Although this is just an imprint, not the Changdi Venerable of the past, the imprint shaped by the memory of the Ancestral Dragon is by no means illusory, and they themselves are undeniably real, you could say they are 'the same but not the same flower'.
Of course, Changdi Venerable is also very aware that she is unlikely to defeat An Jing, because An Jing's soul has the entire Cave Heaven as backup energy against her, she is almost certainly going to lose, there is simply no chance for body seizing.
But, she doesn't need to win at all!
She only needs to make the attribute of An Jing's flesh as a 'Cave Heaven beacon' disappear for just an instant!
That moment of 'disconnection' would turn An Jing's flesh into water without a source.
And the sea of divine powers, driven by the imprints of all Heavenly Venerable together, would seize this opportunity to completely annihilate his flesh and banish An Jing's will outside the Zhaolin Realm!
