Bai E was originally meditating on his bed in his campsite, cultivating Spiritual Energy.
Having learned a plethora of skills regarding Spiritual Energy with Yue Ying tonight, he needed serene reflection to consolidate them, assisting himself in becoming more familiar with those techniques.
Of course... the cultivation of Spiritual Energy itself was also essential.
Beyond the awakening, subsequent practice did not present images of a sky full of stars or the primordial cosmos as grand visions beyond time and space.
Bai E's Spiritual Energy merely undulated faintly within his body; occasionally, some mischievous energy would leap out from the life magnetic field designated by his body, briefly "peeking" at the outside world.
Spiritual Energy was never a constrained or rigid theorem; it followed the heart's intentions, the human will, the occasional whimsical ideas... and occasionally, the dark thoughts from deep within, born of impulse, wandering freely in this world.