Hatred, Accumulated for a Thousand Years

"What's going on?" Ebo Mabaya, the elder with purple hair and a silver robe, inquired of the old bamboo. "Did you experience some revelation earlier?"

"Father, Uncle Bamboo's aura seems to have reached... quasi-emperor!" Lolonyo Mabaya, the middle-aged man in a white robe, was quick to notice the change in the old bamboo.

"He's already taken half a step forward?" Ebo expressed pleasant surprise.

"A month ago, I took half a step. Breaking through the imperial realm bottleneck is incredibly challenging. As a plant cultivator, the difficulty is ten times greater for me. I managed to take that half step," the old bamboo explained slowly.

The Scarlet Sky Tiger widened its eyes and murmured, "Old Bamboo, when you were stuck at the bottleneck, your potential seemed exhausted. How did you manage to take the second half step?"

"Tiger, I had my own opportunities!" The old bamboo was in particularly high spirits.