A staged assassination hides a body swap
A master arranges to be seen dying in public at assassins' hands, and a voice promises to use his body well.
S1E12 · Episode 12
22 moments · 52 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
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.
The jade links Uk's heart to the Crown Prince
Uk fills the jade with energy and the Crown Prince feels an irresistible pull; both are mortified to learn who made their heart race.
Park Jin's autopsy demand blocked at the funeral
Park Jin wants Master Kang's body examined for sorcery before cremation; Jin Mu objects and Lady Jin sides with him.
Jin Mu dangles hope while So-i prepares to play Bu-yeon
Jin Mu tells Ho-gyeong a drowned girl may be Bu-yeon; nearby So-i studies her future family and decides to look more pitiful.
The truth about who Naksu was killing
Two masters piece together that Naksu, Cho Chung's daughter, unknowingly disposed of Jin Mu's discarded soul-shifter bodies.
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.
Yul forces Master Kang's body to run wild
At the cremation Park Jin has Yul pour energy into the body; it turns out to be a soul shifter, and Songrim claims the case.
Songrim battles the rogue soul shifter
Park Jin confronts Jin Mu over the cover-up, then the rampaging soul shifter fights until Cheonbugwan strikes it down.
Yul and Uk on monsters and following your heart
Yul tells Uk he slashed a soul shifter and that mages must protect the world from monsters; Uk offers a gentler view.
The Queen's body hides Shaman Choi
A palace servant who needs energy blackmails the Queen, revealing she is Shaman Choi and the real Queen lives in another body.
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.
Park Jin denies Jin Mu a honey biscuit
Jin Mu reminisces with Maid Kim about serving Jang Gang and asks to share biscuits with Uk; Park Jin refuses and sends him away.
Park Jin shuts Uk out of Songrim's mission
Park Jin sends every trained mage to Sejukwon except Uk, telling him he is excluded and may go home.
A eunuch asks Jin Mu for a new body
A eunuch asks to be shifted into the girl posing as Bu-yeon; Jin Mu remarks on facts that still sting, like his past begging for food.
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 turns the eunuch to stone
The eunuch protests he was promised a new body, but Jin Mu makes him run wild; his men are ordered to find him before morning.
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.
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