A Cultivator's state of mind is largely influenced by their chosen path. To put it simply, it's their values, which are tied to their environment and personality.
For example, Wang Ping's values would never allow him to sacrifice tens of thousands of innocent lives to increase his cultivation level. But this wasn't born from kindness—he possessed no such thing. In another situation, for instance, he might instigate a war between two factions of Cultivators to achieve his own ends, resulting in casualties far exceeding tens of thousands.
The events on Mozhou Road were the best proof of this.
This is human nature, full of contradictions, sanctimony, and hypocrisy. People can feel sincere grief over the tragic, undeserved deaths of a few, enough to shake their Dao Heart, yet they will also unhesitatingly order the start of a war, leading to the loss of even more lives.
