Speaking of the Sevenfold Killing Monarch's childhood, he was nothing short of a top-tier prodigy.
At the age of ten, he began reading Confucian classics such as the *Classic of Filial Piety*, the *Analects*, the *Classic of Poetry*, and the *I Ching*, developing a particular fondness for "the Daoist methods of guiding and nurturing life."
At thirteen, he studied under Dai Qianfan alongside Shang Baitong, mastering the secret arts of alchemy and winning high praise.
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