Songrim and Cheonbugwan clash before the king
The king considers promoting Jin Mu for killing Naksu's men; Songrim objects, and Jin Mu asks to burn Naksu's body and keep her sword.
Jin Mu's Best Moments
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Jin Mu, in story order. Played by Jo Jae-yun.
86 moments · 3h 17m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 86
- 01
- 02
Uk demands Naksu's sword from Jin Mu
Uk claims the sword in his father's name; Jin Mu says an ordinary man cannot even draw it, and Uk lets a pointed 'for now' hang.
- 03
Mu-deok watches her own body burn and finds the Danju
As Naksu's body burns before Cheonbugwan, she recognizes the Danju as Jin Mu and remembers the fire that took her family.
- 04
Jin Mu's secret: his master is in the king's body
Jin Mu feeds a wild soul shifter human souls, then recalls the day the king summoned him and revealed he was Jang Gang trapped inside.
- 05
The crown prince vows to crush Jang Uk
Jin Mu praises the prince's swordwork, mentions Uk's open gate and the sword he took, and the prince takes the slight personally.
- 06
Gwigu stolen from Jinyowon
News that Gwigu was stolen from Jinyowon, which only the Jin family can open, sparks a bitter exchange with the illegitimate Assistant Gwanju.
- 07
Jin Mu demands Uk's arm and baits a royal duel
Master Heo's plea backfires: Jin Mu wants Uk's sword arm cut off, then proposes an official duel with the Crown Prince.
- 08
How Naksu became Naksu
Mu-deok recalls her father, a Cheonbugwan star recorder killed by the four families, and growing up hard in Danhyanggok after following Jin Mu.
- 09
Songrim's investigation reaches Cheonbugwan
The soul shifter was a Cheonbugwan star recorder, so Jeongjingak mages search the office and ask to see its secret room.
- 10
Jin Mu's soul-shifting scheme
Jin Mu scolds a man whose soul he shifted into a powerful body, plans to move him into a eunuch next, and says it serves Her Majesty.
- 11
Ho-gyeong's half-brother offers the Crown Prince instead
The Cheonbugwan Assistant Gwanju, scorned by his half-sister, urges her to cancel Uk's marriage and promises the Crown Prince and help finding Bu-yeon.
- 12
Songrim's leader learns of Naksu's father and the King's Star
At Cheonbugwan, Songrim's leader hears that Naksu's father was a soul shifter and is shown the hidden star plate from the night Jang Uk was born.
- 13
The conspirators' plan: a fake Bu-yeon for Jin Ho-gyeong
Plotters discuss the King's Star and Jang Gang's sealed ice stone, how young Bu-yeon found it, and a scheme to plant a false daughter on Jinyowon.
- 14
Jin Ho-gyeong still searches for her blind daughter
The Jinyowon leader recalls her missing eldest daughter, blind yet gifted with relics, and her vow to find her, while Jin Mu's secret visit is noticed.
- 15
Park Jin's autopsy demand blocked at the funeral
Park Jin wants Master Kang's body examined for sorcery before cremation; Jin Mu objects and Lady Jin sides with him.
- 16
Jin Mu dangles hope while So-i prepares to play Bu-yeon
Jin Mu tells Ho-gyeong a drowned girl may be Bu-yeon; nearby So-i studies her future family and decides to look more pitiful.
- 17
Yul forces Master Kang's body to run wild
At the cremation Park Jin has Yul pour energy into the body; it turns out to be a soul shifter, and Songrim claims the case.
- 18
Songrim battles the rogue soul shifter
Park Jin confronts Jin Mu over the cover-up, then the rampaging soul shifter fights until Cheonbugwan strikes it down.
- 19
Park Jin denies Jin Mu a honey biscuit
Jin Mu reminisces with Maid Kim about serving Jang Gang and asks to share biscuits with Uk; Park Jin refuses and sends him away.
- 20
A eunuch asks Jin Mu for a new body
A eunuch asks to be shifted into the girl posing as Bu-yeon; Jin Mu remarks on facts that still sting, like his past begging for food.
- 21
Jin Mu turns the eunuch to stone
The eunuch protests he was promised a new body, but Jin Mu makes him run wild; his men are ordered to find him before morning.
- 22
Jin Mu finds Uk hiding instead of the eunuch
Hunting the rogue eunuch, Jin Mu draws out Uk, who explains his honey-biscuit errand and introduces Mu-deok.
- 23
Jin Mu traps Uk in a barrier
Uk and Mu-deok spot the rampaging eunuch and try to escape, but Jin Mu blocks their exit and seals Uk inside a barrier.
- 24
Jin Mu feeds Mu-deok to the soul shifter
Jin Mu offers Mu-deok to the rogue eunuch as food and steps outside, leaving her to face it while Uk is trapped in the barrier.
- 25
Jin Mu hunts the hidden Jang Uk inside Cheonbugwan
Jin Mu guesses Uk is hiding rather than lost and threatens to ring the room with fire; Uk taunts him from cover.
- 26
Jang Uk's yin-and-yang jade bluff turns the tables on Jin Mu
Cornered, Uk reveals he charged the twin of the Crown Prince's jade and hid it on the petrified eunuch, so the prince is coming.
- 27
The Crown Prince storms Cheonbugwan to confront Jin Mu
The Crown Prince arrives and demands Jin Mu explain the soul shifter eunuch and why Uk and his maid were nearly killed.
- 28
The honey biscuit excuse: Park Jin covers for Uk
Park Jin offers a flimsy reason for Uk's visit, Uk accuses Jin Mu of hiding a soul shifter, and the Crown Prince orders a check on the eunuch.
- 29
The Queen arrives with the 'petrified' eunuch alive
The Queen brings Eunuch Kim in, apparently unharmed, and Uk realizes the ice stone revived him, so he takes the blame and calls it all a lie.
- 30
Mu-deok's tearful act saves Uk from Jin Mu's punishment
Park Jin apologizes and offers to fix the basin; when Jin Mu insists on punishing Uk himself, Mu-deok's wailing plea gets him released to Songrim.