Uk corners a stranger who knows his father's sword
In Gaema Village a man who recognised Jang Gang's sword calls him a madman; Uk explains why he still carries it, and the stranger recalls Do-hwa.
S1E17 · Episode 17
23 moments · 54 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
The stranger warns Uk off his hunt for sorcery
Hearing Uk is after Shaman Choi, the stranger warns that sorcery's darkness consumes the soul, then admits he is damaged to his core.
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.
Jin Mu sells the Crown Prince on eternal life
Jin Mu recasts Seo Gyeong as a controller, pitches the ice stone as eternal youth for a chosen few, and says Jinyowon's returned daughter can find it.
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.
So-i learns Mu-deok is the real Jin Bu-yeon
Ho-gyeong shows the embroidered eye mask her blind daughter always wore; So-i recognises it as the one she stole from Mu-deok.
So-i turns Cho-yeon against Mu-deok
The fake Bu-yeon claims Mu-deok's energy is dark, then asks Jin Mu if the real daughter is dead and resolves to keep the secret.
The friends hold back their proof about the fake daughter
Dang-gu wants to tell his uncle, but the others fear a feud with Jinyowon and suspect Jin Mu has leverage over Lady Jin.
Jin Mu offers Ho-gyeong the ice stone at a price
Ho-gyeong notices her daughter's ears are wrong; Jin Mu reveals what she did with the ice stone and offers it back if she fights Songrim.
Jin Mu unveils the Danju of his secret order
Before his followers, Jin Mu presents the fake Bu-yeon as their Danju, then privately vows to shift into her body to serve his sister.
Ho-gyeong reveals the ice stone at the Unanimous Assembly
Jinyowon's leader lists Songrim's overreach, presents her daughter, and announces the ice stone has been in Jinyowon all along.
Master Lee leaves a blank letter for Jang Gang
Expecting Jang Gang to surface, Master Lee gives Maidservant Kim a blank page for him and explains why Seo Gyeong's pupil stays away.
The mage families turn on Songrim
The assembly calls Songrim's crusade a fraud, Jinyowon refuses to destroy the stone, and the families shout Songrim out of the debate.
The Gisan claim sparks a brawl of elder mages
A proposal to keep the stone at Gisan sets old mages trading insults and shoves, one calling the other a little shrimp.
Park Jin forbids the ice stone from leaving Songrim
Ho-gyeong claims the right to convene the assembly for Jinyowon; Songrim's leader orders his mages to stop anyone taking the stone.
Uk beats the drum and invokes Words of the Heart
Uk greets his former masters, interrupts the standoff before the King, and claims Seo Gyeong's will on the stone lies in Words of the Heart.
Dang-gu stalls, then tells Cho-yeon the truth
Sent to fetch the book, Dang-gu fakes hunger to buy time, then tells Cho-yeon her returned sister is So-i.
Ho-gyeong agrees to get rid of Mu-deok
The fake Bu-yeon asks to keep Mu-deok away and Ho-gyeong promises to remove her, leaving the watcher unsure what Lady Jin knows.
Uk tells the Crown Prince the Queen is Shaman Choi
A Cheonbugwan log confirms Shaman Bong's story; Uk reveals Eunuch Kim served the Queen as Shaman Choi and that the real Queen still lives.
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.
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