Ch. 221Because It Was Fun

Jiang Bai brought his companions to the commercial city of Shika, where they found Earth-land's Lucy fleeing the Royal Army. After rescuing her, he announced that he would visit the king in the royal capital the next day.

  • Edolas's Natsu became timid and apologized after the ride, while Jiang Bai filmed him before using Space Magic to leave with his companions.
  • Hughes and Sugarboy arrived at the ruined town, found the defenders alive with only superficial injuries, and returned to report to Faust and Warren.
  • Jiang Bai transported his companions to Shika and sensed Royal Army soldiers pursuing someone familiar.
  • Earth-land's Lucy ran to Jiang Bai for help, and he used telekinesis to knock down the pursuing soldiers.
  • Jiang Bai told the soldiers to inform their king that he would visit the royal capital the next day.

Ch. 222Two Lucys

After regaining their magic, the Fairy Tail group split up to attack the palace and destroy Edolas’s giant Magic Crystal. Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy shattered the crystal and freed two people trapped inside, leaving the Royal Army stunned.

  • Queen Lucy rushed naked from the bath after discovering that Earth-land Lucy had a smaller chest, and Earth-land Lucy dragged her back inside.
  • Gajeel gave Natsu and Wendy pills that restored their magic, while Happy and Carla regained theirs after resolving their doubts about whom they wanted to protect.
  • Jiang Bai assigned Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy to destroy the palace’s giant Magic Crystal and said he would visit King Faust; Gajeel agreed to join after hearing about a cat at the palace.
  • Gajeel and the others reached the capital square, where Lucy and Loke fought off Royal Army soldiers as the Dragon Slayers advanced on the crystal.
  • Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy struck the giant Magic Crystal with their Dragon Slayer Roars, shattering it and releasing two people from inside.

Ch. 223Palace Jade Elixir Wine

After Erza and Gray recovered, they learned that Jiang Bai had gone alone to face Edolas’s kingdom and set out to support him. Jiang Bai reached King Faust’s throne room, where he confronted his identical counterpart, Jiang Bai Warren, and discovered Warren had no knowledge of his own world’s Palace Jade Elixir Wine.

  • Erza and Gray woke after being freed from the Magic Crystal, and Natsu explained how Jiang Bai had gone to challenge the kingdom alone.
  • Erza ordered the Fairy Tail mages to go back up Jiang Bai, while Queen Lucy stayed behind and wished them luck.
  • Jiang Bai advanced through the palace, using telekinesis to knock aside every Royal Army soldier who tried to stop him.
  • In the throne room, Jiang Bai faced King Faust, Erza Knightwalker, and the Royal Army commander Jiang Bai Warren, who looked exactly like him.
  • Jiang Bai asked Warren about Palace Jade Elixir Wine, and Warren’s confusion convinced Jiang Bai that his counterpart was not a transmigrator.

Ch. 224I Just Think This Is More Interesting

Jiang Bai effortlessly defeated Hughes, then accepted Jiang Bai Warren’s challenge and restricted his strength to make their fight more interesting. Warren realized Jiang Bai was holding back and angrily demanded to be taken seriously.

  • Hughes insulted Jiang Bai and threatened him, so Jiang Bai vanished and beat him unconscious with a flurry of slaps.
  • Jiang Bai Warren determined that Jiang Bai had moved through sheer speed rather than Space Magic.
  • Jiang Bai challenged Jiang Bai Warren to a fight, and Warren accepted after ordering Erza Knightwalker to stand aside.
  • Jiang Bai dodged Warren’s attacks and limited his own abilities to just below Warren’s level, turning their clash into a contest of technique.
  • Warren recognized that Jiang Bai was holding back and accused him of looking down on him, but Jiang Bai said Warren could make him use more strength once he managed to beat him as he was.

Ch. 225Everyone Arrives

Jiang Bai fought Jiang Bai Warren while holding back, proving Warren could not defeat him even at a disadvantage in strength. After Fairy Tail arrived, Jiang Bai explained how they could reverse Anima and bring everyone home, then openly kissed Erza Scarlet in response to Erza Knightwalker’s question about their relationship.

  • Jiang Bai and Warren fought with close-quarters techniques until their final clash sent them sliding apart, and Warren admitted they were in trouble.
  • Erza Knightwalker checked on Warren as he acknowledged Jiang Bai’s strength.
  • Natsu, Gray, Erza Scarlet, Wendy, Gajeel, and Happy burst into the throne hall to help Jiang Bai.
  • Erza Scarlet scolded Jiang Bai for sparring while everyone was in danger, and Jiang Bai explained that his Mental Magic was monitoring the capital and that destroying Anima would return everyone home.
  • Erza Knightwalker asked about Jiang Bai and Erza Scarlet’s relationship, and Jiang Bai embraced and kissed Erza before answering.

