Chapter Summaries

Hao Xiaoxi urged the delegates to protect the wounded Ultimate Force Zero and retain control of Lilith rather than surrender them to the Final Angel. Zhou Zhezhi reminded Mike of the Ultramen’s journey to protect Earth and pressed him to choose trust, leaving Mike uncertain about what the Eagle Nation should do.

• Hao Xiaoxi called on the delegates to refuse to hand over the Ultimate Force Zero or surrender sovereignty over Lilith, and to unite behind NERV and negotiate with the Final Angel.
• The delegates erupted into applause, objections, and debate after Hao Xiaoxi finished speaking.
• Mike told Zhou Zhezhi that most Eagle Nation citizens and senators favored handing over the warriors, then asked what they should do.
• Zhou Zhezhi showed Mike a Voyager 1 photograph of Earth and explained that the Ultramen had crossed immense distances to protect the planet.
• Zhou Zhezhi said he believed humanity and the Ultramen could become friends, then asked Mike what the Eagle Nation should do.

Hao Xiaoxi announced that Dragon Country would open its underground shelters, despite objections from other nations. Her defiant speech sparked global unrest and a mutiny among UN troops near NERV, leaving humanity fighting itself as the alien threat loomed.

• Mike left after saying he would brief the president, while Hao Xiaoxi continued her speech announcing the opening of Dragon Country’s underground shelters.
• When a diplomat warned that the shelters could become tombs, Hao Xiaoxi said the decision was a notification, not a request for approval.
• Saberuno watched from his own space and expected humanity to fracture, deciding not to act before the deadline.
• Hao Xiaoxi’s speech spread worldwide, and violent clashes broke out between Surrender Faction demonstrators and authorities in major cities.
• A Gaul Nation officer urged UN troops to seize the four giants and Lilith, and radical soldiers mutinied against loyal forces near NERV Japan Headquarters.
• Renegade troops attacked NERV’s outer defenses as unrest spread to Dragon Country’s embassies, shelter entrances, and cyberspace.

Yui Ikari broadcast a speech revealing that Ultraman Zero and his allies were members of NERV, hoping to give humanity hope before the Alien's deadline. The chapter ended as she began telling the world about her own experiences.

• Demonstrators gathered outside NERV, though many were only watching or leaving, while most people remained silent in underground shelters.
• Yui Ikari recorded a speech and asked for it to be distributed through NERV branches around the world.
• After a government official received new orders, he granted Yui two extra hours to broadcast her speech.
• In a Shanghai shelter, Huang Zhetian watched the broadcast as Yui revealed that Mirror Knight, Glenfire, Jean-bot, Jean-nine, and Ultraman Zero were all members of NERV.
• Yui acknowledged the public's shock and began explaining her own experiences.

Yui Ikari urged humanity to support the Ultra Warriors, and people around the world responded with messages of hope that helped calm the unrest. The authorities refused to hand over Glenfire and Mirror Knight, while Shinji remained unconscious.

• Yui Ikari told humanity that the Ultra Warriors loved them and called on people to find courage and fight alongside them.
• Asuka played Yui's speech for the unconscious Shinji, whose eyes briefly relaxed, while the attacks around NERV stopped.
• Children and adults across the world declared their faith in Ultraman Zero and the Ultra Warriors, sending messages of support to their governments.
• Hao Xiaoxi and Zhou Zhezhi saw the outpouring of support, while Kaworu Nagisa's hostility toward humanity faded.
• Mirror Knight and Glenfire thanked Yui for revealing humanity's courage, and an official told her she would remain NERV's acting Commander and that the Four Giants would not be handed over.

Humanity refused to surrender the Zero Guard and Lilith, and Yui Ikari ordered the forces to hold out while they awaited help from the Land of Light. As Saberuno's countdown ended, Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Kaworu Nagisa prepared to defend the world as he began his threat against humanity.

• Yui Ikari ordered the forces to hold out for six hours after the Mass Production Models began their destruction, while Saberuno planned to delay the arriving Ultra Brothers.
• Asuka left Shinji's bedside and vowed to protect the world and save Zero, then joined Rei Ayanami as they prepared to deploy.
• Kaworu Nagisa suited up to pilot Pedanium Unit-03 and declared that it was their turn to protect the world.
• Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Kaworu Nagisa entered their respective EVAs, and Asuka silently called to her mother's soul within Unit-02.
• Saberuno's countdown ended, and he told humanity that it had abandoned its opportunity and should wish itself luck.

