ALCHEMY OF SOULS PART 2
You…
Who are you?
I am exactly what you see.
I am a soul shifter
with blue marks in my eyes.
What?
When the blue marks happened to reappear,
I remembered who I was.
I am not Jin Bu-yeon.
My soul…
belongs to someone else.
Someone else?
I ran away because I did not want to get caught.
But here we are.
What will you do now?
Jang Uk.
Did you find her?
Yes, I did. She is safe with me.
Is she hurt? Are you all right?
She was just startled by the wraiths.
She is calming herself down.
Do not worry.
Is that so? There are wraiths?
Come to think of it, this is one dreary forest.
The marks are only detectable from this close.
I will decide what to do with you.
No one else should know.
Keep it in mind.
Only I am allowed
to come this close.
Fine.
Only you are allowed…
to come this close.
Are you saying Naksu realized who she truly was?
I believe so.
Now that Naksu has regained her memory, will her soul leave the body?
Will the body be Bu-yeon's entirely?
Seo Yul told me.
I will not blame you for deceiving me, so please tell me.
If Naksu's soul leaves the body
and she becomes Bu-yeon again while she is in Gwido,
will she be able to come out of there alive?
She will be fine.
Bu-yeon's soul has immense powers
that even I fail to fathom.
The one who attacked me earlier was the wraith of this corpse.
Unlike the other wraiths that avoided me,
this one chased me.
What is that blue object?
This is an ice stone.
An ice stone? I did not know there was one in Gwido too.
That ice stone has no energy of the sky.
It is different from Uk's.
It desires to absorb human energy
like a soul shifter that has run wild.
It is best that we let it be.
Someone with an ice stone who died here…
This body must belong to that mage of the Choi family.
That mage held deep resentment toward Jin Seol-ran.
You were likely attacked as it sensed that you were her descendant.
It seems so.
The wraith must have noticed that this body belongs to the Jin family.
Hold on.
-How did you two find me? -I thought you summoned us.
What do you mean?
-I summoned you? -Yes.
I went to tell Jang Uk about this after you had entered Gwido.
You summoned us here, so we came to your rescue.
After you and Jin Mu agreed to throw me in here,
you came to rescue me?
Does that mean you went all the way to North Fortress
to tell him about me?
I was never
at North Fortress to begin with.
I never sided with Jin Mu either.
I am on his side.
You do not need to come so close.
Stay still.
I offered to join hands first
since I am the Crown Prince.
I will hide behind Jin Mu like you said,
and I order you to go far away.
It sounds like
you and Jin Mu can only begin your scheme once I leave.
That is right.
I will remain here and uncover those behind his power.
His secret organization?
He has made countless soul shifters with the Soul Ejector,
and they are still aiding him.
I do not know how many there are or their identities.
But I know that they need the ice stone to prevent themselves from running wild.
We need to wipe out his entire secret organization
if we want to stop him.
And you are the only one who can do just that.
Are you saying
that you want to join hands with me?
Tell them you will go to North Fortress.
Then return immediately.
Meanwhile, I will gather all the soul shifters
in one place so you can annihilate them.
You could gain great power if you side with Jin Mu.
So why have you decided to go against him?
He got rid of my turtle.
Your turtle?
I am not going to add a grand pretext for my decision,
such as wanting to save the world.
The moment he got rid of my turtle,
I decided to abandon him as well.
What is it?
Is my trivial reason too unbelievable?
You have decided to go against him because of a single turtle.
That sounds more believable than a grand justification.
So did you find your turtle?
It is nowhere to be found.
It is a smart turtle,
so it should be able to find its way back.
It may have died.
Jang Uk of the Jang family
will be appointed as the general of North Fortress.
No one will know that you did not leave for the time being.
I have sent one of my men to get on that boat.
So no one will know that you are missing until the boat arrives at its destination.
Stay here and wait for Jin Mu to make his move.
Dang-gu and Yul will take turns and stop by.
