Chapter 1: In the End, You Said I Embarrassed You

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“Your father is a hidden-class Holy Sword Berserker, the strongest warrior of the Empire.”
“He once led the Empire’s forces on the Abyss battlefield to resist the alien invasion, earning a royal title in a single battle.”
“Your younger brother is a rare-class Dragon War Knight, admitted to the prestigious capital academy.”
“And you? With the lowest talent rating, you failed your class transfer ceremony and don’t even qualify to take the academy’s exams?”
“You disgrace the entire Gu family!”

In the oppressive hall, Gu Chen listened to the angry shouts beside him, and a flood of memories suddenly surged into his mind.

He had transmigrated.
This was a world ravaged by Abyssal invasions, where humans could become professional warriors upon reaching adulthood.
As the legitimate eldest son of the Northern Kingdom’s royal family, with just a word from his father, all resources across the seven cities of the Northern Kingdom were his to command.
Destined to become a god-tier professional, ruling the North and inheriting the royal title was only a matter of time.

But who could know the countless hardships hidden behind this illustrious identity?

Since he could remember, he had lived in a border town called Lin City.
To support his schooling, the farming couple who had taken him in worked themselves to exhaustion and passed away one after another.
Yet on their deathbeds, they handed over all their savings to him, urging him to get into Lin City's top high school and become a professional warrior.

Because in this world, for those born in the lower strata, there was only one path to change their fate.
That path was to become a professional warrior.

At fifteen, Gu Chen entered Lin City’s top high school with outstanding grades and began learning the basics of the profession.
However, the high school life he dreamed of was far from what he imagined.
Because of his poor background and lack of support, he was constantly excluded and bullied by other students.
The harder he tried, the more miserable his life became.

Under such oppression, his mindset changed; he gradually lost all hope in this world.

But last month, a couple came to find him.
Only then did Gu Chen learn his true identity.
The man before him was his father, Gu Qingfeng.
The elegant woman was his stepmother, Qin Yun.
As for his biological mother, she had died shortly after his birth.

He did not blame the injustice he had suffered over these eighteen years; he only knew that from now on, he was no longer an orphan—he had a family.

Then he learned that after his mother’s death, the Abyssal aliens invaded the Shenxia Empire.
At that time, Gu Qingfeng was bound by military orders and had to leave the young Gu Chen in the care of the farming couple in Lin City.
What was supposed to be a three- to five-year deployment turned into eighteen years.

So, since he could remember, this was the first time Gu Chen had seen his father.

After hearing these explanations, his heart was filled with complex emotions.
But there was nothing much to say—after all, his father was an imperial warrior.
The Abyssal invasion, alien ravages, a country meant a home—he understood this truth.

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But then he learned that his father and stepmother had another son.
That younger brother had been by their side since childhood and had now become a favored prodigy.

At that moment, Gu Chen suddenly felt that the “unavoidable circumstances” his father mentioned sounded like a cruel joke.

To protect him, they abandoned the young child in a strange city?
Because of being preoccupied with the war, his father hadn’t once asked about his well-being in eighteen years?
All these years, he had endured poverty and bullying, and his biological father knew it all?
Yet he remained indifferent?

The eldest son was left with a farming family in the suburbs, bullied and humiliated for eighteen years.
The second son was kept close, showered with endless care and resources, transferred into a rare profession, and even admitted into the empire’s top academy in the capital.

“Sigh, this kid really is pitiful. No wonder I transmigrated here...”

Gu Chen sighed. After witnessing this part of his memory, he felt a measure of empathy.
The familial love and care the original self had longed for all his life was nothing but a complete joke.

Although reunited with his father, he had never felt an ounce of care from him; instead, only cold disdain and contempt.

Bang!

While Gu Chen was still absorbing these memories, Gu Qingfeng slammed his palm down on the table, shattering it.
Everyone present trembled in fear, several servants bowed their heads in silence.

“You unfilial son, kneel down this instant!”

A fierce roar swept through the air. Gu Chen felt a gust hit his face as he looked up at the imposing figure.

“I, Gu Qingfeng, have served in the military for half my life, guarding the Abyss battlefield day and night for eighteen years, slaying countless aliens, and was crowned the War King of the North.”
“And you? Causing trouble at school, unable to even awaken your profession? What face do you have to call yourself my son?”
“Look at you—full of delinquent habits. You don’t resemble me in the slightest. You’ve completely disgraced my name.”

Gu Chen frowned, his face darkening completely.
Perhaps because he had fully digested the original self’s memories, a fierce anger suddenly surged in his heart at his father’s scolding.

Just as he was about to retort, a stream of information suddenly appeared in his vision.

[Career Transfer System loading, soon entering selection interface]
[Different choices will lead the host to vastly different professional careers, please choose carefully]

“The system is here?”

Gu Chen was slightly surprised but quickly suppressed his anger.
He had already failed the career transfer ceremony this morning in his senior year—could he still transfer?
Wasn’t it said that each person only had one chance to transfer?

[Please select your professional career]
[Choice One: A prodigal son’s return is worth more than gold—apologize to your father, gain his understanding, and strive hard to redeem yourself]
[Career Transfer: Hidden Profession—Red Dust Sword Immortal]

So it really was possible to transfer?

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Gu Chen’s eyes brightened, but—
He would not choose this!

Abandoned for eighteen years, only to have to apologize to him now?
Was this some kind of madness?

[Choice Two: Endure for a while to calm the storm—continue to be scolded by your father, silently bearing all the cold looks and disdain]
[Career Transfer: Rare Profession—Ninja Turtle]

That’s even an option?

Gu Chen twitched at the corner of his mouth. Ninja Turtle?
A perfectly good human turning into a turtle—how could that not be rare?
That’s basically a turtle man!

I’ve transmigrated, the system has come, this is supposed to be a triumphant male lead story. How could I accept a story of suffering?

No, no!

[Choice Three: Today I know I am myself—If heaven oppresses me, I will split the sky; if earth confines me, I will crush the ground! Since you see me as a disgrace, then sever all ties; from now on, we owe each other nothing.]
[Career Transfer: Randomly transfer to an ordinary profession, gain god-tier talent]

Looking at these three choices, Gu Chen had already made his decision.

A true man born under heaven and earth cannot languish under others for long.
For eighteen years, he received no benefits from the Gu family, lived alone and helpless, bullied and degraded—just surviving at the bottom was a blessing.
And in the end, they say he disgraced them?
Fine!

Such a father, he refused to acknowledge!

The legitimate eldest son of the Northern Kingdom’s War King? He didn’t care about that status. Whoever wanted it could have it!
From now on, he would no longer serve them!

“I choose three.”

[Selection successful]
[You may now randomly transfer to an ordinary profession]
[After transfer, you will gain god-tier talent]

God-tier talent!

Gu Chen’s heart swelled with hope.
Though it was just an ordinary profession, with god-tier talent backing him, his future achievements would surely be extraordinary.

Just as he prepared to check further, Gu Qingfeng’s angry voice rang out again beside him.

“You good-for-nothing, do you think I can’t discipline you just because you’re silent?”
“You’re to kneel in the yard for a day and night; don’t get up without my permission!”