During his earlier cultivation, Huo Hai had already sensed his own condition. He discovered that breaking through to the Spirit King Realm was simply impossible. It was not that he did not want to; he truly lacked the ability.
Huo Hai finally remembered why Blood Rose had told him that the Southern Nations could not produce Spirit King Realm experts. The Earth Vein had been sealed, leaving spiritual power insufficient. He had not understood before, but now he finally did.
To break through to the Spirit King Realm, one had to fully solidify the Liquid Pill within the body, compressing and tempering it into one's Origin Essence. This required an enormous supply of spiritual power. Moreover, it had to be spiritual power available in an instant. Only by absorbing enough spiritual energy in a single moment could one obtain the immense force needed to complete the compression of one's Origin Essence.
Because the Earth Vein was sealed in the Southern Nations, spiritual energy was extremely sparse. There was no problem during ordinary cultivation, but when one wanted to break through to Spirit King and condense Origin Essence, it was no longer possible.
Even if one found a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy, used pills and a great quantity of Spirit Jade as support, and added the assistance of a Spirit Formation, the requirement still could not be met. Huo Hai had not prepared for it, but he could sense it clearly.
It seemed that the Earth Vein did not merely increase the density of spiritual energy. It likely generated some extremely special power as well. Otherwise, how could the difference between having an Earth Vein and not having one be so enormous? Within the Southern Nations, the pressure produced by spiritual energy was insufficient to condense Origin Essence. In