Naksu wakes up in a weak blind girl's body
Naksu's soul is now in Mu-deok, a blind girl who can somehow see; on the boat to the fortress she discovers the body has no strength at all.
Mu-deok
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Mu-deok, in story order. Played by Jung So-min.
233 moments · 9h 09m
Mu-deok eats her first meat, then learns she was sold
The assassin who never eats meat devours chicken, only to find out the kindly man was delivering her to a brothel to pay a debt.
Mu-deok's deadly 'dance' at the brothel
A brothel woman sizes up the skinny new girl, mistakes her strike for a dance, and gets silently added to Mu-deok's kill list.
The Four Seasons of Daeho arrive
Mu-deok learns of the four famed young heirs of the Jin, Park, Seo and Jang families, and quietly swears they will all die.
Mu-deok's escape ends at Uk's crab leg
Caught stealing jewelry when Ju-wol realizes she can see, Mu-deok flees across the roofs and crashes into Uk, who praises her eyes and hands her his plaque.
Mu-deok becomes a servant in the Jang house
Mu-deok wakes in Jang Gang's house as a servant Uk bought from the brothel, and decides he must have fallen for her.
Uk's bathwater torment
Uk sends Mu-deok back and forth: too hot, too cold, smelly water, bad food, the wrong blanket.
Mu-deok and the bath that suddenly turns just right
Swearing Uk will be her first victim, Mu-deok wishes for a scrap of her old power, something stirs, and suddenly his bath is just right.
Caught in Uk's bed, Mu-deok keeps the brazier burning
Hunting for the Spirit Plaque, Mu-deok hides in Uk's bed, claims she was warming it, and fears he wants her there all night. He only wants the brazier.
Intruders raid Songrim to steal back Naksu's body
Masked intruders break into Songrim, the Training Center burns, Jeongjingak is emptied, and Mu-deok realizes her old master sent them.
Uk names her Naksu and asks her to be his master
Uk finds Mu-deok in the chaos, says her eyes gave her away, and wants the soul-shifting assassin to break his spell and teach him. She spares him.
Uk spots the soul shifter's mark in Mu-deok's eyes
After twelve failed masters, Uk explains how he knew her: the blue mark is in her eyes. He offers to hide her if she plays his servant.
Yul finds Uk and his 'maid' hiding in Jeongjingak
Yul's blade finds the pair; Uk passes Mu-deok off as his maid, she grips the blade to protect him, and Uk scolds her glare.
Uk asks whether Naksu had a round face like Mu-deok
Naksu's body is gone and a spy is suspected; Uk teases Mu-deok while the others discuss how soul shifters pick similar bodies.
In the secret room, Uk calls her Naksu
Where her body was kept frozen, Uk names Mu-deok as the Shadow Assassin, laughs off a crush, and asks her to break his spell as his master.
Uk locks them in to force a deal
Mu-deok refuses and threatens to kill him; Uk reveals they are sealed in Songrim's secret room, so she needs him to get out.
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.
Cho-yeon arrives with Gwigu to hunt a soul shifter
Everyone in Songrim is gathered and locked in while Jin Cho-yeon brings Gwigu, the Jin family's ghost dog that sniffs out sorcery.
Gwigu catches a soul shifter, who turns to stone
Gwigu circles the room as Mu-deok waits to be exposed beside Uk, then lunges at another man who is a soul shifter and petrifies.
Uk shows Mu-deok how close is too close
Uk catches Mu-deok slipping away, warns her about her glare, and leans in to show when the mark in her eyes becomes visible.
Uk breaks the Jin family heirloom
Gwigu turns up, Uk tells Mu-deok to run, and Cho-yeon finds her family's heirloom pottery smashed in his hands.
Uk is frozen in place as punishment
Mu-deok learns he broke the pottery to save her; the Songrim leader confronts Uk and forbids him from moving or speaking.
Why Uk's punishment could kill him
His friends explain to Mu-deok that Uk's gate of energy is opened just enough to keep him alive, and no one in Daeho may open it.
Mu-deok's goodbye to the frozen Uk
Mu-deok brings tea to the punished Uk, thanks the first person who ever tried to save her, and promises to spare him.
Mu-deok sells the Spirit Plaque for another chicken
With firecrackers bought on Uk's name, Mu-deok has Ju-wol find a black-market buyer for the Spirit Plaque and orders more chicken.
A trap for the Danju kills the wrong woman
Mu-deok's Spirit Plaque bait draws Cheonbugwan mages, who kill the woman who stole it, mistaking her for Naksu. The Danju has cut her off.
Mu-deok watches her own body burn and finds the Danju
As Naksu's body burns before Cheonbugwan, she recognizes the Danju as Jin Mu and remembers the fire that took her family.
Too weak to draw her own sword
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 races to the lake after Mu-deok
Mu-deok stands at the soul shifters' grave by the lake calling it hers too; Uk hears she headed for the lake and runs there shouting her name.
Mu-deok wakes in Sejukwon with a new idea
Uk got her treated and given eye drops; Mu-deok realizes the lake restored her power, so she needs someone with energy that strong.
