After Chapter 63
** Taegyu & Minsung's friendship dynamic, backstory, history('s)
and character arcs explored AND resolved.
** Miho introduced (Yoonho's daughter)
she can also transform like her dad.
** Taegyu & the other S-rank hunters vaguely recognize Beru from the original timeline; trauma
** World building expands: Realm of Eternal sleep
** Monarchs relationships are expanded upon: They have beef with each other, and continue to have beef with the 'Shadow Monarch', Sung Jinwoo even after being dead
** Arsha is introduced, expanding the lore: Monarchs have successors, but there are fights over who should claim the titles. Both Querehesha and Arsha's characters are expanded upon
** Byung gyu makes an appearance, he awakened but he's not a hunter, but instead a driver; has trauma from the previous timeline
** Jinho has a company; he's making a game to get hunters ready for any future wars
** World building expands: Demon Realm
History, culture, politics, geo politics, traditions, classism, currency's, oppression, slavery, cannibalism, material resources,
demons abilities, lore upon lore and world building just within the Demon species & realms
** World building expands: Vulcan's backstory and the World Tree, tying back to the lore drops and subtle mentions in the original SL
** World building expands: Itarhim & Apostles
introduction, along with their connections
** Esil's character & personality is expanded upon, has arcs, internal conflict & goals: become the successor to the demon monarch (monarch of gluttony) & the demon king to unite the demon realms
"Intoxicated with superhuman strength, countless hunters evaded the law & fulfilled their desires. Humans are greedy & selfish animals- Isn't it human nature to commit all sorts of evil deeds if you have a lot of money?"
** Thomas Andre is re-introduced & his character is expanded upon along with the other previously National level hunters:
They feel emptiness from there being no ruler occupying their bodies. The lack of presence & power causes them to be depressed, feel a lack of purpose & power
** World building expands: India
Guilds hierarchy, culture, politics, geo politics, corruption, poverty, oppression, classism/elitism, history, connections to the Itarhim & Apostles, resources, education, myths, relics, religions + religious disputes, tribal wars, and terminology
** Cha Haein is re-introduced & her character is expanded upon, has a arc on her own: Rescued and helped the elves.
She became stronger (National level hunter) due to having Suho
in her womb for 9 months
** World building expands: Ice Elves - Glacier Dungeon
Culture, Elves abilities, Echo Forest lore, Ice elves history, resources, fountain water is an ingredient that makes the elixir of life.
** World building expands: Dragon/Wyvern realm
** Sillad is re-introduced & his character is expanded upon and has development/redemption & additional depth, he's thankful for what Cha and Suho have done for the elves so he decides to help them (he still has a grudge toward Jinwoo)
** World building expands: The sea of the afterlife
Not meant for the living, if you go, you'll die.
In the river holds magic beasts from farther back than when Ashborn was Shadow Monarch, species they've never seen
** Tech, weapons, resources, stricter laws, etc. being years in advance, and hunters that were an issue in the previously timeline being put in prison was Woo Jinchul's doing
** World building: North and South Korea politics after the cataclysm being different than the previous timeline.
North Korea is essentially completely destroyed and overrun
** World building: The citizens ethics/morals of punishing or redeeming prisoners. Humanitarians & protestors, as well as conspiracy theorists & blood thirsty incels
** Taeshik's character is expanded upon: childhood backstory
Taekshik had an abusive father that he murdered at the age of 7
** Dongsuk and Dongsoo backstory and brotherly dynamic shown
** Kandairu (The Architect) Lore, backstory & goals
** Lim Taegyu & Lim Dogyoon's: Father/son dynamic & backstory
Their relationship is complicated
** 1 Dragon egg survived the fight between Jinwoo and Antares; which Kaisel finds
** Jinwoo and Suho's Father/son dynamic explored and shown
** World building expands: Stardust - makes awakened stronger
** Story gaps filled in: the years Jinwoo left to fight Antares
Kyung Hye was worried for Jinwoo, looking for him, while il Hwan was "calm" and not looking
** World building: Korea
How the, government, black market, underground fighting, civilian & hunters lives relate and connect in terms of taxes.
Tax evasion, association corruption, income percentages
** Jinah's character is expanded upon, goals & daily life
** Kim Chul is re-introduced, his characters personality,
backstory & motivations are expanded upon and reinstilled
** World building: Outer gods have worshippers on earth
** The Prayer to the Outer gods is reminiscent of the prayer and commandments in the Cartenon Temple
** Suho tries to summon Dongsoo;
we see how & why his soul refuses
** World building: CIA, DOD, FBI
** Siddharth is introduced: India's Asura Guild leader
(Corrupt by an Apostle) he feels morally just in his actions...
** Liu Zhigang is re-introduced, his character is expanded upon: affects from emptiness (no ruler possessing his body)
and some history
** Language barriers: Translators, have a basic understanding of 1, know multiple languages, only know their native tongue,
or understand body language enough
** Ali Hassan is introduced:
Poverty, starvation, classism/elitism, & corruption in India from his perspective.
** Siddharth's POV recall of what it was like to
experience the 10 year time reverse
"Are humans more crual than magic beasts?"
** Citizens differing perspective on hunters:
Some find them to be a complete nuisance to their lives, which contrasts with the fact that hunters risk their lives to keep them safe
** Orloff is re-introduced and his character is expanded upon;
He became Russia's prime minister and controls the countries president as his puppet (he's a racist dictator)
** Geo politics between South Korea, China and Russia, all wanting to claim what's left of North Korea
** Hunters falling into Eternal sleep:
Seo Jiwoo dreamed of the world tree, & woke up a S-rank.
First human to interact with the world tree
** World building: The World Tree
Roots in the sea of the afterlife, Trunk throughout the universe,
and the fruit from the tree's branches bear the rulers soldiers.
A large snake with multiple heads named Nidhogg, protects & lives in the world tree
** World building: Eternal sleep disease is essentially a out of body experience
** Morality & Justice debate; is a vigilante killing criminals wrong?
"We used our employees to do some minor comment manipulation."
Jinho's a ceo after all... well intentioned or not
** Harmakan: Kandairu's successor
** World building: Demon Kings Lore + Baran backstory
Trial is how Baran became the new king after the old one had died
"The souls of demons cannot go to the sea of the afterlife because... they are already nutrients for the weeds, not the world tree. Since the beginning of time until now, demons have lived in a relationship of eating and being eaten by each other. Demons were originally residents of the gap."
** Demon Monarch and Shadow Monarch powers are parallels
** World building: Magic beasts in North Korea
"spirits directly possess wild animals and plants, creating mutant magical beasts."
** Backstory: Cha Haein & Jinwoo's wedding and who went and why
** World building: Cha willing to break international law to help Suho
She and Kaisel alerted all hunters & news by riding around
** World building expands: Elvenwood
A civilization of high elves hidden in a dome in north korea.
Lore upon lore, traditions, history, magic, etc.
Sillad was a high elf before he became a monarch
Sillad about the high elves:
"A gathering of losers who failed to become monarchs."
** Sillad's backstory as a high elf + elf lore