It had been almost a month since the two learned that the Empress had returned from the war and that James and Ariel were trying to get her home safely.
During this time, neither Emma nor the tower itself had been given a mission, and the gods and goddesses had learnt what the mission was. In short, James and Ariel were trapped on the 37th floor and just going about their lives.
After all, with the logic in their minds that they might really be stuck here, there was nothing else they could do.
They could try to get on with their lives and maybe learn a few things.
Ariel managed to get a little teaching about qi training from Chao, who was still with James. In short, although Ariel wasn't going to fully engage in qi training and wouldn't be staying on this floor to become a cultivator, she had tried to train to diversify her aura.