After Saicho wrote "Hokke-shuku" he died and it is unknown where Tokuitsu was after that and thus the dispute between them did not reach a clear conclusion.
最澄は『法華秀句』を著した直後に没し、徳一もその後の動向は不詳なため、両者の論争が必ずしも明確な結論を得て終結した訳ではなかった。