In order to redeem himself, he cut off his flesh and gave it to his mother and cut out his bones and gave them to his father, and with the help of his master Taiyi Zhenren, he arose anew out of a lotus flower, rode on his wind-fire wheel and became an immortal.
李哪吒觸犯天條國法，罪及自身、禍延父母，為了贖罪，剃骨還父、割肉還母，靈魂卻在師父太乙真人幫助下，由蓮花所化，脫胎換骨，就此乘著風火輪，成為不朽之身，「再生」成民間崇拜之神。