Chapter Summaries

Fairy Tail returned home aboard the Christina, where Riyao joked with the guild and revealed that nearly all of the 300 million he had left behind was gone. News of their return spread across the kingdom, exciting rival guilds and old friends ahead of the Grand Magic Games.

• Everyone from the Tenrou Island exam boarded the Christina, and Mirajane comforted Riyao as he recovered from his injuries.
• Makarov praised Macao for serving as acting master, while Riyao learned that almost all of the 300 million he had left the guild had been spent.
• Erza learned about the Grand Magic Games, and Riyao used Healing Magic on Natsu while sharing his motion sickness with him.
• Riyao fell asleep in Mirajane's lap as the guild laughed at Gajeel's claim that he never got motion sickness.
• The Magic Council and other groups heard that Fairy Tail had returned, prompting Jellal, Lyon, Kagura, Sting, and others to plan visits or look forward to competing with them.

The Tenrou Island group returned to Fairy Tail after seven years away and discovered their homes and the guild had changed. Erza, Levy, Juvia, and Evergreen decided to plan a new home beside Lisanna’s manor, intending to ask Mirajane rather than Riyao.

• The Christina landed, and the returning guild members found the hall deserted after Fairy Sphere had kept them away for seven years.
• Mirajane, Lisanna, Elfman, Wendy, and Carla headed back to clean up, while Romeo told Gildarts and Cana that Gildarts’s house had collapsed.
• Bisca gave Lucy a letter from her parents, which Lucy read privately, and told Erza, Levy, Evergreen, and Juvia that Fairy Hills had shut down.
• Bisca led the four women to the storeroom, where they found Erza’s weapons, Levy’s romance novels, and Juvia’s collection of Gray photos.
• Levy, Evergreen, Juvia, and Erza planned to build a new home beside Lisanna’s, and Erza said she would discuss it with Mirajane instead of Riyao.

Riyao remained unconscious while balancing the forces in his body, and his soul met Grandine and the other dragons in a mindscape within Wendy’s soul. The dragons suppressed his Dragon Force, and he woke to Porlyusica chasing him before he escaped with Mirajane.

• Mirajane brought Porlyusica to examine Riyao after he slept for days without waking.
• Porlyusica read Riyao’s magic book and determined that he was cultivating deeply while regulating two forces in his body.
• Grandine explained that Dragon Force could erode Riyao’s reason and, with Igneel, Metalicana, Weisslogia, and Skiadrum, offered to suppress it.
• Riyao agreed to the dragons’ help, and they used their magic to suppress his Dragon Force.
• Riyao woke and dodged Porlyusica’s slap before grabbing Mirajane and escaping through a window.

After waking, Riyao discovered that Mirajane had added a house to the estate and learned that Gildarts had moved nearby. He put Lucy, Erza, Juvia, and Levy to work clearing the fields while he and Mirajane planned a redesign of the estate.

• Riyao noticed an extra house on the estate and got Mirajane to admit she had built it for homeless girls.
• Mirajane told Riyao that Gildarts had moved his house near the estate, and reassured him that his seven-year-aged liquor was safe.
• Riyao learned that Bisca and Alzack had married and had a daughter, and he and Mirajane plotted to tease Erza.
• Lucy arrived with Erza, Juvia, and Levy, and Riyao sent the girls to clear the neglected fields as rent.
• Riyao and Mirajane reviewed a plan to reorganize the estate, discussing where to move the training ground and whether to build a pond or swimming pool.

During Riyao’s seven-year slumber, Gildarts became the fifth guild master before Makarov returned as the sixth. With the Grand Magic Games three months away, Makarov demonstrated how much Fairy Tail had fallen behind and Erza and Mirajane began forming competing training teams.

• Makarov explained that Fairy Tail had missed seven years of growth and challenged Max to fight Natsu.
• Max used his sand magic to counter Natsu’s fire, but Natsu eventually won, showing how much stronger Max had become.
• Erza volunteered to train the guild and dragged Natsu and Gray away, while Lucy was pulled into the training too.
• Mirajane formed a second team with Riyao, Cana, Laxus, and Wendy, and Makarov sent Gajeel to join Erza’s team.
• Juvia rushed to join Erza’s group, eager to train alongside Gray.

After three months of intense training, Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, and Cana unlocked their Second Origin. Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal arrived as members of Crime Sorcière, asking the group to investigate a magic power linked to Zeref at the Grand Magic Games in exchange for Ultear helping them unlock their Second Origin.

