Recaps

After Huang Zhetian defeated Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji struggled with guilt and refused to pilot an EVA, while NERV and SEELE prepared for the Human Instrumentality Project. Huang Zhetian planned to use the Stones to reshape the world, leaving his promised new beginning ahead.

• Huang Zhetian told Shinji that Kaworu Nagisa had said, “Thank you. I'm glad I met you,” and Shinji broke down grieving for him.
• Misato tried to comfort Shinji, but he blamed the adults for sending children to fight and said he would never pilot an EVA again.
• NERV staff speculated about the organization's future as SEELE decided to pursue instrumentality without relying on the Angels and ordered the Special Unit scrapped.
• Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki discussed their plans to resist SEELE, but Gendo rejected SEELE's vision of rebirth through death.
• Huang Zhetian assigned roles to the Infinity Stones and prepared to reshape the world into a new beginning.

Rei Ayanami awoke to new feelings as SEELE launched a cyberattack and military assault on NERV, forcing its staff into a desperate defense. Huang Zhetian upgraded the Special Unit and teleported away to reach Shinji, while the invasion continued.

• Rei Ayanami woke under the moonlight, wondered about her growing feelings, and decided she had to change something.
• Misato discovered the truth behind Second Impact, while SEELE's MAGI systems attacked NERV and Japan's government revoked NERV's special legal protections.
• Ritsuko Akagi repelled the attack on MAGI, and Misato ordered Asuka moved into Unit-02 and sent to safety while Shinji, Zero, and Huang Zhetian remained missing.
• SEELE's forces began a full military assault on NERV, killing its personnel and breaking through its defenses as Misato set out to rescue Shinji.
• Gendo Ikari left the Command Room after speaking with Huang Zhetian, who then teleported away to protect Rei Ayanami.
• Huang Zhetian activated the Special Unit Upgrade Blueprint, then teleported away to reach Shinji and Unit-01.

Huang Zhetian found Shinji during the Defense Force assault on NERV and helped Misato get him moving toward Unit-01. Gendo revealed his grief over Yui and his alliance with Huang Zhetian, while the chapter left NERV under heavy bombardment and Shinji facing the fight ahead.

• Huang Zhetian located Shinji and Misato inside the blood-soaked, heavily damaged NERV Headquarters.
• Gendo Ikari rescued Shinji from Defense Force soldiers, confessed his feelings about Yui, and revealed that Huang Zhetian was alive and working with him.
• Huang Zhetian blocked Misato’s shot, confirmed Kaji was alive, and led Misato and Shinji toward the EVA hangar as Gendo held off soldiers.
• Huang Zhetian killed six Defense Force soldiers, and Misato urged the frightened Shinji to pilot Unit-01 for his own sake.
• Fuyutsuki, Aoba Shigeru, and Hyuga defended the Command Center as the Defense Force bombed NERV with an N2 Bomb and missiles.
• Misato told Shinji and Huang Zhetian that they had to destroy the EVA Mass Production Units to prevent Third Impact, while Japan’s Prime Minister discussed taking control of NERV’s facilities.

Huang Zhetian reveals that he is a visitor from beyond while Misato escorts Shinji through the battle at NERV. Asuka recovers her fighting spirit and defeats the attacking forces, but nine Mass Production Units arrive to face her as Huang Zhetian clears a path for Misato and Shinji.

• Huang Zhetian tells Misato and Shinji that he is an outsider from another world, then Misato drives them toward the EVA hangar.
• Asuka confronts her memories of her mother, regains her resolve, activates Unit-02, and destroys the defense forces attacking her.
• Huang Zhetian sends Asuka a message through Ibuki, and Asuka reacts emotionally before spotting the arriving Mass Production Units.
• SEELE deploys nine S² Engine-equipped Mass Production Units, and Fuyutsuki realizes they may trigger a catastrophe.
• Misato takes Shinji toward the Seventh Hangar while Huang Zhetian seals a doorway, helps Kaji through the troops, and vanishes to deal with other enemies.
• Asuka faces the nine Mass Production Units and prepares to fight them with only three and a half minutes of power remaining.

