In Solo Leveling, Sung II-Hwan is a powerful S-Rank Hunter and Sung Jin-Woo's father. Sung II-Hwan was trapped in a dungeon for ten years and was saved by the Rulers. The S-Rank Hunter refused to kill the Shadow Monarch upon his return from the dungeon.

Jinwoo takes a week off to revisit the Demon Castle to continue the search for the ingredients for the Elixir of Life. A Hunter emerges from a Gate.

So how did Jinwoo get to this point? Funny story, he was able to achieve this by taking down the Blood-Red Commander Igris, an antagonist who would fit right into a From Software game. Along with receiving an upgrade in his skills,

In the anime, Jinwoo returned with the System, a software that only he could see, which was leveling him up in every way after he had been mercilessly destroyed by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon.

After a ten-year absence, Sung Il Hwan, Jinwoo's father, returns in episode 3 of Season 2. What does this mean for the narrative of Solo Leveling?