With regards to the OP, it looks like the codex entry was typed in a rush by a localizer inserting as much of their own bias as possible. In spite of the entry saying, "These weren't viewed as good and evil back in Ancient times." the entry goes on to only use negative connotation words with regards to Zodiark, and then needlessly positive/modern within setting connotation for Hydaelyn.

All in all, I'm not big on these new codex entries in the first place. They seem to be trying to offer up too much revolving around story elements rather than the characters they are about. We learn basically nothing about Zodiark from this entry, however you wanna take it. They coulda gone into specifics on his creation, how taxing the spell/ritual was for the people performing it. How they probably struggled to maintain their composure for the creation magicks, knowing they were using the lives of people they loved to do it. They coulda wedged in some sort of new details about him.

But no. Like half of the Zodiark entry is instead about Hydaelyn and Fandaniel. /shrug Just another missing lifeboat on the failboat that is Endwalker.