Kaji and Misato encouraged Shinji to face his choices before Kaji was mortally wounded, while Huang Zhetian failed to save him and returned to pilot the upgraded Special Unit. Asuka fought the Mass Production Units, and Ritsuko Akagi prepared to destroy Central Dogma with herself, Gendo Ikari, and Rei Ayanami inside.

• Asuka defeated several Mass Production Units, but their coordinated attacks began to overwhelm Unit-02.
• Kaji led Misato and Shinji toward special passage seven, where Defense Force soldiers ambushed them; Kaji was wounded while helping them escape.
• Kaji and Misato urged Shinji to pilot Unit-01 and choose how to move forward, and Shinji finally nodded before entering the elevator with their necklaces.
• Huang Zhetian discovered that the Time Stone could not heal Kaji, slowed his decline, and teleported back to the hangar as Kaji and Misato shared their final moments.
• Huang Zhetian found the upgraded Special Unit ready and returned to the battle, while Asuka continued fighting the Mass Production Units.
• Ritsuko Akagi held Rei Ayanami at gunpoint and took out the MAGI remote control, intending to blow up Central Dogma with Gendo Ikari and herself inside.

Huang Zhetian returned in the Special Unit and saved Asuka from the Mass Production Units, while Gendo Ikari killed Ritsuko Akagi after MAGI rejected her self-destruct command. After Shinji entered Unit-01, the nine Mass Production Units fused into a giant enemy, and Huang Zhetian prepared to use the Dummy System Control Core Card to advance his plan.

• Ritsuko Akagi tried to destroy Central Dogma, but CASPER.3 vetoed the command, and Gendo Ikari shot her before proceeding with Rei Ayanami toward Lilith.
• Asuka’s Unit-02 ran low on power and was pinned by the Mass Production Units, but Huang Zhetian arrived in the Special Unit, rescued her, and connected Unit-02 to an external power cable.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka subdued the nine Mass Production Units while NERV staff discovered that the Special Unit had an unknown, seemingly unlimited power source.
• SEELE decided to activate its Suppression Plan, anticipating that the Mass Production Units would fuse.
• Huang Zhetian persuaded Shinji to enter Unit-01, after which the nine Mass Production Units merged into a giant creature with nine S² Engines and fused Imitation Spears of Longinus.
• Huang Zhetian took out the Dummy System Control Core Card he had traded for with Ritsuko Akagi and announced that he would bring the plot to a close.

Huang Zhetian seized the Spear of Longinus and began bringing the Special Unit into SEELE’s ritual as Rei Ayanami rejected Gendo Ikari and merged with Lilith. As Lilith approached Unit-01, Huang Zhetian prepared the Special Unit to manifest Stigmata and take part in rewriting the ritual’s decisions.

• Huang Zhetian used the Special Unit to fight the Fused Mass Production Unit while Shinji and Asuka tried to defend Unit-01.
• The Fused Mass Production Unit restrained Unit-01, revealed Rei Ayanami faces, and carried Shinji into the sky as Asuka was pinned down.
• Huang Zhetian intercepted the returning Spear of Longinus, while SEELE began the ritual and the Black Moon rose from NERV Headquarters.
• Rei Ayanami refused Gendo Ikari, joined Lilith, and caused Lilith to rise and approach Unit-01.
• Shinji called out to Rei, and Huang Zhetian began transforming the Special Unit to manifest Stigmata and join the ritual.

As Third Impact began, Shinji and Huang Zhetian entered inner worlds shaped by their memories and fears. With the Chamber of Guf about to open, Huang Zhetian left Yui Ikari and prepared to take control of what came next.

