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.
Crown Prince Go Won
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Crown Prince Go Won, in story order. Played by Shin Seung-ho.
99 moments · 4h 06m
The Crown Prince comes for two swords
The Crown Prince arrives for Naksu's sword and also demands the late Gwanju's sword; Uk refuses and the Prince proposes a fight for it.
Uk fights the Crown Prince over the line
The Prince dares Uk to push him over a line; Uk takes a beating until Mu-deok's chamber-pot splash forces the Prince across it.
Uk's sword arm runs wild against the Crown Prince
Uk unsheathes his father's sword but cannot control his arm; a binding bracelet stops him, and the Prince dares the four heirs to fight him together.
Everyone fights to drink the chamber pot water
Mu-deok offers to drink chamber-pot water as an apology, Uk insists he should, and the friends join in until the Crown Prince gives up.
The Crown Prince names her Filthy Mu-deok
Mu-deok hands the Prince Naksu's sword with lavish flattery so he can call himself the winner; he gives her a new nickname.
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.
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.
Filthy Mu-deok flatters the Crown Prince
Mu-deok begs the Crown Prince for rescue by insulting Uk, receives his cinnamon sachet, and gamely drinks cinnamon wine she clearly hates.
The Crown Prince is urged to eliminate Uk
Over the King's hunt for the King's Star, the Crown Prince is told to kill the son of the Gwanju who made the divination.
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.
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.
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.
Prince and Yul both arrive at Jinyowon hunting for Mu-deok
The Crown Prince is told the maid broke the yin-and-yang jade meant for the wedding rings and fled, then Yul turns up looking for her too.
Uk, Yul and the Crown Prince volunteer to enter Jinyowon
Warned the vault's relics can trap anyone forever, Yul and the Crown Prince insist on going in with Uk, and are given one hour.
Bickering in the relic vault, and Yul gets lost when spooked
The Crown Prince teases Uk about inheriting Jinyowon's treasures, a noise startles them, and calm Yul marches off the wrong way.
The sachet Mu-deok hung by the outhouse
Comparing notes on the illusion, the Crown Prince learns the sachet he gave Mu-deok has been put to use keeping flies off the outhouse.
Mu-deok trapped in the Mirror of Longing, and Jinyowon refuses
The broken mirrors lead them to the Mirror of Longing. Its leader refuses even a royal order to move it and vows to seal the door on Uk.
Jang Uk tells the mirror he misses Mu-deok
As the door is about to be sealed, Yul is sent to drag Uk out while Uk tells the mirror his plan to keep her by his side, and that he misses her.
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.
The Crown Prince finds his silk dress sold, and blue cloth is the trend
The Crown Prince learns Mu-deok sold his gift, claims sole rights to her nickname, and sees the capital wearing Naksu's blue cloth.
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.
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.
The Crown Prince crashes the party with a toast for Uk
To everyone's alarm, the defeated Crown Prince arrives with wine, pours Uk a gracious congratulatory drink, and gets one back.
The Crown Prince vents to Mu-deok and asks about the sachet
Outside, the Crown Prince confesses how much he hates her master, threatens to kill her first next time, then checks where his sachet really went.
The Crown Prince catches Uk sneaking out
Go Won finds Uk outside Songrim; Uk bribes his silence with a honey biscuit, and the prince warns him about mages nearby.
Plotters plan to use Uk's constellation plate
While the prince eats, schemers note his softening toward Songrim and say Uk's constellation plate will force him to kill Uk.
The Crown Prince and Yul cheat on the servant exam
Go Won and Yul get the test papers and solve them, working out a tricky seating puzzle and how to wash ink from clothes.
The Crown Prince's surprise visit to the exam hall
The prince drops in to encourage the applicants, and Mu-deok's name is read among those who passed the written test.
Mu-deok baits the Crown Prince into a bet
The prince claims credit for her answer sheet and belittles Uk; Mu-deok steers him into a wager and stakes her most precious possession.