Could you not have found a cleaner place for me to stay in?
Look at this place.
-There are so many spiderwebs. -My goodness.
He does not seem to like this place either.
-There are still spiderwebs here. -Please be careful, Your Royal Highness.
How am I to go through them?
Goodness.
I thought you did not like how he was slowly crawling toward you.
But I guess you opened your heart.
He did not want us to be hostile toward each other anymore.
So I told him to stop bugging me and to step aside.
Goodness.
I want Songrim to give full support to Jang Uk.
As for me,
I will hide and make way for us.
Bring them in with the gifts for the King that get imported from the volcano.
Jin Mu's items will be brought in alongside the gifts for the King.
Do not inspect them and just let them in.
-Yes, my lord. -We need to place them
throughout the canals before the rite.
Will you allow me to do that, Your Royal Highness?
I will inform the men of the Night Watch who guard the city at night.
You may use them.
These are the areas where the Night Watch placed the earthenware.
We can retrieve the earthenware from those places later.
The earthenware will help the fire bird
become stronger once it awakens.
It is similar to adding fuel to a fire.
Once the Unanimous Assembly begins, Jin Mu will go for Jinyowon.
And I will help him.
Once he gains Jinyowon, he will try to bring out the fire bird.
His secret organization will get to work within the next few days.
Is Bu-yeon staying in Jinyowon right now?
Does she know that you are here?
No, I did not tell her.
I see.
If she finds out that you left for North Fortress without her,
she will be hurt.
Right.
You did not tell the shaman?
Why not?
She is not a shaman, Eunuch Go.
Did you two fight?
That was why you could not tell her.
Goodness.
Why?
Why did you argue?
She told me a few things about your relationship
during my eunuch days.
So tell me.
Did she
mention me often?
She talked about you all the time. She was heartbroken because of you.
How ridiculous. That is rich coming from her.
What is it?
Did she break your heart this time?
Did she cheat on you as well?
Seriously?
I was just joking. Has she really fallen for someone new?
He is not new.
Then a former lover.
So? Did she go to him?
No, she did not.
He does not recognize her, and she cannot go to him.
Is that so?
That must mean he is…
-married. -Married?
Married?
That must be why he is ignoring
and rejecting her.
Darn it.
Seeing how he is not giving in, he must be a good man.
She is the dangerous one.
She is ready to abandon you and act like a moth to a flame.
She is not a moth.
And she has not abandoned me yet.
Yet?
Does that mean you expect her to abandon you in the future?
Darn it.
I should not be making a joke out of this.
So please…
Please stop confusing me
by saying the guy is married or that she is a moth.
Despite owning an ice stone and reaching Hwansu,
you have failed to win your wife's heart.
That power of yours is useless.
Despite your frustration, you cannot see her due to this situation.
I will meet with her myself and ask her what is going on.
Stay here.
A married man?
Darn it.
There is no way I can bring up that topic
in a situation like this.
If I stop Jin Mu right now,
everything will fall apart.
This is our chance to attack Jinyowon.
The plaque is missing, and Bu-yeon is trapped in Gwido.
In addition, Jin Ho-gyeong is too weak to protect her.
Will you make your move right away?
I promised to introduce you to the secret organization.
We will gather together tonight
and open Jinyowon's doors.
Tonight?
It is sooner than expected.
Please inform Songrim as well.
But there is one problem.
Jin Bu-yeon is locked in Cheonbugwan's prison.
What prison?
Gwido, the prison that holds those who once performed sorcery.
She is in there right now.
If you want me to open Gwido's door right away,
I will do so.
However,
if I side with Jinyowon now,
Jin Mu's organization will not gather tonight,
and Jin Mu will no longer trust me.
What will you do?
I will do as you say.
I must go inside Gwido.
Please feign ignorance and step aside, Your Royal Highness.
Jang Uk.
It is a turtle.
That is my turtle.
She took that turtle with her into Gwido.
Hey, turtle.
How did you get out of there?
