A Man's Reverse Scale

They said the martial world had its own rules. They said fate had already written the ending. They said that someone of humble birth like me could only kneel and look up at them. But the fire in my blood made me refuse to accept my fate. That year, the arrival of my beautiful stepmother and my school’s campus belle changed the course of my life, transforming me from a model student into someone I barely recognized. From then on, I rose to the top, surrounded by beauty and wealth.