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.
Jin Ho-gyeong
Every Alchemy of Souls moment featuring Jin Ho-gyeong, in story order. Played by Park Eun-hye.
86 moments · 3h 12m
Cho-yeon's mother forbids Uk as a son-in-law
Cho-yeon hopes Uk can join the family now; her mother refuses and tells her she must take her late sister's place guarding Jinyowon.
Gwigu stolen from Jinyowon
News that Gwigu was stolen from Jinyowon, which only the Jin family can open, sparks a bitter exchange with the illegitimate Assistant Gwanju.
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.
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.
Cho-yeon plans her wedding and gets the jade
Cho-yeon asks for her missing sister Bu-yeon's room, is refused, and is promised the yin-and-yang jade for wedding rings.
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.
Jang Uk apologizes, then demands Jinyowon's door be opened
Uk takes responsibility for his maid before Jinyowon's leader, wins permission to search for her himself, and asks to enter the relic vault.
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.
Cho-yeon confesses to the jade, the mirror and the locked door
Cho-yeon claims the broken jade, the damaged mirror and the sealed door as her own doing, and the family agrees to keep it quiet.
Uk warns Jinyowon's leader about his parentage
Calling the match a marriage of convenience, Uk admits the rumor he is not Jang Gang's son and asks her to weigh that risk.
Ho-gyeong's half-brother offers the Crown Prince instead
The Cheonbugwan Assistant Gwanju, scorned by his half-sister, urges her to cancel Uk's marriage and promises the Crown Prince and help finding Bu-yeon.
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.
Cho-yeon's father brings home a girl who might be Bu-yeon
Master Jin returns from a southern island with an orphan of the right age, but Jinyowon's door gives its verdict and Ho-gyeong sends her away.
Ho-gyeong remembers Bu-yeon and turns to Jin Mu
A memory of blind Bu-yeon sensing a dead bird's energy, then Ho-gyeong agrees to work with the half-brother she abhors to find her.
Jin Ho-gyeong still searches for her blind daughter
The Jinyowon leader recalls her missing eldest daughter, blind yet gifted with relics, and her vow to find her, while Jin Mu's secret visit is noticed.
Park Jin's autopsy demand blocked at the funeral
Park Jin wants Master Kang's body examined for sorcery before cremation; Jin Mu objects and Lady Jin sides with him.
Jin Mu dangles hope while So-i prepares to play Bu-yeon
Jin Mu tells Ho-gyeong a drowned girl may be Bu-yeon; nearby So-i studies her future family and decides to look more pitiful.
Jinyowon's leader refuses to help Songrim hunt soul shifters
Songrim's leader asks for Jinyowon's relics to unmask soul shifters; Lady Jin refuses and he accuses her of a deal with Jin Mu.
Cho-yeon's father braids her hair as her mother waits for Bu-yeon
Jin Ho-gyeong rages over the room kept for her lost daughter, while Cho-yeon's father gives her an early birthday gift and braids her hair.
Mu-deok blackmails Cho-yeon into being her witness
Framed for murder, Mu-deok begs Cho-yeon to vouch for her; when Cho-yeon refuses, Mu-deok threatens to ask her mother instead.
Mu-deok wanders into Bu-yeon's room at Jinyowon
Lady Jin plans a vase for her blind daughter's room; she finds Mu-deok inside and furiously throws her out.
Jin Ho-gyeong storms Songrim and calls Master Lee a thief
Jinyowon's leader demands Gwigu back, accuses Master Lee of stealing it, and kills the dog that housed the relic to protect her daughter.
Cho-yeon confesses to using a Lovers' Charm
Asked why Gwigu attacked her, Cho-yeon admits she used a love charm; Gwigu is gone for good and her mother turns on her.
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.
A girl claiming to be Bu-yeon faces the doors of Jinyowon
Ho-gyeong checks the birthmark and scar on a girl brought from Cheonbugwan, then tests her at doors only Jin blood can move, and cries out for Bu-yeon.
So-i is welcomed home as the lost Bu-yeon
Ho-gyeong embraces her 'daughter' and Cho-yeon meets her 'sister'; So-i spots Mu-deok, wonders if she should have killed her, and weeps in Bu-yeon's room.
So-i learns Mu-deok is the real Jin Bu-yeon
Ho-gyeong shows the embroidered eye mask her blind daughter always wore; So-i recognises it as the one she stole from Mu-deok.
Jin Mu offers Ho-gyeong the ice stone at a price
Ho-gyeong notices her daughter's ears are wrong; Jin Mu reveals what she did with the ice stone and offers it back if she fights Songrim.
Ho-gyeong reveals the ice stone at the Unanimous Assembly
Jinyowon's leader lists Songrim's overreach, presents her daughter, and announces the ice stone has been in Jinyowon all along.
The mage families turn on Songrim
The assembly calls Songrim's crusade a fraud, Jinyowon refuses to destroy the stone, and the families shout Songrim out of the debate.
