Chapter Summaries

Mavis’s plan sent Fairy Tail’s mages to confront their opponents across the capital, while Sting hesitated over Minerva’s request to defeat Riyao. The chapter ended with Rufus welcoming Lyon and Sherria to the library.

• Rogue charged at Gajeel in an alley as Chapati announced their impending fight.
• Laxus and Orga faced off amid black and golden lightning in a square.
• Natsu followed his nose and encountered Bacchus and Ichiya, while Mavis explained her reasoning.
• Erza and Kagura fought at a fountain until Minerva appeared and separated them.
• Riyao found Jura and teased him about their age difference.
• Sting considered waiting for Riyao to tire before challenging him, while Rufus told Lyon and Sherria he had memorized their Beast Legion magic.

Laxus fought Orga in the streets of the royal capital and turned the battle around by swallowing Orga’s black lightning. He defeated Orga with Azure Lightning Dragon’s Roar, then picked up his coat and walked away.

• Laxus redirected Orga’s Black Lightning Cannon and fought him in close combat as golden and black lightning wrecked the street.
• Laxus activated Azure Lightning Dragon Mode, healing his injuries, while Orga used ten Black Lightning Balls to overwhelm him and slam him into a wall.
• Laxus swallowed one of Orga’s Black Lightning Balls and combined black and cyan lightning to overpower him.
• Laxus swallowed Orga’s black lightning wall and fired Azure Lightning Dragon’s Roar, which paralyzed Orga and blasted him into a residence.
• Chapati announced Laxus’s victory over Orga, and Laxus put on his coat and walked away.

Mavis watched the tournament unfold and grew overwhelmed by Ichiya’s bizarre perfume attack, Riyao and Jura’s rock-paper-scissors, and the increasingly dangerous battles. As Rogue overwhelmed Gajeel with his newfound power, Mavis longed to return to Tenrou Island while Fairy Tail panicked around her.

• Ichiya sprayed his body-odor perfume across the street, leaving Natsu rolling in disgust and Bacchus vomiting while Mavis stared in disbelief.
• Mavis became upset when Mirajane and Lisanna tried to reassure her that the others were normal, as Riyao and Jura continued playing rock-paper-scissors.
• Kagura drew Grudge Blade: Archenemy and wounded Erza and Minerva, who fought back before Minerva’s ancient magic blasted them away.
• Future Rogue possessed Rogue and used his amplified shadow magic to injure Gajeel, crack his iron rods, and bind his limbs.
• Mavis buried her face in her knees and wished to return to Tenrou Island, leaving Makarov and the Fairy Tail members panicking around her.

Natsu defeated Bacchus in a fierce street fight after the two had driven Ichiya away. Mavis stood up to declare her approval, leaving Fairy Tail relieved that they would not have to placate her.

• Natsu and Bacchus teamed up to beat Ichiya until they sent him flying out of sight.
• Natsu and Bacchus fought, with Bacchus's drunken martial arts repeatedly disrupting Natsu's attacks.
• Natsu activated Dragon Force and engulfed Bacchus in flames, but Bacchus charged out protected by his magic-resistant shoulder armor.
• Natsu caught Bacchus's wrist, launched him into the air, and slammed him into the ground with a final punch.
• Bacchus gave up, saying the fight was no fun without liquor, and Mavis stood up in approval.
• Makarov and the other Fairy Tail members sighed with relief.

Gajeel devoured Rogue’s shadows and defeated him in a fierce battle, earning another point for Fairy Tail. Rogue fell unconscious, and Frosch stayed by his side as the crowd celebrated Fairy Tail’s growing lead.

• Gajeel swallowed the shadows restraining him and gained the ability to move through shadow, then attacked Rogue with his Iron Shadow Dragon magic.
• Gajeel and Rogue fought through a tower as shadows, damaging the structure until Gajeel pulled Rogue out of the shadows and battered him in midair.
• Gajeel struck Rogue through several houses, leaving him unable to get back up, and demanded that whatever possessed him leave the boy’s body.
• Rogue said his body had reached its limit and lost consciousness, while Frosch stepped between him and Gajeel and cradled him as he began to relax.
• Chapati declared Gajeel the winner, giving Fairy Tail another point as the crowd cheered and Mavis remarked that the result was unchanged.

Riyao and Jura fought first with hand-to-hand combat, where Jura gained the upper hand and sent Riyao crashing through a wall. Riyao then activated his evolved Hundred Battles technique and overwhelmed Jura with his strength, leaving the battle amid cheering spectators.

