The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

It is the year 1388; General Lee Seong Gye is dispatched to invade the Liaodong Peninsula but decides to retreat.

After a fierce battle, the royal palace falls; Lee Seong Gye cannot bear to become a traitor and makes his army wait outside instead of taking over the palace; King Woo finds it hard to accept the defeat and organizes a surprise attack.

Lee Bang Won learns that assassins got inside the home of Lee Seong Gye; he rushes to the mansion to find his father still safe; Lee Bang Won approaches Lee Seong Gye, but at that moment, the men with swords jump at the father and the son.

King Gongyang has shamed Lee Seong Gye in public; Lee Bang Won visits the king and conveys a sharp warning; the king issues an order to decapitate his predecessors.

Lee Seong Gye gives up everything and leaves for Dongbukmyeon; Lee Bang Won fails to dissuade his father from leaving and feels frustrated; Jo Yeong Mu, who has joined the journey to Dongbukmyeon, asks Lee Seong Gye to go back to Gaeseong.

Jeong Do Jeon dashes toward the Cheongju Prison, and so does Jeong Mong Ju; the two men watch the endless heavy rain, each waiting for fate to decide.