Mu-deok poisons Uk to open his gate
She asks Uk to risk his life for her once more, gives him a poisonous herb, and promises to be his master if he survives.
Six hours to live, and Mu-deok won't talk
Uk collapses; the only cure is to open his gate of energy. Mu-deok is tortured but keeps silent until Master Heo opens it.
Uk survives and runs to his crazy master
Uk wakes with his gate of energy open, finds the beaten Mu-deok, and the two finally become master and pupil.
Uk takes the blame for his own poisoning
Uk tells the Songrim leader he poisoned himself and his maid only obeyed, then refuses treatment unless Mu-deok is treated too.
Uk won't let Yul carry his maid
Too weak to carry Mu-deok himself, Uk refuses to let Yul do it, hands her to Maidservant Kim and leans on Yul instead.
Uk nurses Mu-deok in secret
Mu-deok explains why she took the blame; Uk reveals he has been tending her himself so no mage sees her eyes, and thanks her for risking her life.
Uk kneels and swears himself to his master
Mu-deok sets her terms: secrecy, and the bond ends once she is Naksu again. Uk accepts and vows to serve and protect her.
Mu-deok remembers being Naksu, then gets a cramp
On the frozen lake, Mu-deok explains the three steps of a mage and relives her glory as the Shadow Assassin, until her new legs give out.
First sparring lesson: Uk can't fight
Mu-deok tests her pupil with sticks and finds no swordsmanship; Uk vows to beat his father's one-year record for Jipsu.
Uk refuses to help sweep the yard
Asked to help with chores, Uk cites his own laziness and leaves Mu-deok fuming with a broom.
Heo Yeom thinks he knows Mu-deok's ear
Heo Yeom sets Mu-deok to sweeping and fertilizing; she silently vows revenge, and he grabs her ear, sure he has seen it before.
Mu-deok finds a torrent of energy inside Uk
Mu-deok grabs Uk to his loud protest, checks his core, and discovers Heo Yeom left a great torrent of energy in him.
The plan to steal Heo Yeom's breathing through Yul
To keep the energy Uk must learn Heo Yeom's breathing, used by the whole Seo family, so Yul it is. Uk gets oddly upset she won't touch Yul as easily.
Mu-deok roasts Uk, and Dang-gu decides she likes Yul
Dang-gu catches them spying; Mu-deok lists every complaint about her fickle young master, and Uk pins a crush on Yul to cover it.
Mu-deok stalks Yul around Jeongjingak
Taking Dang-gu's dating tips, Mu-deok shadows Yul, nimbly catching books and claiming she learned to move at the brothel.
The bathhouse confession
Mu-deok follows Yul into the men's bathhouse to count his breaths, gets caught, blurts a love confession, and Yul sees right through it.
Mu-deok trades Yul's keepsake for his breathing
Mu-deok holds an old item of Yul's that belonged to a friend who is gone, and offers it back for his breathing technique.
Only Uk gets this close
Both bring back the breathing technique, the energy stirs in Uk, and he warns Mu-deok about her eyes and who she lets near.
The hundredth lash
After 99 lashes Uk refuses to leave, demands the leader deliver the last one himself, then has Mu-deok take the sword.
Uk breaks his silence after being cast out
Mu-deok and Maid Kim worry Uk is heartbroken after his banishment, but he has been quietly practicing and vows Songrim will beg him back.
The torrent of energy boils then freezes Uk's bath
Uk's flogging makes the stolen energy surge early; his bath turns scalding then icy while Mu-deok covers with a medicinal-herb excuse.
Freezing Uk's bird egg story
Freezing through the night, Uk asks Mu-deok for warmth and tells her he is the egg atop the tree with only her to care for him.
Stupidity or vigor: Uk tries his father's sword
Uk struggles to unsheathe the sword his father left; Mu-deok explains he needs Ryusu first and calls his stubbornness an act of vigor.
Uk fights the Crown Prince over the line
The Prince dares Uk to push him over a line; Uk takes a beating until Mu-deok's chamber-pot splash forces the Prince across it.
Uk's sword arm runs wild against the Crown Prince
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.
Everyone fights to drink the chamber pot water
Mu-deok offers to drink chamber-pot water as an apology, Uk insists he should, and the friends join in until the Crown Prince gives up.
The Crown Prince names her Filthy Mu-deok
Mu-deok hands the Prince Naksu's sword with lavish flattery so he can call himself the winner; he gives her a new nickname.
Mu-deok refuses to dirty the man she loves
Mu-deok explains why she splashed the Prince and turns down a handkerchief from the man she claims to love.
Uk unsheathes his father's sword before Park Jin
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.
Mu-deok ends Uk's pity party
Mu-deok tries to rouse Uk to train after only ten days of progress; he refuses and tells her to just be his maid.
Uk flees before Cheonbugwan can take him
Royal guards come for Uk after the duel challenge; warned he could lose his arm or life, he slips away to Sari Village with Mu-deok.
Mu-deok's real plan: train at Danhyanggok
Uk learns Mu-deok staged his escape so he would train, and their real destination is not Sari Village but Naksu's hometown.
