The air within the opulent, water-themed master suite of the Azure Dragon Peak Resort was thick with the intoxicating scent of crushed lotus and warm, heavily spiced spirit-oil. The luxurious hotel, situated thousands of miles away from the fiery, oppressive atmosphere of the Yao Clan's Secret Realm, offered a cool, serene environment that was currently entirely lost on the room's sole occupants.
Before proceeding any further, Alaric raised his hand, his ruby eyes glowing with a faint, violet luminosity. With a subtle flick of his wrist, he cast the Silent Void Barrier. An invisible, impenetrable dome of profound spatial magic expanded rapidly, encompassing the entire suite and sealing it off from the rest of the world. It ensured that not a single sound, not a breath, and certainly not the impending, echoing moans of a ruined Imperial Consort would ever escape to reach the ears of the terrified, blind-and-deaf Imperial Guards stationed outside the door.