Uk loses a surprise duel and learns of the jade bet
Mages ambush Uk with a duel he loses, then the prince reveals Mu-deok bet her jade on Uk winning one fight in ten days.
The Crown Prince learns the jade is half a pair
The prince shows off his won jade, only to learn it has a red twin and that sharing a pair means a couple; he orders it smashed, then stops.
Seven days of losing duels, then the prince steps in
Uk keeps losing to Jeongjingak mages until three toads remain, and the Crown Prince decides to fight the exhausted Uk himself.
The jade links Uk's heart to the Crown Prince
Uk fills the jade with energy and the Crown Prince feels an irresistible pull; both are mortified to learn who made their heart race.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Crown Prince throws away the jade, and Mu-deok bets herself
Mu-deok admits the duels were training; the Crown Prince tosses the jade, calls her a liar, and makes her the prize of Uk's final duel.
The Crown Prince recruits his cousin Seo Yul to beat Uk
Unconvinced by Cha Beom, the Crown Prince asks Seo Yul to fight Uk; Yul promises to win and to take Mu-deok as his maid.
The Crown Prince hands Mu-deok over to Seo Yul
Mu-deok says Uk would have beaten Cha Beom; the Crown Prince tells her she now serves Yul.
The Crown Prince digs for the jade he threw away
The Crown Prince has Eunuch Oh searching the grass for the discarded jade, until Mu-deok shows she already found it and keeps it.
The Crown Prince makes Mu-deok's insult official
Cha Beom mocks Uk's birth and chastity; Mu-deok calls him despicable, and the Crown Prince has her repeat it loudly and shows her his sachet.
Gwigu the dog barks at the palace, and the Queen objects
Master Lee reveals he put Gwigu's spirit into a dead dog; its bark shows soul shifters are in the palace and the Queen demands it be taken away.
Jang Uk fights the palace guards to bring the dog in
Ordered to kill the 'wily beast', the guards attack Uk; Jin Mu joins in until the King orders everyone to stop.
Tea with the Crown Prince turns into a debate on Naksu in Blue
Over tea, a rumor about Naksu's new body leads to an argument over whether ordinary people are foolish or simply frightened.
Heo Yun-ok comes to treat Uk amid engagement rumors
Heo Yun-ok arrives to tend Uk's wound while the others gossip that Heo Yeom wants a grandson-in-law and Uk tops her list.
Jin Mu feeds the Crown Prince's fear of the King's Star
Jin Mu paints Gwigu as a Songrim threat and warns a King's Star from Songrim could justify taking the throne; the Crown Prince vows not to live in fear.
Uk and the Crown Prince trade secrets in Gaema Village
Both hunting Eunuch Kim's trail among the shamans, Uk and the Crown Prince haggle over information, the prince pulling rank every time.
Shaman Bong tells the tale of Shaman Choi
An old shaman who reads Uk and the Crown Prince as suspiciously close recalls a hex-casting shaman who leapt into a fire while fleeing Jang Gang's mages.
Uk and the Crown Prince split up to catch a tail
Sworn to secrecy about Jang Gang's past, the pair realise someone is following them and separate to flush out their pursuer.
Jin Mu sells the Crown Prince on eternal life
Jin Mu recasts Seo Gyeong as a controller, pitches the ice stone as eternal youth for a chosen few, and says Jinyowon's returned daughter can find it.
Uk tells the Crown Prince the Queen is Shaman Choi
A Cheonbugwan log confirms Shaman Bong's story; Uk reveals Eunuch Kim served the Queen as Shaman Choi and that the real Queen still lives.
Trapped mages wake in a fog full of flowers
Inside Jeongjingak the young mages wonder if they died and reached utopia, joke about the Jade Emperor, and find the Crown Prince among them.
So-i plays dumb while the prince dismisses Mu-deok
So-i pleads blindness to the Crown Prince's questions, and the prince waves off Mu-deok as a puppy who only follows her master.