Ch. 226Their Respective Battlefields

Jiang Bai and his allies fought their Edolas counterparts and the Royal Army in the throne hall. As the battles erupted around them, Jiang Bai and Jiang Bai Warren faced each other again.

  • Erza Knightwalker suppressed her jealousy and stood beside Jiang Bai Warren, while Earth-land's Erza stood beside Jiang Bai.
  • Gajeel challenged Panther Lily and charged into battle, declaring that he would make him his partner if he won.
  • Natsu chose Sugarboy as his opponent and attacked him with Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
  • King Faust ordered the soldiers summoned, while Gray complained that no one had left him an opponent.
  • Erza Knightwalker and Earth-land's Erza clashed in the air as the other fights spread through the throne hall.
  • Jiang Bai and Jiang Bai Warren returned to a standoff at the center of the battle.

Ch. 227A Weapon of Destiny

Warren drew Trace Rift and challenged Jiang Bai to a sword duel, but Jiang Bai defeated him even after matching Warren’s physical attributes. Warren demanded to see Jiang Bai’s full strength, and Jiang Bai agreed to face Warren using every ability of the sword while holding back as needed.

  • Warren drew Trace Rift, the spatial magic weapon that had chosen him, and his aura changed.
  • Jiang Bai created a crystalline sword and matched his physical attributes to Warren’s, setting aside their special abilities for a fair duel.
  • Jiang Bai outthought Warren during their sword fight and stopped his sword at Warren’s throat.
  • Warren admitted defeat but insisted that he wanted to face Jiang Bai at full strength.
  • Jiang Bai agreed to let Warren use Trace Rift’s full power and began raising his own aura.

Ch. 228The So-Called Gods

Jiang Bai showed Warren the difference between their command of space and defeated him with Hollow Technique: Purple. Warren was left disarmed and unable to continue after Jiang Bai erased part of the palace and sky with a single attack.

  • Jiang Bai began the third round without restraining his magical pressure, leaving Knightwalker and the others struggling to stand.
  • Warren attacked with Space Slash, but Jiang Bai caught the spatial cut between two fingers and demonstrated how he could move through space.
  • Warren unleashed Chaotic Space Slashing Dance, and Jiang Bai absorbed its spatial rifts with Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
  • Jiang Bai combined Blue and Cursed Technique Reversal: Red into Hollow Technique: Purple and fired it past Warren, erasing a path through the palace and sky.
  • Warren dropped Trace Rift and recognized that Jiang Bai had utterly defeated him.

Ch. 229The Kingdom's "Traitor"

Jiang Bai forced Warren to confront the kingdom’s use of Anima and urged him to atone by freeing the people who had been taken from another world. Warren chose to stand against King Faust and asked Jiang Bai what to do next.

  • The Royal Army arrived and formed a shield around the devastated Warren, while an officer confirmed that the shattered Magic Crystal had turned into people.
  • Warren realized that King Faust had knowingly used Anima to steal lives, and his guilt over the suffering he had caused overwhelmed him.
  • Jiang Bai rebuked Warren, dragged him forward with Space Magic, and punched him until he regained focus and heard the demand to release Jiang Bai’s companions.
  • Warren ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons and stand down, opening a path to King Faust.
  • Warren ignored Faust’s accusation of betrayal, pledged to help reverse Anima, and asked Jiang Bai what he needed him to do.
  • Jiang Bai told Warren to take control of King Faust and reverse Anima.

Ch. 230Three Dragons Issue a Challenge!

King Faust unleashed the forbidden mechanical dragon Droma Anim after fleeing underground, forcing Jiang Bai and the others to face the kingdom’s ultimate weapon. Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy volunteered to fight it while Jiang Bai settled down with Erza to watch.

  • King Faust escaped through a hidden door and unlocked the sealed chamber containing Droma Anim, the Kingdom of Edolas’s forbidden magic armor.
  • Faust climbed into the mechanical dragon and launched it through the palace, declaring that he would destroy Fairy Tail and the kingdom’s traitors.
  • The sight of Droma Anim thrilled Natsu and Gajeel, while Wendy asked Jiang Bai to let her fight alongside them.
  • Jiang Bai agreed to leave the dragon to the three Dragon Slayers, then relaxed with Erza on a telekinetic recliner.
  • Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy charged toward Droma Anim.

