Recaps

Riyao and Mirajane reviewed Fairy Tail’s costly damage reports while Makarov tried to borrow money and push the guild master position onto them. Natsu and Lucy returned from their failed job, and Riyao left Lucy bewildered by pretending to be a weak mage.

• Riyao and Mirajane read reports about the destruction caused by Laxus and Erza, while Makarov lamented the guild’s cleanup costs.
• Makarov begged Riyao for a loan, but Mirajane offered money only if Riyao and Mirajane would not be forced to become guild master.
• Mirajane realized Makarov had hoped to pass the position to them and left the office with Riyao, while Riyao guessed Laxus might accept the role.
• Natsu returned with a battered Lucy, who revealed that their job had paid nothing and worried about making rent.
• Happy and Virgo described Lucy’s trouble controlling Virgo, and Lucy learned Virgo could beat Natsu when Riyao used her.
• Riyao claimed he was a frail healing mage, prompting the guild members to silently reject his boast as Mirajane invited him to make dinner.

Wendy visited Riyao's estate to ask about healing and Enchantment Magic, while Lucy sought his advice on improving her Star Dress magic. The chapter ended with Lucy crying over her low magic power and Wendy quietly wondering whether she would grow.

• Wendy visited the guild to find Riyao, turned down Lisanna's invitation to join Fairy Tail, and left with Carla and Happy for his estate.
• Riyao showed Wendy and the others his unusual fruit experiments, while Mirajane welcomed Wendy and playfully chased Riyao around her.
• Lucy and Natsu arrived at the estate, where Wendy asked Riyao questions about healing and Enchantment Magic as he explained them.
• Lucy asked Riyao for Star Dress techniques that required less magic power, but Virgo confirmed that Lucy's magic power was low.
• Mirajane told Lucy her magic power was half of what Mirajane had possessed when she first awakened her magic, and Lucy cried while Wendy comforted her.

Erza returned to the Fairy Tail guild hall and warned that Eisenwald planned to use Lullaby to assassinate the guild masters at their regular meeting, where the master and Riyao were present. She assembled a team to intercept Eisenwald, including Lucy, and left the guild with Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy.

• Lucy worried about paying rent while Mirajane and Lisanna worked behind the bar, and Natsu and Gray fought until the guild learned Erza had returned.
• Erza entered carrying a giant bull's horn and a mountain of luggage, teased Mirajane about Riyao, and stopped Natsu and Gray from fighting.
• Erza asked about the master and Riyao, and Mirajane explained that they had gone to the regular meeting together.
• Erza revealed that Eisenwald had obtained Lullaby and planned to use its lethal song to kill the guild masters.
• Erza ordered Mirajane to contact the master and gathered Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy to intercept Eisenwald, telling Lucy she wanted to see what she could do with Virgo's key.
• Erza led the team out of the guild as Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy followed.

At the guild masters’ gathering, Makarov proudly introduced Riyao, who was courted by other guild leaders and joked with Makarov about Loke. The gathering turned nostalgic as former Fairy Tail members reminisced and invited Riyao to their guilds, before a venue staff member arrived carrying a crystal ball.

• Makarov showed off Riyao to the guild masters, and Bob and Goldmine praised him while trying to recruit him.
• Riyao looked for Jose, who was absent and instead suffered diarrhea in Phantom Lord’s bathroom.
• Riyao told the guild masters that the Celestial Spirit King had nearly become his sworn brother, then explained that Loke was about to disappear because of the contract.
• Makarov and Riyao traded insults, and Riyao dodged Makarov’s kick before Makarov calmed himself with vitamin C and water.
• Bob, Goldmine, and Oba reminisced about their days in Fairy Tail and invited Riyao to visit their guilds, while Makarov accused them of poaching him.
• A venue staff member ran over carrying a crystal ball.

At the guild masters’ meeting, Mirajane and Lisanna reported that Erza’s team had intercepted Eisenwald and Lullaby. After Lullaby revealed its giant demon form and attacked, Riyao boosted Erza, Gray, and Natsu as they charged into battle, while he and the others cheered them on.

• Mirajane and Lisanna told the gathered guild masters that Eisenwald had Lullaby and that Erza, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy had gone to intercept them.
• Makarov panicked at the thought of the team causing damage, while Riyao joked that they had probably already wrecked Oshibana Station.
• Makarov confronted Kageyama, and Erza arrived with her team before Lullaby broke free and revealed its giant demon form.
• Lullaby blasted the hilltop, but the kingdom’s troops escaped unharmed as the guild masters retreated to a safe distance.
• Riyao strengthened Erza, Gray, and Natsu, who attacked Lullaby while he, Lucy, Happy, and Makarov waved cheer sticks.

