Chapter Summaries

Zoffy and Pedanium Unit-03 battled the Mass Production Models while the other EVAs rescued Zero. After the Ultra Brothers assembled to free him, the Final Angel appeared over Tokyo-3, setting up their next confrontation.

• Zoffy ordered Unit-00 and Unit-02 to help Shinji rescue Zero while he and Pedanium Unit-03 held off the Mass Production Models.
• Zoffy destroyed three Mass Production Models with his M87 Ray, and Pedanium Unit-03 defeated another with its beam cannon.
• Unit-01 used the real Lance of Longinus to kill the Mass Production Model guarding its path, then Shinji inserted the Magnalium Energy bullet into Zero’s Color Timer and heard Zero’s faint voice.
• The other Ultra Brothers arrived in Tokyo-3 and rushed to help free Zero from the Cross.
• The Final Angel appeared in the darkness, and Zoffy identified it as the Ultra Brothers faced their next battle.

The Final Angel overwhelms the Ultra Brothers and forces Shinji and the others to retreat without rescuing Zero. At NERV’s base, the injured survivors regroup, and Shinji asks Riku Asakura why he is there.

• The Final Angel attacks the Ultra Brothers with his tentacles, slamming them and the EVAs into the ground and leaving the brothers badly injured.
• The Final Angel bombards the Ultra Brothers until their Color Timers turn red and Hikari’s Armor of Courage breaks, preventing Mebius from fusing into Infinite Mebius.
• Zero orders Shinji, Asuka, Kaworu Nagisa, and Rei Ayanami to retreat, and the Ultra Brothers fire a Super Ultra Combination Beam to cover their escape.
• The Final Angel’s AT Field stops the combined beam, but Shinji and the others escape into the Underground City with the injured Ultra Brothers.
• At NERV’s base, Shinji reunites with Yui Ikari, thanks the Ultra Brothers, and grieves over leaving Zero behind.
• Shinji finds Riku Asakura recovering at the base and asks why he is there.

As the Ultra Brothers and the others regrouped after failing to rescue Zero, Takeshi Yamato and Dan Moroboshi comforted Shinji and Asuka and urged them to keep believing in him. Shinji found the resolve to trust Zero, while Kaworu and Rei reflected on the bond between humans and Ultraman.

• Yui Ikari offered to treat the injured Ultra Brothers, but they insisted their wounds would heal quickly, while Ritsuko persisted in tending to Serizawa.
• Dan Moroboshi blamed Unit-01 and those responsible for Zero’s predicament, but the others urged him to stay focused on rescuing Zero.
• Takeshi Yamato comforted Shinji and Asuka as they admitted their fear that Zero might leave them and their regret at not showing him what they had learned.
• Dan Moroboshi reminded Shinji that Zero had overcome his own failures and trusted the people who fought beside him, urging Shinji to believe in Zero in return.
• Shinji regained some resolve, and Kaworu Nagisa and Rei Ayanami described the trust between humans and Ultraman as light.

Riku Asakura learned that Zero’s life-energy signature had vanished and rushed to support him, while sending Laiha and PeGa toward Z’s universe. At NERV, Ritsuko’s teacher secretly replaced Lilith with a decoy, and Ultraman Geed arrived as the Final Angel headed for Tokyo-3.

• After Riku defeated monsters empowered by Devil Splinters, L.E.M. detected powerful Belial-related energy signatures in two universes.
• Riku received the Land of Light’s message that Zero’s life-energy signature had vanished, transformed into Ultraman Geed, and set off to help him while Laiha and PeGa went to Z’s universe.
• As the Final Angel attacked NERV’s base, Yui Ikari prepared to destroy it, but Ritsuko’s teacher told her that Lilith had been replaced and the base was protected.
• The Final Angel absorbed a Clone Lilith instead of the real Lilith and realized that the Ultra Brothers had gathered near Zero’s body.
• Ultraman Geed arrived and confronted the Final Angel, who summoned Galactron MK2 before speeding toward Tokyo-3.

Riku transformed into Royal Mega-Master Geed and destroyed Galactron MK2, but the black fog left him critically weakened. He collapsed while trying to reach the underground NERV base and was rescued by NERV staff, with two armored figures helping carry him.

• Riku transformed into Royal Mega-Master Geed and blocked MK2's digitization beams with the Ultra Brothers' shield.
• Geed countered MK2's attacks, disarmed it, and damaged its armor and energy core with the King's Sword and his fists.
• Geed used M87 Flash and then Million Royal End to overpower MK2's beams and shields, destroying the mechanical monster.
• After the battle, Riku collapsed as the black fog drained his remaining light and began to overwhelm him.
• Two armored figures found Riku, and NERV staff carried him back to their base.

