However, Ichinei was not killed, possibly because he was a high-ranking priest with a Daishi-go title and was accompanied by Shidon who had stayed in Japan.
しかし、一寧が大師号を持つ高僧であったこと、滞日経験をもつ子曇を伴っていたことなどから死を免ぜられたと思われる。