• Shinji panicked as the Mass Production Units surrounded Unit-01 and appeared to him as Rei Ayanami, then Kaworu Nagisa.
• Huang Zhetian drove the Spear of Longinus into Unit-01's S² Engine, transforming it into the Tree of Life while he protected himself with gems and his Special Unit's AT Field.
• Shinji drifted through an ocean and met Rei Ayanami, who asked what he yearned for, while Asuka prayed for Huang Zhetian's safety.
• Huang Zhetian revisited painful memories of his schooling and jobs, then watched exhausted people commuting before telling Yui Ikari that he would rewrite the ending.
• Yui Ikari showed Huang Zhetian memories of Shinji's childhood and his mother's hopes, while Shinji's forgotten memories began to return.
• Lilith and the Black Moon rose into space as the Anti-Absolute Territory neared its critical threshold, and Huang Zhetian prepared to face what came next.

Huang Zhetian and Shinji witnessed Instrumentality consume humanity, then Shinji chose to return to an imperfect world and reach for Rei Ayanami. Huang Zhetian restarted the world, preserving Rei’s memories while sealing Asuka’s, and the chapter ended with Asuka dreaming of the boy who was waiting for her.

• Lilith’s Instrumentality dissolved NERV staff, SEELE, Gendo, Asuka, Misato, Kaji, and countless other people into LCL as humanity’s souls gathered together.
• Shinji rejected the painless, empty world and wished to return to reality with Rei, while Huang Zhetian recovered the memories of his former life and returned to the devastated world.
• Shinji and Rei said goodbye after confessing their feelings, and Yui urged Shinji to live on as the world began to recover.
• Huang Zhetian found Shinji and Asuka, sealed Asuka’s memories with the Mind Stone, and used the Infinity Gauntlet to restart the world.
• In Germany, Asuka awoke from a recurring dream about a boy waiting for her and joked with Kyoko about meeting him someday.

Asuka found the house Huang Zhetian had left for her and recovered memories of their time together in the EVA world. After watching his recorded goodbye, she rushed to the airport to find him at the train station in Japan.

• Asuka arrived at the house, and the elderly neighbor gave her the key Huang Zhetian had left for her.
• Asuka entered the house, saw drawings of places from her past with Huang Zhetian, and began recovering her memories.
• Asuka opened an album documenting their shared moments and cried over Huang Zhetian leaving her again.
• Huang Zhetian's projection explained that he was going to another world, revealed what he had done for Rei Ayanami, and told Asuka where he would depart.
• Asuka recognized Huang Zhetian as the masked stranger she had encountered and hurried to Wuchuan Airport to reach the train station.

Huang Zhetian reunited with Asuka before leaving for another world, and they spent their remaining time together revisiting their memories. He vanished after playing her a final song, leaving Asuka to wait and hope for his return.

• Huang Zhetian waited at the subway station, and Asuka found him and embraced him, upset that he was leaving.
• Huang Zhetian explained why he had not sought Asuka out sooner and promised that he would return in three days.
• Asuka asked Huang Zhetian to spend his remaining time with her and keep a record of the traces he left behind.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka revisited their memories and sailed to the Lake, where Asuka asked him to play one more song before leaving.
• Huang Zhetian played "Thoughts Across Time and Space," then vanished as his AT Field shattered, while Asuka promised to wait for him.

Misato Katsuragi met her new neighbor, Ryoji Kaji, and the two bonded over matching prize rings and a shared tavern. Huang Zhetian restored Kaji’s memories of the old world before leaving him in charge of the tavern, and Kaji began helping Misato as their story started anew.

• Misato Katsuragi cleaned her apartment, met her new neighbor Ryoji Kaji, and accepted a ride to work after he helped her with the rubbish.
• Misato and Kaji discovered they had both won matching rings at the Little Alley Tavern and agreed to meet for drinks.
• Kaji cared for a drunken Misato, then visited the tavern, where Huang Zhetian restored his memories and asked him to guide Misato when hers returned.
• Huang Zhetian gave Kaji the tavern keys and left, while the waiter’s altered memories made Kaji the tavern’s apparent new boss.
• The next morning, Kaji made Misato breakfast and offered to pretend to be her boyfriend to protect her from her company president’s harassment, and Misato agreed.