• Riyao and Jura began a fistfight without using magic as Chapati, Yajima, and Toma discussed Riyao's history as a candidate for the Wizard Saints.
• Jura struck Riyao with a series of attacks and blasted him through a wall, burying him in rubble.
• Riyao emerged and admitted that three months of training had not made him Jura's equal in pure hand-to-hand combat.
• Riyao revealed that the Hundred Battles Spell Formula had become part of his meridians and charged Jura with golden power.
• Jura used Rock Spire and Rock Iron Wall to defend himself, but Riyao shattered the pillars and punched through the wall.
• Mirajane, Makarov, and Mavis proudly cheered for Riyao as the spectators erupted in excitement.

Riyao defeated Jura with overwhelming strength, while Erza, Kagura, and Minerva continued their fierce three-way battle in Fountain Square. Riyao then wandered the capital looking for points and came upon a frightened Millianna.

• Riyao smashed through Jura’s earthen attacks and struck him through a row of houses, forcing Jura to admit defeat.
• Chapati announced Riyao’s victory, and the spectators cheered for Fairy Tail.
• Erza, Kagura, and Minerva exchanged sword strikes and spatial attacks in Fountain Square as the ruined surroundings worried Makarov and Mavis.
• Riyao wandered the royal capital looking for points and found Millianna crouching on a street corner.
• Riyao approached Millianna with a mischievous grin, and she fearfully told him to stay away.

Erza defeated Minerva after Kagura was eliminated from the battle, securing the fight for Fairy Tail. Afterward, Erza offered to have Riyao heal Kagura, while Mirajane regretted not entering the tournament.

• Minerva used Explosive Roar against Erza and Kagura, but Erza teleported Edgeless past Minerva's spatial barrier and wounded her.
• Erza and Kagura exchanged blows with their swords while Minerva interrupted their fight with spatial magic.
• Minerva used a spatial sphere to eliminate Kagura, and the resulting explosion also burned and injured Erza.
• Erza healed herself with Edgeless, donned the Heavenly God Armor, and split Minerva's spatial beam with her halberd.
• Erza knocked Minerva into a wall and then offered to have Riyao heal Kagura.
• Mavis watched the fight, and Mirajane said she wished she had entered too.

Riyao and Fairy Tail defeated Sting to win the Grand Magic Games, then King Toma gathered the guilds to prepare for a possible dragon attack. The Eclipse Gate defenses fell, the moon turned red, and dragons began roaring around the royal capital, leaving Riyao shocked that Jellal and the others had failed to stop them.

• Riyao healed Erza, Natsu, Laxus, and Gajeel before defeating Sting, and Fairy Tail won the Grand Magic Games.
• Erza returned Lector to Sting, who tearfully reunited with his cat before Riyao knocked him out.
• King Toma asked the guilds to help defend the kingdom against a possible attack by ten thousand dragons, and the guilds pledged their support.
• The moon turned red as a soldier reported that the Eclipse Gate defenses had fallen.
• The ground shook and dragons roared across the capital, prompting Riyao to wonder whether Jellal and the others had failed to stop them.

Riyao healed the mages, drove dragons back through the Eclipse Gate, and helped Lucy and Yukino seal it. As he confronted the Hisui Dragon, Future Lucy stabbed him from behind, leaving everyone stunned.

• Riyao used Healing Magic to restore the injured mages, and Toma sent them to defend the royal capital.
• Riyao carried Lucy and Yukino to the Eclipse Gate, punched an emerging dragon back inside, and urged them to close the gate with their Celestial Spirit Keys.
• Lucy and Yukino summoned the twelve Zodiac Celestial Spirits, who shut the Eclipse Gate while Riyao kicked another dragon back through it.
• Riyao found the battered soldiers and mages, questioned Princess Hisui about reversing time, and then faced the Hisui Dragon guarding the gate.
• Future Lucy stabbed Riyao through the back, and his Azure Dragon Form faded as blood spread across the ground.

The Dragon Slayers fought the dragons rampaging through the royal capital, while Natsu teamed up with Atlas Flame and battled Future Rogue. The Diamond Dragon released endless miniature dragons, leaving the exhausted wizards struggling to hold them back.

