What troubles many geniuses is not resources, but time.
Because martial arts are different from other training methods, it doesn't get better the older one gets or the more experienced one is. On the contrary, the peak period of martial arts follows the biological mechanism, the younger the better, and it reaches its peak around the age of thirty.
If one hasn't achieved Qi Opening by this age, it may never happen in their lifetime.
Moreover, after the age of thirty-five, the physical condition of a person declines, and so does their martial arts cultivation.
By the time one reaches old age, their martial arts cultivation plummets to the bottom.
This unique training curve led to the decline of martial arts and the rise of Awakening Abilities after the formation of the Federation.
After all, once one has obtained an Awakening Ability, it remains powerful until death.