Back to the present...
=In simple terms milord, aether armor is the embodiment of one's "creed", which mortal cultivators like you can condense because it's not normally present, but the kaijin can't do that because...=
'Huh...okay...that explains some things.'
For the first time in a while, Zhen Liu actually accepted an explanation without thinking about it further...well, not think about it too much.
The kaijin were technically made of stuff that made up the heart and aether cultivation seemed to be about taking facets of the heart and giving them shape...huh...
'Wait, does that mean the forms of the kaijin...are what their source people would look like if they reached the Grand Master stage?'
=No.=
'Oh...'