Quote Originally Posted by VoltaAsura View Post
OP if you think the books are bad, seriously abandon the questline now.

I'm not even joking. The books and their requirements are horrid, yes. But it gets worse and worse with each step. Do yourself a favor and quit before you spend anymore time on the relic quest.
the light portion isn't technically that bad. Almost anything you could do progresses it, it just takes a long time.
Unless you want to farm it of course.