When the Dark Tome suddenly reacted, there could only be one reason: perhaps it had been waiting for its own "opportunity."
This book was, by nature, a magical treasure and Dao artifact that belonged to no established path. It had been entirely cobbled together by Li Qingyun through "wild invention" and all manner of fortunate coincidences.
It could be said to be a creation born from Qingyun First Saint Ancestor's youthful whim and unbridled imagination.
The Dark Tome's greatest function had been suppressing the Twelve Superior Clans of the Primordial Beginning Era.
After the Primordial Beginning Dao Ancestor left that cosmic domain, this object had become nearly useless. If not for that Primordial Beginning Dao Ancestor's sentimentality, he might have casually dispersed it long ago.
Of the two Dao artifacts Li Qingyun had completely "created from scratch"—the Human Dao Lamp and the Dark Tome—the former was now called the Ancestor Spirit Lamp. Having devoured a great number of Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasures, it had reached a level comparable to the peak of a Level 2 secret artifact, its power extraordinary.
To put it bluntly, with the Ancestor Spirit Lamp in hand, it would be all too easy for him to suppress and destroy an Eternal Clan member at the Beyond Tribulation Realm peak. Even Level 2 secret armor would be useless to them.
If the Ancestor Spirit Lamp advanced once more and transformed into a Level 3 secret artifact, Li Qingyun should be able to suppress someone like Zhong Xuanfeng, a Half-step Supreme Being.
After all, this was a natal Dao artifact that had fully evolved as one with his Great Dao.
In another's hands, the Ancestor Spirit Lamp was merely a peak Level 2 secret artifact. In his hands, however, its essence was already no different from a Level 3