Jang Uk, come here.
That is the door to Gwido.
But why is it here?
Did you come out of there?
Someone opened the door here.
They must want us to go in there.
Who?
Turtle, was it you?
The person who summoned us…
must be the one who is inside.
Bu-yeon must have summoned Uk with her divine powers.
She must have opened the door to protect herself.
Was it not you?
That is correct. Bu-yeon opened it.
You have incredible divine powers.
With such powers, you could have cast away the wraith.
Why did you open the door and summon Jang Uk?
You are right.
I should not have done that.
In the end, he saw something…
he should not have.
The ice stone in Jang Uk's body
was left behind by Master Seo Gyeong to save Jin Seol-ran.
But she passed away.
So why do you think he still left it in Jinyowon?
He could have just destroyed it.
What do you wish to say?
I heard you first took out the ice stone
to use it to save your unborn baby that had died.
And that baby grew up to be Jin Bu-yeon.
If Jin Seol-ran's soul remained in the ice stone,
I thought maybe the baby you had saved
could have been Jin Seol-ran herself.
Bu-yeon was blind from birth just like Jin Seol-ran
and possessed astounding divine powers.
Have you never
found that odd?
How is that relevant when I gave birth and raised her myself?
If Bu-yeon possesses divine powers similar to Jin Seol-ran's,
she will make it out of Gwido.
Perhaps Naksu willingly went there, hoping to retrieve her divine powers.
Has she decided
to disappear in Gwido?
I looked around and found no threats.
But this place is quite big.
Do you think you can find the plaque alone?
This body will find it with divine powers equal to Jin Seol-ran's.
Jang Uk tried to look for you with his red jade.
Do you have the blue one?
Did he call me through this?
I did not know.
Did he give that to you?
That is not yours.
That belongs to someone else.
I know.
He temporarily left it with me
so I could read her memories.
You even have that kind of power?
You are indeed not a shaman, but a powerful priestess.
Give it to me.
It is not yours, so I will return it to him.
In the past,
you also tried to take it.
I gave it back.
Do not lie.
She picked it up after you threw it away.
You know one too many things.
She must remember me
as someone who is heinous.
She always wished
you were Jang Uk's ally
and not his enemy.
I am sure she is happy to see…
that you are helping him.
Whenever I showed my pettiness in front of her,
she bad-mouthed whomever I disliked.
Despite it all,
it was annoying and impressive to see that she always sided with her master.
That is why I liked her.
She deceived you…
all along, Your Royal Highness.
I am aware of that.
So when she died,
I thought I would quickly forget about her since she deceived me.
However,
that never happened.
I wanted to have her.
My graceless desire to destroy something
that I could not have
definitely played a part in my decision to turn my back on Jang Uk.
That is why whenever I think of her,
I feel ashamed of myself, and I feel painful remorse.
If she knows that you are in pain…
she will probably
be content with that.
You are right.
She is not someone who would tell me to stop being in pain.
If it is possible, I would like her to know
that I am in…
an inexplicable amount of pain.
Still…
she would not want the pain to last.
After you have been in enough pain…
you should let go.
I found it in So-i's belongings during her funeral.
The potion looked strange, so I brought it here.
This is a soul potion that is used in sorcery.
It is a heinous and bewitching potion
that helps divination.
Master Heo.
Was not the Queen, who had been locked up after shifting souls,
fed this potion?
You are right.
Shaman Choi concocted this.
How did So-i have this?
Jin Mu of Cheonbugwan
had something on her and was using her.
It could be from Cheonbugwan.
I will look into it.
It must be that potion.
Madam So-i and Yeom-su, a Cheonbugwan mage,
would feed it to others once or twice a month.
She called it the bell potion.
The bell potion?
She said you would hear bells and go insane if you consume it.
Do you know where and on whom she used it?
No, I do not.
She rarely told me anything related to Cheonbugwan since it was dangerous.
But she once mentioned an individual who consumed it.