The Final Angel devastated Tokyo-3 and extinguished the sun, plunging Earth into darkness as humanity realized the scale of his power. He declared that humanity had no future, while panic and blame erupted in the shelters.

• Mass Production Models activated in eleven cities, and national forces attacked them while preparing to deploy the EVAs.
• The Final Angel released a shock wave that destroyed nearby buildings and facilities as Toji protected Hikari Horaki in the shelter.
• The Final Angel pointed at the sun and used his power to extinguish it.
• Earth lost its sunlight, and the Final Angel announced that the planet's breath would cease and humanity had doomed itself.
• Misato and the people in the shelters struggled to comprehend the sun's destruction as delegates blamed Dragon Country and civilians cried out in despair.

Saberuno unleashed a world-spanning black mist that extinguished the last sunlight and generated an Anti-AT Field, turning people caught outside into LCL. Most of humanity remained in underground shelters, where the lights failed and panic grew as children held onto the hope that Ultraman would save them.

• Saberuno concentrated his power and released black mist that disabled NERV's systems and spread across Earth.
• The black mist swallowed soldiers in Second Tokyo City, killed them, and reduced their bodies to orange LCL.
• NERV detected an Anti-AT Field as the mist enveloped Earth and blocked the sun's remaining light.
• Survivors in underground shelters lost power and communications, and fear and disorder spread among them.
• A child reminded the shelter that Ultraman protected humanity, and children looked upward in hope.

As the EVAs prepared to fight the Final Angel, Shinji battled the versions of himself embodying the pain and failures of his past cycles. With Zero’s lingering light and his own resolve, he broke Reverse Shinji’s AT Field and declared that he would keep fighting to protect others.

• Kaworu Nagisa sensed the Final Angel’s life-erasing black mist and chose to trust Yui Ikari’s hope in the Ultramen and Shinji.
• Shinji confronted Reverse Shinji and two other versions of himself, who accused him of hiding from his past and showed him memories of repeated tragedies.
• Shinji rejected their claim that suffering was his inevitable fate and summoned a Cluster Beam with the Palaj Bracelet.
• Zero’s figure appeared behind Shinji, helping his Cluster Beam crack Reverse Shinji’s AT Field and strike him down.
• Shinji walked through Reverse Shinji’s renewed AT Field and said he would fight to protect people’s smiles and keep searching for tomorrow.

Shinji accepted Reverse Shinji’s memories and vowed to save Zero, while NERV devised a plan to revive Zero using Magnalium Energy. Kaji volunteered to retrieve the energy from the research institute and departed by helicopter after promising Misato he would return.

• Shinji reached out to Reverse Shinji, who asked him to save the light and change the world’s fate before merging with him.
• Shinji promised Zero he would win against fate and save him.
• Ritsuko proposed using Meteor Technology to turn Magnalium Energy into a laser and inject it into Zero’s Color Timer.
• Kaji volunteered to retrieve the remaining Magnalium Energy from the research institute using a helicopter fitted with a black mist defense device.
• Kaji hugged Misato, promised to marry her and return, then boarded the helicopter as Misato broke down crying.

Asuka, Kaworu, Rei, and NERV prepared to rescue Zero while the Final Angel made plans to absorb Lilith. After Kaji returned with the Magnalium Energy, Asuka retrieved the Lance of Longinus, and the rescue operation was ready to begin.

• The Final Angel formed a cross in central Tokyo-3 and summoned seven Puppet Mass Production Models to guard Zero.
• Asuka volunteered to pilot Unit-02, while Kaworu and Rei resolved to fight for their bonds and help protect Zero.
• Kaji returned with the Magnalium Energy, reunited with Misato, and delivered the energy to NERV for the rescue operation.
• NERV fitted the Magnalium Energy equipment to an EVA rifle and sent Asuka to Central Dogma for the Lance of Longinus.
• Asuka pulled the Lance of Longinus from Lilith, whose lower body regrew, then prepared to begin the operation.

