Can The Weak Become Powerful in another world

Li Chang had a typical terrible life. Growing up he had the desire to become the greatest alchemist and businessman who ever lived. With his special ability and a unique outlook on common plants; he was confident that he would succeed in creating new and unique pills one day. And that would lead him to the top. However, after a mistake leaves him with almost completely destroyed cultivation, he saw his dreams for his future disappear in the blink of an eye. Abandoned, outcast and abused he survived on his own crawling the streets and being used for his gifts by those stronger than himself(which seemed to be pretty much everyone). The powerful people do not care for the weak and nobles abuse, harass and torture anyone they feel is beneath them. Li Chang can only accept this as his life because here it is the law of the jungle. After growing up in this world dominated by physical, political and economic power he one day wakes up in a modern world in the body of a quiet high school loner named Alexander. Now he has the chance to grow up again and start a new life. Will he one day wield all the powers he could only dream of in his previous world? We will see if Li Chang can overcome his past life and the mental and emotional damage he received there, in order to become a man of power in this new world... …That is as long as he can figure out the rules, technology and social constraints of his new surroundings.