I rarely feel guilty for the things I have done in my life.
But one thing bothers me.
There is one person I feel bad for.
That person was very kind
and treated me well.
It must have been a guy.
You are wrong.
She was a girl I had met in Sari Village.
Had I not stolen what was hers,
she would have found her parents right away.
Then she would not have gone crazy and died.
Gone crazy and died?
She was also a victim of the bell potion.
So a girl she met in Sari Village
consumed this same potion?
Yes.
You ignored me just like your father did and never visited me once.
And now, you barge in here and demand to know about the soul potion?
I heard you were force-fed that potion when you were locked up.
Did you perhaps
hear the sound of bells during that time?
I do not want to relive those moments. That is enough.
This is important.
Someone seems to still be controlling the soul shifters with this potion.
Shaman Choi, her brother, and Jang Gang
turned her into a soul shifter.
They are all dead, so please do not torment Her Highness anymore.
The potion may have altered your memory, Your Highness.
Please try to remember.
I know it may be painful,
but please try to remember.
I said that was enough!
I am still in pain.
You do not deserve to ask for my help when you cannot take away this pain.
We are trying to end the alchemy of souls, which is the root of your pain.
I do not want it to end.
I do not understand why it is forbidden.
I, the Queen, want to take a young, insignificant body.
Why is that wrong?
You almost died recently, Yul.
If the alchemy of souls is permitted,
the precious son of the Seo family will never worry about dying.
And you will be able to stay powerful forever as the great leader of Songrim.
Do you not want that?
If someone powerful
has everything they want and is immortal,
what will become of this world?
Rain is necessary, but it should not last forever.
The sun is also necessary, but it should set as well.
And no one
should stay powerful and live forever.
That hypocrisy is what makes everyone uncomfortable.
What do you think other powerful individuals think?
We all want to join hands with the one who will grant us everlasting power.
That is the truth.
And is that individual
Jin Mu?
-What? -Please calm down, Your Highness.
Her Highness is very distressed. You should all leave.
Jin Mu controlled the soul shifters with his divination.
Perhaps Naksu
was also one of his victims.
Even so, that does not change the fact that she practiced the alchemy of souls.
Still, I would like to reveal the truth and lessen her burden
regarding the tragedy three years ago.
Even Uk is in pain as he is paying the price because of her.
Do you think he is in pain
solely because he is taking responsibility for Naksu's sins?
Do you remember what the Queen said today?
She did not see the fault in powerful individuals
gaining everlasting power.
Uk already possesses that power.
What troubles him the most
is that he must take responsibility
as someone who possesses the power that Jin Mu and the Queen desire.
Depending on who Uk's target is and which path he takes,
he could dry out this world, just like Jin Mu wishes.
Or he could stop him.
Deciding whom to target
and which path to take
will always be painful and a burden.
It may be too much for a human to handle.
I saved her life
and took care of her.
You have taken what Jin Ho-gyeong
has tried so hard to hide.
Master Lee must have known that there was another soul within her.
He recognized it
and feigned ignorance once again.
The same blue mark.
There was a huge tree where I used to live.
So I imagined myself sitting alone on top of a tall tree.
The same memory.
Just die if you are not going to do anything.
It is better to die than do nothing.
Are they the same person?
We found our way here thanks to it.
It could help you find the plaque, so keep it with you.
I will leave first.
Talk it out with Uk before he leaves.
You should also reconcile.
He will be…
in a huge battle today.
Jin Mu's secret organization will gather to attack Jinyowon.
And Uk will annihilate all of the soul shifters.
We do not know their number or how strong they are.
However, we must wipe out every single one of them who is in hiding
to put an end to Jin Mu's everlasting greed.
And Jang Uk is the only one who is capable of doing that.
All of them will have to be eradicated for this to end.
Every single one of them.
The Crown Prince left first.
We are now…
the only ones here.
All right.
You can ask what you are curious about.
No.
I will not.
So you better not say a word before I respond.
