Night fight with the stranger who sensed a soul shifter
A stranger senses a great soul inside sleeping Mu-deok; Uk confronts him and their fight breaks out as Uk tells her to run.
Master Lee Cheol's Best Moments
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Master Lee Cheol, in story order. Played by Im Cheol-soo.
64 moments · 2h 28m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 64
- 01
- 02
Meet Master Lee, and the sleepwalking cover
The stranger apologizes, introduces himself as Master Lee and suggests Mu-deok sleepwalks; she and Uk bicker over the bed and deny being married.
- 03
Sizing up Master Lee: Jipsu, Ryusu, Chisu
Mu-deok and Uk watch Master Lee light a fire and dry his clothes with energy, and Uk realizes how badly last night could have gone.
- 04
Hemp Master Lee and the chaste herb tea
Uk learns he drank a pot of libido-killing chaste tea; then Master Lee says training under him means drinking more of it.
- 05
Mu-deok smashes Uk's peaceful life
Uk is happily cooking and fishing with Master Lee; Mu-deok attacks the scene with a knife and calls him a coward.
- 06
Master Lee offers to cut Uk's energy flow
Master Lee recalls his one pupil who married and left, then offers Uk an ordinary life by cutting off his energy.
- 07
Uk calls Mu-deok a bird's egg
Looking for Mu-deok, Uk says she needs to be embraced; at a corpse in town, Master Lee explains soul shifters and pitches Hwansu.
- 08
Heo Yeom's old master breaks the barrier
Debating the Jin marriage, an elder admits he once left his master for love; then an intruder breaks the barrier and Heo Yeom greets his master.
- 09
Master Lee comes to Songrim with Gwigu
Master Lee suspects Cheonbugwan, reins in Heo Yeom, teases grown-up Park Jin, and reveals he took the dog Gwigu to hunt soul shifters.
- 10
Master Lee catches Mu-deok training Uk
Master Lee realizes Mu-deok is Uk's real master and warns her Tansu could kill him; Uk's sword nearly hits her.
- 11
Uk's arm burns from forced Tansu
Master Lee warns Uk's arm could rot; Mu-deok calls him lucky and fine, and Uk sees through his cruel master's kind lies.
- 12
Uk learns he is getting married
Over thin pheasant soup, Master Lee reports Cho-yeon is marrying the Gwanju's son; Uk is stunned and teased about the chaste tea.
- 13
The legend of the unmelting ice stone and the Soul Ejector
A Songrim elder tells a boy how a hailstone that never melted produced the Soul Ejector, plunged Daeho into war, and why Jinyowon's relics are feared.
- 14
Accused of cheating, Uk is saved by Master Lee
Elders demand who taught Uk Tansu; he insists he trained alone, and Master Lee steps in to vouch for him and his maid.
- 15
Maid Kim's petal-picking ends in Master Lee's arms
Picking petals at Chwiseonru, Maid Kim slips and is caught by Master Lee, who came only for food; untangling them leaves him rattled.
- 16
Master Lee reveals the book is a love letter
Master Lee says it would take a year of training, then lets slip a secret: the poem was written for a woman who could not see.
- 17
Maid Kim gives Master Lee a warm coat
Heo Yeom fusses over Master Lee's thin clothes, then Maid Kim arrives and gives Master Lee a coat as a thank-you gift, not a bribe.
- 18
Uk unlocks Words of the Heart with Seol-ran's name
Reasoning that every love letter starts with a name, Uk learns who the poem was for, and the invisible text appears to him.
- 19
Master Lee on the birth under the King's Star
Discussing Uk, Master Lee recalls that Jang Gang performed the alchemy of souls twenty years ago and a child was born under the King's Star.
- 20
Park Jin brings weeds, Master Lee brings flowers
Master Lee visits Maid Kim with flowers; Park Jin shows up worried and empty-handed, and she tells him she wants flowers, not weeds.
- 21
The ice stone and the Soul Ejectors explained
Jin Mu's courting of Jinyowon is linked to the ice stone, whose power is being used to make Soul Ejectors that grant new bodies.
- 22
The truth about who Naksu was killing
Two masters piece together that Naksu, Cho Chung's daughter, unknowingly disposed of Jin Mu's discarded soul-shifter bodies.
- 23
Maid Kim remembers Cho Chung and the daughter Jang Gang searched for
Maid Kim recalls Jang Gang's friend Cho Chung and his lost daughter, believes the girl is dead, and wants to drive off her lingering spirit.
- 24
Fake probation and the legend of the Golden Fish
Master Lee finds Uk home on 'probation'; Uk refuses to fish so he can train, until Mu-deok hears about the Golden Fish and volunteers him.
- 25
Master Lee catches a Golden Fish with no bait
At the lake Master Lee fishes with his own energy and pulls up a Golden Fish; Mu-deok reveals the trip is really a lesson in Chisu.
- 26
Uk and Master Lee trade secrets about love and Naksu
Uk guesses Master Lee's feelings for Maid Kim and admits he likes Mu-deok; Lee reveals he knows Naksu was Yul's first love.
- 27
Jang Uk reaches Chisu while Master Lee talks about geniuses
Master Lee explains that some are born able to grasp energy and others fear them, as Uk catches the Golden Fish and Mu-deok tells him he has reached Chisu.
- 28
Old masters bicker over who Maid Kim really loves
Master Lee says his chastity is over, Park Jin insists she still loves Jang Gang, and he is told he is the slow-witted one.
- 29
Withered flowers bloom again at Maid Kim's house
Over quince tea, Maid Kim's dried wildflowers come back to life, and she wonders whether the man she loves simply does not like her.
- 30
Master Lee treats Heo Yeom like a forgetful boy
Before leaving for the palace, Master Lee reminisces about the young Heo Yeom and scolds him over the gift's delivery time.