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.
Park Dang-gu's Best Moments
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Park Dang-gu, in story order. Played by Yoo In-soo.
80 moments · 2h 45m · by Favseen
Moments 31–60 of 80
- 31
- 32
Songrim mages find Uk's bracelet at the temple
Following Gwigu to the site of the soul shift, the mages find traces of the Soul Ejector and Uk's binding bracelet, and fear the worst.
- 33
Dang-gu fake-engages himself to Cho-yeon to save her face
When gossip says Cho-yeon is marrying, Dang-gu lets the girls believe it is him, offering to take the blame for a breakup later.
- 34
Uk defends sorcery and Master Heo explodes
Master Heo signs Uk up as a marriage candidate, then learns he wanted Naksu as a master and would use sorcery to save a life; he demands his energy back.
- 35
Mu-deok is barred from following Uk into Songrim
As drunk Uk is carried in, the gate guard rules a maid cannot enter and a trainee cannot leave; Mu-deok begs to be taken along.
- 36
Park Jin and Maid Kim's lover's quarrel, and slow-witted Dang-gu
Park Jin's logic sets off a spat with Maid Kim that everyone can read, and Dang-gu gets scolded for trying to follow Uk and Yun-ok.
- 37
The blank pages of Words of the Heart
Uk finds the new book empty; the others explain it only reveals itself to focused energy and mock him until Yul cuts them off.
- 38
A staged breakup gets postponed for a magic show
An engaged pair plan a public fight to end their engagement, but she wants to see a magic show first, so they delay the breakup.
- 39
Yul finds his old whistle in Mu-deok's bag
Dang-gu finds the whistle Yul left at Danhyanggok in Mu-deok's bag; Yul lets her keep it and dares her to make him believe her love.
- 40
Dang-gu convinces Uk that Mu-deok loves Yul
Dang-gu tells Uk that Mu-deok and Yul have been meeting and Yul solved her test; Uk replays his confession and dies of embarrassment.
- 41
Dang-gu admits his fake engagement was real
Cho-yeon thanks Dang-gu for playing her fiance; he says his feelings were sincere and he was ready to give up being Songrim's heir.
- 42
Dang-gu asks Park Jin if he has a secret child
Park Jin scolds his nephew for courting Jinyowon's heir; Dang-gu wishes for a sibling to inherit instead and gets chased out.
- 43
Uk refuses Dang-gu's forfeit, then blames Mu-deok
Dang-gu offers to throw his match and Uk refuses; afterward Uk and Mu-deok bicker over who gave whom the wrong signal.
- 44
Jang Uk vs Seo Yul: the tenth duel
Uk fights Yul using spells copied from his earlier duels, loses, and still stuns everyone by using Tansu, proof that he has reached Chisu.
- 45
Songrim mages gossip that Uk has given up his libido
Jealous mages decide Uk only reached Chisu by practicing chastity under Master Lee, and swear they would never do the same.
- 46
Uk is locked up, and Seo Yul inspects the bodies
Uk is taken to Songrim and confined; Dang-gu insists Mu-deok could not kill, while Yul examines the bodies and weighs what he knows.
- 47
Cho-yeon testifies for Mu-deok in front of Dang-gu
Cho-yeon tells Park Jin she saw Mu-deok at the inn, insisting it was her first visit, and suspicion shifts to the swindler So-i.
- 48
Dang-gu takes Cho-yeon's hand in front of both families
Ho-gyeong rejects a match and eyes the Crown Prince for Cho-yeon; Cho-yeon refuses, Dang-gu declares himself, and both get thrown out.
- 49
The runaway couple's awkward 'get a room' moment
Cast out with nowhere to go, Dang-gu suggests an inn and panics over how it sounds, until Maidservant Kim comes looking for Uk.
- 50
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon each secretly regret running away
Over tea, both runaways privately admit they were swept up in the moment and want to go home, each afraid of hurting the other.
- 51
Uk, Yul and Dang-gu remember the buried inkstone
Drinking together, the three friends retell how they hid a broken inkstone as boys, and discover Dang-gu romanticised how they got caught.
- 52
Yul's sleepless nights and a secret he keeps
The friends notice Yul is not sleeping; memories of Gwigu's body suggest he is quietly carrying something he will not say.
- 53
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon refuse to sign the separation pledge
Offered a way home if they swear never to meet again, the couple admit they had doubts but cannot give each other up.
- 54
Park Jin gives Dang-gu a secret task
Dang-gu pleads for his love; Park Jin sends him to Uk's house to watch for one man: Jang Gang, Uk's father.
- 55
Yul's umbrella exposes the fake Bu-yeon
The friends realise the returned daughter carries the umbrella Yul gave So-i; Mu-deok grills Yul like a jealous wife before Uk takes over.
- 56
The friends hold back their proof about the fake daughter
Dang-gu wants to tell his uncle, but the others fear a feud with Jinyowon and suspect Jin Mu has leverage over Lady Jin.
- 57
Dang-gu stalls, then tells Cho-yeon the truth
Sent to fetch the book, Dang-gu fakes hunger to buy time, then tells Cho-yeon her returned sister is So-i.
- 58
Dang-gu and Cho-yeon tease each other at the Gaema apothecary
Tracking the queen's eunuch to an apothecary, Dang-gu jokes their old love charm worked, then Cho-yeon spots her own father there.
- 59
Dang-gu tells Park Jin that Jang Gang started it all
Dang-gu reports the real Queen is found and urges discretion, then names Uk's father, Jang Gang, as the Songrim mage behind everything.
- 60
Dang-gu's last night as a bachelor
Dang-gu announces his wedding, the friends tease him about Cho-yeon, and Yul admits he was recently rejected.