The barrier drains anyone who casts a spell
A drink with the Crown Prince turns grim when a show of skill leaves Beom drained; Uk finds the barrier takes the energy of any spell.
The Crown Prince rejects Mu-deok's honey biscuits
Mu-deok offers Uk's favourite biscuits in thanks; the prince demands something grander and admits she backs away whenever he reaches for her.
Uk and the Crown Prince on what they'd do with the stone
Testing the barrier with stones, the two talk mothers, fathers and greed; Uk says he would do what Seo Gyeong did, then hits on a message plan.
Uk asks the Crown Prince to take the credit, and Mu-deok lets him go
Uk will use Tansu even if it costs his powers or life, asks the Crown Prince to handle the aftermath, and Mu-deok gives her blessing.
The King's Star rises and the barrier lifts
The King's Star appears, the barrier falls and the crowd hails the Crown Prince, while Uk and Mu-deok, both powerless, are just glad to be together.
Jin Mu offers the Crown Prince protection from the true King's Star
The fugitive Jin Mu finds the Crown Prince and tells him Uk is the real owner of the King's Star who will outshine him.
Jin Mu plants doubt in the Crown Prince
The Crown Prince tells Jin Mu to confess, but Jin Mu asks what he would do if Uk were secretly hiding the ice stone's power.
The Crown Prince tells Mu-deok to go where he cannot reach her
The Crown Prince admits he knows Uk saved everyone, confesses his bitterness and jealousy, and tells Mu-deok to leave with Uk far away.
Jin Mu turns the Crown Prince against Uk
Jin Mu convinces the Crown Prince that Songrim and Master Lee have deceived him to protect Uk, the real King's Star.
The court mocks Jang Uk as a dark, ominous monster hunter
Officials debate Jang Uk's 1,000-nyang rewards and why he carries Naksu's sword; the Crown Prince is told to praise him in person.
The Crown Prince visits Jang Uk: a splinter versus a sword
Drinking alone among wraiths, Jang Uk trades barbs with the Crown Prince, who calls him a splinter; Uk says it cannot hurt more than a sword.
Bu-yeon talks a disguised 'eunuch' into saving a turtle
At a shady cosmetics shop Bu-yeon senses ominous energy and guilts a royal posing as a eunuch into buying a turtle.
The Crown Prince and his obedient turtle
Back at the palace, the Crown Prince insists the turtle only obeys him and solemnly orders it never to flip over.
The 'Turtle Shaman' and the eunuch meet again
Bu-yeon scolds the 'eunuch' for abandoning the turtle, confides her husband left her, and he admits he took it home after all.
The Crown Prince secretly rehomes a turtle
The Crown Prince has his eunuch move a turtle to Chwiseonru as a kindness, then refuses to meet Jang Uk's bride.
Uk warms the turtle's water and the Crown Prince overthinks it
Uk warms the cold water for the Crown Prince's turtle; hearing of it, the Crown Prince spirals into imagining what Uk meant by the gesture.
Jin Mu refuses to let the Crown Prince quit
Jin Mu reveals he wants the fire bird and tells the Crown Prince their pact only ends if he confesses to Uk how Naksu was used and killed.
The Turtle Shaman and the eunuch trade advice
Feeding the turtle, Bu-yeon and the Crown Prince, whom she takes for a eunuch, swap marriage advice and confessions of feeling like a fraud.
The Crown Prince tells Uk he is already dead
The Crown Prince brings news of a posting to North Fortress, learns the turtle kindness was a mistake, and goads a listless Uk with his master's creed.
The Crown Prince blocks Jang Uk at Cheonbugwan's gates
Facing Uk's sword, Go Won admits Uk's rage is aimed at him and asks him not to waste years of restraint; Songrim declares it stands with Uk.
Go Won makes Jin Mu answer for the blood parasite
Jin Mu claims the deaths settle the matter; the Crown Prince insists he must find a cure for Yul or Jang Uk will never back down.
Jang Uk warns Jin Mu to pray to the stars for Yul
After the standoff ends, Uk tells the Gwanju his own life hangs on whether Yul survives.
