A mother begs the mage to save her soul-shifter son
A soul shifter named Geon runs wild, and his mother pleads with the mage who made him one not to take his soul back.
S1E1 · Episode 1
24 moments · 50 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
The dying king asks Jang Gang to swap bodies for seven days
After an eighth soul shifter turns to stone, the heirless king asks his top mage for the forbidden alchemy of souls, using the mage's own body.
The body swap is done, and Do-hwa is claimed
With king and mage now in each other's bodies, one of them sets his sights on Do-hwa and declares any child she bears his own.
The legend of Daeho and its mages
Narration explains how the sky's energy pooled into a great lake, a country called Daeho grew around it, and mages learned to wield that power.
Naksu the Shadow Assassin is cornered and hunted
Twenty years later, the assassin Naksu explains her name to the men surrounding her, then fights and flees as archers and mages give chase.
Park Jin shows Yul the blue mark on Naksu's body
At Songrim, the leader teaches Yul how a soul leaving its body leaves a blue bruise, and they find a bird whistle on the dead assassin.
Dang-gu bursts in with tavern gossip
Dang-gu rushes to his uncle with rumors about Naksu, gets scolded for hanging around bars, and reveals Uk has been sent to train with a monk.
Jang Uk quits his monk master and threatens a refund
Fed up with sharpening swords and never learning a spell, Uk walks out on Monk Ho-yeong, and answers an insult about his birth with a creditor's threat.
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 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.
Dang-gu finds runaway Uk eating crab at the brothel
Dang-gu tracks down Uk, who wants his friend to crack crab shells with a spell, and shares a rumor that Naksu may still be alive.
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.
Dang-gu explains Tansu with a crab leg
Uk asks about Naksu's sword technique; Dang-gu explains Tansu, and Uk realizes the girl went for his vital point in one move.
Naksu's handler orders every trace of her erased
The assassins' leader reasons that Naksu failed or is hiding, and orders her body and sword retrieved now that her identity is exposed.
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.
Uk demands the right to learn spells
Unable to draw his father's sword because of the spell on him, Uk is told no one will open his gate of energy, and vows to find a master himself.
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.
Uk recognizes the whistle he made
Uk shows Dang-gu the bird whistle found on an unexpected person and insists he remembers exactly who he gave it to.
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.
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