There are several stories and legends about Barefoot Immortal that have become the widely known classical folk oral literature in China.

[3] According to the Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classic literature Novels[4] in China, Barefoot Immortal was shown to be an innocent god in heaven.

One day the Monkey was pretty annoyed by knowing he was not on the invitation list and that no one had informed him of Peach Banquet which is a really important celebration in heaven.

He told Barefoot Immortal that every guest should go to the Hall of Bright Lights to go through a rehearsal before the banquet, and this is an order from the Jade Emperor.

In this story, Barefoot Immortal was described as a naive god with an innocent heart but easily trusts the words from someone else which indirectly lead to the destruction of the Peach Banquet.

[5] After Pangu created the world,[6] one day Barefoot Immortal was on his way to the Green Jade Pool by riding his cloud.

Suddenly his foot was knocked against the cliff of a mountain in Shaxian and that made him extremely painful and could not fly stably.

Later, he decided to smooth this mountain up by plowing it with a god cattle that he borrowed from heaven to prevent people passing by from being hurt by its cliff.

Mountain God gave him a dream which told Barefoot Immortal that his mother has a serious illness and does not have many days left.

But after Barefoot Immortal woke up from this nightmare, he was so worried about his mother so he tied the god cattle to a tall pine tree and then came back to heaven.

In this legend, Barefoot Immortal showed his care and concern for people and his love for his mother in his character.

A linguistic study[7] on the book Outlaws of the Marsh, analyzed the prologue of the original text, which outlines the tale that Emperor Renzong was said to be the Barefoot Immortal.

The book that the author of this resource studied on is another one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature which enjoys a highly literary achievement in China.

One day, he invited other gods including the Eight Immortals and Seven Celestial Princesses to go there and enjoy the pleasant scenery just as usual.

The Demon Dragon asked a group of people that were as thin as skeletons and wearing worn clothes to build a place for him to rest and have entertainment.

And then, the Demon Dragon found Barefoot Immortal went straight to him and his eyes fixed on him with full of angry expression.

Barefoot Immortal, also known as Liu Cao, is a god with a strong desire for learning Taoism, a major indigenous religion of China.

Lu Dongbin taught Liu Cao the techniques of meditation, internal of alchemy and sexual yoga.

Finally, he was not only just learned and received Taoism from his teachers but also spread this precise treasure of Chinese culture and history to others such as Zhang Boduan.