Ninety-seven ancient stars, transformed from the Star Guardians, now shone like the brightest pearls in the night sky, radiating an astonishingly dazzling starlight.

They gradually approached Zhou Xingdou in an inexplicable way, as if drawn by an invisible force.

As the distance closes, these stars begin to shrink, but their light becomes increasingly intense.

In this magnificent scene, the sky and earth are filled with endless starlight, like the flowing Milky Way, a sight to behold.

These starlight, like nimble sprites, danced lightly, flowing into Zhou Xingdou's body along with the ancient stars.

Zhou Xingdou's body was like a giant container, holding this powerful and mysterious energy. Each star seemed to carry the sedimentation of time and endless mysteries, merging into his body.

At the same time, Ling Sanqiu also noticed Zhou Xingdou's actions, but he still did not stop Zhou Xingdou, only looking at Zhou Xingdou's actions with a mocking expression.

Beneath the towering Nine Heavens Peak, an extremely dark and ominous crack was constantly expanding and surging, eventually opening completely to form an enormous black hole.

In an instant, countless terrifying and ominous black mists surged out like a flood bursting its banks, quickly spreading and enveloping the entire world.

These black mists seemed to have a life of their own; they churned and twisted, emanating a chilling aura.

At this moment, a strange change suddenly occurred around Zhou Xingdou!

Just as he was fully focused on receiving the continuous influx of Star Guardian and Star Power, a figure quietly appeared behind him.

This person was none other than Fang Daokun, who had been eagerly awaiting his opportunity! He held up the rune that exuded a mysterious and dark aura in his hand, a ferocious smile on his face.

In an instant, the dark rune suddenly shone with a deep black light like the ocean, and struck straight at Zhou Xingdou's back!

At this point, even though Daoist Tianhui and Daoist Tiancong discovered Fang Daokun's sudden attack, it was too late; they had no time to come to his aid.

But Zhou Xingdou remained unmoved. Even when he noticed the fluctuations behind him, he remained extremely calm, because at that moment, the last of the ninety-seven ancient stars that the Star Guardians had transformed into merged into Zhou Xingdou's body.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

In that instant, it seemed as if the entire starry sky trembled, and in the endless wilderness far beyond the nine heavens, stars suddenly shone with extreme brilliance.

Zhou Xingdou's aura also surged to its peak at that moment, becoming profound and vast, as if connected to the entire universe and stars.

The dark runes that had been unstoppable and powerfully hurtling towards Zhou Xingdou suddenly stopped in mid-air, as if restrained by an invisible hand.

Before Fang Daokun could react, the dark runes that had once stood firm against two Creation Venerables without flinching suddenly seemed to lose their support, disintegrating into countless fragments in an instant.

Immediately afterward, Fang Daokun felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he was horrified to find a spear, brimming with destructive power, piercing his body. This spear contained boundless destructive force, raging and surging within him like a raging torrent.

Even his own unpredictable power was unable to withstand the onslaught of this destructive force.

This scene left the Taoist priests Tianhui and Tiancong speechless with shock. They had fought together for half a day without success, and Fang Daokun had even managed to seize an opportunity to severely injure them both, yet he had fallen just like that!

The destructive spear was so fast that they couldn't even see where it came from or where it was launched from.

Ling Sanqiu paid no attention to Fang Daokun, who was being enveloped and torn apart by the power of destruction. Instead, he looked at the dazzling starlight and revealed an amused expression:

"Interesting, junior disciple. You actually have such tricks up your sleeve. I really underestimated you, hahaha..."

Just then, the starlight gradually faded, and Zhou Xingdou's figure slowly emerged, but he seemed somewhat unfamiliar to everyone.

His entire body was covered with mysterious and ancient pale purple patterns, which exuded an indescribable aura.

Ninety-seven ancient stars emanated boundless imperial might that overwhelmed the world, yet they quietly revolved and combined around the Zhou Xing Dou constellation, seemingly simulating some kind of supreme formation.

However, what was most astonishing was Zhou Xingdou's eyes, which had now transformed into a brilliant starry sky, as if containing the ultimate mystery.

Between his brows, a silver-purple vertical line shimmered with an extremely majestic divine power, making everything in the world heavy and almost suffocating.

Ling Sanqiu's brows furrowed slightly, but he still looked at Zhou Xingdou with curiosity and said:

"Is this your trump card? Logically speaking, even if those ninety-seven people merged with you, they shouldn't have been able to push you to this point."

Zhou Xingdou just looked at Ling Sanqiu coldly. Now he could only rely on himself, not on anyone else.

The Star Guardians possess the ability to possess bodies, or rather, they were established to provide power to Zhou Xingdou.

However, in the past, there was neither an opportunity nor a need to use Zhou Xingdou.

Because this is not without cost, although the cost is not borne by him but by Xingyouwei, Zhou Xingdou is still somewhat reluctant to use it.

But now he has no choice but to use it, even though not all 108 members of the Star Guard have gathered yet, and eleven of them are monitoring Yun Jinzhi at the Lin residence, so even if she possesses him, she cannot achieve a perfect state.

There was really no other way. Even though he tried his best to delay, he couldn't wait for the change to happen. So he had to be the change himself.

Of course, he also had to thank Ling Sanqiu, whose threatening words had angered him and stirred up a trace of the power of the myriad stars hidden within Zhou Xingdou's body.

Otherwise, even with ninety-seven Star Guardians possessing him, he could only reach the Dao Venerable level of power at most.

This also allowed Zhou Xingdou to control a wisp of the great power of the stars in the heavens, which was triggered by his rage. Although it was not comparable to the power he had when he fought Tianjizi, he could withstand a wisp of power while he was possessed by Xingyouwei, without having to pay such a terrible price.

He cannot truly control the immense power of the stars within his body. If he wants to use it normally, he can only do so by fully activating it, and even then, it may not work.

Now, the slightest hint of power ignited by his rage is enough, because although Zhou Xingdou is still unsure of his true strength, judging from the imperial might emanating from the ninety-seven ancient stars surrounding him, he probably has the power to fight a quasi-emperor.