As a mountain dweller and a cultivator without a Master, he held no reverence for life. As for killing a million people, he truly had no concept of it. It merely meant a lot of people.
As for being cruel-hearted, that was not entirely true. Those who could have softened his heart no longer existed. What did anyone else have to do with him?
Back home, it was mainly because the Imperial Court still had quite a few Masters, and the Martial Arts World would not tolerate a murderous fiend acting freely everywhere. Moreover, society was stable now, with few wars each year, so not many people died.
That was why he decided not to remain in the country and instead turned his attention abroad. After investigating the neighboring countries, he arrived in the Khmer region.
There were many countries in this area, with large populations. Small nations stood side by side, fragmented and divided, with no unified country.
Being small meant there was room to maneuver. With so many neighboring small nations divided and fractured, there was plenty of excuse for war. They were foreigners anyway, so killing them posed no problem. Wars over territory, especially, would surely bring massive slaughter.
Zu Liming felt that in just a few years, he might gather enough blood to grow the Blood Domain Demonic Vine Flower.
Of course, even if it was not enough, that would not be a problem. There were other places, especially A San, which had fallen into chaos after the Gupta Dynasty collapsed. That place was full of people!
Thus, he went straight to Khmer and found the heir of a small Khmer nation. He directly killed him, then became the heir himself.
It did not matter that their appearances differed. He merely needed to use illusion runes