The 'eunuch' husband was the Crown Prince all along
At Jinyowon, Go Won meets the shaman he knew and learns she is Jin Bu-yeon, and that Jang Uk is the husband she complained about.
Fire bird ritual drives the parasite out and saves Yul
Uk and Go Won use the gold's energy at the fire bird's barrier to pull the parasite from Bu-yeon, then race back to revive Yul.
Jin Mu shows the Crown Prince Jang Uk's King's Star
Jin Mu reveals Uk is the late king's son with the King's Star and the Gold Plaque, and asks leave to send him far away.
The Crown Prince sends Jang Uk a Gold Plaque
A palace messenger delivers a chest; inside is the Gold Plaque left for the late king's son, and Go Won reports the turtle gone.
The Crown Prince orders Jang Uk to North Fortress
Go Won confirms Uk holds a Gold Plaque too, and tells him to go north if he will not fight over it; Uk obeys.
Go Won and Jin Mu on weakness and the lost turtle
The Crown Prince says Uk fights only to protect others; Jin Mu calls that weakness and dismisses the missing turtle.
Jang Uk appointed general of North Fortress
At court Uk is named general of North Fortress and asked whether his wife will come; he says she will not.
Ominous bird earthenware washes up in the lake
Bird-shaped earthenware panics the capital; Jin Mu admits he dumped it and plans to plant more in the canals with the Crown Prince's help.
The Assembly moves to seize Jinyowon's plaque
Jin Mu and the Crown Prince charge Ho-gyeong with letting Songrim near the fire bird and point to her graying hair as proof she has weakened.
Bu-yeon stands before Jin Mu as Jinyowon's heir
Bu-yeon arrives with the plaque, refuses to surrender it, and offers to prove her returning divine powers to Jin Mu.
The Crown Prince sides with Uk over a lost turtle
Go Won reveals he never went north and wants to join Uk against Jin Mu, giving the pettiest possible reason: Jin Mu got rid of his turtle.
Eunuch Go decides Bu-yeon's old flame must be married
Uk admits Bu-yeon's heart is with someone who cannot recognize her; Go Won leaps to wild conclusions and mocks Uk's useless power in love.
The turtle leads Uk to the door of Gwido
The missing turtle turns up and a door to Gwido appears; Bu-yeon later admits she opened it herself and regrets what Uk saw.
Go Won confesses his regret over Naksu in Gwido
Searching for the plaque, Go Won asks for the blue jade back, then admits he wanted Naksu and is ashamed; Bu-yeon tells him to hurt, then let go.
Go Won turns on Jin Mu before his followers
At the secret gathering of soul shifters, Go Won questions what happens to those who lose their bodies, then declares he stands with Jang Uk.
Uk takes on Jin Mu's 78 soul shifters
Uk traps the secret room in a barrier and fights every soul shifter, telling Jin Mu he came to do what is right, not for revenge.
The Assembly turns on Uk's ice stone
Bu-yeon reports Jin Mu's fate; the officials realise she could remove Uk's ice stone and vote for it, and she agrees to obey.
Jin Mu returns in a new body and the Prince is stripped
Go Won learns a soul shifter in the palace is Jin Mu; the King sides with him and takes away the Crown Prince's Gold Plaque.
Empty coffins, then word that three still live
Songrim mourns Jin Ho-gyeong, Maid Kim and Park Jin with empty coffins, until Master Lee says the three did not die after all.
Uk hands the Crown Prince the late king's Gold Plaque
Uk gives Go Won a plaque left by the late king so he can stop the army, and says he already reached the peak with the one he loves.
The Crown Prince tells his father to step down
The King waits for his guards, but Go Won has countermanded the order with the Gold Plaque of the man born under the King's Star.
Master Heo's queen scheme and the King's rumored chastity
Master Heo plots to make his granddaughter queen; gossip says the new King practices chastity, and the King recalls a turtle son.