Chapter Summaries

Chiba met Mest and spent days learning about space by experiencing Mest’s Teleportation magic, which helped him make progress with the Flying Thunder God Technique. When Nuolin resumed his sword training, she proposed teaching him to cut through space.

• Laxus came to ask Chiba to spar, but left after Mest appeared and challenged Chiba instead.
• Chiba apologized to Mest, bought him drinks, and learned that his magic was Teleportation.
• Chiba showed Mest the Flying Thunder God scroll, and Mest teleported him around Magnolia so he could experience space firsthand.
• Chiba made progress with the Flying Thunder God Technique and continued training with Mest for several days.
• Haiweier brought Chiba back to Nuolin, who offered to teach him how to cut through space.

Chiba reluctantly let Seele take her first guild mission after worrying that she was not ready to go out alone. Seele and Feiyin left to arrest Yves's Gang, while Chiba stayed behind anxious about her safety.

• Nuolin trained Chiba by attacking him with sword qi and forbidding him from using Chakra to defend himself.
• Seele offered to take a mission, and Chiba agreed to bring her to the guild the next day.
• Chiba rejected every mission he thought unsuitable for Seele as Feiyin and Mira teased him for acting like an overprotective father.
• Seele chose the subjugation mission to arrest Yves's Gang, and Mira encouraged her to take it.
• Seele and Feiyin left for the mission, while Chiba continued worrying about Seele.

Chiba and Mira agreed to take a mission together, and Laxus offered them an S-Class request to exterminate a demon in Morabai. The job required three S-Class Mages and had already been accepted by Lamia Scale and Phantom Lord, leaving Chiba to consider Fairy Tail’s strength and his own.

• Mest approached Chiba and Mira, and Chiba explained that he had asked Mest to help him learn Ninjutsu.
• Mira suggested that she and Chiba go on a mission together, and Chiba quickly agreed.
• Laxus offered Chiba and Mira an S-Class mission to exterminate a demon terrorizing Morabai, with a reward of twelve million J.
• Chiba and Mira discovered that the request required three S-Class Mages, and Laxus explained that Lamia Scale and Phantom Lord had already accepted it.
• Chiba considered Phantom Lord’s S-Class Mages and Fairy Tail’s powerful members as he assessed his own strength and remembered Feiyin’s warning about his Chakra.

Chiba learned that Fairy Tail’s tensions with Phantom Lord had begun after a brawl between Makarov and Jose, then joined Laxus, Mira, and Erza on a mission to Molabai Village. There, the gathered guild teams met Phantom Lord’s Totomaru and Aria, while Chiba was shocked to see that Jura was only twenty-one.

• Feiyin revealed that her real body had been inside Chiba all along and argued with him about the snacks she had demanded.
• Chiba learned how Makarov and Jose’s fight at a guild masters’ banquet had worsened relations between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord.
• Erza accepted Laxus’s invitation to the mission, and Chiba agreed to go with her, Mira, and Laxus.
• The group arrived in Molabai Village and met the wealthy village chief, who gathered the participating teams together.
• Totomaru mocked the others, and Mira identified him as Phantom Lord’s fire element; Chiba recognized Aria and realized Jura was only twenty-one.

Chiba and the Fairy Tail mages clashed with Phantom Lord’s Totomaru before the guilds accepted a village job to eliminate a demon haunting a mine. On the mountain above the village, Laxus revealed that the Magic Divine Crystal was also connected to the mission.

• Totomaru provoked Laxus by mocking Fairy Tail and calling him the grandson of one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and Chiba insulted Totomaru in response.
• Jura interrupted the argument, and the village chief explained that a demon appeared nightly at the mine, destroyed tools, and devoured anyone who tried to stop it.
• Jura proposed that the mages go to the mine at night to eliminate the demon, and the groups set out separately for the same destination.
• Mira and Laxus vented their anger at Phantom Lord while the Fairy Tail mages watched the village from a mountain.
• Erza suggested Phantom Lord had come for the Magic Divine Crystal, and Laxus confirmed it was there.

