Liu Zhita's death was seeking benevolence and obtaining benevolence; he did not die unjustly.
The moment he decided to challenge the Golden Core cultivators, this result was already determined.
However, his death did bring a lot of stability to those Foundation Establishment cultivators from cultivation clans who were uneasy due to the extermination of the Liu Family at Chixia Mountain.
Regardless of whether Cao Wenjin was forced to make the decision out of helplessness, or if he had such intentions from the start, at least when he declared solemnly that the Yellow Sand Sect was willing to guarantee the fallen Foundation Establishment cultivators' families, the senior cultivators of various cultivation clans felt as if they had swallowed a stabilizing pill, and they were greatly relieved.
