Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3 has just debuted. The story sequel following Sung Suho has made its grand return with a brand-new artist, Sanjimseung, replacing the previous artist Jin, who had worked on the first two seasons. With Season 3’s big debut, the story events have been heating up, and with them comes the return of numerous previously well-established characters, including S-Rank Hunters.
One such character is Cha Hae-In, a character any fan of Solo Leveling will instantly recognize. Cha is a Korean S-Rank Hunter and Sung Jinwoo’s wife in the sequel story. She is also the mother of Ragnarok’s new protagonist, Suho. While somewhat neglected in the original story, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok has been giving Cha Hae-In the spotlight that she deserves. In the new chapter 70, released on November 4, 2026, this Korean S-Rank Hunter reemerges with her new, reawakened Hunter power, cementing herself as one of the most powerful Hunters of this universe, with overwhelming strength and powerful abilities that rival Jinwoo.
Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3 Returns With Cha Hae-In As New Reawakened Hunter
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok is a sequel story that exists as a part of the Solo Leveling universe. Instead of Sung Jinwoo, we follow the story of his son, Sung Suho, in this story. While the novel for Solo Leveling: Ragnarok ended in 2025 with the release of Daul’s final chapter, Chapter 375, the manhwa adapted by Redice Studio is still ongoing. Earlier this year, Jin departed from the project on January 7, 2026, due to his South Korean military enlistment. Now, finally, on November 4, 2026, the story returned with Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3 under the penmanship of a brand-new artist, Sanjimseung, who took over the role of main illustrator.
Jin’s work previously stopped at Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Chapter 68, and with Sanjimseung’s debut, we saw the simultaneous release of three new chapters — Chapters 69, 70, and 71. Over the span of three chapters, we were naturally expecting big things to happen in the story. Amidst all the chaos of the new release, we finally saw the return of one of Solo Leveling’s most iconic characters, Cha Hae-In, who finally reappeared in Solo Leveling Ragnarok chapter 70. In this chapter, Choi Jong-In and many other Hunters of South Korea reunited with Cha Hae-In inside the dungeon that she’s been stuck in for the last 5 years.
After so long, we got to see the S-Ranks of South Korea back together, but power-wise, the gap has only widened between Cha and her previous allies. Cha, through her hardships and her reawakened powers in the dungeon, has grown tremendously in strength. It could even be said that she has surpassed her previous rank and become akin to the National-level Hunters of the Solo Leveling world.
Cha Hae-In’s Previous Power Level In The Ragnarok Sequel
Cha Hae-In has been, since the very beginning of Solo Leveling, quite a powerful Hunter. In the Solo Leveling anime, we were first introduced to her in Season 1 Episode 1, but her proper introduction followed only in Season 2 Episode 4. Immediately upon her debut, it was made clear that Cha Hae In is one of the strongest Hunters of South Korea and that, when she awakened her powers, she became the 9th S-Rank of the country.
Her powers were clear from the very get-go. She was a swift Hunter with acrobatic skills and powerful swordsmanship. She also showed her talent and resilience during the Jeju Island arc. There, she, alongside the other S-Ranks of South Korea, took on the previous main boss of that island, the Ant Queen. The Ant Queen was powerful, and Cha was the one to land the final strike on her. It wasn’t an easy task, but it was one she managed to accomplish with great finesse.
Unfortunately for her and the other strong Hunters of South Korea, their victory was short-lived as the entrance of the Ant King immediately rendered all their efforts useless. Cha, as well as the others, were easily defeated, and had it not been for Sung Jinwoo’s entrance, with his Shadow Monarch powers, her life would have ended there, and the battle would have been lost.
While she featured amazing power in the original series, it is clear that past the Jeju Island arc, Cha’s powers were underwhelming, as the scale of strength of the Solo Leveling world quickly increased. As such, she couldn’t hope to rival even Jinwoo’s shadows, as we saw when she attempted training against Beru and easily lost. It is only through Ragnarok that we see Cha Hae-In rise to power in new ways never previously envisioned.
Cha Hae-In Gains New Powers As Korea’s Strongest S-Rank Hunter
In the Solo Leveling world, typically, when a Hunter awakens to their power, they are never able to grow in strength afterwards. Only Jinwoo and Suho can level up and naturally grow in strength after their initial awakening as Hunters. With that being said, there is still one way in which Hunters can develop and become stronger, and that is known as Reawakening. Reawakening allows a Hunter’s power to change. This can be triggered by various events, and we’ve seen it happen on a few occasions in the Solo Leveling world.
In Cha’s case, her rise in rank started when she got married to Sung Jinwoo and became pregnant with Sung Suho. Because Sung Jinwoo is the Shadow Monarch, she received some of his powers while she was pregnant with their child over the course of 9 months. This pregnancy thus increased her overall potential, and her strength would continue developing with the war against the Itarim and the entrapment with the elves in the new dungeon. There, she faced tedious challenges and fought many difficult battles. Over 5 years, her strength made her far stronger than ever before.
On top of all that, Solo Leveling Ragnarok is officially pushing Cha Hae-In to an even higher level. Based on the Solo Leveling Ragnarok novel, she is set for a full reawakening. Thomas Andre, the number one USA National-level Hunter, is going to be possessed by one of the Apostles of the Itarim, and Cha Hae-In will be the one to take him on in battle. Through this battle, Cha will come to absorb Mana from the Itarim, the Outer Gods of the Solo Leveling world. With new Godly Mana, her strength will increase to such a degree that she will bypass even the threshold of the average National-level Hunter and become more akin in strength to a Monarch.
Solo Leveling Ragnarok Season 3 is currently ongoing. The new episodes, as well as previous chapters, are all available to access on Tapas before the shutdown on March 31, 2027.