How Naksu became Naksu
Mu-deok recalls her father, a Cheonbugwan star recorder killed by the four families, and growing up hard in Danhyanggok after following Jin Mu.
Danhyanggok is suspiciously cozy
Expecting a barren training ground, Uk finds roast chicken, a bath and soft blankets, and Mu-deok realizes someone else lives there.
A dog, flowers and Uk's kidnapping joke
A well-trained dog greets them; Uk jokes Mu-deok lured him there to live together, she snaps, and he decides he'd rather stay anyway.
Uk gives his sleeping master the bed
Finding Mu-deok passed out from carrying the luggage, Uk claims the bed as young master, then guiltily moves her there and takes the floor.
Night fight with the stranger who sensed a soul shifter
A stranger senses a great soul inside sleeping Mu-deok; Uk confronts him and their fight breaks out as Uk tells her to run.
Meet Master Lee, and the sleepwalking cover
The stranger apologizes, introduces himself as Master Lee and suggests Mu-deok sleepwalks; she and Uk bicker over the bed and deny being married.
Sizing up Master Lee: Jipsu, Ryusu, Chisu
Mu-deok and Uk watch Master Lee light a fire and dry his clothes with energy, and Uk realizes how badly last night could have gone.
Hemp Master Lee and the chaste herb tea
Uk learns he drank a pot of libido-killing chaste tea; then Master Lee says training under him means drinking more of it.
Uk's libido rant ends in an accidental Ryusu
Uk protests celibacy while Mu-deok calls it a small sacrifice, until his arm releases energy that bloodies her and she is thrilled.
Mu-deok smashes Uk's peaceful life
Uk is happily cooking and fishing with Master Lee; Mu-deok attacks the scene with a knife and calls him a coward.
A stranger checks Mu-deok for Naksu's mark
A man who saw her at the inn by the dock tries to drag Mu-deok to Cheonbugwan and looks for a blue mark.
Filthy Mu-deok flatters the Crown Prince
Mu-deok begs the Crown Prince for rescue by insulting Uk, receives his cinnamon sachet, and gamely drinks cinnamon wine she clearly hates.
Uk carries home his drunk master
Uk learns Mu-deok drank with the Crown Prince and finds her wasted, lamenting that this body cannot hold its liquor.
Yul and Dang-gu find drunk Mu-deok
Drunk Mu-deok drifts into a memory of an injured child and a bird call, then Yul and Dang-gu track her and Uk down in Danhyanggok.
Yul's bird memories and a round of chaste tea
Yul admits he snuck into Danhyanggok for the birds he loved, then the friends happily drink Master Lee's chaste tea.
Uk promises to take Mu-deok up the tree
At the tree with the bird's nest, Mu-deok mourns the moon she can no longer see, and Uk vows to master Chisu to take her up.
Yul burns the rice
After a tense dawn exchange with Mu-deok, Yul insists on cooking breakfast himself and ruins the rice despite her simple instructions.
Mu-deok's cooking class for genius Yul
Uk and Dang-gu watch Mu-deok scold Yul over green onions and soup; he takes it like a diligent pupil and the meal turns out tasty.
Master, do not cheat on me
Uk sulks that Mu-deok taught Yul to cook, calls it betrayal and cheating, and demands she be indifferent to other young masters.
The special tree and 'just anyone'
Yul finds the tall tree from his past; offered a climb with Dang-gu, Mu-deok refuses to share such a special tree with just anyone.
Yul asks how Danhyanggok fares in winter
Yul quietly asks Mu-deok whether it was cold here in winter; her answer comforts him while Uk and Dang-gu argue over whom she likes.
Mu-deok's brutal pep talk
Mu-deok tells Uk his friends sent him into hiding because he is worthless; he sulks off to bathe and she curses him from outside.
Training Tansu: slice one water drop
Mu-deok sets Uk to slicing falling water drops, explaining Tansu is the only way to face the Crown Prince and live.
Master Lee catches Mu-deok training Uk
Master Lee realizes Mu-deok is Uk's real master and warns her Tansu could kill him; Uk's sword nearly hits her.
Uk's arm burns from forced Tansu
Master Lee warns Uk's arm could rot; Mu-deok calls him lucky and fine, and Uk sees through his cruel master's kind lies.
An eye poke rematch turns flirtatious
Uk tricks Mu-deok with an eye poke, then leans close about her fading blue marks; she answers with a lesson about surprise attacks.
Uk learns he is getting married
Over thin pheasant soup, Master Lee reports Cho-yeon is marrying the Gwanju's son; Uk is stunned and teased about the chaste tea.
Should I get married, Master?
Uk figures the wedding is Maid Kim's deal to save him; he asks Mu-deok if he should marry, and she will not stay as just a maid.
Mu-deok dragged to the Crown Prince in silk
Snatched from Chwiseonru despite the sachet, Mu-deok is dressed as a gisaeng and brought to the Crown Prince, who says the look does not suit her.
The Crown Prince offers to take Mu-deok in
The Prince asks Mu-deok to keep Uk away from the duel, then offers her a place; she refuses to serve just anyone, leaving him baffled.
