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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

In-universe
2024
Released
Sep 2021
Thread
Street level & New Gen

Shang-Chi confronts his father Xu Wenwu, millennia-old leader of the Ten Rings, and the Dweller-in-Darkness in Ta Lo. In the post-credits scene Wong, Banner and Carol find the rings predate any record.

Chronology

  1. 1996FlashbackWenwu meets Ying Li and gives up the Ten RingsSource: Shown on screen
  2. 2007FlashbackYing Li is killed and Wenwu takes the rings back upSource: Popverse MCU timeline
  3. 2024Shang-Chi faces his father and the Dweller-in-Darkness in Ta LoSource: Marvel official timeline (2023)

Flashbacks and time travel are listed here rather than moved on the map, so the entry keeps a single honest position on the timeline.

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