Huang Zhetian awakened as a seven-year-old clone in the Rebuild of Evangelion timeline, eight years before the Angels’ attacks, and planned to secure his place as a pilot while preparing for the future Impacts. After learning he was being sent to the Nevada Branch, he wondered whether he might meet Asuka there.

• Huang Zhetian woke inside an LCL cultivation tank in 2007 and learned from the staff that he was the only surviving clone who met the standards to become a pilot.
• Huang Zhetian recalled the timeline and Impacts of Rebuild of Evangelion and resolved to keep key characters alive while finding a way to reach Minus Space and return to his original world.
• Huang Zhetian read the System Panel, which said the system would offer fewer rewards and limited store refreshes, then considered how to use the eight years before the Angels’ attacks and the fourteen-year gap afterward.
• Huang Zhetian reviewed NERV’s international branches and decided he needed to secure his position as a pilot.
• A man in black told Huang Zhetian to prepare for a flight to the Nevada Branch, and Huang Zhetian wondered whether Asuka might be there.

Huang Zhetian completed his first EVA combat simulation at NERV’s North American branch and met the young Asuka Shikinami, forming a friendship before leaving for further testing. As he departed, he reflected on Asuka’s loneliness and hoped they would meet again.

• Huang Zhetian defeated five simulated EVAs in two and a half minutes, earning a synchronization rate of 58% and an overall score of 90.
• Huang Zhetian learned that Asuka Shikinami was a candidate for the Unit-02 pilot position and asked to speak with her alone.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka built snowmen, shared that they had no parents, and agreed to be friends.
• Huang Zhetian said goodbye to Asuka when the man in black called him back, and Asuka watched him leave feeling alone again.
• Huang Zhetian left by helicopter for further testing in France and thought about Asuka’s isolation and need for companionship.

Huang Zhetian completed his fitness tests, bought several combat skills and tools from the System Store, and reunited with little Asuka at the European NERV branch. As he prepared to leave for China, Gendo Ikari considered the pilots’ early connection and his plans with SEELE.

• Huang Zhetian passed his final physical fitness test in France and learned he would return to his branch the next day.
• Huang Zhetian spent points on hand-to-hand combat moves, A.T. Field weapons and a radiation beam, staff technique, and data-testing glasses.
• Huang Zhetian reunited with little Asuka after Gendo Ikari, Yui Ikari, and Shinji Ikari departed on a private plane.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka built a snowman, agreed to use their given names, and promised they would meet again.
• Gendo Ikari thought about the pilots’ early connection and speeding up SEELE’s work, then reassured Yui Ikari that he was thinking about dinner.

Huang Zhetian chose a blue-and-white design and weapons for his future Special Unit, then learned that SEELE had amended the Vatican Treaty and moved his entry into the Evangelion story forward. As his system began an eight-year upgrade, he planned how to survive the coming conflicts and reach Minus Space.

• Huang Zhetian reluctantly parted from Asuka and selected a blue-and-white Special Unit design with angular eyes, requesting a staff as an additional weapon.
• Huang Zhetian discovered hidden cameras and recorders on his plane and suspected SEELE was already monitoring him.
• SEELE agreed to amend the Vatican Treaty so a country could temporarily possess four EVA units, and discussed its plans for the Script and the sixth Adam on the moon.
• Huang Zhetian received missions to kill enemies, decide how to handle Asuka's Unit-03 incident, and enter Minus Space during the fourteen-year gap; the system then began its eight-year upgrade.
• Huang Zhetian considered securing a key to Minus Space, keeping Ryoji Kaji alive, and how to deal with Kaworu Nagisa as he faced the hostile world outside.

In 2015, Huang Zhetian arrived at NERV Headquarters in Tokyo-3 and met Misato Katsuragi, who became his supervisor and offered him a place to stay. After touring the base and meeting Ritsuko Akagi and the staff, he put on his combat suit and prepared for launch.

• Misato Katsuragi welcomed Huang Zhetian to Tokyo-3 and offered him a choice between her home and the assigned dormitory.
• Huang Zhetian chose to stay with Misato and learned that Rei was the only other current pilot, while his Special Unit had not yet arrived.
• Misato showed Huang Zhetian NERV's underground base and introduced him to the command center staff.
• Ritsuko Akagi welcomed Huang Zhetian and asked Misato to take him to the simulation room for tests.
• Huang Zhetian put on his combat suit, declared himself ready, and called for launch.