Yul confronts Mu-deok over the Spirit Plaque
Ju-wol admits Mu-deok tried to sell Uk's Spirit Plaque; Mu-deok tells Yul she wanted money and fun, and the plaque is then tied to Naksu.
Cho-yeon hears how much Uk adores Mu-deok
At Chwiseonru shopping for wedding rings, Cho-yeon's jade breaks and the staff gossip that Uk carried drunk Mu-deok on his back.
Cho-yeon makes Mu-deok carry the broken jade
Cho-yeon orders her future maid to carry an already broken stone; Mu-deok refuses, then spots a dangerous man and grabs it after all.
Mu-deok vanishes in Jinyowon
Uk is summoned to Jinyowon, where Mu-deok meets someone familiar, and the Jin family accuses her of stealing the yin-and-yang jade.
A fake Mu-deok seduces the Crown Prince with cinnamon wine
Brooding over Mu-deok's refusal, the Crown Prince finds her in his chambers, but she smells wrong; he unmasks the visitor as something wicked.
Mu-deok's illusion calls out Yul's secret longing
An apparition of Mu-deok tells Yul he kept the whistle and never stopped longing for the girl from Danhyanggok, then dares him to banish her.
Mu-deok exposes Cho-yeon as the one who broke the jade
Locked up, Mu-deok rattles Cho-yeon with a superstition about broken jade, then accuses her of framing the maid; Cho-yeon threatens to sell her.
Mu-deok outwits the mirror's philosophy of illusion
Inside the mirror, a reflection argues that all self-image is illusion and asks for her energy; Mu-deok turns its logic on it, then hears Uk calling.
The Mirror of Longing shatters and Mu-deok breaks free
A memory of Uk carrying her up a tree, a spirit's cry about the blind girl and the ice stone, and the mirror bursts apart.
Blinded Mu-deok is swarmed by worried suitors
Uk ties a cloth over Mu-deok's dazzled eyes, then Dang-gu, Yul and the Crown Prince each arrive offering to take her for treatment.
Who saved whom? Master and pupil argue about the mirror
Mu-deok insists she broke the mirror with her own returning power and lectures Uk that a pupil should die for his master; he sets terms of his own.
Jade bird eggs, then Mu-deok says goodbye to Uk
Uk gives Mu-deok a token made from the yin-and-yang jade as a reminder to stay loyal, unaware she was ordered to hand him over; she announces she is leaving.
Mu-deok stalls her blackmailer until the rain comes
A mage threatens to expose Naksu unless she brings Uk for his soul to take; she waits out the clock and learns he alone knows her secret.
Uk fights a Cheonbugwan mage in the rain with Tansu
Uk follows Mu-deok even after learning she meant to hand him over, and takes on the mage in a downpour until the alchemy of souls strikes.
Mu-deok thinks Uk's body was stolen, until he looks into her eyes
After the alchemy of souls, Mu-deok turns on what she thinks is Gil-ju in Uk's body; Uk gets close and asks her to recognize him.
Uk can move his energy without the binding bracelet
Mu-deok explains how the poison and the Soul Ejector together opened and surged Uk's energy, and calls him extraordinarily lucky.
Gil-ju tells Naksu her father was a soul shifter
His soul shift failed, Gil-ju reveals Cho Chung slaughtered his own family, that both were used, and that Jin Mu is not the true Danju.
Mu-deok remembers the night her father came home
Gil-ju's words replay as Mu-deok recalls being told to hide from her own father, and grieves.
Yul returns Mu-deok, and she scolds Uk for running away
Yul hands back the bracelet and reveals he wounded then saved Mu-deok; she invents a story that Uk abandoned her, and he plays along.
Yul warns Mu-deok he might let her die next time
After telling Uk to lie low until the duel, Yul coldly notes she was at Uk's side again, and Mu-deok bites back.
Mu-deok at her father's grave
At the soul shifters' grave, Mu-deok admits she was used and abandoned, fears she will run wild too, and asks Uk if he will leave her.
Uk vows to find the ice stone for his master
Uk promises to climb his way into the palace for the ice stone, and asks Mu-deok to keep pushing him to his limits and stay by his side.
Jang Uk walks in at the last second for the duel
With the king watching and Uk's Cheonbugwan inheritance at stake, noon arrives and the doors close, until Jang Uk is announced.
Jang Uk vs. the Crown Prince: the duel won with Tansu
Cho-yeon begs her mother to stop it, Uk defends as coached, an order goes out to smash the water crocks, and Uk ends the match with Tansu.
Accused of cheating, Uk is saved by Master Lee
Elders demand who taught Uk Tansu; he insists he trained alone, and Master Lee steps in to vouch for him and his maid.
Every house wants Jang Uk, and he picks Songrim
Cheonbugwan, Sejukwon, Jinyowon and Songrim all bid for the duel's winner; Uk asks Mu-deok where to go and joins Jeongjingak.
Uk shows off his uniform and thanks his master
Maid Kim tells Madam Do-hwa the news while Mu-deok recalls their first meeting; Uk asks how he looks and thanks her with a crushing hug.
