Shang-Chi post-credits scenes explained: what they mean for the MCU

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

(Image credit: Wonder Studios)

Shang-Chi has eventually landed – and that means on that point's are multiple Shang-Qi post-credits scenes to deal with. Piece the movie isn't crowded with references to the wider MCU, its aft-credits scenes have major clues about what's coming next for the title persona, likewise as the rest of the Marvel universe.

We've gone through exactly what happens in both Shang-Ch'i post-credits scenes, and through a colourful nosedive into what they might mean. Curl along for the complete lowdown along Shang-Chi's stingers.

How numerous berth-credits scenes does Shang-Chi have?

Marvel's Shang-Chi — (Image credit: Wonder/Disney)

The movie has ii post-credits scenes: one a middle-credits stinger, and one right at the end. Don't leave before the credits have finished rolling!

What happens in the first Shang-Chi post-credits scene?

Shang-Chi and Legend of the Ten Rings — (Icon credit: Wonder Studios)

Monition: Major Shang-Chi station-credits spoilers ahead. Turn back if you have non seen the untried Marvel film!

Still here? Then you receive seen Wong appear before Shang dynasty-Chi and Katy, the necromancer whisking the pair away, seemingly to the Sanctum Sanctorum. On that point, two Avengers speak over hologram: Captain Wonder and Bruce Banner.

They examine the Ten Rings and find that they're acting arsenic a beacon of some kind for something – operating room someone – in place. None of the heroes are sure who they could cost calling to, but Wong warns Shang-Chi and Katy that their lives are about to stimulate drastically diametric now that they're heroes.

Information technology's not trenchant who – surgery what – the Rings are calling out to, but it could follow a new hero from beyond the stars, operating theatre a totally new threat wholly. That could spell trouble for a potential sequel, or even be part of place setting the stage for a future team-astir movie like a possible Avengers 5.

There might be a hint in the origins of the Ten Rings in Marvel comics, though. They'ray actually from place themselves, scavenged from the wreckage of a ship from planet Maklu IV by the Mandarin. The rings turn bent be fundamentally containers for the souls of dead Makluans, World Health Organization charm the Mandarin to appropriate Earth, and bring them spinal column to life so they can rule.

That might appear completely scattered from the MCU, but the catch is Maklauns are pretty overmuch huge dragons (though they can frame-shift). We've already been introduced to the Heavy Protector at the end of Shang-Chi, so we have a go at it these fabulous creatures are alert and kicking in the MCU. Does that mean the Rings are sending out a beacon to their home, career for more dragons? It's possible, and going by the comics, they might not necessarily be as friendly arsenic the Great Defender.

It's also interesting that Robert I has managed to transform out of his Smart Giant form, and is now fully human again – though he motionless has his arm in a slingback. It's not clear yet if that means the end of the Giant entirely, or if Bruce can now shift into his giant Green River take form and support again like before.

What happens in the second Shang-Chi post-credits scene?

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) — (Trope mention: Wonder/Disney)

We see Xialing back in her childhood chamber before she goes to take her Father-God's potty – and watches the X Rings group in training, which for the first time includes women. Later the scene, the words "The Ten Rings will return" appear along-riddle.

Now that Xialing is at the head of the wispy Ten Rings, we can probably expect the group to operate a little differently. How exactly that plays prohibited remains to glucinium seen – though we buns assume the ending text refers to both the group and the actual Ten Rings, right away in Shang-Chi's possession. That means we posterior likely expect a sequel, which will see Xialing cover along with her brother.

Summation, in Wonder comics, Shang-Chi has recently affected control of his father's felonious empire in the hopes of turning information technology into a force for angelical. That might sound familiar, but with Xialing at the straits, it's a trifle harder to predict which direction she'll be taking the Ten Rings – especially as the comics have also introduced a Sister for Shang-Ki who seems a tad villainous. Could Xialing and her X Rings turn out to be a late big bad in the MCU? Time will tell, but it doesn't seem that promising, considering Xialing proved herself open of existence very heroic in the movie.

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