Mu-deok dragged to the Crown Prince in silk
Snatched from Chwiseonru despite the sachet, Mu-deok is dressed as a gisaeng and brought to the Crown Prince, who says the look does not suit her.
Mu-deok's Best Moments
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Mu-deok, in story order. Played by Jung So-min.
233 moments · 9h 09m · by Favseen
Moments 91–120 of 233
- 91
- 92
The Crown Prince offers to take Mu-deok in
The Prince asks Mu-deok to keep Uk away from the duel, then offers her a place; she refuses to serve just anyone, leaving him baffled.
- 93
Yul confronts Mu-deok over the Spirit Plaque
Ju-wol admits Mu-deok tried to sell Uk's Spirit Plaque; Mu-deok tells Yul she wanted money and fun, and the plaque is then tied to Naksu.
- 94
Cho-yeon hears how much Uk adores Mu-deok
At Chwiseonru shopping for wedding rings, Cho-yeon's jade breaks and the staff gossip that Uk carried drunk Mu-deok on his back.
- 95
Cho-yeon makes Mu-deok carry the broken jade
Cho-yeon orders her future maid to carry an already broken stone; Mu-deok refuses, then spots a dangerous man and grabs it after all.
- 96
Mu-deok vanishes in Jinyowon
Uk is summoned to Jinyowon, where Mu-deok meets someone familiar, and the Jin family accuses her of stealing the yin-and-yang jade.
- 97
A fake Mu-deok seduces the Crown Prince with cinnamon wine
Brooding over Mu-deok's refusal, the Crown Prince finds her in his chambers, but she smells wrong; he unmasks the visitor as something wicked.
- 98
Mu-deok's illusion calls out Yul's secret longing
An apparition of Mu-deok tells Yul he kept the whistle and never stopped longing for the girl from Danhyanggok, then dares him to banish her.
- 99
Mu-deok exposes Cho-yeon as the one who broke the jade
Locked up, Mu-deok rattles Cho-yeon with a superstition about broken jade, then accuses her of framing the maid; Cho-yeon threatens to sell her.
- 100
Mu-deok outwits the mirror's philosophy of illusion
Inside the mirror, a reflection argues that all self-image is illusion and asks for her energy; Mu-deok turns its logic on it, then hears Uk calling.
- 101
The Mirror of Longing shatters and Mu-deok breaks free
A memory of Uk carrying her up a tree, a spirit's cry about the blind girl and the ice stone, and the mirror bursts apart.
- 102
Blinded Mu-deok is swarmed by worried suitors
Uk ties a cloth over Mu-deok's dazzled eyes, then Dang-gu, Yul and the Crown Prince each arrive offering to take her for treatment.
- 103
Who saved whom? Master and pupil argue about the mirror
Mu-deok insists she broke the mirror with her own returning power and lectures Uk that a pupil should die for his master; he sets terms of his own.
- 104
Jade bird eggs, then Mu-deok says goodbye to Uk
Uk gives Mu-deok a token made from the yin-and-yang jade as a reminder to stay loyal, unaware she was ordered to hand him over; she announces she is leaving.
- 105
Mu-deok stalls her blackmailer until the rain comes
A mage threatens to expose Naksu unless she brings Uk for his soul to take; she waits out the clock and learns he alone knows her secret.
- 106
Uk fights a Cheonbugwan mage in the rain with Tansu
Uk follows Mu-deok even after learning she meant to hand him over, and takes on the mage in a downpour until the alchemy of souls strikes.
- 107
Mu-deok thinks Uk's body was stolen, until he looks into her eyes
After the alchemy of souls, Mu-deok turns on what she thinks is Gil-ju in Uk's body; Uk gets close and asks her to recognize him.
- 108
Uk can move his energy without the binding bracelet
Mu-deok explains how the poison and the Soul Ejector together opened and surged Uk's energy, and calls him extraordinarily lucky.
- 109
Gil-ju tells Naksu her father was a soul shifter
His soul shift failed, Gil-ju reveals Cho Chung slaughtered his own family, that both were used, and that Jin Mu is not the true Danju.
- 110
Mu-deok remembers the night her father came home
Gil-ju's words replay as Mu-deok recalls being told to hide from her own father, and grieves.
- 111
Yul returns Mu-deok, and she scolds Uk for running away
Yul hands back the bracelet and reveals he wounded then saved Mu-deok; she invents a story that Uk abandoned her, and he plays along.
- 112
Yul warns Mu-deok he might let her die next time
After telling Uk to lie low until the duel, Yul coldly notes she was at Uk's side again, and Mu-deok bites back.
- 113
Mu-deok at her father's grave
At the soul shifters' grave, Mu-deok admits she was used and abandoned, fears she will run wild too, and asks Uk if he will leave her.
- 114
Uk vows to find the ice stone for his master
Uk promises to climb his way into the palace for the ice stone, and asks Mu-deok to keep pushing him to his limits and stay by his side.
- 115
Jang Uk walks in at the last second for the duel
With the king watching and Uk's Cheonbugwan inheritance at stake, noon arrives and the doors close, until Jang Uk is announced.
- 116
Jang Uk vs. the Crown Prince: the duel won with Tansu
Cho-yeon begs her mother to stop it, Uk defends as coached, an order goes out to smash the water crocks, and Uk ends the match with Tansu.
- 117
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.
- 118
Every house wants Jang Uk, and he picks Songrim
Cheonbugwan, Sejukwon, Jinyowon and Songrim all bid for the duel's winner; Uk asks Mu-deok where to go and joins Jeongjingak.
- 119
Uk shows off his uniform and thanks his master
Maid Kim tells Madam Do-hwa the news while Mu-deok recalls their first meeting; Uk asks how he looks and thanks her with a crushing hug.
- 120
Park Jin chases Maid Kim with a hangover pill
Uk and Mu-deok split Master Heo's pill, and Park Jin keeps trying to hand his to Maid Kim as she walks away.