Park Jin chases Maid Kim with a hangover pill
Uk and Mu-deok split Master Heo's pill, and Park Jin keeps trying to hand his to Maid Kim as she walks away.
Tipsy Yul holds Mu-deok's hand and asks if it was all a lie
Lost and a little drunk, Yul confesses he has gone astray, lets Mu-deok lead him, then asks about the illusion that said she loved him.
The Crown Prince vents to Mu-deok and asks about the sachet
Outside, the Crown Prince confesses how much he hates her master, threatens to kill her first next time, then checks where his sachet really went.
Mu-deok is barred from following Uk into Songrim
As drunk Uk is carried in, the gate guard rules a maid cannot enter and a trainee cannot leave; Mu-deok begs to be taken along.
Mu-deok waits outside the wall, and Yul sends her home
Uk drunkenly calls for her inside; outside, Mu-deok swears she will kill him if he abandons her, and Yul carries her vow to get into Songrim.
Mu-deok fears Uk has abandoned her
Mu-deok worries he has dropped her like 12 past masters, scoffs at a servant recruitment contest, and hears Uk's message is to enjoy the flowers.
Mu-deok realizes she is the bird egg Uk loves
Maid Kim asks who Uk loves, a woman like a single egg atop a tall tree; Mu-deok recalls the jade eggs and her rule, while Uk says he misses her.
Maid Kim's bird-egg theory and Mu-deok's private vow
Maid Kim clears Uk's room, guessing he loves a refined lady; Mu-deok calls their bond a shell she will leave once she hatches.
Seo Yul makes Mu-deok buy him a new umbrella
Yul visits Mu-deok to reclaim his lost umbrella, talks about his old leg wound and a friend from Danhyanggok, then makes her pay up.
Uk and Mu-deok's stolen reunion
Mu-deok signs up as applicant 125, learns Uk sneaked home, and catches him just before he heads back; she reveals Songrim is hiring.
The Crown Prince's surprise visit to the exam hall
The prince drops in to encourage the applicants, and Mu-deok's name is read among those who passed the written test.
The poem plays as Mu-deok races to the finish
Seo Gyeong's poem is read over Mu-deok's water-carrying race, and an old memory pushes her on to take the last place.
Uk answers Mu-deok's unsent love letter
Mu-deok calls Seo Gyeong's letter cowardly; Uk says her trip into Songrim was her own letter and gives his reply: he missed her too.
Uk reads Mu-deok's heart by calling her name
Mu-deok tries to burn the letter and forget it, but Uk uses the trick from Words of the Heart on her and sees what she hides.
Mu-deok diagnoses Uk's longing as poison
Mu-deok says missing her is a poison whose only antidote is her; Uk lists her cruelties and vows to report every symptom.
Yul finds his old whistle in Mu-deok's bag
Dang-gu finds the whistle Yul left at Danhyanggok in Mu-deok's bag; Yul lets her keep it and dares her to make him believe her love.
Yul's whistle and the friend he never told
Yul says real love is hard to say even once, and reveals the whistle belonged to a friend he failed to confess to.
Mu-deok cannot get Uk out of bed
On his first day Uk refuses to get up, blaming his poisoning; Mu-deok tells him his antidote is right here.
Uk sulks through every offer and blocks Mu-deok's nap
Uk turns down a sword lesson and a sapphire training mat, then lies across Mu-deok's path and refuses to move until she feels his frustration.
Mu-deok baits the Crown Prince into a bet
The prince claims credit for her answer sheet and belittles Uk; Mu-deok steers him into a wager and stakes her most precious possession.
Uk loses a surprise duel and learns of the jade bet
Mages ambush Uk with a duel he loses, then the prince reveals Mu-deok bet her jade on Uk winning one fight in ten days.
Uk confronts Mu-deok over betting their jade
Uk accuses Mu-deok of making the bet to force him to train; she admits it and says he cannot lose what they share to someone else.
Mu-deok coaches Uk on the tug-of-war of fighting
Soaked after his eighth loss, Uk replays the fight; Mu-deok tells him to feign retreat and strike when his opponent relaxes.
Uk notices Mu-deok's soaked shoes
Uk stops Mu-deok from fetching his clothes, sees she followed him into the water, and admits he is hurt from eight days of fights.
Uk shares his mugwort warmth with Mu-deok
Uk proves he got treated by letting Mu-deok feel how warm the mugwort left him, then teases the jade's mysterious powers.
Uk refuses Dang-gu's forfeit, then blames Mu-deok
Dang-gu offers to throw his match and Uk refuses; afterward Uk and Mu-deok bicker over who gave whom the wrong signal.
Uk and Mu-deok sneak into Cheonbugwan
Delivering Maid Kim's biscuits, Uk talks his way into Cheonbugwan and Mu-deok recalls her father showing her the plate from her birth.
Jin Mu finds Uk hiding instead of the eunuch
Hunting the rogue eunuch, Jin Mu draws out Uk, who explains his honey-biscuit errand and introduces Mu-deok.
