According to Hathaway, the divine artifact in Hercules' hands was only an inferior shell. The real power of the celestial object came from its core, which was not something mortals could manufacture.
"That is a wand. I think you have read about the description of the wand in other places." Hathaway stood at the window and told of these ancient secrets in a gentle voice. "But the wand itself is nothing but a shelf, used to bind the real core of the divine artifact, which the Olympians got from somewhere. The powerful core, an essence of the universe, could ruin the whole world. But Zeus and Athena had no idea how to control this power, so they used the dumbest way to make it into a weapon with a combination of red crystal, enchanted metal, and the core."
The mentioning of the core had aroused Hao Ren's curiosity. He could not help but ask, "How does the core look like?"