The information was unclear and seemed to be about the union between the Five Generation Sky Clan and the Senate. However, once the news spread, the Five Generation Sky Clan and the Senate immediately stepped forward to deny it. They did so in identical manners, by saying that they respected each other and anticipated their future collaboration, but that now wasn't the right time for them to form a union.
Words like these could fool outsiders, but to the cultivators within the Five Generation Sky Clan system, such news wouldn't spread without reason. It was very likely that the Five Generation Sky Clan and the Senate were really discussing with each other regarding their collaboration. It was also very possible that they purposely leaked the news to test the waters and to see how others would react.