Park Jin forbids the ice stone from leaving Songrim
Ho-gyeong claims the right to convene the assembly for Jinyowon; Songrim's leader orders his mages to stop anyone taking the stone.
Ho-gyeong agrees to get rid of Mu-deok
The fake Bu-yeon asks to keep Mu-deok away and Ho-gyeong promises to remove her, leaving the watcher unsure what Lady Jin knows.
The King orders someone killed to test the ice stone
To see the stone revive the dead, the King has a spell-less maid offered up for gold, and she agrees to die for the demonstration.
A mother is set to kill her own daughter
Mu-deok dares Ho-gyeong to bring her back, unaware Ho-gyeong is her mother, as the execution for the ice stone test begins.
Mu-deok smiles as she volunteers to die
Onlookers wonder why the maid smiled agreeing to die; Jin Mu tells the Queen to seize the girl's body, and Ho-gyeong calls her 'my Bu-yeon'.
The ice stone erupts and vanishes before the assembly
The Queen insists she is not the one controlling the stone; lightning, thunder and fog follow, and the ice stone disappears from sight.
A barrier seals Jeongjingak with the young mages inside
Outside, the elders find an invisible barrier around Jeongjingak with the Crown Prince and their children trapped, and start blaming each other.
Ten years ago: young Bu-yeon finds the ice stone at the lake
Flashback: a gifted girl senses the ice stone under Lake Gyeongcheondaeho, and her jealous father turns on her to seize it.
Jin Ho-gyeong confesses she let Jang Gang take the ice stone
Pressed by Songrim, Jin Ho-gyeong recalls her stillborn baby and admits she opened Jinyowon to Jang Gang, losing the ice stone.
The Choi siblings unmasked before Jin Ho-gyeong
The false Queen grabs a dagger to her own body, and the court learns Cho-yeon's father is her brother and that Jin Bu-yeon was a fake.
Shaman Choi accuses every family of hypocrisy
Cornered, the shaman says no one may call her evil: Jin Ho-gyeong let the ice stone out, Park Jin hid the truth, and Jin Mu stood by.
Jin Ho-gyeong tells her husband why she saved him
At his bedside, Jin Ho-gyeong says she never loved anyone else, and wants him to suffer knowing what he did to their daughter Bu-yeon.
The truth about Lord Cho Chung, and why Jin Mu must die
Uk wants answers about his father; the elders learn Jin Mu framed Lord Cho Chung, and fear Jin Mu could expose Uk's secret.
So-i bargains with Jin Ho-gyeong over Bu-yeon
Exposed as a fake daughter, So-i shows Jin Ho-gyeong the item Bu-yeon wore when she vanished and claims the girl is still alive.
The in-laws bicker over surnames on the wedding day
Park Jin and Jin Ho-gyeong argue over whose family Dang-gu is marrying into while Uk wonders where Mu-deok is.
Jin Ho-gyeong traces Mu-deok's past to Sari Village
Haunted by So-i's claim, Jin Ho-gyeong asks Maid Kim about Mu-deok's origins and learns she grew up in Sari Village.
Jin Ho-gyeong orders Naksu brought back alive
Cho-yeon vows to kill her father's killer, but Jin Ho-gyeong insists Naksu be captured alive to learn whose body she is in.
Jinyowon's secret: Bu-yeon's body and an arranged marriage
Cho-yeon learns of a sudden wedding and questions who her sister really is; their mother tells Bu-yeon she will wed but never leave her room.
Lady Jin storms Songrim hunting the stolen bride
Jin Ho-gyeong accuses Park Dang-gu of kidnapping the bride, and Cho-yeon is forced to admit her sister Bu-yeon is alive.
The truth about Bu-yeon's body and the soul inside it
Jin Ho-gyeong is confronted over hiding Bu-yeon; a flashback shows the petrified body from the lake and an impossible choice between two souls.
A mother's bitter bargain to save her daughter's body
Lady Jin learns the revived girl will grow Naksu's features and lose her powers and memory, and vows Jang Uk will never learn of her.
Bu-yeon chooses to go back for her mother's sake
Taken by Jinyowon's people, Bu-yeon asks for three days; recalling why she refused to run, she returns to a tearful embrace from her mother.
Jin Mu pressures his sister to present Bu-yeon as heir
The Cheonbugwan Gwanju warns Jinyowon may lose its relics and, as her brother, tells Lady Jin to name Bu-yeon heir at the Unanimous Assembly.
Lady Jin binds Bu-yeon to her room for good
Lady Jin says Bu-yeon must be shown as heir but never be seen again, lest anyone learn she has no powers, and reties the tracking thread.
Jang Uk realizes the lantern went out, as Bu-yeon is unveiled
Jang Uk finds his undying lantern dark and recalls Bu-yeon's half-truths, while she is presented as Jinyowon's heir to a startled assembly.
Jang Uk crashes the Unanimous Assembly and claims Bu-yeon as his wife
Jang Uk dares Bu-yeon to snuff the lantern, she does, and he declares her his wife; Bu-yeon confirms the wedding drink before everyone.