Riku explained how he had reached the base, and Hayata Shin revealed that the Ultra Brothers had arrived quickly with energy given by the Land of Light and the Plasma Spark Core. The Ultra Brothers had sealed the Final Angel temporarily, while the group prepared to rescue Zero, and a familiar voice suddenly spoke through Shinji.

• Riku told the others how he had ended up at the base, then asked how the Ultra Brothers had traveled so quickly and resisted the black fog.
• Hayata Shin explained that the Plasma Spark Core and the people of the Land of Light had passed their energy to the Ultra Brothers, who used it to reach the EVA Universe and defeat the Mass Production Models.
• Yui Ikari learned that the whole Land of Light was helping save their world, while Serizawa showed that Hikari had turned Lilith into an embryo and taken her away.
• Serizawa revealed that the Ultra Brothers had used Sealing Devices to trap the Final Angel, but Hikari estimated that the seal would last only one to three hours.
• Sakimori urged everyone to use the time to plan Zero's rescue, then a familiar voice spoke through Shinji and announced that it would join them.

White Belial emerged from Shinji’s pocket and offered to help rescue Zero in exchange for energy, while Riku agreed to supervise him. Belial revealed to Shinji and Asuka that transforming again would leave him trapped in the capsule, a fate he chose because guilt over his past crimes tormented him.

• White Belial appeared from Shinji’s pocket, explained how he escaped, and offered the Ultra Brothers help rescuing Zero in exchange for energy.
• The Ultra Brothers discussed Belial’s offer, while Shinji told Asuka he had seen through Belial’s hostile act.
• Riku agreed to supervise Belial and left to report the arrangement to the Seniors, though he struggled with his disappointment and grief over his father.
• Belial told Shinji and Asuka that transforming again would leave him unable to emerge from the capsule, and asked them to keep this from the others, especially Riku.
• Belial explained that his guilt over his past crimes made him want to atone, and Shinji recognized that he had reclaimed his heart as an Ultra Warrior.

Shinji asked the Ultra Brothers to let him fight alongside Belial so he could help save Zero, and they agreed after hearing his reasons and securing Belial’s oath to protect him. Hikari then brought up the battle plan as the rescue deadline approached.

• Belial told the Ultra Brothers that White Belial had imprisoned Zero’s soul and that transferring energy alone would not save him.
• The Ultra Brothers agreed to give Belial enough energy to transform, on the conditions that Geed supervise him and that he return to the Land of Light for trial.
• Shinji asked to fight alongside Belial, explaining that he wanted to save Zero, trusted Belial, and had grown into a warrior willing to protect others.
• Dan Moroboshi accepted Shinji’s request after Shinji promised to take responsibility if Belial lost control.
• Ultraseven agreed on the condition that Belial swear to protect Shinji, and Belial vowed to bring him back safely.
• Hikari projected a Virtual Screen and began discussing the battle plan.

Mirai reassured Kaworu Nagisa and Rei Ayanami that the Ultra Warriors could heal their bodies after Zero returned, then showed them a recording of his former teammates. Rei began to understand Zero’s advice to seek out bonds.

• Mirai told Kaworu Nagisa and Rei Ayanami that Hikari had brought devices to restore their bodies once Zero returned.
• Kaworu Nagisa asked why Mirai kept fighting for humanity despite being defeated, and whether it was because of love for humanity.
• Mirai played a recording of messages from his former GUYS teammates, whose voices moved him and the others listening.
• Sakimori explained that the voices belonged to Mebius’s closest friends, who had lived 5,900 years earlier.
• Hayata Shin said the Ultra Brothers’ appearances and human names honored their former human companions.
• Rei Ayanami realized that Zero’s advice to seek out bonds had referred to connections like these.

The humans and Ultra Warriors prepared a plan to rescue Zero while holding off Xeronus, whose power threatened the universe. As the Final Angel broke through the seal, Geed Ultimate Final and Infinite Mebius faced him, beginning the final battle.

