Chapter Summaries

Erza defeated Bacchus in a close martial contest, earning Fairy Tail the crowd’s acclaim. Riyao collected Zeref’s reward and learned that the coming war was near, while Zeref placed his hopes on him.

• Erza and Bacchus ended their rapid duel with one decisive strike, and Bacchus collapsed asleep while Erza remained standing.
• The crowd cheered Fairy Tail, and Makarov and Mavis celebrated their victory in the arena.
• Riyao left the city to collect his reward from Zeref, while Mavis followed and hung from his arm to reach his grilled squid.
• Zeref gave Riyao a vial of blood from a descendant of the god of time and notes on artificial demon technology.
• Zeref told Mavis that war was about to begin and said he would rather place his bet on Riyao, who warned him not to rely entirely on him.
• Riyao departed, and Zeref asked Mavis if she was still there; she answered that she was.

Riyao preserved the descendant of time’s blood, then spent the night with Mirajane and told Jellal that the strange magic came from Zeref’s Eclipse Gate. Princess Hisui decided to proceed with a secret plan that night, while Arcadios reluctantly agreed.

• Riyao sealed the descendant of time’s blood in a wooden box after preserving its vitality.
• Riyao and Mirajane teased Fairy Tail’s guild members, then encountered Jellal and Erza on a bridge.
• Riyao told Jellal that the strange magic came from the Eclipse Gate and suggested searching for someone from the future, possibly at the palace.
• Princess Hisui watched Riyao and Mirajane return and told Arcadios that her plan had to succeed that night.
• Riyao and Mirajane passed the palace guards and went inside, leaving Princess Hisui’s plan undisclosed.

Riyao learned that the missing visitor from the future was likely a much stronger Rogue with White Dragon Slayer Magic, while Lucy and the guild girls stayed up gossiping before the match. Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal searched the capital for the future Rogue as tensions grew around Natsu’s challenge to Sabertooth.

• Princess Hisui took Mirajane to her bedroom, leaving Riyao upset until Arcadios reminded him that he had kept the princess awake all night.
• Riyao asked Arcadios about the missing person from the future, and Arcadios identified him as a stronger future Rogue who seemed to possess Sting’s White Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Riyao said he would bring three helpers to the palace the next day, then went to his bedroom.
• Future Lucy hid her diary from present Lucy, and Levy joined the two Lucys as they gossiped with the guild girls late into the night.
• Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal searched the royal capital for the future Rogue.
• Yukino joined Arcadios’s protection after leaving Sabertooth, while Natsu’s challenge to the guild stirred discussion across Fiore.

Riyao teased the exhausted Princess Hisui, then went with Mirajane to the Grand Magic Games arena, where the competitors for the Pandemonium event were announced. Mirajane, Erza, Hibiki, Orga, Nobarly, Obra, Millianna, and Jura entered the competition as Riyao watched from the stands.

• Riyao teased Princess Hisui about her dark circles before using Healing Magic to relieve her fatigue at Mirajane's request.
• Riyao and Mirajane left the palace for the arena, where Riyao shocked Mest for staring at Wendy and warned him to stay away from Fairy Tail's stands.
• Chapati introduced Magic Council official Lahar as a guest commentator, and the day's competition was announced as Pandemonium.
• Riyao, Gajeel, Cana, Mirajane, and Laxus showed interest in competing, but Mirajane persuaded Riyao to let her take part.
• Fairy Tail's Mirajane and Erza, Blue Pegasus's Hibiki, Sabertooth's Orga, Quatro Cerberus's Nobarly, Raven Tail's Obra, Mermaid Heel's Millianna, and Lamia Scale's Jura entered Pandemonium.

The Grand Magic Games contestants began Pandemonium, a battle inside a palace full of magic beasts where teams competed for points. Erza and Mirajane teamed up after entering at opposite ends of the order, and they eliminated Obra before Mirajane summoned a Celestial Spirit.

• Pumpkin Toma explained Pandemonium's beast ranks and rules, then the eight contestants drew their entry order, with Erza first and Mirajane eighth.
• Mirajane asked permission to summon a Celestial Spirit, and Riyao entered the Celestial Spirit World to wait for her call.
• Erza entered first in Heaven's Wheel Armor and began fighting D-rank beasts; Millianna joined her, while the other contestants entered at fifteen-second intervals.
• Obra entered, and Erza and Millianna attacked him before Orga and Jura joined the fray and Hibiki dodged their attacks.
• Mirajane entered in Satan Soul, joined Erza, and helped her trap and defeat Obra of Raven Tail.
• Mirajane raised her crystal key and called, "Fairy Constellation! Open the gate!"