• Wendy celebrated growing two centimeters while the group trained under Erza and Riyao.
• Ultear and Meredy arrived at the estate and reunited with Erza and the others.
• Jellal explained that he, Ultear, and Meredy had formed the independent guild Crime Sorcière to atone for their sins.
• Jellal said Crime Sorcière suspected the Grand Magic Games emitted magic power similar to Zeref's and asked the group to investigate.
• Ultear offered to use her evolved Arc of Time to unlock the group's Second Origin, but the others rejected Riyao's offer to ease the painful process.

Ultear opened the Second Origins of the Fairy Tail members and cats Riyao had brought to the manor, while he and Mirajane watched them endure the painful process. Afterward, Riyao put them to sleep and rolled them in blankets, leaving Mirajane and Erza to carry them back.

• Riyao brought the Fairy Tail members and cats to Ultear so she could open their Second Origins, and they writhed in pain as he and Mirajane watched.
• Riyao teased Levy, Erza, Mirajane, and the others while they endured the pain, and Happy suffered after Riyao stepped on his tail.
• Ultear went to find Ur, while Meredy stayed with Riyao and chatted as the others recovered from the Second Origin process.
• Riyao used green magic to soothe everyone to sleep, and Juvia clung to Gray before falling asleep beside him.
• Riyao wrapped the sleepers in blankets, tied extra loops around Natsu, and took a picture of Juvia and Gray rolled together.
• Erza and Mirajane agreed to carry the blanket rolls back to the guild while Riyao stayed behind.

Riyao, Mirajane, and Wendy traveled to the royal palace to visit Princess Hisui, where they reunited with her after seven years. Riyao noticed that Hisui and Arcadios seemed to know something about Rogue from another timeline.

• Riyao and Mirajane invited Wendy to visit Princess Hisui while Laxus and Cana stayed behind.
• Riyao caught a strange creature spying on them, then let it go after its unseen owner asked him to watch the games.
• Two gate guards stopped Riyao and his companions until Arcadios arrived and escorted them inside.
• Riyao teased Arcadios on the way to Princess Hisui's room, while Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla struggled to hold back their laughter.
• Mirajane embraced Princess Hisui, and Riyao explained that they had been frozen for seven years.
• Riyao noticed Princess Hisui and Arcadios exchange a knowing glance when he mentioned traveling from seven years ago, and suspected Rogue from another timeline had contacted Hisui.

Riyao told Princess Hisui and Arcadios that the Eclipse Gate could bring dragons from the past into the present, after they revealed a future traveler’s warning about ten thousand dragons. As Riyao left with Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla, he spotted a cloaked blond figure and tried to make sense of the future’s time paradoxes.

• Princess Hisui told Riyao that a man claiming to be from the future had predicted ten thousand dragons would attack after the Grand Magic Games and that the Eclipse Gate was nearly done storing magic.
• Riyao said Acnologia had hunted dragons to extinction and explained that the Eclipse Gate could allow ten thousand dragons from hundreds of years ago to travel through time.
• Princess Hisui left to deal with the revelation, while Riyao, Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla departed with a heap of snacks.
• Riyao gave two snacks to the guards and then ducked into an alley with Mirajane and Wendy when he saw Gray and the others, hoping to keep his surprise from being discovered.
• Riyao spotted a cloaked figure with blond hair and wondered how Future Rogue and Future Lucy had appeared despite the changes he had made to the future.

Riyao and the Fairy Tail Elite Team raced through the Grand Magic Games preliminary labyrinth and finished first. They left the course determined to reclaim Fairy Tail’s place as the kingdom’s top guild in the main tournament.

• Riyao left a mark on Future Lucy before returning to the inn with the group, where Wendy worried about holding everyone back and Mirajane reassured her.
• At midnight, Pumpkin Toma announced the labyrinth preliminary and its eight qualifying spots, and Cana used tarot cards to point the team toward a route.
• Riyao carried the five through the maze with his gravity magic while Cana and Mirajane improved their directions through divination.
• The team reached the finish first, and Riyao considered blocking the way to eliminate every other team, but Pumpkin Toma persuaded him to let the tournament continue.
• Riyao and the others crossed the finish as the Fairy Tail Elite Team, promising to defeat the other guilds in the main tournament.

Erza’s team finished the preliminary in eighth place, and the Grand Magic Games began with eight teams entering the arena. Riyao’s Fairy Tail Elite Team took first place with a display of magic that stunned the crowd, while Mavis appeared among the guild members watching.