The war that I am about to start
is clearly and precisely right.
I am doing what I can to stop them
from doing what they should not do.
Some will try to condone it with a believable justification.
Others will come up with countless excuses to stop me.
But this fight is the right thing to do.
That is why I know exactly whom to point my sword at
and I know which path to take.
That is why
I must not recognize you here.
But let me ask you…
something else instead.
Should I…
not leave here?
Should I do absolutely nothing…
and stay here with you?
Should we do that?
I can probably close Gwido's door.
Then should we…
stay here together?
But the answer is…
that such a decision would clearly and precisely be wrong.
No matter the justification or excuse.
Even if…
we were deeply pining and longing…
for each other.
Dang-gu, go to Jinyowon.
Inform everyone and defend it.
-Yes, my lord. -Yul and Sang-ho.
Once everyone is gathered in the secret room,
go to Cheonbugwan and stop the officials who are outside the secret room.
-Yes, my lord. -Yes, my lord.
Once the battle begins,
I will go to the palace and meet with the King.
I thought Jang Uk had gone to North Fortress.
But he is going up against Jin Mu alongside the Crown Prince.
He has decided to undertake a great responsibility.
Please keep him safe.
Be safe as well.
Once the sun sets, Jin Mu's gathering will begin.
Once this night passes without problems,
the world they wish to see will never come.
We will bring back the sky from that fateful day 200 years ago.
The world will dry up.
And when we perform the rite,
the ice stone, full of energy of the sky, will fall into our hands.
We will live in a world where the strong gain greater power
and continue to rule forever!
Are you saying they are all soul shifters?
Those who wished for youth received younger bodies.
Those who wished for power received the bodies of the powerful.
And those who wished for beauty received alluring, beautiful bodies.
They all fulfilled their desires
through soul shifting.
They may be in hiding for now.
But once the door to the new world opens,
they will be of great use to you, Your Royal Highness.
Gwanju.
When that new world emerges,
what will become of those who lose their bodies?
The young will age,
the powerful will lose their position, and the beautiful will become ugly.
Your Royal Highness.
Did I not tell you not to allow yourself to cling to something so insignificant?
I do not think that trying to protect such things is a sign of weakness.
Rather, it is a sign of strength.
And I am about to show you exactly how powerful that strength is.
You have deceived me.
No, you just underestimated me and thought I was weak.
I did everything for you.
And yet, are you going to abandon me?
That is not how I would describe an enemy whom I am about to confront.
I am here to fight against you alongside Jang Uk!
Jang Uk?
Attack!
There is a barrier around the secret room.
Jang Uk.
You are here.
There is no need to be alarmed.
I have only created a barrier.
But this one is much more complicated than the one you had locked me in before.
I must say, I am quite busy fighting all 78 soul shifters as we speak.
Funnily enough, only you,
the head of this secret organization, are not a soul shifter.
Were you afraid of running wild?
Then why did you encourage others to do something so harmful?
So you are finally here to take your revenge.
I would not have come to do something that meaningless.
I left behind a world that I had always pined for.
Do you really think
I left that world solely to kill you?
What you are doing is absolutely wrong,
and it is absolutely right for me to stop you.
So I am here to do what I need to do.
It is true that I vehemently resent you.
But that revenge is not mine to take.
Go.
Go do what you can.
And I will stay here…
and do what I can.
Send Jin Mu here.
Why am I here?
The ice stone?
I definitely saw an ice stone.
Has there been one here as well?
It was here as I suspected.
That is an ice stone.
Right.
I forgot that you were here.
Jin Bu-yeon.
Did you find this?
Yes, just like how I found one in Lake Gyeongcheondaeho.
I thought you had lost your memory.
Anyway, I am impressed that you found it once again.
You can have it.
It is yours.
The ice stone possesses the energy of the sky.
Only the chosen ones can possess its power.
Jang Gang and that mage of the Choi family were able to use its power.
But they could not possess it as their own like Jang Uk has.