Riyao appeared as the newly confirmed Fairy Constellation Celestial Spirit and helped Mirajane gain Star Dress: Fairy Constellation. Mirajane combined it with Satan Soul and formed Pitch-Black Sun, a dense black sphere that began pulling in and consuming everything around it.

• Riyao entered Pandemonium carrying the Celestial Spirit King's greatsword, and the commentators confirmed the Fairy Constellation existed apart from the eighty-eight constellations.
• Riyao cut down monsters, then redirected Orga's lightning into Hibiki and sent him flying from the arena.
• Orga and Jura attacked the Fairy Tail members, while Millianna kicked Nobarly out of Pandemonium.
• Mirajane reminded Riyao that he had promised to let her fight, and he granted her Star Dress: Fairy Constellation.
• Mirajane combined Star Dress with Satan Soul and summoned Pitch-Black Sun, which drew in rubble and light and consumed whatever approached.

Mirajane and Erza dominated the Pandemonium event, defeating Orga and the final S-Class monster as Fairy Tail surged ahead in points. After the arena vanished, Riyao joined them in the arena and celebrated their strength.

• Orga's black lightning attack was absorbed by Mirajane's Pitch-Black Sun, and Jura tested it with Rumbling Mt. Fuji, causing a massive collision that destroyed much of Pandemonium.
• Mirajane, Erza, Jura, and Orga competed to defeat the remaining monsters, then Mirajane and Erza teamed up to launch Orga out of the arena.
• Jura jumped down to the arena, and the last monster transformed into a giant S-Class monster as Pandemonium rebuilt itself into an arena.
• Erza severed the S-Class monster's arm with her Black Wing Armor, and Mirajane destroyed it with her modified Pitch-Black Sun.
• Fairy Tail's score took a commanding lead, and Riyao returned to human form and raised Mirajane and Erza's hands, declaring that the three of them were strong.

Laxus fought Raven Tail’s Alexei in the arena, where an illusion concealed Ivan Dreyar and the rest of Raven Tail. Laxus defeated them and exposed their deception, leaving Lahar to question Raven Tail’s guild qualifications.

• Chapati announced that Mirajane’s Celestial Spirit summoning was valid and started the duel between Laxus and Alexei of Raven Tail.
• Alexei overwhelmed Laxus in the apparent arena fight, while Fairy Tail’s members and the crowd reacted in alarm.
• Laxus and Raven Tail’s five members faced off inside a hidden illusion, and Alexei revealed himself as Ivan Dreyar, who demanded information about Lumen Histoire.
• Laxus rejected Ivan’s demands and quickly defeated Freya, Black Snake, Obra, and the purple-haired Raven Tail member.
• Laxus unleashed Azure Lightning Dragon’s Roar, destroyed the illusion, and knocked Ivan unconscious, exposing Raven Tail’s contestants to the arena.
• Lahar said Raven Tail’s guild qualifications needed reexamination, while Riyao offered to interrogate and heal Ivan and Lahar refused.

Lahar ordered Raven Tail’s members arrested, and Gray faced Lyon in an Ice-Make duel. Their battle escalated as they traded ice constructs, and it ended with Gray unleashing Thousand Blades against Lyon’s Beast Legion.

• Lahar had Ivan and other Raven Tail members arrested and ordered their guild documents reexamined.
• Gray and Lyon began their match, each claiming confidence after training and exchanging teasing remarks about their stripping habits.
• Gray destroyed Lyon’s Great Doves with Ice-Make: Storm and pierced Lyon with tiny ice needles.
• Lyon attacked with ice feathers, but Gray used an ice decoy and countered with an Ice Ape and an ice saber.
• Lyon summoned an Ice-Make: Beast Legion, and Gray began his Ice-Make: Thousand Blades attack.

Gray defeated Lyon in the arena with Ice-Make: Vortex, securing another win for Fairy Tail. After celebrating, Riyao and Mirajane met Ultear, Jellal, and Meredy, who warned that the Magic Council had taken an interest in Ur, and Riyao went to find Makarov.