Erza, Gray, and Natsu battered Lullaby until its life-draining spell and singing went wrong, while Riyao secretly collected the stolen life force. After the team destroyed Lullaby, Riyao gathered demon factors from its remains, leaving with another hidden prize.

• Erza, Gray, and Natsu damaged Lullaby so badly that its life-draining spell failed to feed it, while Riyao collected the drained life force in a crystal ball.
• Lullaby sang with a broken, off-key voice, and Lucy, Happy, and the others mocked it.
• Lullaby went berserk and blasted the forest with dark purple magic, but Riyao's black flames let Natsu absorb more fire.
• Erza struck Lullaby with her Purgatory Armor, Gray attacked with Ice-Make: Whirlwind Disk, and Natsu finished it with Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame.
• Riyao secretly gathered demon factors from Lullaby's destroyed body.

Riyao ran a betting pool during Natsu and Erza’s fight, but the match was interrupted when a Magic Council envoy arrived to take Erza in. Riyao agreed to accompany her to see Council Member Yajima, leaving Natsu defeated and mourning his missed fight.

• Riyao and Mirajane collected bets from the guild as Natsu and Erza prepared to fight, while Lucy learned that Virgo had recorded her embarrassing moments.
• Erza donned her Flame Emperor’s Armor and easily dodged Natsu’s weakened Fire Dragon’s Roar as the guild watched and bet on the match.
• A Magic Council envoy arrived and changed his attitude toward Riyao after learning of his influence among the Council’s leaders.
• The envoy said the Council wanted Erza to come with him, and Erza agreed to go.
• Riyao decided to accompany Erza to see Council Member Yajima, then left after kissing Mirajane goodbye as Natsu lay on the ground lamenting his lost chance to fight.

Riyao accompanied Erza to the Magic Council, where Jellal confronted her before she faced a trial over Fairy Tail’s destruction during the fight against Eisenwald. The council ruled that Fairy Tail’s merits and faults canceled out but ordered it to pay for Clover Station, and Riyao held back from protesting when Erza stopped him.

• Riyao visited Yajima with Erza before accompanying her to the courtroom.
• Jellal appeared as a Thought Projection and spoke privately to Erza, but Riyao mocked him until he left in a fluster.
• Riyao greeted Ultear in the courtroom while Erza watched him suspiciously.
• The councilors accused Erza and Fairy Tail of causing extensive damage, while a few defended their actions against Eisenwald.
• Crawford Seam ruled that Fairy Tail’s merits and faults canceled out and ordered it to pay for Clover Station’s repairs.
• Riyao prepared to object, but Erza restrained him and he swallowed his protest.

Happy found a treasure map in the guild hall, and the Fairy Tail guild members set out to search for the treasure around Magnolia. Riyao recognized something about the map and secretly encouraged the others, while Makarov was left behind.

• Happy found an old, yellowed treasure map and called Natsu and the guild members over to see it.
• Lucy grabbed the map, and Levy identified its rough landmarks as parts of Magnolia, including the Fairy Tail guild emblem.
• Mirajane suspected Riyao knew something about the treasure, and he told her to let the others search for it.
• Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Cana, Erza, and the other guild members speculated about the treasure and decided to hunt for it.
• The guild members marched out of the hall with tools, leaving Makarov behind, while Riyao and Mirajane followed the group through Magnolia.

Levy led the Fairy Tail members in digging across Magnolia’s beach for treasure while Riyao and Mirajane watched from lounge chairs. After the chaotic search filled the beach with holes and trash, Virgo emerged with an ornate chest and announced that she had found the treasure.

• Levy ordered everyone to dig, and the guild members used their own methods to tear up the beach while Riyao and Mirajane relaxed nearby.
• Natsu mistook a piece of red fabric for a treasure flag, and Gray accidentally hit him with his ice drill before identifying the fabric as oversized underwear.
• Lisanna hurt her head while burrowing, and Riyao healed her bump with magic.
• Cana’s Crush Magic sent seawater into Erza’s deep pit and drenched her, prompting Erza to shout at Cana.
• Virgo burrowed out of the sand holding an ornate chest and told Levy she had found the treasure.

