So they buried him as deep as the height of a man, and went their way to join the host of Lugh.
When the host was assembled, Lugh led them into Connacht and smote the Fomorians and drove them to their ships, but of this the tale tells not here.

But when the fight was done, Lugh asked of his comrades if they had seen his father in the fight and how it fared with him.

They said they had not seen him.

Then Lugh made search among the dead, and they found not Kian there.

"Were Kian alive he would be here," said Lugh, "and I swear by the Wind and the Sun that I will not eat or drink till I know what has befallen him." On their return the Danaan host passed by the Plain of Murthemny, and when they came near the place of the murder the stones cried aloud to Lugh.