Ch. 231The Kingdom's "Traitors"

King Faust activated his plan to make the island containing Magnolia collide with Extalia, while Jiang Bai promised to stop it. Byro called Warren a traitor, but Warren’s soldiers chose to stand with him.

  • Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy worked together against Droma Anim, but its rapid regeneration wore them down.
  • Faust ordered Byro to activate the Infinity Magic Power Plan, and the Dragon Lock Cannon began dragging the island containing Magnolia toward Extalia.
  • Warren confronted Byro for hiding the plan, and Jiang Bai assured him he would stop the island because his companions were aboard it.
  • Byro tried to turn the soldiers against Warren by calling him a traitor, but they stepped forward to stand at Warren’s side.

Ch. 232This Is a Miracle!

Jiang Bai stopped the Magic Crystal island and disabled Faust’s attack, giving Natsu and Gajeel the chance to destroy Droma Anim. The machine transformed into its Black Heaven form and blasted the Dragon Slayers from the sky, so Jiang Bai Warren stepped forward to face it himself.

  • Jiang Bai arrested Byro’s plan by stopping the speeding Magic Crystal island with his telekinetic power, while soldiers seized Byro.
  • Faust tried to destroy the island, but Jiang Bai made Droma Anim’s gathered magic vanish and urged Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy to fight as Dragon Slayers.
  • Natsu devoured Droma Anim’s flames, and Gajeel ate its armor before they struck it together with Dragon Slayer Secret Arts and blew it apart.
  • The metal fragments reassembled into Droma Anim: Black Heaven, which fired its Dragon Rider Diffusion Cannon and knocked Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy from the sky.
  • Jiang Bai Warren stopped Jiang Bai from intervening and declared that he would deal with Black Heaven himself, and Jiang Bai yielded the stage to him.

Ch. 233The Kingdom's Crime and Punishment

Warren fought Faust and Droma Anim: Black Heaven, using Space Magic to turn the machine’s attacks against it. He destroyed the forbidden weapon and killed Faust, proving himself the strongest in the Kingdom of Edolas.

  • Warren charged at Droma Anim: Black Heaven after Jiang Bai gave him permission, and Faust attacked him with volleys of magical cannon fire.
  • Warren used Space Folding to evade Black Heaven’s attacks and Space Fault to redirect its beams into the machine.
  • Warren recalled his oath to protect people and resolved to atone for his own actions and the kingdom’s crimes.
  • Warren struck Black Heaven’s recharging core with Space Severance: Oblivion, piercing the armor and killing Faust.
  • Droma Anim: Black Heaven broke apart in an explosion, and Warren declared his victory as Edolas’s undisputed strongest.

Ch. 234The Reversed Spiral and the Prince's Return

After Warren defeated King Faust, Mystogan revealed that he had reversed Anima and sent Fairy Tail's transformed comrades safely back to Earth-land. He disclosed that Edolas would lose all its magic power, leaving its people in panic.

  • Warren destroyed Droma Anim: Black Heaven and won the battle against King Faust.
  • Happy noticed that the Fairy Tail members aboard the Magic Crystal island had vanished, and Jiang Bai explained that they had gone home.
  • Mystogan revealed that he had reversed Anima and returned the guild members to Earth-land.
  • Mystogan removed his disguise, and Panther Lily knelt before him and addressed him as the prince of Edolas.
  • Jiang Bai explained that Mystogan and Earth-land's Jellal were counterparts from different worlds.
  • Jiang Bai used telekinesis to lower the crumbling Extalia safely, while Mystogan announced that Edolas would lose all its magic power.

Ch. 235The Philosophy of Flipping a Coin

After magic vanished, Warren calmed the panicked capital and inspired its people to build a future without plunder. Pressed by Mystogan and the soldiers to become king, Warren used Jiang Bai’s coin-flip advice to recognize what he wanted and accepted the crown.

  • Warren addressed the terrified people, urging them to survive through their own effort and abandon the pursuit of magic through plunder.
  • Mystogan asked Warren to become the kingdom’s new leader, and the soldiers knelt to plead for his acceptance.
  • Jiang Bai told Warren that flipping a coin could reveal the answer he already wanted in his heart.
  • Warren caught the coin without checking its result and declared that he would become king.
  • Warren vowed to bring the country peace and happiness without chasing or plundering for magic.

Ch. 236The New King and the Spark of Technology

Mystogan chose to stay in Edolas and help Warren rebuild the country, while Warren became its new king and faced the urgent problem of replacing magic power. Jiang Bai demonstrated a crude battery and introduced electricity, giving Mystogan a vision for Edolas’s future.

