King Jinp Peong is proclaimed as King after Mi Shil's coup d'état, but Mi Shil's followers fail to assassinate Mun No and Lady Ma Ya. So Hwa is entrusted with one of the twins immediately after their birth and flees to China. Mi Shil orders Chil Sook to go after and get rid of them no matter the cost..

So Hwa and Seon Deok flee into the desert where Chil Sook gets injured by the attack of So Hwa. She then sinks into the quicksand to save Seon Doek and Chil Sook is swept away by the sand storm…