Shall I help you?
You?
That is right.
You are a priestess comparable to Jin Seol-ran, Seo Gyeong's lover.
All right.
Go on.
I will
make that yours.
What is happening to me?
My energy…
That ice stone is empty.
It only desires to absorb energy
like a soul shifter who has run wild.
You will not die quickly.
You will slowly wither away
like a piece of wood.
Just like that mage of the Choi family.
Why would you…
do this?
You must remember my face, do you not?
I guess you never thought it could actually be me.
Danju.
Naksu?
This prison holds those who have performed sorcery.
This is the kind of death that suits you perfectly.
Do not resent me too much.
I will likely meet my end…
in this place as well.
Jang Uk.
You have finally done it.
Uk, are you all right?
Your body is as cold as ice.
It is bearable
for now.
Where is Jin Mu?
I sent him to Gwido.
He will meet a demise that suits him.
But Bu-yeon is still in there.
She asked me to send him there.
She wanted to fulfill her role in all of this.
Uk.
Jin Mu of Cheonbugwan has been sent to Gwido, the prison for sorcerers.
And every soul shifter in his organization has been petrified to death.
And was this done single-handedly by Jang Uk and Songrim?
Without telling anyone?
Today seemed like our only opportunity,
so we had no time to discuss it with you or the Unanimous Assembly.
The ice stone's power that Jang Uk possesses sure is incredible.
He, who belongs to Songrim,
has gotten rid of Jin Mu, his only rival.
Songrim will challenge the royal family and the Unanimous Assembly in no time.
This was not a power struggle, Your Majesty.
We only interfered with Jin Mu's dangerous scheme
of trying to steal the fire bird from Jinyowon.
Whatever it may be,
everyone was forbidden from possessing its power.
But Songrim indeed is the only one to possess it.
Not everyone will be happy about this.
Jin Mu is dead?
Then what will become of me?
Will I…
be trapped in this body forever?
He is trapped in Gwido.
I do not think he will make it out alive.
Find a way.
You must find a way!
Seeing how Jin Mu came here,
Jang Uk and your master must have done their job.
I will remain here…
until my soul disappears.
Then only Jin Bu-yeon will be left to leave this place.
If that happens…
I will not have to be Jang Uk's final task.
It went into the sea.
But then again, you are a turtle.
It is only natural that you go to the sea.
This is the Jinyowon Plaque.
Did you find it for me
so I could leave this place?
In any case,
thank you.
THE BLACK TORTOISE
I met a sacred animal that possessed the energy of the Black Tortoise.
It was diligently crawling somewhere.
It must have found a path for someone.
I heard Jang Uk entered Gwido to look for Jin Bu-yeon.
Seeing how he left that place, he must have found his path as well.
After putting an end to the difficult battle,
Uk is single-handedly enduring the consequences.
He is weathering the wraiths that are drawn by the energy of the sky.
He is fighting another battle in a cold, dark place all by himself.
Why do you think he was chosen
to carry this burden?
Is he paying the price for being a product of the alchemy of souls?
While the most powerful fought over the ice stone,
it found its way to him.
I believe
she was behind it all along.
She? Whom are you speaking of?
The one who first received the ice stone from Master Seo Gyeong.
I believe she has remained here and has been protecting the ice stone.
Are you talking about Jin Seol-ran?
It is my assumption that she chose
both Jang Uk and that girl.
Are you all right?
I am sorry.
I should have gone instead of you.
I am all right.
I found the plaque.
You did it.
You are really my daughter, Bu-yeon.
I am sorry.
Do not be sorry.
Now that you have found it,
Jinyowon will be safe.
The Unanimous Assembly will be summoned today regarding Jin Mu.
You will have to explain what happened in Gwido.
Will you
be able to do it?
Yes, I can.
I will attend the Unanimous Assembly.
Seo Yul has been waiting for you.
You should go see him.
Uk and I…
have decided to feign ignorance.
I hope you will do the same.