Riyao’s treasure hunt prank led the Fairy Tail members to a recording of their childhood antics, including Erza’s drunken rampage. After revealing that he had buried twelve embarrassing memories around the guild, Riyao fled with Mirajane as the others searched for the remaining maps.

• The Fairy Tail members rushed toward the treasure chest and fell into the holes they had dug, prompting Makarov to make them fill the beach back in without magic.
• Makarov opened the chest and found glowing and recording crystal balls, with a note labeled “Fire Dragon” attached to the recording crystal ball.
• Makarov played the recording, which showed young Natsu stealing his liquor, young Erza causing chaos while drunk, and Riyao knocking her out.
• Levy recognized Riyao as the person who had recorded the scene, and Riyao admitted it before explaining that the treasure map’s twelve clues referred to embarrassing memories.
• Riyao revealed that the remaining treasure maps were in the guild, then ran away with Mirajane while the guild members angrily called after him.

Mystogan returned to Fairy Tail and put the guild to sleep while delivering a job request to Makarov. After Laxus declared himself the strongest, Lucy learned that Riyao and Mirajane were S-Class Mages, though she had never seen Riyao fight.

• Mystogan entered the guild, put its members to sleep, and handed Makarov a job request before his magic wore off.
• The guild members discussed Mystogan and the candidates for Fairy Tail’s strongest mage, including Laxus and Riyao.
• Natsu challenged Laxus, but Makarov stopped him from going upstairs, and Laxus withdrew after noticing Riyao recording him with a crystal ball.
• Lisanna explained that the second floor was reserved for S-Class Mages, and Lucy realized that Riyao and Mirajane qualified.
• Mirajane told Lucy that Riyao was very strong, though he had not fought openly in a long time.

Riyao alerted the guild that Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Gray had taken the Galuna Island S-Class request, then disguised himself and followed them by boat. As the group sailed toward the dangerous island, Riyao teased Gray until Gray revealed he had only been pretending to be unconscious.

• Riyao staged a panic at the guild over the missing Galuna Island request, and Makarov learned that the others had taken it without permission.
• Makarov ordered Laxus to retrieve them, but Laxus refused, and Lisanna revealed Riyao had already gone after the group to watch the fun.
• Riyao disguised himself at the docks and boarded Natsu's boat by claiming he had a friend on Galuna Island.
• Natsu became seasick during the voyage while Riyao repeatedly moved his foot beside the supposedly unconscious Gray.
• Gray finally sat up and shoved Riyao's foot away, exposing that he had been faking unconsciousness.

Riyao infiltrated Galuna Island’s demon village as a villager named Kras and joined Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy after they entered to investigate the curse. After the Moon Drop ritual transformed the villagers, Gray planned to explore the island the next day, and Riyao volunteered to guide them while Erza and Mirajane headed their way.

• Riyao and Bobo overturned the boat, sending Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy into the sea, then Riyao swam to Galuna Island and disguised himself as a villager named Kras.
• Riyao used the villagers’ muddled memories to invent a past for himself and settled into the village.
• Natsu and the others reached the village gate, showed their Fairy Tail guild marks, and were admitted; Riyao pretended to be a local awaiting their help.
• The chief revealed the villagers’ demonic transformations and asked the mages to destroy the moon, while Natsu eagerly agreed and Gray rejected the idea.
• The Moon Drop ritual began, turning the villagers into demons; Riyao transformed with them and loudly joined their growls.
• Gray decided the group would explore the island the next day, and Riyao volunteered to guide them as Erza and Mirajane traveled toward the island.

Riyao led Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy toward the ruins, where they fought a giant rat and fell through a broken floor. Deep inside, they found Deliora sealed in ice, and Gray reacted with fury when Natsu moved to attack it.

• Riyao woke the group, teased them over breakfast, and set off with them toward the ruins.
• The group encountered a giant rat, which Gray tripped with an ice spell before Natsu, Gray, and Riyao kicked it.
• Natsu stomped through the ruins' floor, sending everyone falling into a chamber below.
• The group found Deliora frozen in a massive block of ice, and Gray struck Natsu to stop him from attacking it.
• Riyao recognized the seal as Ur's Ice-Make Magic, Iced Shell, which had cost its caster her life.

Riyao and the others discovered that Lyon was using the Moon Drop ritual to unseal Deliora, and Gray confronted his former fellow disciple. Lyon defeated Gray and left him unconscious as his followers went to destroy the village.

