How strong does the constantly leveling up Sung jin Wu actually get by the end
of solo leveling? In other words, what's his full power and final form?
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further ado, let's jump into it. Spoilers at all. So it may
seem weird to start this video with the jin Wu's death at the hands of
the Frost Monarch, but this quote unquote death is ironically what unlocks his full
power. We're even told by the system that the player has died. However,
we're told after that that the player possesses the Black Heart and that death
is actually a requirement to activate a certain unknown passive skill. In a dream
world, at level one hundred and forty six, jin Wu talks to the
Shadow Monarch the cause of his initial power boost from e Ran. The Shadow
Monarch says he is a record of jin Wu's struggles, the evidence of his
resistance and the reward first pain. He is also death, eternal slumber,
and terror. He reveals that at this point he and jin Wu are one
and the same. Thus they are both the King of the Dead, who
rules over death and governs the deepest deaths of darkness. In the Shadow Monarchs.
In sane backstory, he explains how he was the only messenger of God
who stood against the rebels aka the other fragments of Brilliant Light, who wanted
to kill the Supreme Being because he wouldn't stop the fighting and dying that resulted
from the ongoing war between the Light and Darkness, which was represented by the
Eight Monarchs. The Shadow Monarch, who wasn't the Shadow Monarch yet, had
his army with him, but they were ultimately defeated by the others. However,
instead of dying like with jin Wu, he realized that the Absolute Being
had hidden a power within him. That is how the Shadow Monarch, the
Ninth Monarch, was born within the body of the most loyal Fragment of Light.
He arose his army, now a shadow army, but by the time
he overpowered the enemy and reached the Supreme Being. The Supreme Being was already
dead. He joined forces with the monarchs to bring down the beings that killed
his God. The time was on his side, since the corpses and souls
left on the battlefield became part of his army. He eventually came to the
point where he and his shadow army stood shoulder shoulder with the strongest of the
monarchs, the Monarch of Dragons and his destruction army. The problem, though,
is that with his great power, the Rulers, but also the monarchs,
came to fear him, and two other monarchs teamed up to beat him.
He was betrayed by the Monarch of Fangs and Baran, the Monarch of
White Flames and the King of the Demons. He says, his shadow army
was almost obliterated, but at the end of the day, the Monarch of
Fangs ran away and he killed bad on the King of the Demons. After
this battle, the fragments of Light, now calling themselves the Rulers, appeared.
You might think they came to take down the Shadow Monarch while he was
weak from battle, but no, they bowed down to him and said,
please forgive us greatest fragment of Brilliant Light. They were capable of sending him
back to nothingness, the monarch says, but they wished to make peace.
It's also noted that the Shadow Monarch once led the Army of Brilliant Light on
the front lines, and so it's not surprising that they showed him such respect.
The Monarch begged to be a race from existence, but the rulers refused.
He was confused. He couldn't make a decision, so he decided to
go into hiding in order to plan his revenge. He had already confined the
Monarch of White Flames within his shadows, so he planned to attack the Monarch
of Fangs his army after his body recovered. But while hiding, the Monarchs
were defeated by the Rulers. When he appeared before the Monarchs, who had
escaped to a dimensional gap to focus on boosting their combat power, they didn't
want to fight. They accepted him, knowing, as I mentioned, that
it was time to boost their power and not to fight and decrease it.
So the Shadow Monarchs, still confused, decided to join the Monarchs and sought
out a world where they could build a new army out of the sight of
the Rulers, that place was Earth. Now you might be confused about why
the Shadow Monarch would even entertain the idea of turning against the people that spared
him, But again, these are the guys that killed his master and God.
Another thing to keep in mind. In this post Supreme being world,
the rulers were the maintainers of worlds, all the monarchs were the destroyers of
worlds. By the time the rulers sent their soldiers after the Monarchs, the
world was already destroyed, meaning planet Earth. They were furious. The monarchs
destroyed another world and used a forbidden device with the Absolute Beings power aka the
Cup of Reincarnation, to turn back time ten years. They created beings who
could survive the collision of the two great forces known as hunters. That is
how desperately they wanted to protect mankind. However, the problem is that no
matter how many times time was turned back, both sides retained their memories.
