Although the Ascended Realm was the rank which Bai Rouyun needed to attain before she could travel to the Wushi Continent, this rank was merely a transition for the body to shed its mortal skin and become immortal.
The entire process was done step by step, and in this way, the body would be able to adjust to the overwhelming powers that would enter as it transcended to another lifeform.
Bai Rouyun was very happy with her current situation and also knew that although she had not jumped greatly in her cultivation levels, it was already a significant increase, not to mention the large advance she had after her first experience of dual cultivation.
The later exercises did not give her an increase as overwhelming, but she and Li Moyun kept spending the nights cultivating together, and these efforts also showed in her stable foundation.