Bu-yeon defies her mother before the Unanimous Assembly
Uk and Bu-yeon announce their marriage; Lady Jin calls it a lie and the Assembly threatens Uk, who vows to take her anyway.
Uk produces a 'witness': the baby
Asked to prove the marriage, Uk claims Bu-yeon is with child, stunning the Assembly and dodging the physician's check.
Bu-yeon walks out with her 'husband' as friends gape
Bu-yeon tells her sister her groom has come for her; Dang-gu and Cho-yeon are stunned and the Assembly settles for Uk as son-in-law.
The tracking thread: Bu-yeon refuses to go home
Her mother pulls the thread sewn into her flesh; Bu-yeon endures the pain and begs Maid Kim not to send her back.
Uk storms Jinyowon in the night to end the thread
As Lady Jin keeps calling her daughter back, Uk confronts her: his wife cannot sleep. By dawn Bu-yeon's pain is gone.
Lady Jin begs Bu-yeon to come home
Bu-yeon tells her mother she is regaining her powers and refuses to leave Uk; Lady Jin sees she is in love and demands Uk come apologize.
So-i bargains with Lady Jin over the real daughter
So-i asks Lady Jin to remove the blood parasite in exchange for revealing the real Jin Bu-yeon; Lady Jin refuses to hear it.
Uk shows up at Jinyowon after all
Bu-yeon arrives alone with the gifts, then Uk appears behind her and formally apologizes to Lady Jin.
Uk insists on spending the night at Jinyowon
Uk talks Lady Jin into giving them a room; alone, Bu-yeon misreads his intentions before he asks her to open Jinyowon for him.
So-i tells Lady Jin who her daughter really was
So-i confronts Lady Jin about the daughter she hid and tells her to ask others whether that daughter was Naksu.
Uk and Yul cross paths as So-i lies to Lady Jin
Bu-yeon senses Yul's energy at Jinyowon; meanwhile a captive So-i names one suspect after another rather than give up her secret.
Uk distracts Lady Jin while Yul frees So-i
Uk asks Lady Jin to let him into Jinyowon as Yul and Bu-yeon find the wounded So-i, who tells Bu-yeon she only thinks she is Jin Bu-yeon.
Uk sees the fire bird egg and spars with Lady Jin
Lady Jin shows Uk the unhatched fire bird; they trade blame over the ice stone and how she kept her daughter locked away.
The plan behind Jin Bu-yeon's returning powers
Lady Jin weighs how to cure a blood parasite, and it emerges that as Bu-yeon's divine powers return, Naksu's body may reject her.
Jin Mu kneels before his sister Ho-gyeong
The Gwanju begs Lady Jin for a cure; she mocks his fear of Jang Uk, and he threatens to drag Jinyowon down with him.
Jang Uk used Jin Mu as bait to draw out Lady Jin
Jin Mu apologises at the gate, but Uk's real target was Lady Jin; he begs her for Yul's life and tells Jin Mu killing him is not the priority.
Lady Jin's price: send Bu-yeon home
Lady Jin names the fire bird as the cure, then demands Uk return her daughter in exchange; he agrees.
Seo Yul's threat and plea to Lady Jin
Yul tells Lady Jin not to lock Naksu up, reveals her daughter's soul may return, and asks her to let Naksu stay for a while.
Jin Mu strips Jinyowon of the rite dance
Jin Mu tells Ho-gyeong another family will dance at the lake's rite; she refuses Jinyowon's artifacts and invokes the plaque.
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.
Jin Mu's test: retrieve the plaque from Gwido
Jin Mu throws the plaque into the sorcerers' prison Gwido; despite Ho-gyeong's fear of the wraiths, Bu-yeon promises to bring it back.
Is Bu-yeon really Jin Seol-ran reborn?
Jin Ho-gyeong is asked why the ice stone was used to save her unborn baby, and whether that baby could have been Jin Seol-ran herself.
Jin Mu storms Jinyowon for the fire bird's egg
The Assembly's mages force their way in; Jin Mu drains Jin Ho-gyeong until Cho-yeon opens the door, and Jinyowon starts to collapse.
Park Jin must seal the door with Maid Kim inside
As relics escape a collapsing Jinyowon, Maid Kim, trapped inside, begs Park Jin to seal the door, calling it what must be done.
How Bu-yeon saved Jinyowon and Naksu's soul left
Jin Ho-gyeong learns Bu-yeon entered the collapsing Jinyowon through a door from Danhyanggok, and that Naksu has left her body.
Seo Yul's open-door recruitment at Jeongjingak
Seo Yul now leads Jeongjingak and recruits on passion alone, picking two unlikely pupils on Bu-yeon's word to outshine Uk.
31 relics loose, and Jin Ho-gyeong makes peace
The escaped relics list is read out, and Jin Ho-gyeong explains why seeing Bu-yeon no longer brings her agony.