He needed the money to fund the war/battle against the Northerners. He said it when everyone was gathered around…
Yeah.. i think he could get the treasure alone without all sect present. He has a lot of power gang minions. He even smile secretly watching all sects gather.. idk if he actually needed is human resource? To carry the gold? π
In my opinion, LCZ intention is to get off the invaders and clean the martial world. But he is not righteous type or care of power gang reputation as LCZ is his persona only (giving out that we know his true identity now). So his using death beetles to better control of ppl. However, because of his injury, in recent years, he always in seclusion to recover. R and bad ppl inside Power Gang start doing bad things and become out of his control. Now he come out and try to clean Power Gang and execute his mission for the treasure that needed many sect (still don't reveal why).