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Perhaps even the heavens felt she shouldn't die; having embraced the certainty of death, Ji Ying, after surviving the Sea of Fire, found her instinct to live compelling her to struggle. By some stroke of luck, she survived, thanks to a large wooden barrel full of water that someone had filled in that building.
Using the last of her strength, she flipped over and fell into the water barrel, against all odds, surviving.
When the fire died down, Xu Nianhua slipped away from the Gu Family under the cover of night. Eventually, exhausted, she collapsed and was taken to the hospital. But with the extensive burns over her body, and particularly on her face, it took two days in the intensive care unit before she pulled through.
She had no identification on her, and her face was unrecognizable; some kind-hearted soul gathered the money for her surgery, starting her on a long road to recovery.
