The denial to marry Princess Atotoztli was the thing that made Yacanex rise and lead his region of Tepetlaoztoc in a revolt against the Chichimec Emperor.

As Yacanex amassed a great army and incited other regions and kingdoms to join him, he burned maize fields on his way to Culhuacan.

Atotoztli was sent away from Culhuacan on a boat when her father, King Achitometl, learned that Yacanex's army was headed to their city to capture the coveted princess by force.

Codex Xolotl, an important indigenous document, shows Atotoztli leaving her kingdom in tears, as she escaped just before the arrival of Yacanex forces.

Her children with Huetzin secured for the House of Coatlinchan the authority that comes from being descendants of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, and thus political heirs of the Toltecs.