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These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.
Contains story spoilers.
Trapped and gravely endangered; survives through the System transition, not a clean duel victory.
Direct attacks struggle; a neck grip defeats the serpent.
Kills the hostile party; weapon statuses contribute.
Wounded leg impairs movement; recovery and intimidation precede the stabbing finish.
Igris initially dominates and relinquishes his weapon; Jin-Woo eventually wins.
Defeats the mages and golem; the System says he lasted 4.5 hours, completing the quest, and offers the hidden necromancer class, which he accepts.
Shadow Extraction fails twice on Igris; the third and final attempt succeeds, and Jin-Woo renames him Igris.
Adds Iron after Igris kills Kim Chul. Shadows destroy Baruka's ice-elf warriors; Iron restrains Baruka; Jin-Woo reappears behind him with Stealth and wounds him; Baruka is killed and the extraction attempt follows.
Returns from the sealed frozen-forest encounter.
Army attrition and new extraction overwhelm the opposition; Kargalgan’s curse fails.
Defeats the boss with shadows and Esil’s distracting intervention.
Help: Esil's distracting intervention
Gains the wyvern and learns exchange; initial cooldown is recorded.
Recovers from poison, follows speed change, catches attempted escape and finishes by cutting.
Temporary Min shadow heals Cha and is released; Ant King recruited as Beru.
Wakes with Black Heart; destroys the Architect’s active body.
Help: Other hunters held off the danger while he lay unresponsive
Collapses and sleeps after the raid.
Distributed shadows fight and regenerate; exchange supports travel and recruitment.
Shadow appears but cannot remain because too much time has passed.
Jin-Woo wins the fight; exact surrender-panel timing remains held.
Receives gifted dragon-tooth weapons.
Breaks frost weapon and later kills Sillad.
Help: His father Il-Hwan protected his body until succession completed
Army recognizes Jin-Woo; Beru challenges Bellion.
Jin-Woo contacts the Rulers through their vessels and opens a gate; the Rulers stab Antares with their spears and he returns to "Eternal Slumber".
Help: The Rulers stabbed Antares with their spears to finish him
Jin-Woo requests the reset; the Rulers’ Cup supplies it.
Campaign victory reported; final Antares rematch choreography is not shown by checked recap.
In the final battle on a remote island, Jin-Woo fights Antares in a giant form, refuses Antares's offer to join him, and cuts him down the middle with the dagger his father left him; when Antares moves again, the Rulers' soldiers finish him with their spears. Conditions: The killing blows came from…
After time is turned back, Jin-Woo enters the Dimensional Rift with his shadow army and wages war on the Monarchs; 27 years pass there (two outside), Bellion reports no enemies left alive except Antares and his dragons, and the chapter ends with Jin-Woo confronting Antares on his throne. Conditions…
Story statement — Narration, ch. 178-179: 27 years inside the Rift (two outside)
These entries await source verification and are excluded from the canon totals.
Coverage lead: difficult guardian fight; precise finish not verified in opened material.
Coverage lead: penalty-zone interruption; complete exchange needs verification.
Coverage lead: captive encounter and killing; exact restraints/finishing exchange not verified.
Review index identifies a fight; body unavailable, so outcome and mechanism not certified.
Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.
Shadow Monarch (end of series, after the 27-year war)