People were different, and the desires hidden in the deepest recesses of their hearts were different as well. Perhaps the vision most people cultivated for—or rather, the ultimate desire driving their cultivation—was to demand immortality... to thirst for invincibility in this world... to suppress every enemy beneath the heavens. And these three, in truth, subtly corresponded to fate, qi, and nature.
The three held no distinction of high or low. Yet from the people you had seen, those with firm Willpower and powerful Dao Hearts often possessed, to some extent, all three desires. For the sake of those greater desires, these cultivators could be far more heartless in other matters.
You had always excelled at seeing through others' weaknesses. Thus, whenever you gained such insight, you would also reflect upon yourself... What exactly were your own weaknesses and desires?
As your cultivation realm rose ever higher and you experienced more and more, you believed that you had become increasingly able to "see your true self clearly." Thus, you reached a conclusion: you wanted all three things above, and each was one of your desires. Yet beyond those three, there was another wish you had made long ago, at the very beginning of your cultivation—a wish that had long since taken root deep within your body.
You had actually sensed it long ago, because you had always been moving in that direction. Yet most of the time, you tended to classify it as part of your personality, instinctively overlooking it and refusing to consider it a desire. But in truth, this was the desire that occupied the greater part of your ultimate pursuit in cultivation—"protection"!
To protect—to protect everyone you cared about, and let them live good lives. Clearly, you were greedier than most cultivators and wanted more things as well.