Intents works depending on one's capability and understanding of a person, it's like a branch of cultivation, where, the more profound one understood and can fight with their mastery, can they exert from it!
Basically, intents are spoken here are the dao of weapon mastery, as one reaches a higher realm, the more they can be used mentally.
As one comprehends a style to greater heights, even knowledge, experience, and the art itself can be used to fight!
With Mo Xie's skills over weapon mastery and his physique's capabilities in unleashing them, he can exert his powers upon others.
The first level of weapon mastery is intent, the second is energy, and the third is core, something Xuan Yuan wanted to pursue.
But Mo Xie already reached the 5th stage, after the core is divine, and at the 5th stage is the Origin.