I have something to tell you.
Jin Mu could control the soul shifters with his divination.
So I believe…
that the tragic events in Songrim three years ago
did not occur out of Naksu's will, but because of Jin Mu.
So that was why
I heard those bells.
If you are blaming yourself for what happened,
I wanted to let you know you do not need to do that.
I hope this excuse…
will let you stay where you want to be.
I was merely a soul shifter who was driven by vengeance.
I was an assassin raised in Danhyanggok with that one purpose.
And I just simply met my demise.
So that…
cannot be an excuse.
You are really going to North Fortress?
If I remain here,
people will torment Lord Park and Songrim regarding the ice stone.
I must obey the King's command
for the Crown Prince's sake as well.
When will you be leaving?
I have been given a position there, so I must leave right away.
So I am afraid
that I will not be attending your wedding.
That is not the problem.
You are going far away. Who knows when we will meet again?
You can visit me with Lord Park.
Then how about I follow you for now--
No.
I said no.
Do not say that to him. He is already very jealous of me.
It cannot be helped.
You will always be my top priority.
I know.
But do not express such feelings to him.
He does get sulky easily.
Maidservant Kim.
I may not be there for the wedding,
but make sure you are the prettiest person there.
Make sure you look like the happiest woman in the world.
I will.
I promise to look the prettiest
and happiest.
I did not know Uk was concerned about that.
Let us also move to North Fortress after our wedding.
Will you be fine with that?
I am no longer the leader of Songrim. I am free to go wherever I want.
Is that why you did not attend the Unanimous Assembly today?
If I remain here,
they will pester Uk regarding the ice stone.
That is exactly what he said.
In that case,
let us move there right after the wedding.
Promise me.
Hold on.
Why are you wearing the ring on your pinky?
It is for this finger.
It is too small.
It stops my blood circulation.
Is that so?
Then take it off.
I will make it bigger
or get you a larger size.
Goodness.
That is fine.
It is a promise of our everlasting love.
I do not mind it.
That is right.
It is a promise.
Will you be going to North Fortress by yourself as arranged?
There will only be peace and quiet if I leave.
Uk.
I am here to tell you something
that will bring about neither peace nor quiet.
The pain you will feel upon learning of it or ignoring it
is something you should endure,
not for me to decide.
That is why I am here.
Naksu will disappear soon.
She believes that no justification is reasonable enough to stay by your side.
But will this be
a good justification for you?
Yul.
Do you know how I felt
when I decided to feign ignorance…
and leave her behind?
I turned away with the knowledge
that I must slay her if I acknowledged who she was.
Her approaching death
cannot be an excuse for us to be together.
Instead of using my coming death as a cowardly excuse to be together…
It is much better…
for us to be tormented instead.
I, Jin Bu-yeon, the eldest daughter of the Jin family,
have retrieved the plaque from Gwido to prove
my power as a priestess.
I heard Jang Uk sent Jin Mu to Gwido.
What happened to him?
I found the ice stone that belonged to that mage of the Choi family
and put it inside of him.
Jin Mu…
will eventually wither away and die.
It desires to absorb human energy
like a soul shifter that has run wild.
So you put that inside of him.
It may have lost the energy of the sky,
but it is still an ice stone.
And you put that inside of him.
I am impressed by your divine powers.
If you could put it inside of someone,
that must mean you can take it out as well.
The main purpose of today's Unanimous Assembly
is to discuss what to do with Jang Uk's ice stone.
Since she can take out the ice stone,
we can retrieve Jang Uk's ice stone
if we agree on it today.
But Jang Uk will die if the ice stone is removed from his body.
He should have died three years ago.
He is only alive due to the decision
of the royal family and the Unanimous Assembly.
If Jang Uk did not stop Jin Mu,
the fire bird would have emerged and caused chaos in the world.
Songrim should not intervene!
We are only having this conversation because you decided to be rash
instead of asking the royal family or the Unanimous Assembly for permission.