Huang Zhetian moved in with Misato, and the two settled into an affectionate but teasing family routine. He reflected on his Special Unit’s power-system malfunction and suspected Gendo had arranged the delay to put his son in the field, while Rei Ayanami experienced an unexplained strange feeling before falling asleep.

• Misato picked Huang Zhetian up, and he agreed to eat instant food at her home after learning she had never cooked.
• Huang Zhetian found Misato’s apartment full of garbage, then helped her clean and prepared their instant-food dinner.
• Huang Zhetian and Misato teased each other over being called “Auntie” and “big sister,” and Misato welcomed him as family.
• Huang Zhetian told Misato that piloting an EVA felt like his calling, then considered his Special Unit’s malfunction and suspected Gendo had timed its repair delay to coincide with Shamshel’s arrival.
• Misato told Huang Zhetian he would start school the next morning, and they agreed to take turns cleaning.
• Rei Ayanami took her medicine, wondered about a strange feeling inside her, and fell asleep.

Huang Zhetian prepared to pilot the newly arrived Special Unit as Shamshel attacked, while Misato explained the military’s role and the Jet Alone Series Project. Shinji Ikari arrived in the abandoned old city, glimpsed a blue-haired girl, and saw Shamshel emerge as armed helicopters faced the Angel.

• Huang Zhetian learned that school had been dismissed early and traveled with Misato to NERV Headquarters to prepare for Shamshel’s attack.
• Misato told Huang Zhetian that his Special Unit could operate for only three minutes and that he was expected to buy Headquarters time if the military failed.
• Huang Zhetian discussed the European branch’s Jet Alone Series Project and learned that his system had changed into the completion system.
• Shinji Ikari arrived in the old city, failed to contact Misato, and briefly saw a blue-haired girl before she vanished.
• Shamshel emerged beside the mountain as Shinji watched armed UN helicopters retreat in front of the Angel.

Shinji Ikari arrived at NERV with Misato as Shamshel survived the military’s attacks and N² Mine, forcing NERV to take command. Gendo ordered the Special Unit deployed, and Huang Zhetian prepared to fight the Angel.

• Misato rescued Shinji from Shamshel, while Gendo and Kozo discussed the Angel’s A.T. Field and decided to deploy the Special Unit.
• The military detonated an N² Mine beneath Shamshel, but the Angel survived with only scorched skin.
• Misato introduced herself to Shinji and explained that the Angel threatened Tokyo-3 and humanity.
• The military chiefs transferred command to Gendo, who ordered the Special Unit launched ahead of the target.
• Misato brought Shinji to NERV, where he showed her his battered identification paper and card.
• Huang Zhetian entered the Special Unit’s Entry Plug, completed his connection checks, and prepared for launch.

Huang Zhetian used the Special Unit to kill Shamshel, while Shinji Ikari learned he was expected to pilot Unit-01 and resisted Gendo Ikari's demand. Huang received new system rewards but remained unable to fight again until the delayed repairs arrived, and Misato asked him to help welcome Shinji.

• Misato got lost while leading Shinji Ikari through NERV until Ritsuko Akagi found them and explained that repairs for the Special Unit were delayed by two weeks.
• Ritsuko told Misato that Huang Zhetian had deployed against Shamshel and that Shinji might have to pilot Unit-01; Gendo Ikari then showed Shinji the battle and ordered him to understand his role.
• Huang Zhetian pierced Shamshel's A.T. Field, survived the Angel's laser attack, and killed him by driving a spear through his core.
• Gendo Ikari told Shinji to pilot Unit-01 or leave, but Shinji objected and felt abandoned when Misato urged him to fight for humanity.
• Huang received an upgraded Special Unit Summoner and an A.T. Field human form from the system, then told Misato he was safe and agreed to help welcome Shinji.
• Huang reflected that the Special Unit could not deploy again until its delayed parts arrived and wondered whether the past and present could still connect.

