There was a story of uncertain truth that revealed what a Talisman Treasure was. Long ago, there lived a human Golden Core cultivator. In his youth, he had suffered various hidden injuries that damaged his foundation, making it nearly impossible to raise his cultivation level any further.
So, without lingering regrets, he abandoned the pursuit of the Immortal Path and resolved instead to provide for the generations after him. He secured a territorial base for his family and raised his children.
He also poured practically every last asset he possessed into commissioning a single Talisman Treasure from a Grandmaster of the Dao of Talismans, and then nurtured it for a full hundred years. A hundred years passed, and as his end drew near, the archenemy of his past came seeking him out.
His enemy’s cultivation was at the middle-stage Golden Core, and he was still in the prime of his life. Outmatched in cultivation level and with his vital energy already deteriorated beyond remedy, he had no strength left to oppose his old foe.
Just when it seemed the effort of a hundred years would turn to nothing, as if he had been waiting for exactly this moment, he produced the Talisman Treasure he had so painstakingly cultivated. And with that… it was over.