Heo Yun-ok's maid accuses a stranger of stalking her
At an inn, Sun-i calls out a man who trailed her lady across the capital; he flatly says her looks did not impress him, and Yun-ok is left mortified.
Heo Yun-ok
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Heo Yun-ok, in story order. Played by Hong Seo-hui.
25 moments · 47 min
Rescued, Heo Yun-ok gives her name
After an attack, Yun-ok learns the man was chasing someone else, thanks him, and introduces herself as from Sejukwon.
Heo Yun-ok arrives at Sejukwon, thinking of the arrogant mage
Sun-i teases Yun-ok about the marriage candidates her grandfather picked; Yun-ok insists she came to work, but wonders if she will see the stranger again.
Yun-ok realizes her patient is the arrogant mage
Master Heo greets his granddaughter, finds the drunk patient is Uk, praises him as a genius, and leaves Yun-ok to tend the man she met before.
Uk wakes up to Sun-i instead of Mu-deok
Hungover Uk asks for Mu-deok and gets the maid from the inn, learns who Yun-ok is, and Maid Kim says she reminds her of Madam Do-hwa.
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.
Uk and Yun-ok trade names and a secret
Uk asks Yun-ok to keep the soul shifter attack quiet; she thinks he means her embarrassment, then he teases her about her grandfather's boasts.
Uk realizes he was tricked and runs away
Uk storms off feeling deceived and slips out of Songrim, asking Young Lady Heo to look the other way.
Heo Yun-ok covers for Uk's four-hour absence
A suspicious servant barges in, but Yun-ok has been waiting in Uk's room to pretend they were together, and he slips back in time.
Maid Kim realizes Yun-ok is the egret
Among Park Jin's flowers, Maid Kim hears Yun-ok praise Uk's warmth, decides she is the lady he loves, and invites her to visit often.
The anxious King is told to invite Master Lee to the palace
Plagued by headaches and fear of soul shifters, the King hears from his herbalist that Master Lee might ease his anxiety.
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.
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.
Uk and Yun-ok open the forbidden book room
Uk wants Jang Gang's confiscated sorcery books, and Yun-ok, keeper of the key, insists on staying to watch him.
Heo Yun-ok realizes Yul's heart was never hers
Heo Yun-ok admits she nearly confessed to Yul in the barrier, then tends him and wonders if she ever had a chance.
Heo Yun-ok finds the wanted woman in Jang Uk's house
Arriving with medicine, Heo Yun-ok recognizes Jin Bu-yeon from the portraits and tells her the whole capital is searching, Seo Yul included.
Bu-yeon reads the energy of Uk's friends
Meeting Master Heo and Dang-gu, Bu-yeon owns up to the fake pregnancy, sizes up their energy and sniffs out eavesdroppers.
Yun-ok needles Bu-yeon over Uk's absence
Young Lady Heo reveals Uk has been staying away at Jeongjingak and hints Bu-yeon is the reason.
Yun-ok tells Bu-yeon whose jade she holds
Heading to see Uk, Bu-yeon spars with Yun-ok and Sun-i, learns the blue jade is Naksu's and is dared to call him with it.
Bu-yeon stands up for her sister at the Queen's banquet
Introductions at the banquet; when the Queen moves to send Cho-yeon away, Bu-yeon offers to leave in her place.
Fireworks for the bride, then a deadly twist
Bu-yeon brushes off Yun-ok as fireworks are announced in her honor, but in the back garden she is told the banquet was bait.
Bu-yeon declares Yul her friend and Uk bristles
Bu-yeon insists she came for her friend Seo Yul, not Uk's, and refuses to go home until Uk gives in and walks her back.
At Yul's bedside Bu-yeon glimpses a Danhyanggok memory
Bu-yeon apologises to the unconscious Yul, sees a strange memory of Danhyanggok, and clashes with Young Lady Heo over a sealed letter.
Heo Yun-ok reads Yul's sealed letter
Yun-ok opens the letter from Yul's belongings and discovers the woman is Naksu.
Heo Yun-ok exposes the blue mark at the graveyard
At Uk's graveyard Yun-ok splashes a scar-revealing medicine on Bu-yeon; Yul stops her, and Bu-yeon sees the blue marks and asks if she is her.