Originally, the Black Lotus Flower was intent on stirring up chaos in the world just to absorb a breath of Tribulation Qi. After all its flailing, it caught nothing.
Miao Yin was different; she cultivated diligently atop Snow Mountain, not getting involved in anything, and yet the Tribulation force kept rising steadily.
Inciting wars is the best way to obtain Tribulation force. Back then, Central State was fraught with conflicts, a powder keg waiting to explode. All it needed was a spark to set it off.
Alas, this enormous fortune did not fall into the lap of the Black Lotus Flower.
The turning of Heavenly Dao follows its laws; the causality of the world is tightly interwoven with invisible threads.
The chaos in Central State had nothing to do with the Black Lotus Flower, so naturally, it gained not even a bit of the Tribulation force.
It's just that Zhang Chi couldn't absorb the Tribulation force; otherwise, if he were the Black Lotus Flower, he would have ascended on the spot.