Jang Uk no longer wants to die
Bu-yeon feels the ice stone's power inside him; Uk admits he no longer wants it gone, and she vows never to grant that wish.
S2E8 · Episode 8
27 moments · 48 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Jang Uk rehearses asking Lady Jin for her daughter
Planning to undo the promise, Uk practises his marriage plea; Bu-yeon lets slip her mother's needles and decides to go home first.
Honey biscuits and 'I recognized you first'
Bu-yeon fusses over Uk before leaving and says she knew he was her husband at first sight, echoing an old memory, while someone watches.
Maid Kim catches Park Jin stopping Yul's help
Park Jin admits he told Yul to stay out of it; Maid Kim calls him out, and Uk vows to win over Lady Jin.
Seo Yul warns Bu-yeon: you will hurt each other
Yul tells of a dream of losing someone he cherished, says she will learn who she really is, and asks her to turn a blind eye.
The Crown Prince sends Jang Uk a Gold Plaque
A palace messenger delivers a chest; inside is the Gold Plaque left for the late king's son, and Go Won reports the turtle gone.
Seo Yul honours So-i before her funeral
Yul sees So-i's body and the item she cherished, hears she thought he made the world bright, and asks for a warm, sunny grave.
Bu-yeon sees the scar Naksu left on Uk
Watching Uk change, Bu-yeon asks about the sword scar, refuses to visit Danhyanggok, and is moved that he asks her to wait.
Seo Yul's threat and plea to Lady Jin
Yul tells Lady Jin not to lock Naksu up, reveals her daughter's soul may return, and asks her to let Naksu stay for a while.
The Crown Prince orders Jang Uk to North Fortress
Go Won confirms Uk holds a Gold Plaque too, and tells him to go north if he will not fight over it; Uk obeys.
Go Won and Jin Mu on weakness and the lost turtle
The Crown Prince says Uk fights only to protect others; Jin Mu calls that weakness and dismisses the missing turtle.
Jang Uk decides to accept the fight
Uk tells his elder he is going north and asks if he will back him; he says he knows his target and what he must protect.
Heo Yun-ok exposes the blue mark at the graveyard
At Uk's graveyard Yun-ok splashes a scar-revealing medicine on Bu-yeon; Yul stops her, and Bu-yeon sees the blue marks and asks if she is her.
Bu-yeon's memories return at the Danhyanggok tree
At the tree, memories of her crazy master flood back and she realises she was Naksu, then the body's true owner speaks to her.
Bu-yeon leaves Jang Uk for 'a man she cared for'
Bu-yeon says she remembers a man she hurt too badly to face; Uk, wounded and jealous, lets her go as she leaves for Jinyowon.
Jang Uk appointed general of North Fortress
At court Uk is named general of North Fortress and asked whether his wife will come; he says she will not.
Jang Uk sulks over the man she chose
Uk agonises over who the other man could be and whether he is less than a brazier on a summer day, yet admits he misses her.
Over the wall: Jang Uk's brazier-in-summer goodbye
Uk sneaks into her old room, refuses her 'confused' excuse, and vows to be the brazier waiting until she misses him.
Jang Uk leaves Jeongjingak for the north
Maid Kim wants to follow Uk north, Park Jin protests, and Uk tells her to stay with his uncle.
Why Jang Uk must never know about Naksu
Two allies agree Uk is better off not knowing: with Hwansu he could keep Naksu's soul, but only through forbidden sorcery.
Ominous bird earthenware washes up in the lake
Bird-shaped earthenware panics the capital; Jin Mu admits he dumped it and plans to plant more in the canals with the Crown Prince's help.
Jin Mu strips Jinyowon of the rite dance
Jin Mu tells Ho-gyeong another family will dance at the lake's rite; she refuses Jinyowon's artifacts and invokes the plaque.
Bu-yeon takes the Jinyowon Plaque to face Jin Mu
When Lady Jin sends for the plaque, Bu-yeon pulls rank on Cho-yeon to go herself, remembering Jin Mu as the man who trained and killed her.
The Assembly moves to seize Jinyowon's plaque
Jin Mu and the Crown Prince charge Ho-gyeong with letting Songrim near the fire bird and point to her graying hair as proof she has weakened.
Bu-yeon stands before Jin Mu as Jinyowon's heir
Bu-yeon arrives with the plaque, refuses to surrender it, and offers to prove her returning divine powers to Jin Mu.
Jin Mu's test: retrieve the plaque from Gwido
Jin Mu throws the plaque into the sorcerers' prison Gwido; despite Ho-gyeong's fear of the wraiths, Bu-yeon promises to bring it back.
Inside Gwido, Jang Uk sees the marks in her eyes
Bu-yeon is daunted by the vast prison; after a long silence Uk appears beside her and asks about the marks in her eyes.
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