The three EVAs launched to rescue Zero, but seven Puppet Mass Production Models armed with Replica Lances of Longinus blocked their way. Asuka kept fighting to reach Zero, though the battle remained deadlocked hundreds of meters from the Cross.

• Mirror Knight and Glenfire asked to join the rescue, but Misato, Kaji, and Yui convinced them to stay behind as a final safeguard.
• Ritsuko warned the pilots that their protection from the Black Fog and their power supplies would last only five minutes before the three EVAs launched.
• Asuka charged toward Zero with the Magnalium Energy, but three Mass Production Models pinned Unit-02 down and kept it from reaching the Cross.
• Kaworu used Pedanium Unit-03's cannon and missiles to support Asuka, while Rei's Unit-00 fired precise shots and fought off attackers.
• The seven Mass Production Models held the EVAs at a distance, and Asuka suppressed her despair and drove Unit-02 forward again.

Asuka, Kaworu, and Rei struggled to hold off the Puppet Mass Production Models while the black fog disabled NERV’s defenses. Shinji used the light Zero had left him to pilot Unit-01, and the chapter ended as a purple figure rushed to save Asuka from a Replica Lance of Longinus.

• Yui Ikari learned that NERV’s damaged defenses could not support Unit-02, while the other Evas also struggled against the Mass Production Models’ regeneration.
• Shinji revealed that Zero’s remaining light and a Riser could shield him from the black fog, and Yui approved his plan to pilot Unit-01.
• Yui gave Shinji the petrified Zero Glasses, and Shinji used the light within him to summon Unit-01’s arm and launch the Eva.
• Shinji vowed to save Zero and put on Anne’s protective charm before Unit-01 launched toward the surface.
• Kaworu Nagisa’s Pedanium Unit-03 was pinned down, Rei Ayanami’s Unit-00 was driven away, and Asuka’s Unit-02 was trapped and badly wounded.
• A Mass Production Model raised a Replica Lance of Longinus to strike Asuka, but a purple figure flashed past.

Shinji awakened and piloted Unit-01 to save Asuka, then fought the Mass Production Models while trying to revive Zero. The Mass Production Models hurled their Replica Lances at Unit-01 just as the Final Angel broke into NERV’s underground base, leaving humanity in grave danger.

• Shinji arrived in Unit-01, rescued Asuka from the Mass Production Models, and apologized for being late.
• The Mass Production Models regenerated and attacked from the air, but Shinji used the Head Blades and a Lance of Longinus to bring them down.
• Shinji gave the Head Blades to Asuka, who fought off the remaining attackers as he aimed the rotary rifle at Zero’s Color Timer.
• A wounded Mass Production Model bit into Unit-01’s rifle, forcing Shinji to fire and destroying the rifle and its Magnalium Energy emitter.
• The Mass Production Models hurled three Replica Lances of Longinus at Unit-01, while the Final Angel broke through NERV’s defenses and landed inside the underground base.

The Ultra Brothers arrived to defend Earth from the Puppet Mass Production Models, and Ultraman fought one in Hong Kong. He destroyed it with a series of attacks and a Specium Ray, while the other Ultra Brothers battled across the world.

• Zoffy arrived at NERV and broke the three Replica Lances of Longinus threatening Unit-01, then told the pilots that the Ultra Brothers had come.
• Ten more Ultra Brothers appeared around the world and flew to cities under attack by the Puppet Mass Production Models.
• In Hong Kong, Ultraman fought a Mass Production Model, using high-pressure water and Cutting Beams to break its Replica Lance of Longinus.
• The Mass Production Model bit off its trapped arm, regenerated, and knocked Ultraman into a building before firing a purple energy blast at him.
• Ultraman blocked the blast with an Ultra Slash, then used an Ultra Attack Beam and Ultra Psychokinesis to destroy the Mass Production Model.
• Ultraman annihilated the creature's fragments with a Specium Ray and nodded toward the civilians watching from a shelter.

Ultraseven arrived in Shanghai and fought a Mass Production Model that was about to attack a shelter full of civilians. He destroyed it, leaving the rescued people cheering and Huang Zhetian deeply impressed by his courage.

