"Congratulations Dashavatara…"
Chronos walked up to shake his hand.
Dashavatara, now standing at an impressive height of 1.8+ meters, towered over Chronos. Yet, the confident brevity he had exhibited while breaking through had vanished entirely.
"Th..thank.. Y..you… Good luck…"
Dashavatara stammered, avoiding any eye contact as he meekly shook Chronos's hand.
He then took a step forward and burst toward Empress Devi's side.
Chronos's eyes widened. Being as sheltered as he had been the past few years, besides his own Grandmama, he hadn't seen any other cultivators in action.
"Hang on, let me fix up the place,"
Elder Saintess Nv Wa interjected.
With a flick of the wrist, the crater in the center of the courtyard started filling up with earth. The shattered rubble flew back into place, and in a blink of an eye, the courtyard returned to its original state.
"Thank you Elder Saintess…"