He has to find a way to find external sources of resources he needs to help his life seeds transform or he will die.
These external sources of energy that are easily digested are pills made from life-preserving plants or life essence made from purified life energy.
The latter is a secret option that not many people are aware of. Life essence is also a better option than pills because the energy within it is of higher quality and easier to absorb than pills.
The use of life essence to maintain his life and the immense potential contained within his life seeds meant that the difficulty of successfully advancing is lower than that of others.
The main reason he thinks he is failing and dying is because he is really dying. The dying part is real. It was why his life experience flashed before his eyes.
He is still dying, but his state won't last long. After getting the resources they needed, his life seeds managed to split into two successful ones.