• Erza, Lucy, Gray, Natsu, and Juvia reached the preliminary finish line, where Pumpkin Toma announced that they had placed eighth.
• After the teams settled in for the night, the Grand Magic Games opened in a packed arena, and Chapati Lola introduced the contestants in order of their preliminary rankings.
• Fairy Tail’s main team entered in eighth place and faced boos, while Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Raven Tail, and Sabertooth followed.
• Riyao, Mirajane, Cana, Laxus, and Wendy entered as the Fairy Tail Elite Team in first place, and Riyao’s magic filled the arena with a vision of an Azure Dragon, silencing the crowd before it erupted in cheers.
• Makarov discovered that Mavis was watching with the guild members, and she explained that only people with the guild emblem could see her.

Riyao and the other Fairy Tail contestants entered the Grand Magic Games, where the first event was revealed as a town-wide game of finding and attacking real contestants among magical dolls. Riyao used his ability to distinguish living people from the dolls as the hunt began.

• Chapati announced that Riyao had once been the kingdom's number one healing wizard, prompting guild representatives to crowd around him for treatment appointments.
• Fairy Tail members reunited with old friends, while Lyon reminded Gray of their bet involving Juvia joining his guild.
• Pumpkin Toma revealed that the first event was called “Hidden,” and Erza chose Gray to compete alongside Riyao.
• Eight contestants entered the event, and magic transformed the arena into a town filled with dolls identical to them.
• Chapati explained that contestants earned points by attacking real opponents and lost points for attacking dolls; Riyao saw the seven living contestants and prepared to hunt.

Riyao dominated the Grand Magic Games match, relentlessly attacking Raven Tail's Nullpudding while also striking contestants from other guilds. He left Raven Tail deep in negative points and shut down Rufus's attempt to show off.

• Riyao transformed with Life Mimicry: Azure Dragon, but Nullpudding's opening attack landed and cost Fairy Tail a point.
• Riyao chased down Nullpudding and kicked him through walls, costing Raven Tail 22 points and earning Fairy Tail Elite Team a point.
• Riyao raced through town, hitting contestants from several guilds and accidentally striking Gray before focusing his attacks on Nullpudding.
• Riyao repeatedly chased and beat Nullpudding while healing him between blows, driving Raven Tail's score into the negative thousands even after Fairy Tail Elite Team reached its 20-point maximum.
• Rufus used Memory Make: Night of Falling Stars, but Riyao caught him in a five-meter field of lightning and sent him away with the match's teleportation effect.
• The spectators cheered for Riyao as Mirajane shouted her support, and Cana pulled her back from the railing.

Riyao dominated the Hidden showdown, helping the Fairy Tail Elite Team take the lead before Lucy was drawn to face Freya in the first one-on-one duel. Lucy revealed her Star Dress magic and began fighting Freya, leaving the match underway.

• Riyao continued battering the purple sweet potato spirit while Gray froze two streets and used ice spikes to earn points.
• The Hidden showdown ended with Fairy Tail Elite Team scoring 20 points, while Raven Tail lost 365 points.
• Riyao returned to the stands, where Mirajane hugged him, and Chapati announced the one-on-one duels.
• Yajima drew Lucy of Fairy Tail and Freya of Raven Tail as the first contestants, and Lucy entered the arena.
• Lucy summoned Sagittarius and Scorpio, then changed into her Sagittarius Star Dress and attacked Freya with arrows that Freya blocked with her hair.
• Lucy switched to her Cancer Star Dress and summoned Caelum, prompting Yajima to explain that her Star Dress let her borrow Celestial Spirits’ abilities.

Lucy defeated Freya in a one-sided duel, and Wendy then fought Sherria, a Sky God's God Slayer, in a fierce battle of wind magic. Wendy lost after their strongest attacks collided, but Riyao healed her and encouraged her as Sherria won and reached out to be friends.

• Lucy and Caelum overwhelmed Freya with scissors, and Lucy knocked her unconscious with Cancer: Brilliant Galaxy.
• Makarov and Macao laughed together in the Fairy Tail stands after Macao confirmed he had handled Makarov’s request.
• Wendy and Sherria met in the arena, discovered they both used wind magic, and began exchanging attacks and techniques.
• Wendy’s Sky Dragon’s Roar and Sherria’s Sky God’s Bellow collided, and Sherria healed her injuries by eating air.
• Sherria’s Sky God’s Boreas clashed with Wendy’s Sky Piercer, leaving Wendy defeated; Riyao healed her and forfeited the match.
• Chapati declared Sherria the winner, and Sherria took Wendy’s hand to ask to be friends.