• Riyao and the others hid as Toby, Sherry, and Yuka passed by, then Gray insisted they wait until night to investigate.
• Lucy summoned Lyra, whose music brought back Gray's memories of Ur and made him cry.
• A purple magic circle activated the Moon Drop, and Riyao secretly placed a crystal ball in a crack in Deliora's ice.
• The group found Lyon and his followers performing the ritual, and Gray recognized Lyon after he countered his Ice Geyser.
• Natsu attacked Lyon but was frozen and rolled away, while Gray fought Lyon with Ice-Make spells.
• Lyon overwhelmed Gray, who collapsed unconscious, then left to let his followers destroy the village.

Natsu and Riyao fought Sherry’s group after their attack damaged the village, then set out for the ruins to stop the island’s threat. Lucy and Happy were caught by Erza and Mirajane, while Natsu proposed destroying the ruins as they arrived.

• Natsu and Gray fell into Lucy’s concealed pit trap, but Angelica then attacked the village from the sky with corrosive liquid.
• Natsu blasted the liquid apart with Fire Dragon’s Brilliant Flame, and Virgo rescued the village chief as the corrosive rain damaged the buildings.
• Riyao punched through Yuka’s Wave Magic barrier and knocked him out, while Natsu tricked Toby into paralyzing himself.
• Natsu invited Riyao to join Fairy Tail, and Riyao agreed to leave the village with him to fight the attackers.
• Erza and Mirajane found Lucy and Happy on the beach, then Natsu and Riyao reached the ruins and Natsu suggested destroying them.

Riyao and Natsu demolished the ruins to stop the Moon Drop from reaching Deliora, while Riyao drew Zalty away and used a story about a mother and daughter to unsettle her. Natsu caught up just as Zalty’s disguise began to crack, forcing Riyao to keep pretending to be the village farmer Badass Kras.

• Riyao and Natsu smashed the ruins’ load-bearing pillars, and Natsu blasted a hole through the floor with Fire Dragon’s Roar.
• Natsu jumped to the upper floor while Riyao climbed after him, and Natsu’s flames accidentally burned Toby.
• Riyao chased Zalty away from Lyon and Toby, pretending to attack clumsily as he fought her through the ruins.
• Riyao told Zalty about a sick girl who believed her mother had abandoned her, then revealed the mother had been told the girl was dead.
• Zalty grew furious and demanded to know who Riyao was as her disguise started to crack.
• Natsu followed the scent to Riyao and Zalty, and Riyao held back his strength to maintain his Badass Kras act.

Riyao transformed into a terrifying demon after Deliora shattered, and Erza, Mirajane, and Natsu prepared to face him. The chapter ended with Riyao confronting the three in the cavern while Lucy and Happy carried Gray and Lyon to safety.

• Zalty revealed that her Arc of Time had restored the ruins, allowing the Moon Drop to awaken Deliora.
• Deliora broke free of the ice, but Natsu struck him once and the demon crumbled into fragments.
• Riyao's Life Mimicry: Demon transformation began, and he took on a form with black scales, horns, claws, and a trident-shaped tail.
• Erza and Mirajane sensed that Riyao's demonic aura was even more terrifying than Deliora's, while Ultear wondered who he was and whether his earlier claim was true.
• Erza ordered Lucy and Happy to evacuate Gray and Lyon, then joined Mirajane and Natsu in facing Riyao.

Riyao fought Erza, Mirajane, and Natsu in his demonized form, pushing Natsu to unleash Dragon Force and a Dragon Slayer Secret Art before defeating him. Afterward, Riyao shed his demon form and healed Natsu, while Erza and Mirajane confronted him about the fight.

• Riyao used ink flames and overwhelming speed to battle Erza and Mirajane, while Natsu absorbed the flames and entered Dragon Force after seeing Mirajane get knocked into the water.
• Natsu held Riyao off so Erza could find Mirajane, then unleashed Fire Dragon's Roar and fought Riyao hand to hand.
• Riyao maneuvered behind Natsu and weathered his Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Jet-Black Exploding Flame Blade before defeating him with Ink Ember Soul-Binding Slash.
• Erza and Mirajane returned, and Erza reproached Riyao for taking the fight too far as he explained that he had been holding back.
• Riyao shed his demon form and used emerald-green magic to heal Natsu's wounds.

Erza shattered the purple barrier over Galuna Island, and the villagers accepted their demonic forms and reunited with Bobo. The guild returned home, where Riyao’s recording exposed the team’s antics and Makarov assigned them essays before joining Riyao’s bet on Natsu.

