Let the first small light flash sequentially to the last one, you can use shift to achieve the purpose.
The MCU has a library file with the shift function written, and it is stored in the #include <intrins.h> library file.

1 _crol_ character rotate left

Characters rotate to the left:

#include <reg52.h>
#include <intrins.h>

char tmp;
void delay() //Delay function
{
    int i;
    for(i=0;i<8888;i++)
    ;
}
void main()
{
    tmp=0xfe;
    P1=tmp; //The first small light is on
    while(1)
    {
        tmp=_crol_(tmp,1); //Character shift left
        delay();
        P1=tmp; //The second small light is on
    }
}

Run the program and you can see the first small light, the second small light…flashing in turn.

2 _cror_ characters rotate right

Change the crol in the code tmp=_crol_(tmp,1); to cror.

#include <reg52.h>
#include <intrins.h>

char tmp;
void delay() //Delay function
{
    int i;
    for(i=0;i<8888;i++)
    ;
}
void main()
{
    tmp=0xfe;
    P1=tmp;
    while(1)
    {
        tmp=_cror_(tmp,1);      //Character shift right
        delay();
        P1=tmp;
    }
}

After running the program, you can see the first small light, the eighth small light, the seventh small light…flashing in sequence.

3 extension (buzzer)

Add the buzzer, the buzzer will ring once and the light will turn on once:

//flow light and beep
#include <reg51.h>
#include <intrins.h>
unsigned char a,b,k,j;
sbit beep=P2^3;
void delay10ms()
{
   for(a=100;a>0;a--)
     for(b=225;b>0;b--);
}
void main()
{
  k=0xfe;
  while(1)
  {
      delay10ms();
      beep=0;
      delay10ms();
      beep=1;
      j=_crol_(k,1);
      k=j;
      P1=j;
   }
}