• Hikari outlined the rescue plan: Geed Ultimate Final and Infinite Mebius would hold off Xeronus while Unit-01 and the Ultimate Force Zero reached Zero and restored his energy.
• Sakimori assigned Leo, Astra, Eddie, Hikari, and the EVAs to protect Unit-01, while the Ultimate Force Zero waited in reserve; he promised the sun would be reignited after Xeronus was defeated.
• Sakimori told Hayata Shin that he had concealed Xeronus's threat to the galaxy and the danger that a D4 Ray could destroy the multiverse.
• Serizawa gave Shinji the New Beta Capsule, which stored energy to help Shinji and Belial transform.
• As Xeronus began breaking free, the human hosts transformed, and Mebius fused with the Six Brothers to become Infinite Mebius.
• Xeronus broke through the seal and crashed to the ground as Infinite Mebius and Geed Ultimate Final took their positions against him.

Geed Ultimate Final and Infinite Mebius fought Saberuno’s Final Angel while the other heroes tried to free Zero. Shinji broke the Angel’s AT Field with the Lance of Longinus and transformed Unit-01 into White Belial, who joined Ultimate Force Zero to continue the rescue.

• Geed Ultimate Final and Infinite Mebius attacked the Final Angel, but its AT Field and counterattacks kept them from reaching it.
• Hikari, Leo, Astra, Eddie, and the other EVAs fought the Mass Production Models to clear Unit-01’s path to Zero.
• Unit-01 struck the Final Angel’s AT Field, and the Lance of Longinus changed shape and drilled through the barrier.
• Shinji used the New Beta Capsule, allowing Belial to take control of a new body as White Belial.
• Ultimate Force Zero joined White Belial, who proposed that they call themselves the Caesar Five Heavenly Kings.

Belial fought the Mass Production Models with the Ultimate Force Zero, then summoned the Ultimate Battle Nizer and destroyed the three attacking him. He entered Zero’s Mindscape with Shinji to help revive him, leaving the other fighters to continue hoping for Zero’s return.

• Guren objected to Belial calling the four warriors the Five Heavenly Kings of Kaiser, but Belial and the others joined the battle against the Mass Production Models.
• Belial held off three Mass Production Models while Mirror Knight, Glenfire, and the Jean Brothers fought the others.
• Belial summoned his Ultimate Battle Nizer, used it to counter the Mass Production Models’ attacks, and annihilated the three he faced.
• Belial reached Zero, touched his Color Timer, and entered Zero’s Mindscape after telling Geed Ultimate Final that the energy to revive Zero lay behind the purple tin can.
• Shinji entered Zero’s Mindscape with Belial as the Ultra Warriors and human fighters prayed for them.

Belial and Shinji entered Zero's Mindscape and found him trapped in Angel flesh and under Saberuno's control. After Saberuno revealed how he had turned Zero into a puppet, Dark Zero prepared to fight Belial.

• Belial and Shinji searched the dark Mindscape, dodged its tentacles, and followed Zero's faint energy.
• They found Zero embedded in a wall of Angel flesh, but he warned them away before turning hostile toward Belial.
• Belial realized dark energy was controlling Zero, and Saberuno revealed he had planted resentment and commands in Zero's mind.
• Saberuno said he intended to make Zero kill Belial and Shinji, then disappeared as Zero transformed into Dark Zero.
• Belial raised the Ultimate Battle Nizer and prepared to fight Dark Zero.

Infinite Mebius and Geed Ultimate Final fought the Final Angel to buy time for Belial and the others, but its layered A.T. Fields and bizarre attacks overwhelmed them. Mebius was gravely wounded and buried beneath rubble, leaving Geed alone to face the Angel.

• Infinite Mebius and Geed Ultimate Final blocked the Final Angel’s light bullets, but its A.T. Fields unraveled Mebius’s attack and its crystalline fragments wounded him.
• Mebius and the Ultra Brothers unleashed the Universe Miracle Attack, which shattered some of the Angel’s A.T. Fields but failed to defeat it.
• Mebius and Geed switched to close combat, with Geed’s Giga Termination blasts knocking aside the Angel’s bone-like limbs as Mebius tried to reach its core.
• The Final Angel trapped and crushed Mebius’s Energy Sword, then struck him with a claw and a powerful kick that buried him beneath rubble.
• Geed stood alone against the Final Angel, his Color Timer flashing as he vowed to protect everyone’s future.

Geed Ultimate Final evolved under pressure and joined Infinite Mebius in a powerful assault on the Final Angel Saberuno. The Angel was struck and pinned, but the chapter ended with Infinite Mebius near the limit of his fusion and unsure whether the battle was over.

• Geed Ultimate Final healed and surged in power as he vowed to protect everyone's future.
• Geed Ultimate Final pierced Saberuno's A.T. Fields with Giga Thrust and Riser Ray, forcing the Final Angel backward and damaging his arm.
• Saberuno unleashed a barrage of Light Bullets and Saber hand rays, but Geed Ultimate Final burst through the smoke and attacked him with rapid strikes.
• Geed Ultimate Final cleaved into Saberuno with Geed Ultimate Crescent Slash, pinning him and severing two tentacles.
• Infinite Mebius charged into Saberuno with a rainbow-powered strike, then landed with his Color Timer split and asked whether the battle was over.

