Back during the Taibai Dispute, Fang Xiao had only just obtained the Ascension Platform. At the time, he was merely at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
Although he had already acquired the Great Five Elements Heavenly Heart Art, he had not formally begun cultivating it.
Not to mention that only after mastering it would he have been able to come into contact with Dao Tracks. He had known absolutely nothing of their existence.
Thus, there had been no possibility of him detecting the space Dao Track Projection within the Ascension Platform.
Afterward, the Ascension Platform had remained stored within the Tianlan Sect. Only when he returned to the sect after reaching Spirit Transformation and saw it again did he discover the mystery hidden inside.
Yet he had not taken it to heart at the time. After all, the Ascension Platform was used to open an Ascension Channel and help cultivators ascend to the Spirit Realm. It was only natural for it to contain a space Dao Track Projection.
Otherwise, even an existence comparable to a Spirit Treasure could not possibly bridge the two realms.
Naturally, this also explained why the crafting of an Ascension Platform required a Void Refining Stage cultivator.
Not only were the materials extraordinarily rare, but the space Dao Track Projection within was equally indispensable.
Leaving aside how one might acquire such materials, Dao Track Projections alone were not something Deity Transformation Stage cultivators of the lower realm could easily come into contact with—especially space Dao Track Projections.
This was why, despite the Taichang Realm clearly possessing the method to craft them, not a single Ascension Platform had been forged in the Taichang Realm.
Every one that had survived had been brought down from the Spirit Realm by the founding ancestors of the various sects.
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