Alchemy of Souls

She mesmerises one of the traders who decides to drink his liquor. Cho-yeon is famous in these parts, but then so too is the legend of Naksu, whom we know fell ...

Alchemy of Souls is back and the drama gets off to a decent start here, reintroducing all of our characters and cutting forward 3 years too. She’s betrothed to one of these and believes it’s supposed to be Seo Yul and as such, ignores him and avoids the guy as best she can. Bu-Yeon tells him she’ll wait for him on the night of her wedding. In the precious moments she has, Bu-Yeon intends to try and find the person she’s supposed to be betrothed to at the palace. Jang-Uk makes sure to delay her escape by three days, giving Bu-Yeon a route out courtesy of throwing plates at the wall and wedging them in. Inside the room, Bu-Yeon is kept under her mother’s control, having been found 3 years prior, and intent on using her to birth a child with great divine powers.

We recap the Netflix K-Drama series Alchemy of Souls season 2, episode 1, which contains significant spoilers.

As Bu-yeon acknowledges her need to speak with Seo Yul before she gets caught, wanting to consider her options ahead of potential permanent isolation, she spots Jang Uk, recalling him being called the “strongest man in the world.” So she subsequently decides to sit down and speak with him, revealing her identity as the eldest daughter of Jinyowon, in addition to her mother’s wish for her to secretly bring in a husband to her room so an heir can be birthed. When we see her next, she has been transported to a place where Jang Uk is waiting, and his agreement that Bu-yeon might be of use brings about a warm embrace. Tearily, Bu-yeon drops the petal symbolizing her hope in the water, no longer believing she will be saved now she is well on the way to her wedding destination. “You are only alive thanks to that stone,” he is told, but the sidelined mage seems to embrace the idea of death if it would mean such an overwhelming source of power would be gone from inside him and destroyed. Plus, Jang Uk acknowledges he is too strong to be considered a “splinter” by the Crown Prince, who remains annoyed by his adversary’s “mocking” actions. When Jang Uk is told by Park Jin exactly who Bu-yeon is, and the “divine powers” she had that would’ve seen her grow incredibly strong, he wonders if such a person could extract the ice stone from within him. Continuing, we see Bu-yeon has exited Jinyowon in a bid to find her future husband, and has arrived at his temporary residence to find out more about who this may be. Elsewhere, Jang Uk drinks to help withstand the demands of the “unsightly” wraiths that surround him over his use of the sky’s energy. But Jang Uk is in a playful mood, happy to lie about wraiths being in the duo’s presence, and highlight the fact he has no qualms being rewarded for atoning for his sins. For Jang Uk ends up finding his way to Bu-yeon once the soul shifter is disposed of, causing the two to have a private meeting which hints at a potential future partnership between the two. Jang Uk ( [Lee Jae-wook](https://readysteadycut.com/person/Lee-Jae-wook/)) has taken an intriguing new turn, the addition of Jin Bu-yeon ( [Jung So-min](https://readysteadycut.com/person/Jung-So-min/)) is proving worthwhile, and teases of future complications bring about plenty of reason to keep tuning in. [Alchemy of Souls ](https://readysteadycut.com/2022/12/12/alchemy-of-souls-season-2-review/) [season 2](https://readysteadycut.com/2022/12/12/alchemy-of-souls-season-2-review/) doesn’t begin with a tremendous deal of intensity, it thrives in laying the exciting groundwork for future installments.