Geed unleashed a new power and combined the finishing beams of his forms to resist Final Angel Saberuno’s D4 Ray. Their attacks remained locked in a stalemate, while Mebius and six Ultra Brothers lay critically wounded and the battlefield’s fate remained uncertain.

• Asuka waited to give Zero the energy pack after Ritsuko warned that dark energy could neutralize it.
• Final Angel Saberuno regenerated his wounds, captured Infinite Mebius with seven tentacles, and drained the light from him and six Ultra Brothers.
• Geed charged Saberuno, but the Final Angel struck him with a purple beam that left him badly injured and his Color Timer flashing red.
• As Saberuno charged the D4 Ray to destroy the planet, Geed awakened New Geed’s Proof and summoned phantoms of four of his forms.
• Geed fused five finishing beams into Geed Ultimate Final Burst and met the D4 Ray head-on, leaving the two attacks locked in a stalemate.

Inside Zero’s Mindscape, Belial fought Dark Zero while Shinji tried to awaken Zero without letting Belial hurt him. Dark Zero stole the Ultimate Battle Nizer and cast it into the Angel Wall, leaving Belial to face him with his fists.

• Shinji called to Zero, but darkness overwhelmed his brief moment of clarity, and Belial prepared to fight him.
• Dark Zero attacked Belial with his Head Blades, and Belial blocked and countered while holding back to avoid injuring Zero.
• Dark Zero used a mass of flesh from the Angel Wall to distract Belial, then launched a coordinated attack with his returning Head Blades while grabbing the Ultimate Battle Nizer.
• Belial escaped the blades by releasing the weapon, and Dark Zero threw it into the Angel Wall.
• Belial took a fighting stance and challenged Dark Zero to continue the battle without weapons.

Dark Zero and Belial fought fiercely in Zero’s mindscape as Shinji guided Belial through his counterpart’s familiar habits and attacks. Their final beams collided, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Dark Zero and Belial clashed with flying kicks, then Belial summoned the Kaiser Claws and fought Zero’s Head Blades.
• Shinji spotted the tell in Zero’s downward slash and told Belial how to disarm him; Zero answered with a point-blank Emerium Beam, which Belial blocked with a shield.
• Shinji predicted Zero’s low grapple through the smoke, and Belial swept his leg, seized his waist, and slammed him into the ground.
• Dark Zero rose again and gathered the mindscape’s dark energy while Belial prepared his Destrudium Ray.
• Dark Zero’s dark torrent collided with Belial’s Destruction Beam, and the two fighters remained locked in the destructive blast.

Belial’s fading strength was renewed when the Plasma Spark Tower recognized his resolve and transformed him into Plasma Belial. He purified Dark Zero and the Mindscape, then helped Zero rise as the two warriors reconciled.

• As Belial’s beam weakened, Shinji urged him not to give up on saving Zero, and Belial resolved to atone for his past.
• The Plasma Spark Tower answered Belial’s resolve, transforming him into Plasma Belial with gold-and-silver markings and a red-and-white cape.
• Plasma Belial unleashed the Ultimate Destrudium Ray, overwhelmed Dark Zero, and restored Zero’s red, blue, and silver form.
• Plasma Belial used Plasma Purification Light to erase the Angel Wall and cleanse the Mindscape into a tranquil white space.
• Belial offered Zero his hand, pulled him to his feet, and Zero thanked him for saving him.

Plasma Belial disappeared after using his light to save Zero and restore Shinji’s mind, leaving his power within Shinji’s Ultraman Belial Capsule. Zero promised to deliver Belial’s final message to Ken, then joined with Shinji to return to the battle outside.

• Plasma Belial began dissolving as the energy sustaining his form ran out, and he explained that his body had been a temporary miracle created for one battle.
• Belial asked Zero and Shinji to tell Ken that he repented for his crimes and had found again the friend who once swore to protect the Land of Light with him.
• Belial’s remaining light flowed into Shinji’s Ultraman Belial Capsule, which became warm and held a quiet, steadfast presence of light.
• Zero embraced the grieving Shinji, promised to pass Belial’s words to Ken, and urged Shinji to return to the fight.
• Shinji and Zero joined together in a blaze of light as Shinji entered Zero’s Color Timer.