Ten years ago: young Bu-yeon finds the ice stone at the lake
Flashback: a gifted girl senses the ice stone under Lake Gyeongcheondaeho, and her jealous father turns on her to seize it.
S1E19 · Episode 19
32 moments · 1h 05m of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
A kind old woman names a blind, nameless girl Mu-deok
An old woman feeds a blind girl who has lost her memory, offers her a home and gives her the name of her late granddaughter.
Words of the Heart is read as Seo Gyeong's love letter
Before the King, Songrim reveals the scroll is a confession to Jin Seol-ran: Seo Gyeong spared the ice stone for his dying lover, and she refused it.
Mu-deok tells Uk to point his sword at her first
Trapped in the barrier, Mu-deok confronts Uk about the overflowing power he cannot control and holds him to his promise.
A stranger tells children about the sad King's Star
A man explains to two children that the King's Star brings great power and lonely responsibility, and says the star will soon appear.
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon tease each other at the Gaema apothecary
Tracking the queen's eunuch to an apothecary, Dang-gu jokes their old love charm worked, then Cho-yeon spots her own father there.
The real Queen held captive, and how the Choi shaman was burned
Cho-yeon's father keeps the real Queen alive in his scarred sister's body and recalls the trial where Jang Gang burned their family spell book.
Jin Ho-gyeong confesses she let Jang Gang take the ice stone
Pressed by Songrim, Jin Ho-gyeong recalls her stillborn baby and admits she opened Jinyowon to Jang Gang, losing the ice stone.
Cho-yeon overhears her father's secret about the Queen
Cho-yeon walks in as her father vows to kill the Queen once his sister changes bodies, and demands to know whose soul is in the Queen.
Maidservant Kim comes face to face with Master Jang
Maidservant Kim meets a man she has not seen in years and recognizes him as Master Jang.
Uk plans to give away all his energy to turn the fog into rain
Inside the barrier Uk proposes using Tansu to turn the ice stone's fog into rain at the cost of all his power; Mu-deok forbids it as his master.
Mu-deok gives the dying Yul the Jin family blood worm
With no way to transfuse blood, Mu-deok uses the worm carrying Jin family blood on the badly wounded Yul and begs him to live.
The false Queen and Jin Mu clash over the Soul Ejector
The shaman in the Queen's body wants to seize the ice stone with sorcery; Jin Mu refuses, and the two trade cruel insults about birth and power.
Dang-gu tells Park Jin that Jang Gang started it all
Dang-gu reports the real Queen is found and urges discretion, then names Uk's father, Jang Gang, as the Songrim mage behind everything.
Uk asks the Crown Prince to take the credit, and Mu-deok lets him go
Uk will use Tansu even if it costs his powers or life, asks the Crown Prince to handle the aftermath, and Mu-deok gives her blessing.
The burned shaman stands before the court: she is the real Queen
A disfigured woman locked up for years is brought before the King and declares she is Queen Seo Ha-seon, robbed of her body by a shaman.
The ashes of Gwigu expose the false Queen
With no mark to prove it, Songrim produces ashes said to hold Gwigu's power; the false Queen panics, and the bluff proves she is a soul shifter.
The Choi siblings unmasked before Jin Ho-gyeong
The false Queen grabs a dagger to her own body, and the court learns Cho-yeon's father is her brother and that Jin Bu-yeon was a fake.
Shaman Choi accuses every family of hypocrisy
Cornered, the shaman says no one may call her evil: Jin Ho-gyeong let the ice stone out, Park Jin hid the truth, and Jin Mu stood by.
Her brother's last act for his sister, and Cho-yeon's cries
Jin Mu abandons the shaman, her brother tells her to flee with the last Soul Ejector, and Cho-yeon screams for her father.
The Soul Ejector unleashed, and Jang Gang returns to block it
The shaman threatens to destroy the ice stone with everyone inside; amid the chaos Jang Gang appears and stops the Soul Ejector's energy.
Jang Gang confesses his sorcery and dies to protect Uk
Turning to stone, Jang Gang confesses before the assembly that he took the ice stone, takes the blame for all, and denies Uk is his son.
Uk wakes with no power, holding the ice stone
Uk comes to and realizes his energy is gone; the ice stone is finally in his hand, now just a stone to him.
The King's Star rises and the barrier lifts
The King's Star appears, the barrier falls and the crowd hails the Crown Prince, while Uk and Mu-deok, both powerless, are just glad to be together.
Mu-deok sees through Yul and returns his Danhyanggok keepsake
Mu-deok tells Yul he is a terrible liar, thanks him for quietly protecting her, and gives back the token from Danhyanggok.
Yul and Mu-deok say goodbye in three breaths
Yul checks her pulse as an excuse to share three breaths, and the two quietly part, remembering their time at Danhyanggok.
Uk learns how his father took the blame
Uk is told his father died taking full responsibility, and remembers the one time he met him.
The real Queen demands Uk be punished for his father's crimes
Trapped in a scarred body, the Queen asks why Uk is spared; Songrim answers he lost his powers and his right to lead Cheonbugwan.
Jang Gang's letter reveals Uk's real father
A message from Jang Gang tells Maidservant Kim and Park Jin that Uk was conceived when the late king shifted souls; they vow to keep it secret.
Jin Mu offers the Crown Prince protection from the true King's Star
The fugitive Jin Mu finds the Crown Prince and tells him Uk is the real owner of the King's Star who will outshine him.
Mu-deok in a bridal gown leaves everyone staring
Mu-deok is dressed as a stand-in bride for a fitting and the women cannot stop admiring her.
Uk quits as Mu-deok's pupil and proposes
Uk finds Mu-deok in the bridal room, says even 13 proposals get easier, ends his training as her pupil and asks her to marry him.
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