The Emperor Venerable Keeps Me Company Every Night

Dong Meng, the Dong family's genius, is ambushed by her cousin Chu Hao and the Grand Elder during a contest for the family's spiritual leyline. Her dantian is destroyed, sending her from the heights into the mire. Demoted by her family to a remote woodshed, she endures contempt and bullying until she sinks into despair.