• Erza used the Spear of Evil-Breaking to shatter the barrier, and the villagers rejoiced when they realized they had been demons all along.
• Bobo returned safely, and the village chief apologized to him as the villagers celebrated.
• Riyao revealed that he had disguised himself on the journey and recorded the group, then he and Mirajane, Happy, and Lucy teased Gray and Lyon during their farewell.
• Riyao brought the group back to the guild, where Makarov scolded them and Riyao played his recording for everyone.
• Makarov ordered the group to write ten-thousand-word self-criticism essays, and Riyao and Mirajane took bets on whether Natsu would finish his.

Riyao used the crystal ball recovered from Deliora to awaken Ur in a wooden puppet body, then brought her to the guild to see Gray. He pulled Ur and Mirajane out before Levy's spell caused a guild-wide body swap, and Ur watched the chaotic aftermath with fondness.

• Riyao placed the crystal ball in the puppet's chest and confirmed that his experiment had not triggered Death Hunt as Ur regained consciousness.
• Ur learned that her wooden body had no magic power and could last about twenty years, and Riyao took her to meet Gray.
• At the guild, Ur hugged Lucy by mistake while Levy prepared to finish a spell, so Riyao hurried Ur and Mirajane outside.
• After the spell ended, the guild members discovered they had swapped bodies, and Riyao called for everyone to identify themselves.
• Ur watched the guild's confusion and antics, pleased to see the lively community Gray belonged to.

Riyao was scolded by Makarov for risking a curse from Ankhseram, then tested whether Makarov would trigger Death Hunt by hugging him. After escaping the office, Riyao was teased by the guild and punished by Mirajane for supposedly hiding money, leaving him with a black eye and another night sleeping by the door.

• Makarov scolded Riyao for creating a life-form and risking a curse from Ankhseram, and Riyao hugged him to test whether Death Hunt would activate.
• Ur teased Gray for crying, while Natsu and the guild members laughed at him outside Makarov's soundproofed office.
• Makarov threw Riyao out, and Riyao avoided Mirajane until she caught him and dragged him upstairs after he claimed he had hidden money.
• Riyao returned with a black eye, then silenced the guild's laughter by taking out his pain-and-pleasure notebook.
• Riyao, Macao, Wakaba, Makarov, and Alzack sat together sighing about their lot, until Mirajane called Riyao to help in the kitchen and he eagerly left.

After returning to find Fairy Tail's guildhall wrecked by Phantom Lord, Riyao and Makarov stopped the guild members from retaliating before the Magic Council could act. Riyao and Mirajane then caught Gajeel attacking Levy, Jet, and Troy, and Mirajane beat him while Riyao healed the injured and enlisted the trio for an undisclosed plan.

• Lucy, Erza, Natsu, Gray, and the others returned to discover that Phantom Lord had pierced and damaged Fairy Tail's guildhall with iron pillars.
• Natsu and Mirajane demanded retaliation, but Makarov insisted that the guild wait, and Riyao explained that striking first would give the Magic Council grounds to punish them.
• Riyao and Mirajane went out that night, where they heard fighting and found Gajeel attacking Levy, Jet, and Troy.
• Mirajane transformed and pummeled Gajeel while Riyao healed Levy, Jet, and Troy, telling Mirajane not to kill him.
• After the trio recovered, Riyao asked Levy, Jet, and Troy to cooperate with him on a plan.

Fairy Tail retaliated against Phantom Lord after Riyao staged Levy and her companions' injuries, but Makarov returned from the attack after an ambush. As Phantom Lord's mobile fortress approached Magnolia, Riyao revealed that his Life Link had already helped Makarov recover.

• Riyao treated Gajeel and blurred his memories after Mirajane's beating, then staged Levy, Jet, and Troy's injuries to provoke Fairy Tail's retaliation.
• Makarov led Fairy Tail against Phantom Lord and ordered Riyao to stay behind.
• Riyao visited the uninjured Levy, Jet, and Troy in the infirmary and explained to Ur that defeating Phantom Lord would end the threat.
• Makarov returned after Aria ambushed him, and Lisanna sought help from absent members while Gildarts vowed to attack Phantom Lord's nearby branches.
• Phantom Lord's enormous mobile headquarters approached Magnolia from the sea.
• Riyao revealed that he had placed a Life Link on the departing members and that Makarov had largely recovered, while concealing that he had let Makarov suffer to avoid objections from the Magic Council.