Solo Leveling has become, over the last couple of years, one of the most popular South Korean stories. Most fans of Solo Leveling were introduced to the series thanks to the anime, which follows the story of the main character, Sung Jinwoo, a weak E-Rank Hunter who unlocks the power of the System and grows in strength to reach tremendous heights.
While Solo Leveling’s anime is ongoing, Jinwoo’s story in the novel and Manhwa has ended. That said, Jinwoo’s story is still being expanded on through new projects. For one, Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3, the sequel following the story of his son, has just added to Sung Jinwoo’s ending from the original manhwa. Through Cha Hae In’s flashback in Chapter 71, we discover the fate of this couple and what happened after the fateful events separating them in the epilogue.
Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3 Expands The Original Ending of Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling was originally created by Chugong, who based this brilliant story on the main character Sung Jinwoo from 2016 to 2018. The popularity of this novel was such that it compelled Redice Studio, one of the biggest manhwa studios in South Korea, to pick up the series in 2018 to be adapted into a manhwa with art by Dubu.
This manhwa blew up, but sadly, it reached its end in 2020. However, in 2023, a new author picked up the Solo Leveling story and crafted Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, with an exciting plot that follows Jinwoo’s son, Sung Suho. The story of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok largely does not focus on Sung Jinwoo, even though he is essential to the overarching narrative. With that being said, while Ragnarok’s novel ended in 2025, its Manhwa is still ongoing, and it just returned from a 10-month-long hiatus, which previously started on January 7, 2026. Following a long break, on November 5, 2026, we received three new chapters of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, those being chapters 69, 70, and 71.
In these chapters, the plot expectedly took new twists and turns with Sung Suho, but the releases also largely focus on his mother, Cha Hae-In. For context, Cha is one of the most important South Korean Hunters, and her bond with Sung Jinwoo is also essential to the story. Specifically, chapter 71, which features Cha Hae In’s new flashback, expands on Solo Leveling’s previous epilogue released 3 years ago. Previously, in 2023, the release of Epilogue chapter 21 of Solo Leveling showcased Sung Jinwoo and Cha Hae In in a new light. In this chapter, we saw them celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary and sharing a ride on the back of Jinwoo’s Shadow mount, Kaisel. Following the 27-Year Monarch War, their love rekindled, but this lovely moment is also the one that set up their separation.
Unbeknownst to us previously, it has been revealed that, right after this ride, Jinwoo was forced to leave Cha and undertake a new mission to stop the Itarim. In Cha’s new chapter 71 flashback, this moment is greatly expanded on, and we see that it came right after the scene where she is thrust into a dangerous S-rank Gate where she has been for the last 5 years.
Jinwoo’s New Intense Battle And His Future With His Family
Sung Jinwoo and Cha Hae In have been separated for years now in the story of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok. In addition, their son, Sung Suho, is undergoing his own journey and fighting his own battles. It must be noted that every member of the Sung family is undertaking an important role, and at the moment, the one who is holding it all together is undoubtedly Sung Jinwoo, the Shadow Monarch. Jinwoo has achieved overwhelming power. He is able to extract the Shadows of the dead and add their power to his legion. This makes Jinwoo a one-man army, and it is through this ability that he is able to protect the world.
Currently, the world of Solo Leveling is in grave danger from enemies even stronger than the previous Monarchs. Those new enemies are the Itarim, or the Outer Gods of the Solo Leveling world. These Gods are incredibly powerful, and they have taken an interest in the world of Solo Leveling after noticing the fall of the Absolute Being.
With the weakening of the Rulers and their inability to multiply after the death of the Absolute Being, Jinwoo is the only one able to stop the threat with his millions of Shadows. Because of that, Jinwoo has been largely taken out of the story, as his main role revolves around stopping the expansion of the Itarim for as long as possible. This makes him incredibly important, even though we rarely see him.
Instead, the story of Ragnarok has pushed the spotlight on Sung Suho, and also on Cha Hae In. Cha is currently taking on a powerful copy of Sillad, while Sung Suho fights the new successors of the Monarchs. The Sung Family remains separated, but they will eventually reunite and see the birth of a new Solo Leveling ending.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3 greatly expands on Sung Jinwoo’s ending through Cha Hae In’s new flashback. With that being said, Sung Jinwoo’s original ending in the epilogue is going to be overwritten when Ragnarok’s manhwa ending is finally unveiled. That is because Solo Leveling: Ragnarok is largely canon, even though Chugong considers it an alternative universe to his own plot.
Through the ending of the Solo Leveling: Ragnarok novel written by Daul, we know that Jinwoo and Suho, in the end, triumph over the Itarim and are successful in protecting the Solo Leveling world. Finally, after years of separation, Sung Jinwoo, Cha Hae In, and Sung Suho also reunite. They all grow tremendously stronger and are finally able to live peacefully.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok’s Manhwa by Redice Studio is consistently adapting the novel into a manhwa, but with that being said, we might see a completely original ending, separate from Daul’s novel. This is because the Solo Leveling: Ragnarok manhwa diverges greatly from Daul’s work. These divergences might end up creating a completely separate ending from the novel, which would be interesting to see as a new twist for Solo Leveling.
Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3 is currently ongoing with artist Sanjimseung. The latest chapter, Solo Leveling Ragnarok Chapter 72, was released on November 11, 2026. The next chapter of the Manhwa is expected to be released on November 18, 2026. For US fans, Solo Leveling Ragnarok is available to read on Tapas until the platform shuts down on March 31, 2027.
