Ascending the Nine Heavens

Formerly named Reaching for Heaven. A man from Earth is reincarnated in a strange new world. Waking up one day in the body of a ten year old orphan. This is a harsh world were orphans are either left to starve, used at canon fodder, or as child soldiers. Zhao Zheng wants to protect the other orphans in this new world. But he only has mediocre talent and a skill that is considered useless by everyone. Can he protect everything he holds dear and reach the heavens?