The Five Virtues Return to the Heart: From the Start, I Save My Beautiful Wife and Daughter

Reborn as the ancient world’s ultimate simp, I nearly starved my wife and daughter to death from the start.

The moment Lin Qi opened his eyes, he found himself the laughingstock of the whole village: his family fortune was gone, his wife and daughter were on the verge of death, and the last half-copper coin in his pocket was money the original owner had stolen to buy wine for his unattainable dream girl.

Looking at his stunning wife, barely breathing on a straw mat, and his daughter, gaunt and pale, the man who had been alone in his previous life felt a towering fury and a fierce resolve to protect them ignite in his heart for the first time.

“To hell with that dream girl. In this life, all I want is for them to live!”

At his most desperate moment, the Five Virtues Mandate of Heaven System appeared. From then on, abundant harvests, enlightened artisans, thriving trade routes, invincible armies, and the awakening of civilization were all within his grasp.

From a bowl of finely prepared white-flour porridge to a glass-walled, heated home that astonished the countryside;

From a handful of companions who stood by him through hardship to the finest talents in the land flocking to his side;

From village militia defending their homes to a steel-blooded royal army sweeping across the realm.

When the apocalypse arrived and foreign invaders trampled the land, the once lofty and powerful begged on their knees, while his dream girl wept and pleaded for a corner where she could live in safety.

Lin Qi simply turned away, clasped the delicate hand that had always stayed by his side, and raised the final royal banner before the people of the land he had sworn to protect.

This is the story of a man who set out to protect his family and ultimately brought the whole realm to peace.