After waking from a nap, he finds himself reborn as Huanglong Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals under Yuanshi Tianzun.
Thinking of the Investiture of the Gods, he recalls Huanglong's miserable future: losing at every turn, failing at everything, and ranking first in getting captured.
Huanglong resolves to work hard, tread carefully, cling to his master's coattails, and become the Chan Sect's lucky mascot. He hopes to be a blessed Golden Immortal like Yun Zhongzi and live a long, peaceful life.
But he accidentally overreaches and becomes the beloved of the entire Primordial World.
Taishang: "Huanglong is clever, practically half my disciple."
Yuanshi: "Of all the immortals of Yuxu, Huanglong is the most virtuous."
Tongtian: "The ten thousand immortals of the Jie Sect are no match for Huanglong."
Fuxi: "It is thanks to Huanglong that the Great Dao can be achieved."
Humanity: "We are all descendants of the dragon. I am proud to be human."
Countless years later, looking back, Huanglong realizes that of the six most powerful beings in the Primordial World, four are people whose coattails he clings to, while the other two keep trying to make him the leader of the Three Sects.
The Hundred Schools take him as their teacher, and the ten thousand races revere him as a sage.
This book is also known as "I, Huanglong, Friend to the Primordial World" and "The Primordial World Is an Ocean, and Everywhere Is a Wave".