• Huang Zhetian took a crying child from a soldier who could not leave his post as the shelter evacuation continued.
• Ultraseven intercepted the Mass Production Model’s attack and reassured the people in the shelter.
• Ultraseven battered the creature, disarmed it with Emerium Beam shots, and used its momentum to slam it into the ground.
• Ultraseven retrieved his Head Blade and cut the Mass Production Model into three pieces.
• Ultraseven annihilated the creature with his New Spacium Beam, and the civilians cheered as the baby smiled at him.

Ultraman Jack arrived in Singapore and defeated the rampaging Mass Production Model. After destroying its body with his Ultra Bracelet, he annihilated every fragment with an Ultra Ray.

• Ultraman Jack blocked the Mass Production Model's Light Bullet and challenged it with his Spark Lance.
• Jack outmatched the Mass Production Model in a lance duel, disarmed it, and switched to hand-to-hand combat.
• Jack pinned the Mass Production Model and battered its head, but it punched him and tried to counterattack.
• Jack hurled his Ultra Bracelet into the Mass Production Model's mouth and detonated it inside its abdomen, blowing its body to pieces.
• Jack swept the remains with his Ultra Ray, annihilating every fragment.

Ultraman Ace defeated the Mass Production Model threatening the United Nations building in New York, while Taro destroyed another one in San Francisco. After making sure the monsters’ remains could not regenerate, both heroes headed back into the sky.

• Zhou Zhezhi and Hao Xiaoxi watched as a Mass Production Model approached the United Nations building, and Ace arrived just as it was about to attack.
• Ace overwhelmed the Mass Production Model with Light Bullets and an Ultra Slash, then cut it apart with guillotine blades and erased its remains with a Metallium Beam.
• Ace acknowledged Zhou Zhezhi before flying toward Japan, while Taro battled another Mass Production Model in San Francisco.
• Taro broke the monster’s Replica Lance of Longinus, then destroyed it with Ultra Dynamite.
• Taro used a Strium Beam to annihilate the monster’s scattered fragments and prevent its regeneration, then flew away.

Ultraman Leo, Astra, and Ultraman 80 defeated Mass Production Models in London, Paris, and Dubai, then flew toward Tokyo-3 hoping Zero was safe. The chapter ended with the author apologizing for slow updates and promising a steadier schedule.

• Leo fought the Mass Production Model in London, broke its Replica Lance of Longinus, and destroyed it with a flying kick and L77 Beam.
• Astra defeated a Mass Production Model in Paris and annihilated its fragments with a red ball of light.
• Leo and Astra flew toward Tokyo-3, worried about Zero and the humans.
• Ultraman 80, called Eddie, fought the Mass Production Model in Dubai and destroyed it with a Sakushium Ray.
• The author apologized for delayed updates, credited coauthor @jaychouz, and promised to maintain a steady update schedule.

Ultraman Mebius fought a Mass Production Model in Toronto to protect the people hiding in an underground shelter. He destroyed it with his Flame Brave form and flew away after reassuring the shelter.

• Mebius arrived in Toronto and confronted the Mass Production Model, which was targeting people in an underground shelter.
• Mebius exchanged attacks with the Mass Production Model, disarmed it briefly, and discovered its concealed bite when it wounded his shoulder.
• Mebius pierced the Mass Production Model with his Energy Sword, then transformed into Flame Brave while it regenerated.
• Flame Brave destroyed the Mass Production Model with Mebium Burst, and Mebius annihilated its remains with his Mebium Beam.
• Mebius gave an encouraging thumbs-up to the shelter's camera before flying into the sky.

Ultraman Hikari fought the Mass Production Model in Moscow and, after Arb’s blessing gave him the Armor of Courage, destroyed it with the Rainbow Knight Beam. He then flew toward Tokyo-3.

• Hikari arrived in Moscow and attacked the Mass Production Model as it threatened the Kremlin.
• The Mass Production Model countered Hikari’s attacks, overpowered him, and wounded him with its Replica Lance of Longinus.
• Hikari summoned Arb’s blessing and transformed into the armored form known as the Armor of Courage.
• Hikari shattered the Replica Lance of Longinus, stabbed the Mass Production Model, and annihilated it with the Rainbow Knight Beam.
• Hikari thanked Arb and flew toward Tokyo-3.