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'.
S1E13 · Episode 13
25 moments · 50 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Jin Mu hunts the hidden Jang Uk inside Cheonbugwan
Jin Mu guesses Uk is hiding rather than lost and threatens to ring the room with fire; Uk taunts him from cover.
Jang Uk's yin-and-yang jade bluff turns the tables on Jin Mu
Cornered, Uk reveals he charged the twin of the Crown Prince's jade and hid it on the petrified eunuch, so the prince is coming.
The Crown Prince storms Cheonbugwan to confront Jin Mu
The Crown Prince arrives and demands Jin Mu explain the soul shifter eunuch and why Uk and his maid were nearly killed.
Maid Kim remembers Cho Chung and the daughter Jang Gang searched for
Maid Kim recalls Jang Gang's friend Cho Chung and his lost daughter, believes the girl is dead, and wants to drive off her lingering spirit.
The honey biscuit excuse: Park Jin covers for Uk
Park Jin offers a flimsy reason for Uk's visit, Uk accuses Jin Mu of hiding a soul shifter, and the Crown Prince orders a check on the eunuch.
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.
Jin Mu wonders who could have opened the basin's ceiling
Alone with the broken basin, Jin Mu reasons that only a mage at Chisu could have opened it, and Uk could not have.
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.
The revived eunuch tells Jin Mu what the ice stone feels like
Brought back with the ice stone, Eunuch Kim describes being petrified, and Jin Mu suspects Uk has secretly reached Chisu.
The Queen asks Jin Mu who changed Jang Uk
The Queen blames Jin Mu for underestimating Uk; Jin Mu describes the aimless boy Uk used to be, and she tells him to find who changed him.
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.
Jinyowon's leader refuses to help Songrim hunt soul shifters
Songrim's leader asks for Jinyowon's relics to unmask soul shifters; Lady Jin refuses and he accuses her of a deal with Jin Mu.
A girl is marked with moles and scars to become Jin Bu-yeon
A young woman is told every mole and scar a mother would remember will be engraved on her, even with acid, so she can pass as Jin Bu-yeon.
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.
Uk and Master Lee trade secrets about love and Naksu
Uk guesses Master Lee's feelings for Maid Kim and admits he likes Mu-deok; Lee reveals he knows Naksu was Yul's first love.
Songrim's laborers stall at Cheonbugwan to watch Jin Mu
Songrim's crew keeps redoing the basin repairs to stay inside, and Jin Mu probes Seo Yul about mastering Chisu.
So-i sets her sights on Seo Yul
Told Seo Yul is out of her league, the vagabond So-i muses that as Jin Bu-yeon she might have a chance with him.
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.
Seo Yul plans to take someone with him to Seoho Fortress
Yul tells Uk he will soon go home now that he has mastered Chisu, and that there is someone he wants to bring along.
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.
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