Kathryn_51

I have a favor to ask. Yesterday, I planned to sit down and watch all of Ep. 5 and 6 with no distractions and the ability to re-wind/re-watch to carefully read the subs. Didn't happen - didn't even get to sit down with the TV remote. I'm still washing dishes and cleaning up after Christmas. 😍

The favor: at what point(s?) did the characters discuss the fire bird and/or a fire bird "egg". According to comments below it has something to do with the rain dance.

Since the show is released at 6:00 am where I live, I was able to FF through the eps for a few minutes early in the morning on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The stupid turtle got more screen time than ChoDang. 😢😒😢

Yes, I agree. Cho-yeon and Dang-gu are my favorite characters and I was horrified - until I realized this might be a chance for Dang-gu to rescue his beloved. 😀

Also, the Queen never stole a body - she was a "victim", although given the opportunity she wouldn't hesitate to soul shift if she could.

The FF button is my friend. But Episodes 5 & 6 looked interesting and there were apparently major movements in characters and their stories. So, during Christmas week, I'm going to finally sit down and watch w/no interruptions or distractions. [Absolutely impossible for me during pre-Christmas and Christmas weekend.]

Answer: Master Heo discovered a method for stopping soul-shifter petrification. His grand-daughter (Heo Yoon Ok) has been treating her for three years.

I wouldn't mind either.

I re-read my comment and realized I wasn't clear about JBY. As others noted, she IS dead. I'm unhappy writers killed her off so quickly in Part. 2 and no, I don't believe that was the original script when the show was first pitched to tvN. But this is where we are today. The point I was attempting to make is that the innocent (truly innocent) Jin Bu-yeon is dead, dead, dead and Jang Uk/Naksu are going on with their lives although they should be dead as well.

"Shadow and light" are "inseparable" (as tvN continues to tell us). In order to save Daeho, it will take the combination ("inseparable") of Jang Uk's energy (from either the ice stone, King's Star or both) and Naksu energy/JBY's "divine power". End game is murky. Master Lee ought to be the one who sacrifices himself since he was willing to sacrifice others. Maybe Jang Uk soul switches into Master Lee's body, lol. End game is murky.

Except Cho-yeon and Dang-gu get married and have boy/girl twins. As with everything else with these two, it may all happen off screen and only show up in some epilogue, but I'm 90% sure of this happy ending.
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That stupid turtle has had more screen time than my favorite characters.

Master Lee was ready to kill her AND Jang Uk if necessary.

How many times did viewers (or, at least folks here on MDL) say that Jin Bu-yeon didn't deserve to live/survive because she shouldn't have been born in the first place - it was "alchemy of souls" that gave her life.

Naksu should have died - but she used the "alchemy of souls" (Soul Ejector) in an attempt to save her life by killing another.

Jang Uk's birth was also the result of the "alchemy of souls". He also died - but was reborn due to the ice stone.

The title is "Alchemy of Souls". I don't know how this will end but I don't think the writers planned a story where JBY dies and JU/Naksu get a blissful happy ending with lots of kiddoes running around. At this point, it seems that it will take all the power/energy of all "three" to save Daeho and (I'm guessing) destroy the ice stone.

In Part 1, several mysteries were slowly revealed - the ice stone, Soul Ejectors, the various relationships, Jang Uk's growth as a mage. Part 2 has been going around in circles, although Ep. 5 introduced some changes in relationships.

TvN frequently includes scenes from both weekend episodes in their preview for the Saturday episode. Based on still cut article, it's likely tomorrow.

I mentioned this earlier because I thought the words were so similar and I checked the episode. Minor corretion - it's Episode 4, Mark 16. What many refer to as the "forehead" scene. Absolutely one of my favorites.

Finally ChoDang sweet moment. 💕💕💕I'm still a bit upset that they didn't give us a bit more angst/tension in earlier episodes (they didn't even share a scene in Ep. 4) but I'll take the crumbs. Hopefully crybaby Dang-gu is gone!

Agree!

It's the first episode that I really enjoyed watching. Dang-gu and Cho-yeon sweet and adorable for almost FIVE MINTUES of screen time. We learned Maidservant Kim's real name and Park Jin PROPOSED! So-i (who needs to die an excruciating painful death for all of the innocent lives she led to death) is stepping up and so "painful" death might not be required but DEATH still required. We learned more about the drought and volcano bird relic. Jang Uk finally - FINALLY - got his brain in gear and outsmarted the Queen.

A very good episode. Primarily because of ChoDang, but lots of other lovely tidbits.

As God is my witness, it better be Jin Bu-yeon/Naksu/Cho Yeong who deals the final death blow to Jin Mu. Anything else will be be. . . . .meh.

I also miss her, but the show must go on, lol.

Earlier today, I re-watched one of her scenes with Jang Uk - the one where she is trying to keep him awake and she tells the story of the bird egg at the top of the tree, alone and powerless - and he is the only one who can take care of her. Those are the words that resonated with Jang Uk at the end of today's episode. I was once again awe struck at her talent and skill.

GYJ is a good actress and writers were smart to not try and make her "assassin Naksu" for all 10 episodes of Part 2. It seems they are going for a mix of young, innocent Cho Yeong and divine priestess JBY.

Yul is dying -- give him a break for this one last wish.

Blame the writers - at least the actress is good enough to portray the change in personality but presonally I find her appearance to be the most worthless of all in terms of story progression. I would gladly trade her screen time for just a few more minutes of Cho-yeon and Dang-gu. 💕

I thought that Bu-yeon's words in today's scene was closer to when Mu-deok told Jang Uk a story in order to keep him awake, She talked about being a bird in a tree, alone and powerless and that he was the only one who could take care of her. And that her life was in his hands.