Chiba and his companions learned that the teams investigating the village were drawn by its Magic Divine Crystal deposit, while Chiba was warned that Aria’s magic could still threaten his life. After meeting a girl named Menair on the hillside, Chiba recognized that she was part of an overwhelming genjutsu and broke free, leaving the source of the illusion unclear.

• Laxus explained that Chiba’s Magic Divine Crystal had transformed him into an A-Class mage and that the village mission attracted mages seeking a nearby crystal deposit.
• Chiba warned the others to be wary of Phantom Lord, and Feiyin told him that losing all his magic power would still endanger his life.
• Erza helped an injured little girl, and Chiba healed her legs with Healing Magic.
• The girl introduced herself as Menair and said she had grown up in the village after her parents died.
• Feiyin sensed something strange about Menair and identified the scene as genjutsu.
• Chiba used his Mangekyō Sharingan to shatter the illusion and return to the hillside with Mira, Erza, and Laxus.

Chiba and his companions investigated the mysterious girl Menair, only to learn that a woman with that name had died years ago. Menair appeared again through Genjutsu and attacked Mira, leaving her body breaking apart as the chapter ended.

• Chiba told Laxus, Mira, and Erza about the nearly undetectable Genjutsu and suspected the mysterious man from the hospital might be connected to the girl.
• Chiba learned that the girl had called herself Menair, and Erza suggested investigating her possible link to their target.
• The village chief said Menair had been a woman from the village who died several years earlier, and he refused to let them investigate where she had lived.
• Mira collapsed after leaving the chief's manor and said Menair wanted them to go to her former home halfway up the mountain.
• Menair froze time, told Chiba that she had first chosen him but found Mira more suitable, then sent a beam of light into Mira as her body began to break apart.

Chiba and the others investigated Menair’s abandoned home and grave, where Chiba saw memories suggesting she had been imprisoned and executed for violating the village’s rules. After hearing Menair’s eerie voice, Chiba rushed back outside with Laxus and found Erza and Mira fighting in earnest.

• Chiba, Mira, Erza, and Laxus climbed the mountain to visit the place Mira had seen in a vision.
• Chiba used his Sharingan to glimpse memories of a woman living in the cottage with two children and comforting them on a wooden bed.
• Chiba and Laxus discovered Menair’s grave, where Chiba witnessed villagers mourning after declaring that Menair had died following her postponed execution.
• Chiba heard Menair’s voice and saw her faint smile before an explosion from the yard drew him and Laxus outside.
• Chiba and Laxus found Erza and Mira fighting, and Mira had transformed into something other than her usual Demon Satan.

Chiba subdued Mira after a powerful Demon Soul made her lose control, and Laxus chased a witness who claimed she was demon-possessed. The witness called Mira condemned by a lord god, while two spear-wielding figures attacked Laxus.

• Mira transformed with blue scales and a tail, then attacked Erza until Chiba stopped her with Wood Release and knocked her unconscious using his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chiba concluded that the little girl had placed a Demon Soul in Mira, whose Take Over Magic affinity made her especially suited to it.
• Laxus discovered a young man hiding near the courtyard and questioned him about what he had seen.
• The young man fled after throwing a smoke bomb, and Laxus pursued him before two spear-wielding strangers attacked.
• The young man called Mira demon-possessed and said the lord god had judged her, prompting Laxus to threaten him with lightning.

Laxus confronted the village chief and guards after they decided to destroy Mira, whom they believed was possessed by a demon. Mira revealed her Satan Soul form and declared that neither the villagers nor the Magic Council could intimidate her, then returned to her comrades.

• Laxus challenged the village chief's decision to lead the guards toward Menair's home and warned him not to harm Mira.
• Jura, Totomaru, and Aria arrived as Fairy Tail's conflict with their client escalated.
• Chiba, Mira, and Erza came down the mountain path, and a young man identified Mira as the supposed demon-possessed girl.
• Mira transformed into her Satan Soul form, frightening the young man and the villagers into backing away.
• Mira lifted the village chief by his collar, introduced herself as Fairy Tail's Demon, and warned the villagers not to threaten her or her comrades.
• Mira released her transformation and returned to Chiba and the others, while Chiba praised her boldness.