• Gray shattered Lyon’s ice beasts, and both mages prepared their finishing attacks.
• Lyon summoned a giant Deliora-shaped hand with Ice-Make: Calamity Descends, while Gray formed Ice-Make: Vortex.
• Gray’s vortex pierced the giant hand and sent Lyon flying, and Chapati declared Gray the winner.
• Juvia rushed to hug Gray, but Gray pushed her away and fled to the Fairy Tail stands, where he stopped Ur from telling an embarrassing story about him.
• Riyao and Mirajane met Ultear, Jellal, and Meredy, who told Riyao that the Magic Council had likely discovered Ur’s identity.
• Riyao said Makarov should handle the Council and then went with Mirajane to find him, while the witch trio searched the city for suspicious locations.

Riyao worried that the changing timeline had made his memories unreliable, then joined the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games’ naval battle. He entered the water sphere in his Azure Dragon form and targeted Minerva, leaving the match just underway as he swam around for fun.

• Riyao gave up trying to remember where Future Rogue was hiding and went to sleep beside Mirajane.
• At the Grand Magic Games, Chapati announced the naval battle, and the teams selected their competitors, including Juvia, Jenny, Sherria, Minerva, Yeager, and Risley.
• Fairy Tail struggled to choose a competitor until Riyao dove into the water sphere and Mirajane agreed to let him take part.
• Riyao transformed using Life Mimicry: Azure Dragon and fixed his attention on Minerva, hoping to learn from her spatial magic.
• Chapati started the match, and Riyao swam faster than Juvia while enjoying the water instead of attacking.

Riyao won the arena battle by using his Dragon Slayer abilities to defeat Minerva after Juvia’s water magic knocked out several contestants. The match ended with Fairy Tail and Sabertooth on the verge of a fight, until Yajima asked them to stand down.

• Riyao kicked Yeager out of the water sphere, leaving only the female contestants and himself in the arena.
• Juvia unleashed her love-themed waterspout, knocking Jenny, Sherria, and Risley out of the sphere before Minerva used Space Magic to send Juvia outside.
• Riyao chased Minerva, revealed his dragon scales, and drained most of the water from the sphere, limiting her ability to escape.
• Riyao wrapped Minerva in his tail, pummeled her unconscious, and kicked her into the Sabertooth stands before collecting a sample of her blood.
• Riyao broke apart the water sphere, and Chapati declared him the winner; Fairy Tail and Sabertooth began threatening each other until Yajima intervened.

Makarov announced that Fairy Tail’s two teams had to merge, and the guild chose a lineup for the next match. Riyao entered a four-Dragon Slayer battle against Sting and Rogue, with Natsu and Gajeel joining him as the match began.

• Makarov told Fairy Tail that the Magic Council had ordered its two teams combined, and he left the lineup to the guild.
• Mirajane, Cana, Wendy, Juvia, and Lucy sat out, while Erza settled Natsu and Gray’s objections and Laxus volunteered; Riyao chose Laxus for the roster.
• Chapati announced a two-on-two match between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth, and Riyao jumped into the arena before calling for Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus to stay behind.
• Natsu and Gajeel played rock-paper-scissors, and Gajeel kicked Natsu down into the arena; Sting and Rogue then joined Riyao there.
• Riyao taunted Sting and Rogue, Natsu prepared to fight, and Rogue focused on Gajeel before Riyao told him to enjoy a beating and began stretching.

Natsu and Riyao fought Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue, who gained the advantage with their White Light and Shadow modes. Riyao healed his wounds by entering Azure Dragon Form, copied both dragons’ powers with Holy Shadow Mode, and launched a relentless counterattack that left Sting and Rogue flying helplessly through the sky.

• Natsu charged Sting and Rogue, landing a series of blows before they activated White Light Mode and Shadow Mode.
• Sting battered Natsu through the air while Rogue attacked Riyao with weapons made from shadows, wounding him and knocking him into Natsu.
• Riyao entered Azure Dragon Form, healed his wounds, and broke through Sting’s white-light claw strikes and Rogue’s shadow scythe.
• Riyao activated Holy Shadow Mode, caught Rogue with a shadow whip, and sent both dragons flying with an upward punch.
• Riyao pursued Sting and Rogue through the air, repeatedly striking them with his fists and tail before they could land.

Riyao defeated Sting and Rogue, then went down into the mine while Natsu faced the Sabertooth mages alone. Natsu stopped their combined Dragon Force attack and defeated them with a series of fire techniques, securing Fairy Tail’s victory.