After Fairy Tail celebrated its first-place finish, Riyao found Future Lucy alone and learned that she had come back to stop the Eclipse Gate from being opened. He brought her to Makarov, leaving her with the guild as they resumed their familiar bickering.

• Makarov led Fairy Tail's members in a rowdy tavern celebration after their competition results, while Riyao escaped a crowd of admirers.
• Riyao tracked down Future Lucy in an alley and comforted her after she revealed that she had been the only survivor of her future.
• Riyao learned that dragons had been released through the Eclipse Gate and reasoned that another time traveler had persuaded Princess Hisui to open it.
• Riyao told Future Lucy that he believed her and led her to Makarov, despite her concern that changing events would make the future unpredictable.
• Riyao and Future Lucy climbed through Makarov's window, where Makarov mistook them for intruders and then accused Riyao of having an affair.
• Riyao fought Makarov over his accusation, and Future Lucy smiled as she watched their familiar antics.

Riyao and Makarov teased Future Lucy before deciding she needed a safe place and a cover identity. Riyao brought Present Lucy to the room so Future Lucy could disguise herself as Gemini, but the others arrived and misunderstood what had happened.

• Makarov and Riyao questioned Future Lucy about her future, then admitted they had been teasing her to cheer her up.
• Riyao and Makarov debated where to hide Future Lucy and decided to bring her away from the palace and her mother, Layla.
• When they could not think of a suitable identity for Future Lucy, Riyao left and returned with Present Lucy stuffed in a sack.
• Riyao explained that Future Lucy could pose as Gemini and stay with them openly, and the group agreed to the plan.
• Natsu and the others arrived outside Makarov's room, mistook the situation for something sinister, and Makarov questioned Riyao about how he had brought Present Lucy there.

Riyao told the guild about Future Lucy and the dragons, then visited Princess Hisui to arrange palace rooms for himself and Mirajane while they investigated the threat. The princess agreed to help and learned that Future Lucy had confirmed the dragons came through the Eclipse Gate.

• Riyao explained Future Lucy’s arrival and the dragons to the guild, warning everyone to keep the information secret and watch for a suspicious person.
• Riyao and Mirajane decided to stay at the palace, while the others gathered around Future Lucy and the girls took her to the bathhouse.
• Riyao went to Princess Hisui’s room through the window and explained that the dragons had come through the Eclipse Gate to kill or take revenge on the Black Dragon.
• Riyao asked Princess Hisui to arrange rooms for him and Mirajane so they could investigate the future visitor and protect her.
• Princess Hisui agreed and learned from Riyao that their information came from Future Lucy.

Riyao and Mirajane returned to the palace together, then joined Fairy Tail for the second day of the competition. Gajeel struggled with motion sickness during the Chariot event, while Riyao exposed Laxus’s similar weakness and later recalled how Mirajane had dealt with Bacchus years earlier.

• Riyao climbed out a window, then later entered the palace with Mirajane and spent the night with her in their room.
• Princess Hisui glared at Riyao and Mirajane the next morning, while they hurried to the arena for the second day of the competition.
• Gajeel begged Wendy for a chance to enter the Chariot event, and the team agreed after Cana extorted two barrels of liquor from him.
• Gajeel, Natsu, and Sting suffered motion sickness and crawled along the course as other contestants passed them.
• Riyao revealed that Laxus also suffered motion sickness, prompting Fairy Tail to laugh while Laxus hid in embarrassment.
• Riyao returned Cana’s confiscated liquor after Mirajane stopped her from drinking, then explained that Bacchus had once drunkenly flirted with Mirajane and paid for it.

The second day of the Grand Magic Games began with Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting collapsing near the finish line, followed by Mirajane’s victory over Jenny. Erza’s duel with Bacchus began next, and Bacchus used his Drunken Fist to redirect her sword strikes.

• Natsu finished sixth, Gajeel seventh, and Sting eighth as the three Dragon Slayers collapsed just short of the finish line.
• Mirajane refused Jenny’s photo shoot challenge, transformed into Satan Soul, and defeated her with a punch that sent her crashing into a wall.
• Jenny surrendered, and Chapati announced Erza’s match against Bacchus.
• Erza attacked Bacchus with Edgeless, but he smoothly dodged and redirected her strikes with his Drunken Fist.