This Taotie cub is named Bai Yao, hmm, it's a female. Taotie is a Divine Beast, so it already possesses spiritual sense while still inside the egg, allowing it to perceive the outside world.
And the name of Taotie is decided before they are born, so Bai Yao knows what her name is.
Having spiritual sense while in the egg naturally leads to different personalities, and Bai Yao is a particularly mischievous and playful egg.
Originally, Bai Yao was out visiting friends with her father, but midway, she got intrigued by two demon beasts fighting and fell from her father's embrace, landing directly from the Heavenly Realm to the Mortal World.
Fortunately, Bai Yao was already at the point of hatching, so despite falling into the Mortal World, she wasn't harmed and successfully broke out of her shell.