Jin Mu traps Uk in a barrier
Uk and Mu-deok spot the rampaging eunuch and try to escape, but Jin Mu blocks their exit and seals Uk inside a barrier.
Jin Mu feeds Mu-deok to the soul shifter
Jin Mu offers Mu-deok to the rogue eunuch as food and steps outside, leaving her to face it while Uk is trapped in the barrier.
Mu-deok fears she is running wild
Having fed on the shifter's energy, Mu-deok begs Uk not to touch her in case she steals his energy too.
Mu-deok admits she opened the sky above the constellation basin
After the soul shifter turns to stone, Mu-deok confesses the water restored her energy and broke the ceiling, then plans to summon her 'savior'.
The Queen arrives with the 'petrified' eunuch alive
The Queen brings Eunuch Kim in, apparently unharmed, and Uk realizes the ice stone revived him, so he takes the blame and calls it all a lie.
Mu-deok's tearful act saves Uk from Jin Mu's punishment
Park Jin apologizes and offers to fix the basin; when Jin Mu insists on punishing Uk himself, Mu-deok's wailing plea gets him released to Songrim.
Park Jin praises Mu-deok's fuss and believes Uk
Mu-deok explains why she made a scene; Park Jin says he knows they told the truth and suspects Jin Mu holds the ice stone.
Mu-deok fears devouring Uk's energy, and he hears a confession
Mu-deok says they should stop being alone because she might drain him; Uk laughs, taking it as her reply to his love, and vows to find the ice stone.
Fake probation and the legend of the Golden Fish
Master Lee finds Uk home on 'probation'; Uk refuses to fish so he can train, until Mu-deok hears about the Golden Fish and volunteers him.
Master Lee catches a Golden Fish with no bait
At the lake Master Lee fishes with his own energy and pulls up a Golden Fish; Mu-deok reveals the trip is really a lesson in Chisu.
Mu-deok sees her own name on Maid Kim's memorial oration
Maid Kim prepares a memorial for an ill-fated girl, and the oration names Cho Chung and Cho Yeong, which Mu-deok says is her own name.
Mu-deok weeps at the memorial for her father and herself
Maid Kim explains the memorial, Mu-deok thanks her on the spirits' behalf, then cries for her father while a watcher blames himself for her fate.
Uk vows not to lose his last duel
Uk suspects Yul means Mu-deok; she teases that he fears another loss, and he says he finally caught it.
Mu-deok is the prize, and Seo Yul is Uk's last opponent
The tenth duel's prize is Mu-deok herself as a maid, and the challenger who steps forward to face Uk is Seo Yul.
Jang Uk reaches Chisu while Master Lee talks about geniuses
Master Lee explains that some are born able to grasp energy and others fear them, as Uk catches the Golden Fish and Mu-deok tells him he has reached Chisu.
The Crown Prince throws away the jade, and Mu-deok bets herself
Mu-deok admits the duels were training; the Crown Prince tosses the jade, calls her a liar, and makes her the prize of Uk's final duel.
The Crown Prince hands Mu-deok over to Seo Yul
Mu-deok says Uk would have beaten Cha Beom; the Crown Prince tells her she now serves Yul.
Seo Yul asks Mu-deok to help him bring someone home
As her new 'owner' in name only, Yul asks Mu-deok to promise to help him take someone to Seoho Fortress, and she agrees.
Mu-deok cleans Park Jin's room, beside the bow that shot her
Mu-deok eyes the bow Park Jin once used on her and teases him about forgetfulness; impressed, he orders a quiet check into her past.
The Crown Prince digs for the jade he threw away
The Crown Prince has Eunuch Oh searching the grass for the discarded jade, until Mu-deok shows she already found it and keeps it.
The Crown Prince makes Mu-deok's insult official
Cha Beom mocks Uk's birth and chastity; Mu-deok calls him despicable, and the Crown Prince has her repeat it loudly and shows her his sachet.
Mu-deok dares Uk to prove the chastity rumor false
Mu-deok confronts Uk about the rumor and dares him to embrace a pretty lady; he takes her at her word, and later she brings him something she found.
Park Jin confronts Mu-deok with the broker from Sari Village
Park Jin says the broker exposed her eyes; the broker claims she faked blindness to escape debt, and Mu-deok plays along.
The broker explains who paid him to lie
Alone with Mu-deok, the broker admits Ju-wol paid him with Uk's money, warns her about So-i, and says he likes her anyway.
Master Lee tells the King he is a soul shifter
At the palace the King rants about Shaman Choi, then Master Lee reveals his soul is over a century old in a borrowed body; Mu-deok seeks the broker.
Uk realizes Master Lee knew about Mu-deok all along
Uk grasps what Master Lee's ability means for Mu-deok, as the search for the broker ends in an accusation of murder.
Mu-deok catches Cho-yeon buying magic show tickets from a scalper
At the inn Mu-deok runs into Jin Cho-yeon, who begs her to keep quiet; Mu-deok needles her about lying, then they spot Songrim's leader.
Park Jin finds Mu-deok beside the broker's body
Park Jin accuses Mu-deok of killing the broker; she denies it, the dead thugs point to a swindler from Sari Village, and she slips away.
