The little Taotie, Youyou, was abandoned at a Taoist temple by her scumbag father the moment she was born.
After barely making it to the age of three, she was dragged back by her father, whose younger daughter had gotten into trouble, to be sacrificed to a beast and ward off disaster!
Youyou did a quick calculation with her fingers, then turned and clung to a man wreathed in purple energy: "Daddy, food! I'm hungry!"
The villainous Prince Xie Xiao had meant to cut the little dumpling down with one stroke. But then he spotted the keepsake from his beloved on her. He meant to give her something to eat, just enough to fill her belly, but she devoured a whole roast lamb in one go, then smacked her lips around a pork knuckle bigger than her face.
He fell into deep thought: This bottomless pit... Maybe I should try raising her?
To feed this little money-eater, he was forced to make money and build his power at court.
The Fifth Prince joined forces with Youyou's scumbag father to pick a fight and seize military power?
Xie Xiao went on a rampage at court, while Youyou drew talismans behind him. A hundred ferocious beasts stripped his political rivals' homes bare, leaving them so furious they spat blood.
The emperor grew suspicious. The tyrant accused the Northern Owl Prince's manor of treason, ordered it confiscated, and sentenced the family to exile!
Youyou retaliated by leading the beasts to empty the entire capital overnight: the palace, the imperial treasury, and her enemies' storehouses. With supplies piled high and mountains of gold and silver in tow, she took her scumbag father's whole family into exile with her.
On the road, her scumbag father and his enemies gnawed on tree bark, while Youyou tucked into roast lamb with one hand and braised pig trotters with the other, ordering the beasts to pull the cart and pound her back.
When they ran into corrupt officials and bandits, Xie Xiao's killing intent blazed: "Be good and close your eyes. Daddy will handle this."
The corrupt officials and bandits, stripped of every last possession, burst into tears: "My lord, you were slaughtering people up front, while she led the beasts behind you and chewed the pillars right down to stubs!"
Watching his daughter's appetite grow by the day, Xie Xiao, who had once looked down on Youyou, fretted over their barren place of exile. At last, he waved a hand: "We'll rebel! If I don't conquer this whole realm, my daughter will be out of food tomorrow!"