The opening chapter of the Solo Leveling webtoon introduces a world threatened by monsters and the gifted humans called hunters, then sets up the rise of Sung Jinwoo from the weakest of fighters to a player chosen by a mysterious System.
The opening chapter of the Solo Leveling webtoon introduces Sung Jin-Woo, the lowest-ranked hunter alive, as a raid party assembles in Seoul. Battered and broke, he readies himself to enter a dungeon under Mr. Song's command despite knowing he is the weakest there.
Belonging to the D-Rank Dungeon Arc, this stands as the second entry in Solo Leveling's webtoon. Its artwork comes from Dubu, with Chu-Gong credited for the writing, and it appears in the opening volume collected for the series.
The third installment of the Solo Leveling webtoon by writer Chu-Gong and artist Dubu, part of the D-Rank Dungeon Arc, with a summary not yet documented on the source.
Chapter 4 of the Solo Leveling webtoon traps the raid party with a deadly statue, as Song Chi-Yul loses an arm and the group decodes the temple's lethal commandments.
Dubu handles the art and Chu-Gong the script for this fifth Solo Leveling installment. Slotted into the D-Rank Dungeon Arc, it reached readers on March 5th, 2018, though its plot is still left undocumented.
Chapter 6 is an early installment of the Solo Leveling webtoon by Chu-Gong and Dubu. Released on March 5th, 2018, it belongs to the D-Rank Dungeon Arc and was printed in the first collected volume.
Chapter 7 is an early Solo Leveling webtoon installment by Chu-Gong and Dubu. Published on March 5th, 2018, it sits in the D-Rank Dungeon Arc and was printed in the first collected volume.
Released March 5th, 2018, this sixty-page Solo Leveling webtoon entry by Chu-Gong and Dubu traps the surviving hunters at the Cartenon Temple's altar, where Sung Jinwoo races to finish its trials before the gate seals open for good.
The ninth installment of the Solo Leveling webtoon, set during the D-Rank Dungeon Arc, follows the trapped survivors as Sung Jinwoo deciphers the rules of the moving statues and one by one his companions flee the Altar despite his warnings.
In this Solo Leveling chapter, the trapped survivors in the Altar chamber face a hopeless calculus. Song Chi-Yul carries an unconscious Joohee out as Jin-Woo stays to die, only for a mysterious System screen to offer him a final, life-or-death quest.
This Solo Leveling chapter wakes Jin-Woo in a hospital, healed yet still measured as feeble by the Hunters Association. He learns the floating monitor only he can see assigns a daily quest, and ignoring it drops him into a deadly penalty zone.
Chapter 12 of the Solo Leveling webtoon continues the Reawakening Arc. Released in March 2018 and tied to the third anime episode, it sits between Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 in the early run of the series by Chu-Gong and Dubu.
Chapter 13 opens the Instant Dungeon Arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon. Released in March 2018 by Chu-Gong and Dubu, it bridges into anime episodes three and four and sits between Chapter 12 and Chapter 14 in volume two.
Chapter 14 is an installment of the Solo Leveling webtoon, falling within the Instant Dungeon Arc. It was created by writer Chu-Gong and artist Dubu and forms part of the story's second collected volume.
Chapter 15 continues the Instant Dungeon Arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon. The work is written by Chu-Gong and drawn by Dubu, and this entry is grouped into the series' second volume.
Chapter 16 is a chapter of the Solo Leveling webtoon set during the Instant Dungeon Arc. Authored by Chu-Gong with illustrations by Dubu, it appears in the second volume of the series.
Within Solo Leveling's webtoon run, this 17th installment sits inside the Instant Dungeon Arc. Dubu handled the art while Chu-Gong supplied the story, and the chapter falls within the series' second collected volume of the franchise.
Chapter 18 opens the Dungeon & Lizards Arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon. The chapter is the work of writer Chu-Gong and artist Dubu, and it is collected within the second volume.
Chapter 19 continues the Dungeon & Lizards Arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon. Created by Chu-Gong as writer and Dubu as illustrator, the chapter forms part of the second volume.
Chapter 20 advances the Dungeon & Lizards Arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon. The chapter is the product of writer Chu-Gong and artist Dubu, and it appears in the series' second volume.
Chapter 21 is a chapter of the Solo Leveling webtoon set during the Dungeon & Lizards Arc. Written by Chu-Gong and drawn by Dubu, it is included in the series' second volume.
Numbered twenty-two within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry sits in the Dungeon & Lizards Arc. Dubu drew it and Chu-Gong wrote it, and it belongs to the second volume collected for the series across its serialized run.
Chapter 23 of the Solo Leveling webtoon brings the betrayal inside the D-Rank dungeon to a head, as Sung Jinwoo confronts the treacherous strike team led by Hwang Dongsuk. The chapter is by writer Chu-Gong and artist Dubu.
Numbered twenty-four within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry wraps up Sung Jinwoo's clash with Hwang Dongsuk's treacherous guild inside the D-Rank dungeon. Dubu provides the art and Chu-Gong handles the writing for it.
The duel with Hwang Dongsuk closes out as Sung Jinwoo dismantles a treacherous party, proving how far he has climbed from the weakling he once was while shielding Yoo Jinho through the chaos.