Mu-deok hunts for So-i and finds the guards dead
Mu-deok seeks the guards who saw So-i, admitting she does not know her face, only to find both guards killed.
Maid Kim offers Mu-deok money to run away
Mu-deok slips home; Maid Kim asks about her secret and tells her to flee, but Mu-deok refuses to leave Uk and asks to be taken to Jinyowon.
So-i, posing as blind, meets Mu-deok unrecognized
Feigning blindness outside the Jang house, So-i asks Mu-deok for help with her cane and realizes Mu-deok does not know her face.
Mu-deok blackmails Cho-yeon into being her witness
Framed for murder, Mu-deok begs Cho-yeon to vouch for her; when Cho-yeon refuses, Mu-deok threatens to ask her mother instead.
Mu-deok wanders into Bu-yeon's room at Jinyowon
Lady Jin plans a vase for her blind daughter's room; she finds Mu-deok inside and furiously throws her out.
Mu-deok learns Lady Jin's lost daughter was blind
Told the room belonged to a daughter thought drowned, Mu-deok learns she was blind and wonders if that is why she felt something.
Park Jin interrogates Uk and Mu-deok separately
Park Jin tells each that the other confessed their secret; they must guess what the other said, or one of them dies.
The shared secret: Uk and Mu-deok both confess their love
Both told Park Jin they love each other; Uk teases Mu-deok, she orders him to choose life over love, and he refuses.
Mu-deok demands a promise to go with 'love me to death'
Uk teases Mu-deok's glare and coaches her on sweet eyes; she asks what their future holds, then reveals Master Lee's dog was really Gwigu.
Mu-deok mourns Gwigu, the dog that never barked at her
Mu-deok realises the dead dog knew she was a soul shifter all along and kept quiet; then word spreads that Dang-gu and Cho-yeon are lovers.
Uk asks Mu-deok to point her sword at him first
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.
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon each secretly regret running away
Over tea, both runaways privately admit they were swept up in the moment and want to go home, each afraid of hurting the other.
So-i practises walking like a blind girl
Uk worries So-i knows who Mu-deok is; meanwhile So-i, sure everyone who knew her is dead, rehearses being blind with an umbrella for a cane.
Cho-yeon the impossible houseguest
Cho-yeon rejects dish after dish as too greasy, salty or sweet until the staff notice she is just as fussy as Uk.
Cho-yeon talks about her lost sister
Cho-yeon tells Mu-deok her blind sister was their mother's pride, gifted enough to trap souls, and insists she is still alive.
Could the Queen be Shaman Choi in disguise?
Remembering Eunuch Kim's words, they wonder if the Queen is a soul shifter, and work through the Seo family's Lanterns of Life.
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon refuse to sign the separation pledge
Offered a way home if they swear never to meet again, the couple admit they had doubts but cannot give each other up.
Cho-yeon spots a familiar scar on Mu-deok
Tending Mu-deok after a fall, Cho-yeon notices an old scar in the very place her sister was cut as a child.
A girl claiming to be Bu-yeon faces the doors of Jinyowon
Ho-gyeong checks the birthmark and scar on a girl brought from Cheonbugwan, then tests her at doors only Jin blood can move, and cries out for Bu-yeon.
So-i is welcomed home as the lost Bu-yeon
Ho-gyeong embraces her 'daughter' and Cho-yeon meets her 'sister'; So-i spots Mu-deok, wonders if she should have killed her, and weeps in Bu-yeon's room.
Uk dolls Mu-deok up at the accessory stall
Uk tries on trinkets, then puts makeup on Mu-deok, insists she is blushing, and teases that she looks like a drunk dog.
Yul's umbrella exposes the fake Bu-yeon
The friends realise the returned daughter carries the umbrella Yul gave So-i; Mu-deok grills Yul like a jealous wife before Uk takes over.
The King orders someone killed to test the ice stone
To see the stone revive the dead, the King has a spell-less maid offered up for gold, and she agrees to die for the demonstration.
Uk reveals Words of the Heart is a love letter
Mu-deok gambles her life to reach the ice stone while Uk explains Seo Gyeong spared it out of longing to save a dying lover.
A mother is set to kill her own daughter
Mu-deok dares Ho-gyeong to bring her back, unaware Ho-gyeong is her mother, as the execution for the ice stone test begins.
Mu-deok smiles as she volunteers to die
Onlookers wonder why the maid smiled agreeing to die; Jin Mu tells the Queen to seize the girl's body, and Ho-gyeong calls her 'my Bu-yeon'.
So-i plays dumb while the prince dismisses Mu-deok
So-i pleads blindness to the Crown Prince's questions, and the prince waves off Mu-deok as a puppy who only follows her master.
Mu-deok regains her power inside the ice stone
Brewing tea by spell, Mu-deok feels her power return and meets a voice in the stone that warns of its cost: earn one, lose the other.
Mu-deok shops for a new body while making noodles
Done being servile, Mu-deok weighs which body to take, from the King to Park Jin, then cooks one last meal for her young master.