• Natsu swallowed Atlas Flame's fire, learned that the dragon had been Igneel's friend, and persuaded him to help fight the Diamond Dragon and Future Rogue.
• Mavis used Warren's magic to ask Dragon Slayers to assist guilds without Dragon Slayers, and Laxus, Wendy, and Sting attacked dragons threatening the guilds.
• Sting brought the Abyss Water Dragon to Rogue, who stood his ground against the Darkness Dragon and resolved not to be controlled by his shadow again.
• Gajeel knocked the Rock Dragon to the ground and attacked him, declaring that he would be the first Dragon Slayer to slay a dragon.
• The Diamond Dragon dropped countless eggs into the capital, and miniature dragons hatched and swarmed the wizards.
• Gray froze several miniature dragons but warned that the endless fighting would exhaust them.

Wendy strengthened Laxus and Gajeel as the Dragon Slayers battled the dragons attacking the royal capital. The Fairy Tail mages held off the endless swarms of Mini Diamond Dragons, but their strength began to wane.

• Wendy enchanted Laxus, who struck the Scissor Blade Dragon before its tail sent him crashing into a house and it blasted the rubble with a storm of iron blades.
• Wendy rescued Gajeel from the Rock Dragon’s claw and enchanted him; Gajeel wounded the dragon’s chin, but its stomping shook him off balance.
• Sting and Rogue entered Dragon Force, attacked the Darkness Dragon and Abyss Water Dragon, and were both struck down; Wendy pulled Sting behind cover as a shadow blast hit his former position.
• Erza and Mirajane fought together against the Mini Diamond Dragons while Gray, Juvia, Cana, Lisanna, and Elfman attacked and defended one another.
• The Mini Diamond Dragons continued pouring through the royal capital, and some of the mages began tiring as the swarm showed no sign of ending.

Laxus, Gajeel, Sting, Rogue, and Wendy wounded several dragons with powerful Dragon Slayer attacks, while Natsu continued battling Future Rogue in the sky. The fight remained unresolved as Natsu and Future Rogue’s secret arts collided in a blinding explosion.

• Laxus escaped Scissor Blade Dragon’s attack and wounded its belly with Dragon-Roving Fangtian Halberd.
• Gajeel emerged from beneath Rock Dragon and pierced its backside with Shadow Iron Spiral before being knocked into a ruined building.
• Sting, Rogue, and Wendy combined their magic to injure Dark Dragon and Abyss Water Dragon, who retaliated with shadows and a waterspout.
• Natsu repeatedly replenished his strength from Hellfire Dragon’s flames while fighting Future Rogue on Diamond Dragon’s back.
• Natsu and Future Rogue unleashed their Dragon Slayer Secret Arts against each other, creating a huge explosion of light.

Riyao revived after the wooden sword Future Lucy had driven into his heart dissolved into his body, then revealed immense new strength by punching the Jade Dragon away. He sent the Jade Dragon to occupy Motherglare and charged toward the Diamond Dragon to join the battle in the sky.

• Future Lucy explained that future Riyao had made the wooden sword and instructed her to stab him after the Eclipse Gate opened.
• Ultear confirmed traces of her magic on the sword, which dissolved into Riyao and restored his life.
• Riyao stood up with his chest wound healed and struck the Jade Dragon with a powerful punch.
• The Jade Dragon abandoned the fight and agreed to keep Motherglare occupied at Riyao's command.
• Riyao used Life Mimicry: Azure Dragon and rushed toward the Diamond Dragon.

Riyao overwhelmed Future Rogue and destroyed the Eclipse Gate with the Diamond Dragon, causing the branching timelines to converge and the future arrivals to vanish. Before disappearing, Future Rogue warned Riyao that Gray would kill Frosch and begged him to stop it.

• Riyao struck the Diamond Dragon, then rescued Natsu and beat Future Rogue in a Dragon Force battle.
• Riyao comforted Mirajane briefly before returning to the Diamond Dragon, where Future Rogue surrendered a bottle of blood from Riyao’s future self.
• Riyao used the Diamond Dragon as a weapon and hurled it into the Eclipse Gate, breaking the gate and beginning the timelines’ convergence.
• Future Lucy and Future Rogue faded away; Future Rogue asked Riyao and Natsu to stop Gray from killing Frosch.
• The remaining dragons could no longer affect the present, and Mavis observed that the Dragon Slayers had only managed to injure them.

