I like the idea of a very 'grindable' relic, but I do see how leaping right to that step was a bit awkward and potentially underwhelming. Would love to see this smooth grind idea be continued, but maybe not instantly lol.

Mentioned in similar thread, but why not again haha, I think beast tribes could be one option for smoothing grinds out later. For example Ixali tribe completes sections of the book for tokens, first page is cheap and gets more expensive per page of the same book. Purchase a sunwell structure from the slyph that is placed in their space and you can dunk a relic in it each day for light, or use a bottle purchased from their vendor to get a consumable potion that does something crazy like quadruple or quintuples the next light from content (for many tokens you can place one in your island).

Tomes is quite convenient though. I'm not sad the idea exists, I quite like it, just that I can see how it makes their grind for players looking to engage with content essentially non-existent / subpar.