Chapter Summaries

Shinji struggled with loneliness and grief, and Kaworu Nagisa offered to listen, but Shinji rejected him and walked away. Meanwhile, Misato and Hyuga investigated Kaworu's erased past and Huang Zhetian's changed behavior, while Misato learned Asuka remained dazed but physically stable.

• Shinji visited the rebuilt Special Unit, mourned Zhetian-kun, and wondered whether to tell Kaworu Nagisa about Huang Zhetian.
• Shinji listened to Kensuke's farewell message among the ruined city and grieved that his friends had all left.
• Kaworu Nagisa approached Shinji, offered to be someone he could confide in, and watched him walk away with earbuds in.
• Misato and Hyuga discussed Kaworu's erased past and reviewed intelligence Hyuga had secretly obtained from NERV.
• Hyuga told Misato that Huang Zhetian's demeanor had changed and reported that Asuka remained dazed despite stable bodily functions.
• Misato thanked Hyuga and offered to take him to dinner, then concealed her sorrow as she looked at Kaji's ring.

Huang Zhetian's extraordinary synchronization readings raised questions at NERV as Kaworu Nagisa approached Rei Ayanami and Shinji. Misato decoded a hidden message from Huang Zhetian that revealed Kaji was alive, leaving her with renewed hope and a clearer plan amid the approaching conflict.

• Kaworu Nagisa's synchronization rate surpassed Huang Zhetian's, and Misato took charge of the test data while NERV investigated Kaworu's identity.
• Kaworu Nagisa spoke with Rei Ayanami, then invited Shinji to go take a bath with him after Huang Zhetian left them.
• Misato found a Chinese note left by Huang Zhetian, recognized Kaji's name in it, and went to ask Huang Zhetian to explain the message.
• Huang Zhetian told Misato that Kaji had not died, and Misato destroyed the paper after learning the news.
• Huang Zhetian reflected that Kaji's warning foretold SEELE and the United Nations moving against NERV as part of the plan for Unit-01 and Human Instrumentality.

Kaworu grew closer to Shinji while grappling with his mission to trigger Third Impact, as SEELE revealed its plans and Gendo prepared to act. Misato investigated Kaworu’s Eva data, and Huang Zhetian appeared before Kaworu before vanishing through a blue vortex.

• Kaworu spoke with Shinji and Huang Zhetian in the bath, then told Shinji he liked him and warned him to avoid Huang Zhetian.
• SEELE declared that NERV had become Gendo Ikari’s private agency, while Gendo revealed the Adam Embryo embedded in his hand and spoke of his wish to reunite with Yui.
• Rei Ayanami questioned her changing feelings for Shinji and Huang Zhetian, while Misato decided to send Pianpian to the Horaki Family for safety.
• Kaworu met with SEELE, learned that Gendo carried Adam’s regenerated flesh, and accepted that triggering Third Impact was the purpose of his existence.
• Misato and Hyuga obtained data showing that Kaworu could control his Eva synchronization rate through conscious will, prompting Misato to seek out Ritsuko Akagi.
• Huang Zhetian appeared beneath Kaworu, vanished through a blue vortex, and left Kaworu to return to NERV Headquarters.

Misato learned that Kaworu was likely the final Angel born during Second Impact, just as he took control of Unit-02 and began breaking through Central Dogma toward Terminal Dogma. Shinji and Huang Zhetian confronted him, and as Shinji faced the truth about Kaworu, Huang used the Power Stone to attack Kaworu’s A.T. Field.

• Misato questioned Ritsuko, who revealed that Kaworu was probably the final Angel born during Second Impact and may have been taken by the committee.
• Kaworu activated Unit-02 without entering its Entry Plug and used it to break through Central Dogma’s armored barriers.
• SEELE discussed its plans to intensify Shinji’s despair, while Gendo ordered Unit-01 and the Special Unit to stop Kaworu from reaching Terminal Dogma.
• Huang Zhetian and Shinji descended after Kaworu, and Huang dropped ahead to attack Unit-02.
• Shinji confronted Kaworu, who confirmed he was an Angel and explained that he could control Unit-02 and form an A.T. Field.
• Huang Zhetian embedded the Power Stone in his palm and struck Kaworu’s A.T. Field with a spinning purple barrier.

Huang Zhetian fought Kaworu Nagisa at Central Dogma and killed him after Kaworu reached Lilith. With the final Angel dead, Huang Zhetian returned to Special Unit’s Entry Plug and prepared to use his full abilities.

• Huang Zhetian incapacitated Unit-02, told Shinji to return to Headquarters, and plunged down Central Dogma while Shinji fought Unit-02 in Unit-01.
• Huang Zhetian and Kaworu Nagisa battled near the Gate of Heaven, and Special Unit ran out of power as Kaworu continued toward Lilith.
• Kaworu Nagisa reached Lilith, but Huang Zhetian used a Seed-Burst Potion and the Space and Power Stones to pierce his barrier and wound him.
• Kaworu Nagisa asked Huang Zhetian to thank Shinji before Huang killed him with the Power Stone, causing Kaworu to disintegrate.
• Rei Ayanami watched Huang Zhetian, and he received a Restoration Item and Soul-Restoring Pill before using the Space Stone to return to Special Unit’s Entry Plug.

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.