Mira suddenly demonized and stabbed Chiba, but he refused to hurt her while trying to reach her. Aria drained Chiba's magic power and Mira flew away, while Chiba rose again with the Mangekyō Sharingan restored.

• Mira abruptly transformed and pierced Chiba's chest, prompting Erza and Laxus to shield him from the village guards.
• Chiba let Mira pull her arm free, and she briefly regained control before Aria appeared behind them.
• Aria used Airspace: Destruction to drain Chiba's magic, and Laxus answered with a lightning attack that blasted open the mountain.
• Jura formed Rock Iron Walls to steady the mountain and catch falling guards as Mira's demon consciousness took control again and she flew away.
• Chiba rose despite his drained magic, and his Sharingan's three Tomoe spun into a new pattern as Erza and Laxus watched.

Chiba revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Seven Generations of the Age of Gods, and used it to empower Susanoo into its third form. He warned that he would not kill Aria and Totomaru, but his attack destroyed a neighboring mountain.

• Chiba cast off his robe, drew Heaven's Blazing Sun, and manifested a black, armored third-form Susanoo.
• Chiba's Mangekyō ability, Seven Generations of the Age of Gods, empowered techniques by raising their power for a time.
• Chiba told Jura to take the others to safety and said he would not kill Aria or Totomaru because he did not want to start a war with their guild.
• Jura led the village chief and guards away along a path he formed from rock.
• Totomaru attacked Chiba, and Chiba's Susanoo swept its sword at him and Aria; they dodged, but the sword wave cut into a neighboring mountain and caused it to collapse.

Chiba unleashed a devastating Rasengan at Aria and Totomaru, but Weir Isaac appeared and stopped it, warning him that fate would not let them die yet. She revealed that she was Demon God Halphas and that her journey was ending because Mirajane Strauss was destined to absorb her as magic.

• Chiba gave in to his murderous rage and attacked Aria with a dark red Lava Release: Big Ball Rasengan, forcing her and Totomaru to flee.
• Weir Isaac appeared in midair, stopped the Rasengan, and told Chiba that fate would prevent him from killing Aria and Totomaru.
• Weir warned Chiba that power could not free them from fate, and Chiba asked if she came from another world.
• Weir said her journey was ending and identified Mirajane Strauss as the one who would take her power.
• Weir revealed that she was Demon God Halphas and said she had been told she would die and become someone else's magic.

Weir revealed that she and Ailiya were Menair’s demon daughters and explained how their mother’s forbidden love and the villagers’ cruelty shaped their lives. After hearing why Ailiya had turned against her, Chiba faced the choice of killing Weir or letting her live.

• Weir explained that Mirajane’s demon transformation came from taking in part of her power and that Mirajane could eventually control it.
• Weir revealed that she and Ailiya were Menair’s daughters and that their mother had been a shrine maiden chosen by the Demon Sword Crimson Sakura.
• Weir recounted how their mother defied the shrine maiden’s rules to marry and have children, leading the villagers to kill her parents and eventually driving the sisters to become demons.
• Weir said Ailiya had harassed the village out of hatred, while Weir had stopped her from killing anyone and had killed a few people she considered deserving of death.
• Weir told Chiba that Ailiya had stolen her power and planned to absorb her, but Weir still loved her as her little sister.
• Weir left Chiba to decide whether to kill her or spare her, while her tense posture suggested she was prepared to fight.

Weir told Chiba, Laxus, and Erza that Ailiya might target Mirajane, hoping they would help ease the tension between the sisters, and they split up to search for Mira. Ailiya confronted Mira and revealed she wanted Mira to take over her sister; Mira admitted that she still hated the people who had driven her from her village.

• Weir explained that Ailiya might want Mirajane to suffer as they had after their village turned against them, and Chiba, Laxus, and Erza set out to find Mira.
• Mira regained consciousness after destroying forests, washed her face by a river, and decided to seek help from the guild master without returning to her companions.
• Ailiya emerged from the woods in a wheelchair with another girl and introduced herself as Menair's daughter.
• Ailiya transformed into a demon and told Mira that she and her sister were both demons, then said she wanted Mira to replace her sister.
• Ailiya reminded Mira that she had been driven from her village and asked whether she hated those people; Mira admitted that she did.

