After a brief rest overnight, the Advance Team packed up and set out on their journey back to Aunt Axia's residence the next day. Before leaving, they moved all the large stones over to completely block the entrance, to prevent anyone from accidentally wandering into the tomb and encountering an undeserved disaster.
This retreat from the battlefield could indeed be considered a defeat for the Advance Team, with the Snow God and the metal puppet serving as two major roadblocks inside. Even though Luo'er had already seen what he wanted, he had no choice but to retreat fully intact. To use Hu Daoke's words to describe it, it was a case of "the situation being so dire that they had to call for help while beating a hasty retreat."