I took part…
in their plan.
Do not intervene.
You deliberately did so without my consent.
-You should not have done that. -But, Your Majesty…
We only allowed Jang Uk to keep that ice stone
so that he could obliterate the soul shifters.
He does not need its power anymore
since there are no more soul shifters left.
-Right. -I agree.
-True. -Take the ice stone back.
That is only natural.
-Right. -He is right.
If that is what the Unanimous Assembly decides,
you must also abide by it as a fellow member
and Jinyowon's heiress.
If that is what the Unanimous Assembly decides,
then I must follow their decision.
Your Highness.
That is the door to Gwido.
You can find Jin Mu there.
You can ask him where the Soul Ejector is
and how you can perform the alchemy of souls.
Yun-o, how did you find the key to that door?
My friends from Cheonbugwan helped me.
Is that so?
Let us go.
Uk.
Where is Bu-yeon?
She agreed to abide by the Unanimous Assembly's decision.
She has left now.
We were discussing what to do with the ice stone within you.
If we decide to retrieve it,
Jin Bu-yeon, the priestess of Jinyowon, will take it out of you.
Did she say that she would abide by it?
That is right.
And she exposed all the sins you have committed.
Last night,
he spared one soul shifter.
He knew that individual was a soul shifter,
but he feigned ignorance.
Is that true?
Yes.
I feigned ignorance.
So did she want me to slay that soul shifter?
Please tell him to stop feigning ignorance.
Tell him to confirm its existence
and watch it…
wither away.
She gave me a reason and an excuse to find that soul shifter.
A reason and an excuse?
That was your duty.
In that case,
I will fulfill my duty
and no longer feign ignorance.
I will confirm its existence
and watch it wither away.
Now,
I will leave.
Where are you going?
We are discussing what you have done!
That is over now!
I will accept your reason and excuse,
and I will leave.
Stop uttering such words.
We are only telling you to fulfill your duty!
Are we not retrieving the ice stone?
What is going on?
There is still a soul shifter?
That is right.
Uk will not return
until he catches them.
In the end,
you used what is between us as a reason and excuse
to bring me here.
My merciless master.
I am not your master anymore.
I have already…
let you go.
I found him, Your Highness! I see Jin Mu!
Gwanju!
You are on the brink of death.
Jin Mu.
Tell me one thing before you die.
One last Soul Ejector remains.
Where is it? Do you have it?
Pull yourself together. Where is it?
Jin Mu. Give me the Soul Ejector.
You made a promise to me.
Hand it over before you die.
Yes.
Where is it?
My last Soul Ejector
is inside the blood of the mage of the Choi family
who created it in the first place.
Are you saying it is inside of me?
I put it inside your body
when I was shifting your soul.
I guess you did not remember that.
It is all coming back to me now.
The one who shifted my soul and locked me up
was you,
Jin Mu!
Gwanju.
I came here to rescue you. Let us leave together.
That is right.
We will leave this place together.
No.
I will leave this place in your body.
Did you go to Gwido?
Was Jin Mu still alive?
So you were the one who sent me there to save him, Your Majesty.
He had promised to give me immense powers,
so I must at least know how to acquire them.
So tell me. Did you meet him?
You are looking at him right now, Your Majesty.
Do you still not understand?
I am Jin Mu.
You have shifted souls!
So this is the very power that you have promised me.
If we share the power of the ice stone,
we will live forever as the strong gain greater power.
Now, come on out and let us walk down the path together
to acquire that very power.
ALCHEMY OF SOULS PART 2
There is only one reply I can give you
in our last moment together.
We must go to Jinyowon at once and bring out the fire bird.
-Bring me the ice stone. -Your Majesty!
What are you trying to do by fooling the King and Unanimous Assembly?
Uk.
Uk, Jin is…
I fear that the same kind of chaos may occur once again.
The fire bird will awaken.
I was told that it is going to happen no matter what.
Subtitle translation by: Soo-ji Kim