Ancestral God Gu Zheng stared unblinkingly at Cloud Lake, shrouded in white mist, his gaze filled with doubt and alarm.
As a seven-star ancestral god, Ancestral God Gu Zheng possessed exceptionally keen senses.
These battle fluctuations were faint.
But...
The energy they contained was terrifying.
Even Ancestral God Gu Zheng felt his heart tremble, as though he would surely die if he were caught in the heart of the battle.
When Ancestral God Gu Zheng first sensed these fluctuations, he immediately came out, assuming that powerful cultivators were fighting outside the Cloud Lake Star Region.
After all, the energy in these battle fluctuations was terrifying, yet the fluctuations themselves were faint, as though they had traveled from somewhere far, far away...
But only after carefully sensing them did he discover that these battle fluctuations had not come from outside the Cloud Lake Star Region.
He could not sense them from any other direction, and they were not coming from outside.
That left only one possibility.
Cloud Lake!
After sensing them carefully, Ancestral God Gu Zheng finally confirmed that the battle fluctuations were coming from within Cloud Lake.
"What's going on? Why are there battle fluctuations inside Cloud Lake? Did someone enter it? No, that doesn't make sense either. An ordinary ancestral god entering it couldn't possibly produce such terrifying battle energy."
"This battle energy is at least at the level of a seven-star ancestral god..."
Ancestral God Gu Zheng was filled with doubt and alarm.
The most unusual place in the Cloud Lake Star Region was Cloud Lake itself.
It was not a forbidden land.
Yet it was one in all but name!
"Commander!"
"Commander!"
In that brief instant, the other ancestral gods stationed in the Cloud Lake Star Region also sensed something amiss and hurriedly flew over.
Then