So the rulers, but also the monarchs, are tirelessly refining their plans.
Similar to how rulers strengthened this world and made it better able to withstand mana
by lending humans their power and scattering Mana by killing magic beasts, the monarchs
borrowed the bodies of humans to descend upon the earth and had their armies arrive
much sooner than the rulers expected. Back to power, though, and the
Shadow and Dragon Monarchs were so strong that they couldn't find the hosts. In
other words, they couldn't find the human that could withstand their powers. So
a skilled mage working under one of the kings came to the Shadow Monarch with
a proposal off to find him a suitable human. In return, the mage
called the Architect, who would recognize from the double Dungeon, asked for immortality.
Since no living thing could become a vessel for death, the Architect designed
the system to search for a human who was highly responsive to Mana, someone
with a superior physique and a strong mentality. It wasn't easy, though,
to find someone who could be Death's avatar, and that's when the Shadow Monarch
noticed a human who had stepped beyond the boundaries of the system that the Architect
had created, a human who had deviated from its rules and expectations. Jin
Wu was weak and always within Death's reach, and yet always managed to escape
with his life. The Monarch kept watching, and despite the disapproval of the
Architect, he chose jin Wu to be his vessel. So the Architect made
it possible for him to adapt to his strength using what humans do best,
recreation and games. Importantly, the system was built using the Shadow Monarch's powers,
and it succeeded in gradually changing Jinwu's body so that he could accommodate the
Monarch's full power. So, yes, there is no game in actuality.
It was just a tool created using the Monarch's power and the Architect's magic skills
to make Wu a fit vessel. When jin Wu asked why the Shadow Monarch
betrayed the Architect, he says an apology from the rulers versus the betrayal of
the monarchs. After putting off choosing a side for quite some time, he
came to a decision after spending time with jin Wu. It brought him so
much happiness. Perhaps he did not want to lose jin Wu. He became
jin Wu, and jin Wu became him. Since they became the same person,
he says He'll let jin Wu decide. Jin Wu can stay in Death
Domain in the dream world or go back to reality and face his bows.
When asked why the Shadow Monarch went with the other monarchs and left the rulers
in the past, he simply replies, and I quote because there was no
place for me there end quote. Then the monarch passes the Shadow Monarch mantle
so to speak, and says he will return to eternal rest while jin Wu,
who has decided to return, will become the new fully fledged Shadow Monarch
and live as an immortal. He tells jin Wu that with death, jin
Wu's power has become absolute. So how strong is this version of jin Wu
who pretty much just used a rise on himself, Well, let's look at
his feet. We're quickly told that the system will will now be deleted and
that all power limits set on the player will be lifted. His shadow soldiers
also get boosts, as we're told that Igress's power has been restored and that
the skills of Bedu Commander level Shadow have significantly increased. Meanwhile, the Monarch
of Shadows Ashbourn, has returned to a world of eternal nothingness, we're told.
So Jinwu is reawakened, and immediately, like before, the Monarch of
Fangs get scared just feeling his power and decides to run again. He says
he only agreed to fight the human form. Since the real Shadow Monarch power
is on the way, he no longer has an obligation to keep his promise.
When the Monarch of Frost calls him out, he just says, now,
you wouldn't understand since you never face the Monarch of shadows true power.
Just as he's preparing to launch a giant ice attack on the entire area,
Bedu destroys the attack. At this point, it's clear in jin Wu's presence
that there is an insurmountable wall in terms of power between jin Wu and the
Frost Monarch. The Frost Monarch puts all his power into a single attack and
tries to use an opening he thinks he sees, but jin Wu effortlessly stops
the attack to himself. He says, this is the power of the greatest
fragment of brilliant Light and one of the most powerful monarchs there is. However,
Jinwu says he'll save the Frost Monarch for later and decides to chase down
the Beast Monarch aka the Monarch of Fangs first. He chases down and kills
the Beast Monarch in a few minutes and brings back his fangs as proof.
