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.
S1E16 · Episode 16
27 moments · 57 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Jin Ho-gyeong storms Songrim and calls Master Lee a thief
Jinyowon's leader demands Gwigu back, accuses Master Lee of stealing it, and kills the dog that housed the relic to protect her daughter.
Cho-yeon confesses to using a Lovers' Charm
Asked why Gwigu attacked her, Cho-yeon admits she used a love charm; Gwigu is gone for good and her mother turns on her.
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.
Dang-gu takes Cho-yeon's hand in front of both families
Ho-gyeong rejects a match and eyes the Crown Prince for Cho-yeon; Cho-yeon refuses, Dang-gu declares himself, and both get thrown out.
The runaway couple's awkward 'get a room' moment
Cast out with nowhere to go, Dang-gu suggests an inn and panics over how it sounds, until Maidservant Kim comes looking for Uk.
Jin Mu feeds the Crown Prince's fear of the King's Star
Jin Mu paints Gwigu as a Songrim threat and warns a King's Star from Songrim could justify taking the throne; the Crown Prince vows not to live in fear.
Songrim decides it needs Jang Gang to return
Songrim's elders fear Jin Mu will use Uk's birth against them, and pin their hopes on the wandering Jang Gang hearing the soul shifter rumours.
Heo Yeom hands Uk the assassin Naksu's sword
Summoned by an absent Master Lee, Uk receives Naksu's sword along with a scolding about leading Yun-ok on and a warning about how strict Lee can be.
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.
Maidservant Kim and Park Jin misread each other's crush
Park Jin fishes for whether an older, plainer man has a chance; Kim thinks he means himself, while he thinks she means Master Lee.
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.
Uk, Yul and Dang-gu remember the buried inkstone
Drinking together, the three friends retell how they hid a broken inkstone as boys, and discover Dang-gu romanticised how they got caught.
Yul's sleepless nights and a secret he keeps
The friends notice Yul is not sleeping; memories of Gwigu's body suggest he is quietly carrying something he will not say.
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.
The plot to move the Queen's soul into Jinyowon
Feeling Songrim closing in, the conspirators plan to bring a body into Jinyowon as its lost daughter, and to stage a funeral at the palace.
Uk and the Crown Prince trade secrets in Gaema Village
Both hunting Eunuch Kim's trail among the shamans, Uk and the Crown Prince haggle over information, the prince pulling rank every time.
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.
So-i finds the Jin crest she has seen before
Jin Mu's coached 'daughter' picks up a discarded handkerchief and recognises the Jinyowon crest from something Mu-deok owned.
Shaman Bong tells the tale of Shaman Choi
An old shaman who reads Uk and the Crown Prince as suspiciously close recalls a hex-casting shaman who leapt into a fire while fleeing Jang Gang's mages.
Park Jin gives Dang-gu a secret task
Dang-gu pleads for his love; Park Jin sends him to Uk's house to watch for one man: Jang Gang, Uk's father.
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.
Uk and the Crown Prince split up to catch a tail
Sworn to secrecy about Jang Gang's past, the pair realise someone is following them and separate to flush out their pursuer.
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