Huang Zhetian’s damaged Special Unit left Shinji Ikari as NERV’s only available pilot, and Shinji agreed to follow his father’s orders and move in with Misato. As SEELE advanced its plans and Asuka struggled with fading memories of a friend, Huang Zhetian examined a secret summoner that could call forth an upgraded Special Unit.

• Huang Zhetian met Shinji Ikari, and Misato explained that the Special Unit would be out of action for two weeks while Unit-00’s pilot remained unrecovered.
• Shinji accepted Misato’s encouragement to pilot Unit-01 and move in with her, while Huang Zhetian declined to cook and joined them on the drive home.
• SEELE discussed the Fourth Angel’s defeat, the costs of repairing the EVAs, and the progress of its Human Instrumentality Project with Gendo Ikari.
• Huang Zhetian inspected the system’s summoner, which could call forth an upgraded Special Unit that repaired itself after being dismissed, and decided to keep it hidden for now.
• NERV’s German commander agreed to send Unit-05 parts to Japan after headquarters diverted them to repair the Special Unit.
• Asuka lay awake in Germany, unable to feel excited by her improving combat results and worried that she was forgetting the boy she considered her truest friend.

Shinji Ikari settled into Misato's house and prepared for his first simulation test while feeling trapped by decisions others had made for him. Huang Zhetian tested his upgraded Special Unit X and planned how to counter Gendo Ikari, while the author’s closing note described family criticism and thanked his mother for supporting him.

• Misato welcomed Shinji Ikari to her house, where Huang Zhetian assigned him cleaning duty and offered to guide him through the next day's test.
• Gendo Ikari and Ritsuko Akagi discussed restarting Unit-00, monitoring the Special Unit's pilot, and using Shinji's unstable state to release Unit-00 from its frozen condition.
• Shinji Ikari felt overwhelmed by his enrollment and the simulation test, and Misato encouraged him before bed, but he remained silent and questioned why he could not refuse.
• Huang Zhetian transformed into Special Unit X, tested its weapons, and considered how Shinji Ikari and Kaji could help him oppose Gendo Ikari and stop the coming events.
• The author described being mocked by relatives for writing novels and thanked his mother for defending and supporting him.

After arguing with his mother over his lack of work and income, Tianxiajian left home but reconsidered his plan to go to Shenzhen before the New Year. He returned home before dawn, decided to find work and experience life after the holiday, and left readers with an early farewell while promising occasional updates.

• Tianxiajian argued with his mother about broken promises, his studies, and the little money he earned from writing novels, and she threw his clothes out and told him to leave.
• Tianxiajian packed his luggage and left, planning to travel to Shenzhen for work, but his older cousin advised him to wait until after the New Year to avoid being scammed.
• Tianxiajian spent the night at an internet café reflecting on his writing, his lack of income, and his mother's worries about his future.
• Tianxiajian decided to set his book aside, gain work and life experience after the New Year, and return home before dawn.
• Tianxiajian said farewell to readers ahead of time and promised to post another chapter or two when he could.

Shinji Ikari completed a simulated battle test against Shamshel, while NERV staff discussed his unexpectedly enthusiastic response. At school, Huang Zhetian warned Toji about ignoring evacuation advice and told him Shinji Ikari, the pilot of Unit-01, would soon join their class.

• Huang Zhetian showed Shinji Ikari training and battle footage, then sent him into a simulation to defeat Shamshel within five minutes.
• Shinji Ikari shot the simulated Angel’s core and repeatedly attacked reconstructed Shamshel models, treating the exercise like a game.
• Ritsuko Akagi, Misato, and Ibuki Maya discussed Shinji Ikari’s focused mood and his tendency to obey instructions to avoid trouble.
• Huang Zhetian reminded Toji that he had ignored advice to take his sister to a shelter before Shamshel arrived.
• Huang Zhetian told Toji and Kensuke that Shinji Ikari would soon join their class as the pilot of Unit-01.