Cheon Gi finishes the portrait. Prince Joohyang asks Ha Ram to find a divine object that’ll help him stay in control even when he gets possessed by the demon. Ha Ram realizes the ring he gave to Cheon Gi is the divine object and gives Prince Joohyang a fake ring. The ritual starts and the demon is released from Ha Ram’s body.
Cheon Gi starts repainting the portrait. King Seongjo tells Prince Yangmyeong he plans on installing him as the next Crown Prince. Prince Joohyang who hears everything visits Ha Ram in his cell and tells him to hand over the Demon. Afterwards, he confronts King Seongjo about it and King Seongjo collapses.
Cheon Gi finds out about the Demon and why she was chosen to draw King Youngjong’s portrait. She also finds out that if she paints the portrait, something bad might happen to her like her father. She gets scared and makes an excuse not to paint. Meanwhile, Ha Ram also finds out about the Demon inside him and how Cheon Gi might be in danger so he prepares a boat ticket to Yeon for Cheon Gi and her father.
Cheon Gi enters Gohwawon to start working on the King’s portrait. Expert Han shows Cheon Gi around and explain what kind work she’ll be dong. When Cheon Gi sees the late King’s portrait it makes her fall down due to a mysterious energy and she drops her bandage. When she later returns with Ha Ram to retrieve the bandage, the portrait calls the demon inside Ha Ram.
Ha Ram thanks Cheon Gi for taking care of him and finds out she’s the girl he met when he was a boy. Meanwhile, Cheon Gi’s father collapse and she’s told that he doesn’t have a lot of time. Cheon Gi decides to participate in Maejukheon Painting Contest when she hears that Prince Yangmyeong grants the winner one wish to save her father.
After helping Cheon Gi and accidentally making physical contact, the demon inside Ha Ram wakes up. But Sam Sin and the Tiger Spirit are able to lock the demon back inside Ha Ram’s body. When Cheon Gi finds Ha Ram passed out, she takes him to a safe place and looks after him.
Set during the Joseon era, Hong Cheon Ki is a female painter with a genius like painting talent. She is picked as the first female painter of the Dohwaseo. Hong Cheon Ki also has a beautiful appearance and a bright personality. For her, painting is everything. One day, she meets Ha Ram.