Final Battle Arc

Twentieth in the Solo Leveling order, this arc drives toward the confrontation the whole series has been aiming at. With the Shadow Monarch's authority fully his own, Jinwoo braces to take on Antares, the King of Dragons and mightiest of every Monarch. For this last stand the world's strongest Hunters assemble. Standing among them are Cha Hae-In, Yoo Myunghan, and Liu Zhigang, together with Lennart Niermann, Thomas Andre, and Woo Jinchul.

Antares bursts out of a gate in Canada, and a single breath from him kills Jay Mills and Adam White where they stand. Beru loses his own duel with Bellion, yet afterward Thomas Andre, Bellion, and Beru join forces to bring down Tarnak alongside the Humanoids. Jinwoo prepares himself by tapping Kamish's Rune Stone, which grants him the Dragon's Fear skill, then fashions an armored suit out of the full mass of his shadows. His eventual clash with Antares is cut short when the Rulers arrive and deal the killing blow to the Dragon King. Yogumunt and the Giants count among the arc's other monsters.

The arc's pivotal moment belongs to the Rulers, who turn the Cup of Reincarnation upon time and wind the clock back a full decade, remaking the world's fate. Before that, Jinwoo entrusts Woo Jinchul with everything he has learned, including the truth about both the Monarchs and the Rulers, making sure that knowledge endures. With Antares slain and the years rewound, the path opens into the Epilogue.