Numbered twenty-six within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry splits between Hwang Dongsoo plotting revenge in America and Jinwoo discovering an S-Rank dungeon that may hold a cure for his mother. Drawn by Dubu, written by Chu-Gong.
Jinwoo wins a brutal fight against Cerberus and claims the recipe for the Elixir of Life, while elsewhere a grieving father hires Taeshik to assassinate the convict hunters who destroyed his family.
Numbered twenty-eight within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry reunites Song Chi-Yul with survivors of the Double Dungeon and introduces the Substitute Hunter program. The art is by Dubu, with Chu-Gong handling the writing.
Numbered twenty-nine within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry follows the reunited strike team deep in a D-Rank dungeon as the prisoner hunters and their escort Kang Taeshik grow ominous. Dubu illustrates while Chu-Gong writes.
Taeshik springs his trap, slaughtering the other hunters and striking at Joohee, but Jinwoo blocks him in time, and a dying Kim finally voices the apology he could never bring himself to give.
Song duels the swift assassin Taeshik and nearly falls before springing a fire trap, and when Jinwoo blocks the killing blow, Taeshik deduces the young hunter has undergone a second awakening.
Numbered thirty-two within Solo Leveling's webtoon, this entry opens the duel against Kang Taeshik, who reveals his motive before overpowering an injured Jinwoo. Dubu supplies the art and Chu-Gong supplies the writing here.
Taeshik reveals a Stealth ability and a healer's shock at Jinwoo's own combat-plus-healing skillset, but Jinwoo blinds him with Murderous Intent and drives his poisoned blade through the assassin's heart.
Taeshik dies after warning of an approaching darkness, and the System hands Jinwoo the Stealth skill. With his two allies gone from the dungeon, Jinwoo finishes the surviving prisoner and the boss, then handles the arrival of investigator Woo Jinchul while Song quietly covers for him.
Joohee steps away from hunting and retires to Busan, while a warning about S-Rank Hwang Dongsoo pushes Jinwoo to grow stronger. The misfit, low-rank raid team that he and Jinho assemble at a C-Rank gate soon draws curious notice from the White Tiger Guild.
Chapter 36 of the Solo Leveling webtoon sees the White Tiger Guild scouts circle Sung Jinwoo, openly courting him for membership after watching him work a C-Rank gate solo.
Chapter 37 of the Solo Leveling webtoon closes out the recruitment exchange as Sung Jinwoo turns the tables on the White Tiger scouts and finally heads off toward his job-change quest.
Sung Jinwoo steps into the Job Change Quest dungeon, where his usual lifelines are switched off and the exit stays sealed. He hacks through wave after wave of armored knights and casters, gathers fresh gear, and finally comes face to face with the boss, Igris the Bloodred.
Chapter 39 of the Solo Leveling webtoon is a one-sided beating as Knight Commander Igris overwhelms Sung Jinwoo, who is battered into the throne and left clinging to life.
Chapter 40 of the Solo Leveling webtoon delivers Sung Jinwoo's hard-won kill on Igris, rewarding him with rare gear, a new skill rune, and the means to press deeper into the quest.
Chapter 41 of the Solo Leveling webtoon pits an exhausted Sung Jinwoo against an endless tide of knights while illusions of his past taunt him toward surrender.
Chapter 42 of the Solo Leveling webtoon yanks Sung Jinwoo out of certain death into the Penalty Zone desert, where he recovers and turns his pain into fuel against giant centipedes.
The chapter alternates between Jinah's restless night at the apartment and Sung Jinwoo clearing the Penalty Zone. There he wins fresh gear and a telekinetic skill, returns to the throne room, and realizes the mages, rather than the summoned knights, are the targets he actually needs to destroy.
Chapter 44 of the Solo Leveling webtoon caps the trial as Sung Jinwoo finishes the quest and, after wrestling with the choice, accepts the hidden necromancer class and its shadow army.
Sung Jinwoo tests his new shadow-summoning power, learning its command word and its limits, then turns his attention to the slain Knight Commander. After two failed attempts and a heartfelt appeal on his last try, he pulls the fallen Igris into his ranks as the very first soldier of his new shadow army.
A calmer chapter follows the dungeon ordeal as Sung Jinwoo takes stock of his improved finances. At his sister's school meeting he swears he would never let Jinah become a hunter, and afterward he reconnects with the determined Song-Yi, who has no plans to quit hunting despite the dangers.
Opening the Red Gate Arc, this installment sends Jinwoo and Song-Yi onto a low-rank training raid, brings a vengeful American hunter to Korea, and sees a routine gate seal everyone inside as a Red Gate.
The story splits between Hwang Dongsoo's contemptuous drive through Seoul and the trapped party's plunge into a frozen world inside the Red Gate. There two Ice Elves open the hunt by deliberately striking down the weakest members first, until Jinwoo snatches an incoming arrow from the air.
Installment number 49 of the Solo Leveling series finds Kim Chul sorting the trapped party by raw power. He warns them about the gate's warped flow of time, and Park Heejin elects to follow Jinwoo as doubts about him sharpen.
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