Tangled on the collapsing floor
Mu-deok admits she needs her sword's energy to open his gate, Uk turns out to have lied, and both end up clinging to each other on a trap floor.
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Mu-deok admits she needs her sword's energy to open his gate, Uk turns out to have lied, and both end up clinging to each other on a trap floor.
Uk claims the sword in his father's name; Jin Mu says an ordinary man cannot even draw it, and Uk lets a pointed 'for now' hang.
Uk brings Naksu's sword, but Mu-deok cannot pull it free; he tells her to live as Mu-deok, she says she would rather die, and he lets her go.
Uk struggles to unsheathe the sword his father left; Mu-deok explains he needs Ryusu first and calls his stubbornness an act of vigor.
The Crown Prince arrives for Naksu's sword and also demands the late Gwanju's sword; Uk refuses and the Prince proposes a fight for it.
Uk unsheathes his father's sword but cannot control his arm; a binding bracelet stops him, and the Prince dares the four heirs to fight him together.
Uk shows the Songrim leader he can now draw his father's sword and begs to be taken in, but unbound, his arm cannot hold the blade.
Master Lee's message is a threat; Mu-deok says once she is Naksu again they part ways, and Uk asks to be her first target if she draws the sword.
Sword drawn and power regained, Mu-deok faces Uk, who reminds her of their promise and lets her decide; she asks for his other promise.