• Riyao kicked Sting and Rogue into the arena floor, blasted open a hole to an abandoned mine, and sent Natsu tumbling down after him.
• Natsu shoved Riyao into a minecart and sent him rolling into the darkness, then turned to fight Sting and Rogue.
• Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Force and unleashed their combined Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang at Natsu.
• Mirajane slipped into the mine as Natsu caught and crushed the attack with one hand.
• Natsu overwhelmed Sting and Rogue with fire attacks and Dragon Slayer Secret Arts, leaving them unconscious on the arena floor.
• Chapati declared Fairy Tail the winner, and the guild members and spectators erupted in cheers.

Riyao and Mirajane discovered the Dragon Graveyard and returned to the tavern to invite everyone to see it. Natsu and the others followed them, while Princess Hisui also set out for the cave after hearing Riyao had found it.

• Riyao and Mirajane rode a minecart into the Dragon Graveyard, where they found countless dragon skeletons.
• Riyao inspected the bones for signs of vitality, then took Mirajane back to the tavern and invited everyone to see the dragons.
• Natsu eagerly asked whether Igneel was among the dragons, and the group set off for the graveyard.
• Princess Hisui heard Arcadios report that Riyao had found the Dragon Graveyard and decided to visit it with him.

The group explored the Dragon Graveyard, where Wendy used Milky Way to summon the spirit of Zirconis, the Jade Dragon. Zirconis explained that Acnologia had killed the dragons in the graveyard before disappearing, while Riyao’s teasing left Princess Hisui hiding behind a skeleton.

• The group entered the Dragon Graveyard, and Natsu worried that Igneel might be among the bones until Mirajane reassured him.
• Wendy drew a magic circle and used Milky Way, summoning the translucent Jade Dragon.
• Zirconis told the group that dragons had taught humans Dragon Slayer magic during a war and that Acnologia had become a dragon and killed every dragon in the graveyard.
• Zirconis faded away before Natsu could ask whether Igneel was there, and Wendy said there were no souls left to summon.
• Riyao joked about Princess Hisui’s name, prompting her to hide behind a skeleton and refuse to come out.

Princess Hisui and the Fairy Tail members left the dragon-bone cave, but the guild members were caught carrying off dragon bones and Arcadios arrested Makarov. After Erza revealed she had hidden her bone with Requip Magic and credited Riyao with teaching her to be sneaky, everyone laughed at him.

• Princess Hisui tried to leave the cave unnoticed, but Riyao teased her about sharing a name with a fat green dragon until Arcadios hurried after her.
• Erza and the Fairy Tail members each took dragon bones from the cave, and Makarov ended up with the bones piled behind him.
• Arcadios accused the guild of stealing cultural relics and had soldiers carry Makarov away while the others pretended not to know him.
• Erza denied taking a bone, then used Requip Magic to reveal it on her shoulder as her new weapon, a big bone club.
• Erza credited Riyao's excellent teaching for her deception, leaving him speechless as Mirajane and the others laughed.

On the final day of the Grand Magic Games, Fairy Tail prepared to defend its lead as Riyao launched an attack on Blue Pegasus. He cornered Hibiki and his teammates alongside Mermaid Heel, leaving both groups facing him from a rooftop.

• Makarov pretended to be angry with Fairy Tail, then agreed not to beat them in exchange for Macao's collection of weekly magazines.
• Chapati announced the final day's standings, with Fairy Tail in first place and Lamia Scale and Sabertooth tied for second.
• Arcadios, the Hungry Wolf Knights, and the witch trio guarded the Eclipse Gate as the royal capital filled with spectators and contestants.
• Mavis briefed Riyao, Erza, Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus on her predictions, then Riyao cast Life Link on the others and ran toward Blue Pegasus.
• Riyao's approach sent Hibiki, Ivan, and Ren fleeing into Beth, Arania, and Risley, and the two teams began fighting.
• Riyao appeared on a rooftop above the gathered fighters, leaving Hibiki and the others wondering whether to flee or fight together.

Riyao fought all six members of Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel alone, defeating them quickly and earning Fairy Tail six points. He then headed off to find more opponents, throwing a stone toward a distant tower where he suspected Sabertooth's Rufus might be.

• Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel tried to team up but accidentally blasted each other, while Riyao watched from a rooftop.
• Riyao knocked out Hibiki, Ivan, and Ren in quick succession, then turned to face Mermaid Heel.
• Riyao sent Beth and Arania into the pile of defeated opponents, and Risley surrendered and lay down.
• Chapati announced that Riyao had eliminated all six opponents and earned six points for Fairy Tail.
• Riyao heard that Fairy Tail's other members were heading toward opponents, then threw a stone toward a tower where he thought Rufus might be standing.