Zhou Wen only tried his best to maintain the situation. He didn't wish for the vine sword intent to turn the tables. He only wanted to stall for time so that he could see the profundity between intangibility and corporeality.
However, sword intent was something ethereal to begin with. It could only be sensed, not seen or touched.
Even inside Zhou Wen's body, he could only sense the sword intent changing his body, but he still couldn't see it.
It has a powerful influence, but I can't see or touch it. This feeling is somewhat similar to something I'm familiar with. Zhou Wen thought about what it was.
After some thought, Zhou Wen thought of what the sword intent was similar to.
The thing Zhou Wen thought of was deities that humans worshiped. However, on careful thought, deities and sword intents could be considered one and the same thing. They were fantasies derived from human thoughts.