The Hong Clan's second leader, Hong Litao, was personally leading the expedition. He was a fourth-stage Soul Foundation Realm expert. Three other Soul Foundation Realm experts were with him as well, and the rest were Dragon Ascension Realm cultivators.

The Hong Clan had discovered the secret space when one of their Sovereigns, who was proficient in formations, discovered something unusual about the place. After some deductions, they confirmed that there was a secret space.

Of course, they had only found some clues regarding the secret space. They had yet to open it. Their plan was to report their findings to the Di Sect if they couldn't swallow the entire secret space for themse...