Park Jin shows Yul the blue mark on Naksu's body
At Songrim, the leader teaches Yul how a soul leaving its body leaves a blue bruise, and they find a bird whistle on the dead assassin.
Park Jin's Best Moments
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Park Jin, in story order. Played by Yu Jun-sang.
114 moments · 4h 21m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 114
- 01
- 02
Dang-gu bursts in with tavern gossip
Dang-gu rushes to his uncle with rumors about Naksu, gets scolded for hanging around bars, and reveals Uk has been sent to train with a monk.
- 03
Uk demands the right to learn spells
Unable to draw his father's sword because of the spell on him, Uk is told no one will open his gate of energy, and vows to find a master himself.
- 04
Intruders raid Songrim to steal back Naksu's body
Masked intruders break into Songrim, the Training Center burns, Jeongjingak is emptied, and Mu-deok realizes her old master sent them.
- 05
Uk asks whether Naksu had a round face like Mu-deok
Naksu's body is gone and a spy is suspected; Uk teases Mu-deok while the others discuss how soul shifters pick similar bodies.
- 06
Cho-yeon arrives with Gwigu to hunt a soul shifter
Everyone in Songrim is gathered and locked in while Jin Cho-yeon brings Gwigu, the Jin family's ghost dog that sniffs out sorcery.
- 07
Uk and Cho-yeon, awkward exes
The Four Seasons are together again for the first time since Uk and Cho-yeon called off their wedding, and it shows.
- 08
Uk is frozen in place as punishment
Mu-deok learns he broke the pottery to save her; the Songrim leader confronts Uk and forbids him from moving or speaking.
- 09
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.
- 10
Jang Gang refuses to say who fathered Do-hwa's baby
Pressed about the infant, Jang Gang says sealing his power is the only way the boy lives, and calls him the son of a dead man.
- 11
Uk takes the blame for his own poisoning
Uk tells the Songrim leader he poisoned himself and his maid only obeyed, then refuses treatment unless Mu-deok is treated too.
- 12
Heo Yeom gave Uk ten years of his energy
Heo Yeom admits he opened Uk's gate and gave him extra energy to recover; Park Jin insists he take it back to keep Uk far behind.
- 13
Heo Yeom finds Park Jin's lonely-night wine
Heo Yeom demands the wine hidden in Park Jin's room, teases him about never getting over Do-hwa, and finds the bottle already empty.
- 14
Dang-gu drinks his uncle's wine and gets caught
Over stolen wine, Dang-gu and Yul find Mu-deok suspicious for faking blindness, then Yul abandons Dang-gu as his uncle arrives.
- 15
Maidservant Kim and Park Jin trade old heartbreaks
Maidservant Kim raises the rumor that Park Jin is Uk's father; he brings up her acorn jelly for Jang Gang, and both admit to old, unhealed loves.
- 16
The secret of Uk's birth: a king's son
Park Jin remembers being told Uk's father was the late king, and that a destined king would be seen as treason, so Uk must seem ordinary.
- 17
Uk is banished from Songrim
Uk asks to join Songrim and offers Naksu's sword; instead he is banished and, for losing the Spirit Plaque, sentenced to a hundred lashes.
- 18
The hundredth lash
After 99 lashes Uk refuses to leave, demands the leader deliver the last one himself, then has Mu-deok take the sword.
- 19
A petrified victim and the lore of Hwansu
A plea to let Uk return is shut down; over a soul shifter's petrified victim, the Songrim leader explains the alchemy of souls needs Hwansu mastery.
- 20
Uk unsheathes his father's sword before Park Jin
Uk shows the Songrim leader he can now draw his father's sword and begs to be taken in, but unbound, his arm cannot hold the blade.
- 21
Uk locked up for insulting the royal family
Cho-yeon brags that Uk beat the Crown Prince, but the leader hears Uk threatened the Prince and orders him locked up as dangerous.
- 22
Park Jin tells Uk he is not Jang Gang's son
Uk vows to become Gwanju like his father; Park Jin tells him he is not Jang Gang's son and should stop dreaming.
- 23
Park Jin and Maid Kim argue over who is better-looking
Nursing a wound he chose not to dodge, Park Jin muses about claiming to be his father; Maid Kim's jab about his looks turns into a grudging truce.
- 24
Uk flees before Cheonbugwan can take him
Royal guards come for Uk after the duel challenge; warned he could lose his arm or life, he slips away to Sari Village with Mu-deok.
- 25
The mages' assembly votes on Uk's fate
At a Unanimous Assembly, mages who once taught Uk propose stripping his powers; Songrim accepts the royal duel instead.
- 26
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.
- 27
A marriage to save Uk: the Jin family offer
Cho-yeon's mother offers to block the King's order with the Jin family plaque, if Uk marries Cho-yeon; Cho-yeon says she still wants him.
- 28
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.
- 29
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.
- 30
Yul reveals he met Naksu as a child
Yul tells the Songrim leader of a girl hiding in Danhyanggok whose father wrote down the stars, and learns of a recorder killed by the four families.