He then quickly finishes off the Frost Monarch. Clearly, he's so much stronger
now that he can treat these monarchs, who are significantly stronger than even national
ranked heroes like mere playthings. Obviously, we know what side the new Shadow
monarch jin Wu would ultimately choose between the rulers and monarchs. Since the ones
he loves are on Earth, he would protect them from the monarchs, and
so he would by default be on the side of the rulers, who also
want to protect the world. Soon after he flexed on the two monarchs,
in a matter of minutes, he witnesses new shadow soldiers coming through portals.
As it turns out, this insanely big army is the same one he saw
in flashbacks. It's Ashbourne's old army, and now they are at his disposal.
In addition to the army he built, he gets Grand Marshall Bellion,
who is stronger than Bedu, and multiple shadow dragons. Thus, in theory,
looking at the sizes of their shadow armies, jin was actually already stronger
than Ashbourne With this combined larger army. As has pointed out, only one
of the three Shadow dragons that we see could wipe the human race off the
planet, and now they all serve jin Wu. Then you might think by
now that jin was untouchable, but that's not really the case, at least
not yet. As was known during Ashbourne's time too, Ashbourne and the Dragon
King were spoken of as being the strongest of monarchs. Ashbourne was never spoken
of as being stronger than the Dragon King, and the fight is, if
anything, more challenging than most of us probably expected it to be for overpowered
protagonists. As the Great War gets underway, the Dragon King can sense that
the Shadow Monarch is becoming stronger as he fights and creates more shadow soldiers out
of his slain opponents. He decides that because of that, the time to
attack is now, so during chapter one hundred and seventy three, the battle
between these two finally begins, but jin Wu uses a strategy to separate the
Dragon King from his much larger army. He uses a scale that he got
from the ruin of Commission Dragons fear he paralyzed the Dragon's army as he made
the two monarchs teleport to the other side of the world. So then the
Dragon King says, ah, so this fight depends on whether I can hold
out until my troops find me end quote. So jin Wu is not overpowered
enough to think he can take on the Dragon King and his ten million soldier
army. And although his army increases as he kills and turns his opponents into
shadow soldiers, he also doesn't have unlimited mana, so he needs to be
wary of running out against such a strong opponent in such a big army.
It seems like jin Wu and his shadow army has the upper hand until the
Dragon King uses his own dragons fear roar on jin wu soldiers. It forces
jin Wu to unsummon his soldiers. The Dragon King then shows off his true
power and reintroduces himself as the king of berserk dragons and a monarch of destruction
and Terry's and jin Wu notes that not even an immortal soldier would be able
to withstand a blast of his firebreath. At this point, the Dragon King
recognizes jin Wu's great power. He says that I quote, you possessed an
ability different from Ashbourn's, and in that ability, I see our glorious victory
quote and he's talking about their victory against the rulers who want to kill the
monarchs. The Dragon King even offers to spare Jinwu's family or even his country.
He even says his soldiers will quietly take their leave if he wants them
off this planet. He offers him the position of becoming the monarch of Earth.