Uk begs his master not to abandon him
Mu-deok rehearses a farewell, but Uk guesses they are inside the ice stone, admits he fears she will leave, and urges her to be honest.
The barrier drains anyone who casts a spell
A drink with the Crown Prince turns grim when a show of skill leaves Beom drained; Uk finds the barrier takes the energy of any spell.
Mu-deok realises her power would cost every life inside
Watching the drained mages, Mu-deok understands taking the stone's energy would kill them, and that the deaths would be hers.
The Crown Prince rejects Mu-deok's honey biscuits
Mu-deok offers Uk's favourite biscuits in thanks; the prince demands something grander and admits she backs away whenever he reaches for her.
Mu-deok and Yul share memories of Danhyanggok
Mu-deok scolds Yul for nearly setting the books ablaze, and their talk of pine pollen tea snacks and Danhyanggok leaves her knowing he will die.
Master Kang ambushes Yul inside the barrier
Yul walks into the trap meant for Mu-deok; he is found hurt, and the friends learn Master Kang is feeding on mages and can still cast spells.
Uk lures the soul shifter to the secret room alone
Uk takes Master Kang on himself to save the others; Mu-deok decides to rescue them one last time and runs for the secret room past Yul.
Uk asks Mu-deok to point her sword at him first
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.
Mu-deok tells Uk to point his sword at her first
Trapped in the barrier, Mu-deok confronts Uk about the overflowing power he cannot control and holds him to his promise.
Uk plans to give away all his energy to turn the fog into rain
Inside the barrier Uk proposes using Tansu to turn the ice stone's fog into rain at the cost of all his power; Mu-deok forbids it as his master.
Mu-deok gives the dying Yul the Jin family blood worm
With no way to transfuse blood, Mu-deok uses the worm carrying Jin family blood on the badly wounded Yul and begs him to live.
Uk asks the Crown Prince to take the credit, and Mu-deok lets him go
Uk will use Tansu even if it costs his powers or life, asks the Crown Prince to handle the aftermath, and Mu-deok gives her blessing.
The King's Star rises and the barrier lifts
The King's Star appears, the barrier falls and the crowd hails the Crown Prince, while Uk and Mu-deok, both powerless, are just glad to be together.
Mu-deok sees through Yul and returns his Danhyanggok keepsake
Mu-deok tells Yul he is a terrible liar, thanks him for quietly protecting her, and gives back the token from Danhyanggok.
Yul and Mu-deok say goodbye in three breaths
Yul checks her pulse as an excuse to share three breaths, and the two quietly part, remembering their time at Danhyanggok.
Mu-deok in a bridal gown leaves everyone staring
Mu-deok is dressed as a stand-in bride for a fitting and the women cannot stop admiring her.
Uk quits as Mu-deok's pupil and proposes
Uk finds Mu-deok in the bridal room, says even 13 proposals get easier, ends his training as her pupil and asks her to marry him.
Mu-deok accidentally fuels rumors about Uk
A gossip promises to spread news of the marriage, and Mu-deok's defense of Uk turns into an embarrassing rumor about their nights together.
The wedding-ring shopping that uncovers Uk's seven rings
Ordering matching rings, Mu-deok learns of Uk's past ring-holding young ladies, hunts for more, and settles for his hand as her ring.
Yul's wound hides a blood parasite
Yul still hurts after healing; Mu-deok learns So-i gave him her blood and that a parasite is in his body, and plans medicine.
Maid Kim accepts Mu-deok and learns Park Jin is a fool
Maid Kim tells Mu-deok to stop doing chores as Uk's future wife, and Mu-deok's assumption about Maid Kim and Park Jin leaves both exasperated.
Mu-deok hears strange bells in the market
Shopping with Uk, Mu-deok goes deaf to his calls after hearing bells, while Jin Mu watches and finds new hope in Naksu.
The Crown Prince tells Mu-deok to go where he cannot reach her
The Crown Prince admits he knows Uk saved everyone, confesses his bitterness and jealousy, and tells Mu-deok to leave with Uk far away.
Drunk Mu-deok tries to fly, then confesses to Uk
Tipsy at her farewell drink, Mu-deok fails to fly to the roof, nearly brags she is Naksu, and tells Uk she likes him before falling asleep.
Jin Mu awakens the assassin in Mu-deok
Calling her Naksu, Jin Mu pours his power into Mu-deok to bring hers out, knowing she will run wild.
Mu-deok runs wild in Sejukwon on the wedding day
Under Jin Mu's control, Mu-deok attacks Cho-yeon's father at Sejukwon; Dang-gu fails to stop her and Cho-yeon weeps over her father.
Mu-deok realizes she stabbed Uk
Coming to herself, Mu-deok finds Uk wounded by her hand, as memories of their ring and their sword promise flood back.
The season closes at the soul shifters' grave
Mu-deok wakes freed of the bells as Jin Mu predicts her end, while a voice tells Uk, the King's Star, that this is not his end.
Uk finally mourns Mu-deok at the cliff
At the cliff Uk relives his vows to his master Mu-deok and her confession, and admits he could not cry for her.