known who it was, so he was in despair. He felt that he could not escape, so he wanted to escape from all of this.

To be a chess piece for life!

At the last moment, he was truly free.

“Who’s substitute is he?”

Heavenly King Zhen shook his head,”he is skilled in the Dao of qi and blood, and there are quite a few people who are skilled in this. The human Emperor, North Emperor, beast Emperor, South Emperor, and spirit Emperor are all possible candidates. He must have discovered something and knew everything, which is why he chose to reincarnate. He hopes to walk the renhuang path and escape from all of this.”

Fang ping gritted his teeth.”What about you?”

“Me?”

Heavenly King Zhen chuckled,”I don’t care what they’re planning. I won’t become the Emperor even if I’m beaten to death. What else can I do?” You little rascal … In any case, it’s either breaking nine or becoming an Emperor that’s unlucky! Someone will definitely ambush you in the origin!”

“You really know a lot!”

Fang ping snorted. The Heavenly King of suppression laughed.”You were so weak before, why would I tell you? Mo Wen sword knew, but what was the result? In the end, he chose to die!

You’re only at this level. I felt that if I didn’t tell you, you might be killed, so I chose to tell you!”

“Do the others know?”

Fang ping looked at the broken eight on the other side. Heavenly King Zhen pondered for a while and said,”I probably don’t know, but …”

After thinking for a while, Heavenly King Zhen laughed,”some people might have some guesses in their hearts. For example, Hongyu. Back then, he was killed because of his own scheme! Otherwise, with his strength, he would not have died so easily.

Also, these two brothers might be singing a duet, so be careful!

Hongyu’s earth Emperor divine dynasty had collapsed because of Hongkun. Based on the situation back then, Hongyu had a chance to vindicate Dao.

However, they were all ruined by Hongkun. These two brothers … Don’t think that they’re really going against each other. ”

“Then why do you all want to become Emperor now?”

“Timing!”

Heavenly King Zhen laughed,”we’re all waiting for the right time. Previously, if there were only a few of them, they might not be able to fight against those guys. However, if there are many of them, there’s hope!”

Besides, the Dao tree is trying it out now. Do you really think everyone doesn’t know?

They were all waiting to see what would happen to the Dao tree!

Then, we’ll use this to determine how we should proceed in the future, whether we should give up on cultivation or continue to cultivate to become a sovereign. ”

“You say it as if it’s very simple to become Emperor.”

Fang ping was speechless. Heavenly King Zhen laughed,”don’t say that. Just you wait! The day the celestial realm wall is broken, it will be the day the Three Realms break eight and become emperors. What do you think?

Do you really think that the celestial boundary is a barrier?

Wrong!”

Heavenly King Zhen said in a deep voice,”that is the barrier that separates the origin from the Three Realms!” Why was it not called the barrier between the earth and the human world, but the boundary wall between heaven and man? that was because the human world represented the Three Realms, while the heaven represented the origin and the nine Heavens!

Once the celestial realm wall is broken, the great Dao will be right in front of you. You have to go, even if you don’t want to!”

Fang ping inhaled again. This was forcing the powerhouses to vindicate their Dao!

The nine emperors had been waiting for such an opportunity!

No wonder they destroyed the Dao tree to vindicate Dao. It was not to prevent the Dao tree, but to prevent the Emperor from escaping.

This also meant that … The Emperor God would definitely place great importance on this!

Fang Ping’s eyes flickered. The divine Emperor’s attention meant that the other sovereigns would not agree to it. This time, there was an opportunity for him to take advantage of.