Xiaolong is an orphan, resilient and streetwise from a young age, facing hardship with a smile. By day, he hauls bricks at construction sites; by night, he delivers food, donating his earnings to the children at the orphanage.
In his dreams, he often hears a gentle voice calling to him: “Brother, wake up!”
Then one day, he dies in an accident. “Ding! True Dragon System activated!”
Before he can even react, he has turned into a slippery loach.
In a muddy ditch, he learns to breathe, evade danger, and endure.
In the muddy waters of a rice paddy, he sees for the first time that ordinary people depend on water to live.
He doesn’t know that he was once the Dragon King’s crown prince, banished to the mortal realm.
Only by understanding the Heavenly Dao with a mortal heart can he ascend to the heavens once more.
From loach to river dragon, and then to true dragon,
he will endure nine heavenly tribulations,
using the human heart as a mirror, heaven and earth as a crucible, and rain and dew as his vow,
until he becomes a Dragon King who commands wind and rain and brings blessings to all.