Jin Wu is not even considering that, though, maybe because he knows
that the monarchs want destruction and the rulers want to maintain life. But he
also knows that the monarchs can't be trusted, as they have already betrayed Ashbourn
in the past, So he just says, don't make me laugh. You
expect me to trust someone whose eyes are looking at me with bloodlust. The
fighting resumes and Jinwu sees that his dagger attacks don't even leave a scratch on
the Dragon's body. Jin Wu has to admit that the Dragon King's attacks and
defenses are much stronger than those of any other opponent he's faced. He realizes
that he needs something stronger, So then jin Wu wraps his body with the
power of darkness and attempts to create an armor that is much bigger and stronger
than the dragons. He says he'll be so massive that every living thing on
this planet will seem tiny by comparison. The Dragon is shocked, asking if
this is spiritual body manifestation. He says, could it be that he has
summoned the power of death to this planet. He's shocked that a human could
wield the power of death to this extent. Jin Wu meanwhile, comes to
a conclusion that this must be the true power of the Shadow Monarch that Ashbourne
left with him. He can feel terrifying, bottomless power surging endlessly within this
massive form. The Dragon King realizes that this is possible because even though he
was given you powers, jin Wu has spent quite a bit of time on
the border between life and death. He has been fighting a battle on his
own in order to survive. This is why Ashbourne was able to pass on
the entirety of his powers to a quote unquote mere human. The Dragon King
decides that jin Wu is much too dangerous after seeing all this, and decides
he must do away with him at once. Jin Wu's shadow attack then cuts
through the Dragon King's fire blast and hits him. Doesn't slow down the Dragon
King much, though, and then they engage in close combat with their giant
forms Eventually, though, after exchanging blows, jin Wu needs to return to
his normal form, and it's remark that the mere act of maintaining such a
men's power is incredibly draining. Still it isn't over. Jin Wu instead wraps
his normal body with the Shadow Slash Death armor, while the Dragon King turns
back into his humanoid form and is in his own dragon looking armor. Jin
Wu, with his daggers, clashes with the Dragon King's sword. The Dragon
King asks him does he want to be burned to ashes by the flames that
can incinerate death itself, implying that jin Wu, despite being Death incarnate,
could potentially die. Jin Wu loses his daggers in battle as the Dragon King
stabs him. Jin Wu is still standing, though, and he tries a
sneak attack with a levitating dagger, but the Dragon King simply replies, did
you really think that a dagger made from a dragon's fan could stab me?
The Dragon King as he effortlessly stops the attack. Then jin Wu summons his
shadow soldiers all at once, and they hold down the Dragon King as he
seemingly slashes him in half vertically. He uses his father's own weapon to do
it. Now the Dragon King admits that jin Wu won, but it's not
necessarily because jin Wu overpowered him. The Dragon King seems to be regenerating from
the slash, but jin Wu's strategy of using the force of their powers clashing
to tear this space apart and call forth the Rulers from the other side is
what ensured the Dragon King's defeat. Whether jin Wu himself was to die or
not, the Rulers are the ones to finish the Dragon King off by stabbing
him. He disintegrates as a result and goes to the true world of Eternal
Slumber and not. He says to the fake one that the Shadow Monarch created
so you might say that jin Wu got help in this fight, which some
might argue taints his victory. But don't worry. He decides to use the
Cup of re Incarnation to turn back time one more time so that he can
defeat all of the monarchs by himself in the dimensional rift. In this way,
he would spare all the damage in lives lost during this war, including
that of his own father. He's insanely confident, too, saying to the
Rulers and I quote, please don't send anyone to Earth after turning back the
clock end quote. In the new timeline, he fights in wins against the
monarchs all by himself. He defeats the Monarch of Transfiguration, who can be
especially tricky as we saw twenty seven years go by the dimensional rift, and
Jinwu now has a cool new shadow armor form. Like us know, he's
changed the stronger than ever. It's not just his army that has grown over
twenty seven years of killing the monarchs and their armies, but also his experience,
and thus he can use his powers better than ever before. Although it
happens offscreen, jin Wu does end up defeating the Dragon King without the help
of the rulers. This time the Dragon King scarred Jinwu's hand, but other
than that, jin Wu comes back to Earth in perfect condition. The Ruler
vessel that welcomes him back as the victor can sense the weight of millions of
soldiers marching along with each step he takes. Keep in mind his old army