Mira confronted Ailiya about her hatred and learned that Ailiya intended to destroy the village and then go after Bolunte, before Ailiya sent a doll-like fighter to attack her. Meanwhile, Chiba and Erza searched for Mira until a creature disguised as Weir appeared, and Erza urged Chiba to find Mira while she faced it.

• Mira challenged Ailiya's desire for revenge and told her that her sister had wanted her to live with hope.
• Ailiya revealed her hatred for Bolunte and taunted Mira about Tianna, prompting Mira to warn her not to speak of Tianna to Chiba.
• Ailiya sent her doll-like sister to fight Mira, and Mira transformed into Satan Soul to face them alone.
• Chiba and Erza continued searching for Mira, while Erza reported that Jura was watching the mine and Phantom Lord's members had vanished.
• A creature disguised as Weir told Chiba not to stop Ailiya and began transforming into a partial demon.
• Erza identified the creature as a puppet and told Chiba to find Mira while she fought it.

Erza fought the puppet Weir while Chiba pursued Mira, and Bolunte revealed his history with his wife and daughters to Suomeier. Mira defeated Ailiya but left her alive, and Ailiya broke down over her sister’s fate.

• Erza clashed with the puppet Weir as Chiba went after Mira.
• Bolunte told Suomeier that his wife Menair had injected their daughters, Weir and Ailiya, with demon bloodlines, and explained why he had abandoned them.
• Bolunte told Suomeier that his body was failing and that he was about to die, though he still intended to give a young man a proper gift.
• Mira defeated Ailiya, found the puppet Weir motionless, and placed Ailiya in her wheelchair instead of killing her.
• Ailiya shouted that she wanted to die and blamed Mira, saying her sister could not survive.

Mira defended Ailiya from the village chief, who intended to burn her as a demon, until Chiba arrived and helped her resist. Chiba refused to hand Ailiya over, saying he had met her sister, and moved to take her away as the guards attacked.

• Ailiya told Mira that she believed fate meant Mira would take over her sister, while Mira questioned why she would do so and decided to bring Ailiya to her companions.
• The village chief arrived with armed guards and demanded that Mira hand Ailiya over so the villagers could burn her as a demon.
• Mira entered Satan Soul Form and stood between Ailiya and the village chief, but Chiba appeared and drove back the guards with a fireball.
• Chiba reunited with Mira, then rejected the village chief's demand to judge Ailiya and argued that her sister, not Ailiya, had killed the villagers.
• When the guards charged Chiba, he used Shadow Clone Technique and walked toward Ailiya, who asked why he was protecting her.
• Chiba told Ailiya that he had met her sister, leaving Ailiya stunned.

Chiba and his companions met Ailiya, who rejected their offer to join Fairy Tail and said she had decided to destroy the village. Back in her cave, Ailiya sent her Weir puppets to attack the village, while she headed for the shrine.

• Chiba healed Ailiya and Mira, then left the village with them after his Shadow Clone defeated the guards.
• In the forest, Chiba admitted that Mira would one day take over the Demon Soul Halphas, and he questioned whether fate could be changed.
• Ailiya used an illusion to escape, returned to her cave, and ordered her Weir puppets to destroy the village.
• The Weir puppets blasted through the village gate and overwhelmed the guards as they razed buildings and started fires.
• Ailiya arrived at the village shrine, where the shrine maiden lived and the gods were worshipped.

Ailiya confronted the old shrine maiden at the abandoned shrine, but was defeated and learned that Menair had given her and her sister their demonic bloodlines. The old shrine maiden called them forbidden lives, leaving Ailiya stunned by the revelation.

• Ailiya arrived at the shrine in a puppet's wheelchair, where the old shrine maiden attacked and killed the puppet Weir.
• The old shrine maiden trapped Ailiya inside a cube of magic circles and explained that she had prolonged her life to protect the village.
• Ailiya challenged the old shrine maiden over her mother's fate and the village's treatment of her, then fought her.
• The old shrine maiden defeated Ailiya, severed her wings, and approached her as she lay wounded.
• The old shrine maiden revealed that Menair had injected demonic bloodlines into Ailiya and her sister when they were young, making them forbidden lives.