  • Mystogan declined to return to Earth-land and chose to support Warren in rebuilding Edolas.
  • Jiang Bai suggested staging a fake battle to help Warren win the people’s support, but Warren refused and planned to record the truth in secret archives.
  • Warren said Edolas needed a new energy source to replace magic power.
  • Mystogan revealed that he had studied Earth-land’s technology, and Jiang Bai introduced electricity as a possible energy source.
  • Jiang Bai assembled a crude chemical battery from zinc, copper, salt water, and cloth, then demonstrated its steady current with sparks.
  • Jiang Bai explained how moving a coil through a magnetic field could generate current, and Mystogan realized Edolas could use natural and mechanical power to produce electricity.

Ch. 237Farewell and a Final Surprise

Jiang Bai demonstrated how to generate electricity, giving Edolas a path toward a new era, and Warren thanked him with a solemn promise. As the reversed Anima began sending the Fairy Tail members back to Earth-land, Lucy noticed that Jiang Bai was not being transported.

  • Jiang Bai used metal plates and salt water to produce an electric current, astonishing the people of Edolas.
  • Warren thanked Jiang Bai on behalf of the kingdom, and Jiang Bai left Edolas to build its own generators and power system.
  • Warren promised Jiang Bai that he would help him whenever needed, even at the cost of his life.
  • The reversed Anima began transporting Natsu, Gajeel, Erza, Wendy, Panther Lily, and the other magic-wielding outsiders back to Earth-land.
  • Wendy and Natsu said farewell to Mystogan, and Natsu invited him to return to Fairy Tail.
  • Lucy realized Jiang Bai was not surrounded by light and feared that he could not return.

Ch. 238The Guild's Ironclad Rules and the Return

Jiang Bai reminded Mystogan of Fairy Tail’s rules before the guild members returned from Edolas to Earth-land. There, they encountered the Exceed and Queen Shagotte, who revealed the truth behind her supposed power of judgment.

  • Jiang Bai reassured his companions that he could control Anima’s teleportation, then reminded Mystogan of Fairy Tail’s three rules before the others returned to their world.
  • Mystogan promised he would remember his companions, and Jiang Bai later left Edolas as well.
  • Lisanna returned from Edolas after saying farewell to its Mirajane and Elfman.
  • The Fairy Tail members reunited outside Magnolia and found thousands of Exceed gathered there, with Carla angered by their past treatment of Wendy.
  • Queen Shagotte apologized to Jiang Bai and revealed that she had precognition, not the power of judgment, and had posed as a god to protect Extalia from Edolas’s king.

Ch. 239Lies and a Mother's Embrace

Queen Shagotte revealed that the mission to hunt Dragon Slayers had been a lie to hide her plan to save the Exceeds from Extalia's destruction, and Carla learned Shagotte was her mother. Happy's parents, Lucky and Marl, reunited with him briefly before leaving with the Exceeds to seek a new home.

  • Carla challenged Queen Shagotte about the Dragon Slayer mission, and Shagotte explained that it was a lie concealing her plan to send a hundred unborn Exceeds to Earth-land before Extalia ran out of magic and collapsed.
  • Shagotte revealed that Carla had glimpsed the future as an egg, and Carla realized Shagotte was her mother before accepting her embrace with Wendy's encouragement.
  • Lucky and Marl watched Happy from a distance, but Jiang Bai brought them to him and urged them to speak with their son.
  • Marl asked Happy how he had been, and Happy said he was happy with Natsu before Marl embraced him without revealing who she and Lucky were.
  • Lucky and Marl said goodbye and left with the Exceeds to seek a new home, while Natsu and Happy headed off to celebrate.

Ch. 240Where's My Cat?

Jiang Bai reunited Lisanna with Mirajane and Elfman, then brought her back to Fairy Tail, where the guild welcomed her return with overwhelming joy. Makarov announced a party to celebrate, and the guild began preparing to rejoice together.

  • Gajeel found Panther Lily transformed into a small black cat, and the two reaffirmed their partnership.
  • Jiang Bai explained to Erza that the guild members who had been sent back through the Magic Crystal had no memories of the intervening events.
  • Jiang Bai took Lisanna to Cardia Cathedral, where Mirajane and Elfman tearfully reunited with her.
  • Jiang Bai brought Lisanna and her siblings to the guild, where Lisanna announced that she was back and the members rushed to welcome her.
  • Makarov announced a party to celebrate Lisanna's return, and the guild cheered.
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