Lynn raised an eyebrow at the "warning sign" before him and took out the Chief Badge from his sleeve.
As soon as the badge appeared, the writing on the stone monument lit up, and the restrictions throughout the fourth floor receded like a tide.
The floating bookshelves slowly stopped spinning and descended to the ground.
Only then did he see clearly that the fourth floor was divided into seven major sections.
Each section was separated by soul-light curtains of different colors, while at the very back stood a black door wrapped in dozens of chains.
Lynn headed for the first section.
Several words floated on the light curtain: Forbidden Meditation Methods.
He passed through the light curtain and found more than a dozen rows of black bookshelves before him.
What sat on each shelf were not ordinary books, but crystals and black stone tablets sealed with souls.
A label stood before the first black stone tablet: All Souls Return to the Flow.
Lynn scanned it with Analysis and discovered that it was a meditation method founded on Devouring soul fragments.
Every soul the practitioner consumed increased the upper limit of their Mental Power by a little.
In theory, there was no limit, but the more souls one devoured, the more easily one's self-awareness would be torn apart by countless soul fragments.
And this was the very meditation method Marfa cultivated!
Lynn was somewhat interested in this "rogue" style of meditation method. All one had to do was eat, eat, and eat to grow stronger.
But its side effects were substantial. The purity of one's soul would be contaminated, making advancement to a True Spirit exceedingly difficult.
It was far less practical than the Devouring talent of a Starry Sky Behemoth. It did not merely consume souls—it would devour every last