 Their remnants were destroyed two years later, on September 15.Yantuo possibly re-appeared later as "Tardush" during Kul Tigin's lifetime

Xueyantuo's relationship with the later Shatuo Turks is contested.The epitaph of Shatuo leader Li Keyong states that his clan's progenitor was "Yidu, Lord of the Xueyantuo country, an unrivaled general" (益度、薛延陀國君、無敵將軍).