was about one hundred thousand strong, so the army has grown way way larger
than it's ever been. It's crazy to think about it, but now comes
a new issue. Is there a place for such a powerful being in a
world without magic or even hunters. The rulers are worried about the effect his
power will have on the Earth. Jinwu's power is so great now that he's
told the earth can't handle it. Since time was turned back, the world
is without Mana and thus fragile. Thus they'd like to transport him to another
world that can handle his power. Jin Wu feels like nuclear fuel that has
become dangerous, toxic waste at the end of its life cycle. He saved
the world from threats, and now he's the remaining threat that needs to be
disposed of. It's like he's served his purpose and the world has no use
for him anymore. However, he rejects this view. The passing by of
his future wife Chaw helps him realize that one reason he should stay on Earth
is that the people he loves are still here, as well as the people
who love him. Besides, we know how confident our protagonist is, and
he's confident that he can deal with the threats that may come as a result
of his great power. And that's the end of the main story. But
we're going into the epilogue too because there's more important information about how strong he
actually gets there. During the epilogue chapters, jin Wu is told about how
the threat of the Titans is coming to Earth. The Titans are a giant
race that went to the world of the Rulers in previous timelines, but this
time they're coming to Earth, and it's assumed that it's because they're chasing jin
Wu's great power. The Rulers think about sending help, but jin Wu says
he'll do it himself. When they appear, there are seemingly countless giants that
jin Wu has to take down with his own shadow army, but he is
unfazed. He even begins turning some of the defeated Titans into new shadow soldiers
as well. We see that, like Lufi from one piece, he can
now use his shadow powers to create giant limbs while his normal body stays the
same size. In other words, he doesn't need to transform his whole body
into that giant form we saw when he fought the Dragon King. If he
needs to, he can just create a giant shadow arm that he uses to
pin down one of the stronger Titans. This suggests that he's gaining better control
of his already impressive powers. Remember before he said that the giant form was
draining, but this flexible use of that great power seems to be a solid
workaround. Even the arrogant Titan must admit so even a small planet on the
galactic outskirts has quite a useful talent. At no point does Jinuu struggle,
and there are even jokes thrown in, like when his soldiers take out Jinwu's
opponent when the Titan is bragging about his final form in full power. The
Titans, despite being strong enough to worry a race as strong as the Rulers,
are so not a challenge for jin Wu that they are finished off screen.
Later, as high ringing officials on Earth are discussing jin Wu, they
explained that our protagonists dealt with those monsters as if they were toys. So
right now Jinwa is looking pretty untouchable, but maybe jin Wu's son can beat
him. Right after all, as you know if you watch My jin Wu
and Chaw's relationship explained video, his son's mother was the strongest female hunter in
Korea. Those are some insanely overpowered genes when you think about it. In
contrast, jin Wu's own mother was pretty frail, So when his son is
ready, jin Wu creates a familiar training game for him, where his son
can face as many shadow soldiers. As he levels up, the challenges get
more difficult until he has to face jin Wu himself, the final boss,
if you will. Even though his son has leveled up enough to at least
tie jin Wu in theory, in practice things don't go like that. The
focus is not on the sheer strength that comes with fully leveling up, but
on how refined jin Wu's attacks are. As his son asks himself, just
how hard you have to work? How many deaths do you have to overcome?
In order to have that kind of skill, He thinks to himself,
and I quote, my stats have reached their limits. Combat ability has developed
far enough to handle those stats and quote. Yet when he goes to attack
jin Wu, he suddenly loses. As jin Wu tells him it's still too
early for him. He'll have to continue his training. So at the end
of the Manwa Jinwu is still the strongest, and not just because he's so
powerful, but because through experience he refined his skills so that he's still way
more effective than someone with similarly maxed out stats. Yes, eventually his son
will probably surpass him. Jin Wu will probably pass on the torch if you
will. But in the cannon established by the Manhwa, including the Manhwa's epilogue
chapters, jin Wu is the strongest period. I mean, the dude is
so strong that he attracts strong opponents, only to flex on them when they
eventually do show up. And if you enjoyed this video on jin Wu's powers,
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