Uk keeps the tree promise and they play house
Uk explains why she waited on the tree, finally carries her, and they tease each other over chestnut rice and a thrown knife.
S2E10 · Episode 10
25 moments · 58 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Master Lee decides the two of them must marry
Refusing to watch one hunt the other, Master Lee announces he will end their current relationship by being witness at their wedding.
Four names, and she chooses Cho Yeong
After a mix-up over which way to face, Master Lee lists all four of her names; she picks her birth name, and he links light and shadow.
The wedding of Jang Uk and Cho Yeong
Over the wedding drink, echoes of their past promises play out before Master Lee declares them husband and wife.
Atop the tree, Uk admits he always knew her
Looking out over the world, Uk says he recognized the girl with the blue marks in her eyes from the very start.
A month of tomorrows and a promised last love letter
Uk refuses to count the days left; she promises a sign when her final memory returns, and Master Lee thinks of Seo Gyeong's unsent letter.
Jin Seol-ran shows Master Lee the fire bird's future
A spirit shows Master Lee the fire bird drying out the world, says only the man under the King's Star can stop it, and names her reborn self.
Jin Mu returns in a new body and the Prince is stripped
Go Won learns a soul shifter in the palace is Jin Mu; the King sides with him and takes away the Crown Prince's Gold Plaque.
Jin Mu storms Jinyowon for the fire bird's egg
The Assembly's mages force their way in; Jin Mu drains Jin Ho-gyeong until Cho-yeon opens the door, and Jinyowon starts to collapse.
Park Jin must seal the door with Maid Kim inside
As relics escape a collapsing Jinyowon, Maid Kim, trapped inside, begs Park Jin to seal the door, calling it what must be done.
Park Jin refuses Jin Mu's offer to save her
Jin Mu and the King offer Park Jin the power to save Maid Kim; he admits he wants it, then vows to stop them anyway.
Empty coffins, then word that three still live
Songrim mourns Jin Ho-gyeong, Maid Kim and Park Jin with empty coffins, until Master Lee says the three did not die after all.
How Bu-yeon saved Jinyowon and Naksu's soul left
Jin Ho-gyeong learns Bu-yeon entered the collapsing Jinyowon through a door from Danhyanggok, and that Naksu has left her body.
Her last love letter: the final memory
Uk sets the yin-and-yang jade aside; the sign she promised comes back, and her last memory answers how she felt in their final moment.
Uk hands the Crown Prince the late king's Gold Plaque
Uk gives Go Won a plaque left by the late king so he can stop the army, and says he already reached the peak with the one he loves.
The Crown Prince tells his father to step down
The King waits for his guards, but Go Won has countermanded the order with the Gold Plaque of the man born under the King's Star.
Uk forces the fire bird awake on the Assembly
As the mages hesitate, Uk wakes the fire bird himself and turns their own creed of power for the powerful back on them.
Seven stars send the fire bird to Uk at the lake
Bu-yeon wakes the fire bird atop the constellation basin and the seventh star guides it to Uk at Lake Gyeongcheondaeho, where it vanishes.
The light gets its shadow back
After the fire bird disappears, a voice returns the shadow to the light that saved the world.
One year later: Maid Kim babysits the twins
Maid Kim dotes on Dang-gu's twin boys while Park Jin grumbles about newlywed trips, until a sudden queasiness hints at news.
Seo Yul's open-door recruitment at Jeongjingak
Seo Yul now leads Jeongjingak and recruits on passion alone, picking two unlikely pupils on Bu-yeon's word to outshine Uk.
Master Heo's queen scheme and the King's rumored chastity
Master Heo plots to make his granddaughter queen; gossip says the new King practices chastity, and the King recalls a turtle son.
31 relics loose, and Jin Ho-gyeong makes peace
The escaped relics list is read out, and Jin Ho-gyeong explains why seeing Bu-yeon no longer brings her agony.
Children's legend of the couple in the Danhyanggok tree
A storyteller scares children with a nail-eating mouse, and they swap tales of a married couple who appear atop the giant tree.
Carried up the tree forever, then a cat as big as an elephant
Uk is still carrying his wife up the tree as promised; they bicker about training before going after a huge escaped cat.
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