After the battle, Riyao used a healing seed to grow the Holy Healing Parasol Tree, which healed the wounded across the royal capital before he collapsed from exhaustion. The wizards were invited to the palace to rest and celebrate, while Mirajane carried the sleeping Riyao to her room and decided to wash him.

• Riyao planted a seven-colored seed and used Life Magic to grow the Holy Healing Parasol Tree, healing the wounded across the royal capital.
• Riyao fell asleep in Mirajane's arms after using up most of his magic power, and Fairy Tail gathered around him beneath the tree.
• Toma sent the Royal Army to find and transport severely injured wizards, while the Holy Healing Parasol Tree withered and shrank back into its seed.
• A soldier invited Fairy Tail to rest at the royal palace and attend the celebration banquet, and Princess Hisui arranged rooms for the guilds.
• Mirajane carried Riyao to a luxurious room, while Lisanna was tossed out and Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, and the other Dragon Slayers ate ravenously.
• Mirajane looked at the filthy Riyao and decided it was time to wash him.

Riyao woke after sleeping through the day and joined the mages at a royal banquet, where they celebrated their victory and teased one another. The festivities ended with Natsu appearing in the king’s crown and Toma demanding it back.

• Mirajane woke Riyao, dressed him for the banquet, and brought him to the palace hall, where the assembled mages welcomed him.
• The mages mingled at the banquet as Erza, Gray, Lucy, Levy, Mavis, and others shared playful moments.
• Riyao ate ravenously and teased Mavis by eating a cake just beyond her reach.
• Lucy wondered where Natsu was, and Happy said he had seen him awake but did not know where he had gone.
• Natsu entered wearing Toma’s crown and claimed he deserved to wear it because they had won the championship.
• Toma tried to retrieve his crown, and the gathered mages laughed at Natsu’s antics.

After spending a month in the royal capital treating patients while the city was rebuilt, Riyao and Mirajane returned to Fairy Tail with gifts for the guild. The guild members opened their presents and welcomed them home.

• Toma posted lucrative commissions to rebuild the royal capital, while Fairy Tail was excluded and Riyao stayed behind to treat the injured.
• Makarov sent Riyao repeated healing commissions, keeping him in the capital for a month as Mirajane accompanied him and explored its dessert shops.
• Riyao and Mirajane returned to Fairy Tail and handed out gifts, including a leather jacket for Gray, a keychain for Lucy, flame beads for Natsu, anti-magic metal for Gajeel, and wine for Cana.
• Erza received a collector's-edition Strawberry Sword from Riyao and Mirajane and decided to hang it above her bed.

Riyao and Mirajane’s gifts delighted the guild members, from rare books and magical equipment to personal keepsakes. The gift opening ended with Romeo discovering he could wield cyan flames and Natsu eagerly tasting them.

• Levy unwrapped an ancient manuscript from the royal palace library, while Makarov discovered seven years of Sorcerer Weekly collector’s editions and fled to his office to hide them from Macao and Wakaba.
• Wendy received a vine bracelet woven with life energy, and Carla received Mirajane’s annotated guide to Transformation Magic.
• Happy was struck by the Dream Pearl Fish in his gift box, while Lily tested armor that changed size with him.
• Juvia peeked into her gift, blushed and ran from the guild, prompting everyone to tease Gray; Laxus, Freed, Bickslow and Evergreen also received gifts they appreciated.
• Elfman received adjustable-gravity dumbbells, Lisanna hugged Mirajane over her new clothes, and Alzack received diamond rings.
• Romeo opened a magic bead and gained cyan flames, which Natsu sampled; Ur also received Ultear’s crystal ball.

Happy defeated the lively Dream Pearl Fish, and Lucy found Riyao’s old treasure map stuck to him. Riyao uncovered more maps, sending the guild members off to search for their embarrassing pasts while he and Mirajane stayed behind.

• Happy fought the Dream Pearl Fish and beat it with Fury Swipes.
• Lucy found a treasure map labeled “blue hair,” and the guild identified it as one of Riyao’s old maps.
• Riyao retrieved two more maps marked “writing” and “animal” from a hidden spot in a stone pillar.
• Mirajane said one map belonged to Makarov, so Riyao fetched it from the master’s office and tossed it to Natsu.
• Natsu ran from the guild with Makarov’s map as the others followed, while Levy enlisted Lucy to help search for the writing map.
• Riyao and Mirajane stayed in the guild hall as Happy asked Mirajane to cook the Dream Pearl Fish.