Chapter Summaries

After the Grand Magic Games, Laxus asked Makarov and Jiang Bai about Ivan’s pursuit of Lumen Histoire, Fairy Tail’s hidden source of immense magic power. Mavis clarified that it was a light of hope, and Jiang Bai teased Laxus about how much he had changed.

• Laxus told Makarov and Jiang Bai that Ivan had pressed him for information about Lumen Histoire and bragged that it would let him rule the world.
• Laxus asked what Lumen Histoire was, and Jiang Bai explained that it could provide an inexhaustible supply of magic power when activated.
• Makarov defended keeping the secret from Macao, saying he lacked the strength to bear the danger of protecting it.
• Laxus asked whether Lumen Histoire was a cursed power called Fairy Tail Darkness, and Mavis appeared to insist it was a light of hope carrying the future.
• Laxus said he had no reason to worry if the power had no terrible side effects, and Jiang Bai mocked him by recalling his former ambition to become guild master and claim it for himself.

Makarov and Laxus learned that Precht had likely revealed Lumen Histoire to Ivan, leaving Mavis blaming herself for the guild’s tragedies. Jiang Bai comforted her with strawberry cake and reassured her that choosing Precht as the second master had not been a mistake, and Mavis finally smiled as she ate.

• Makarov concluded that Precht’s experiments and forbidden magic knowledge had likely enabled Ivan to learn about Lumen Histoire and probe Fairy Tail’s defenses.
• Mavis broke down, blaming herself for choosing Precht as the second master and for the tragedies that followed.
• Makarov asked Laxus and Jiang Bai to comfort Mavis, but Laxus admitted he did not know how.
• Jiang Bai produced a sought-after strawberry cake, and Mavis stopped crying to stare at it.
• Jiang Bai reassured Mavis that Precht had once been a capable master and that his later betrayal was not her fault.
• Makarov and Laxus confirmed Jiang Bai’s words, and Mavis smiled and began eating the cake.

King Toma asked Jiang Bai to merge Fairy Tail's two teams after Raven Tail's disqualification, offering the full championship prize plus ten million J in compensation. Fairy Tail selected a new five-member team for the final competition, but the chapter left their event yet to begin.

• A kingdom soldier summoned Jiang Bai to meet King Toma, and Makarov urged him to hear the king out.
• Toma proposed merging Fairy Tail's teams to balance the competition and promised the fifty-million-J championship prize plus a ten-million-J reward if they won.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov about the offer, and Makarov agreed to merge the teams after learning the total prize would be sixty million J.
• Makarov chose Jiang Bai and Laxus for the team, while Erza and Gray withdrew because of injuries and fatigue.
• Natsu, Gajeel, and Juvia volunteered, and Makarov named them alongside Jiang Bai and Laxus as Fairy Tail's five competitors.

The fourth day of the Grand Magic Games began with Fairy Tail Team A and Team B merging, leaving Fairy Tail with 35 points. The contestants entered a suspended sphere of water for the day’s event, Naval Battle.

• Chapati announced that Fairy Tail Team A and Team B would merge, with the guild keeping Team B’s original score of 35 points.
• Blue Pegasus’s Ichiya celebrated the narrowed score gap, but Ivan, Ren, and Hibiki reminded him that Jiang Bai would still compete.
• Chapati introduced the day’s event as underwater sumo, and Sherria, Loke, Risley, and Minerva entered the arena for their guilds.
• Juvia volunteered for Fairy Tail, and Gray’s encouragement left her confident she would win in the water.
• The arena filled with a huge suspended sphere of water, and the eight contestants entered as Chapati announced the event’s official name, Naval Battle.

Juvia dominated the Naval Battle with powerful water magic, while Minerva survived by using Space Magic and evading her attacks. Both remained inside the sphere when the five-minute countdown ended, tying Fairy Tail and Sabertooth for first place.

• Chapati announced that contestants who fell out of the water sphere would be eliminated and that the final two had to survive a five-minute countdown to avoid finishing last.
• Juvia used Water Cyclone and Water Flow: Rising Rosy Clouds to eliminate Jenny, Loke, Sherria, and Risley, leaving only herself and Minerva.
• Minerva stopped Juvia's Water Stream Slash with Space Magic, which Mavis identified as a high-level ability.
• Juvia trapped Minerva with Water Lock, but Minerva escaped and discovered that Juvia had assimilated the water throughout the sphere.
• Juvia's water currents failed to catch Minerva as she repeatedly teleported around the sphere, and the five-minute countdown expired with both contestants still inside.
• Chapati announced that Fairy Tail and Sabertooth tied for first place in the Naval Battle and each earned 10 points.

After Fairy Tail kept its lead in the Grand Magic Games, the two-person battles began, and Kagura fought Lyon to a draw without drawing her sword. Erza realized Kagura was waiting for a chance to challenge Jiang Bai.

• Juvia returned to Fairy Tail after the Naval Battle, and the standings showed Fairy Tail in first place with 45 points, ahead of Sabertooth with 28.
• Chapati announced that the day's battles would be fought in teams of two.
• Ichiya and Nichiya defeated Bacchus and Loke after Ichiya unleashed a powerful magical storm and knocked both opponents unconscious.
• Kagura and Millianna faced Lyon and Yuka; Kagura knocked Yuka out, while Lyon sent Millianna out of the arena.
• Kagura and Lyon fought until time ran out, ending in a draw with five points for each team; Kagura never drew her sword.
• Erza told the Fairy Tail members that Kagura had been waiting for an opportunity to challenge Jiang Bai.

Fairy Tail’s Natsu and Gajeel overwhelmed Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue at the start of their two-on-two Dragon Slayer match. Sting and Rogue escaped the beating and regrouped, and Sting counterattacked with White Dragon’s Roar.

• Chapati announced Fairy Tail’s Natsu and Gajeel would face Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue in a Dragon Slayer battle.
• Jiemma warned Sting and Rogue that failure was unacceptable and ordered them to prove Sabertooth was the strongest guild.
• Makarov sent Natsu and Gajeel into the arena and urged them to teach Sabertooth a lesson.
• When the match began, Natsu and Gajeel struck first, sending Sting and Rogue flying and then beating them down before they could cast a spell.
• Sting and Rogue broke free and regrouped, and Sting unleashed White Dragon’s Roar at Natsu.

Natsu and Gajeel overwhelmed Sting and Rogue despite their Dragon Slayer modes and combined attack. Sting and Rogue lay defeated in the rubble after Gajeel split their strongest technique and struck them down.

• Gajeel blocked Sting and Rogue’s combined attacks with Iron Dragon’s Scales, allowing Natsu to hit them with Fire Dragon’s Brilliant Flame.
• Natsu mocked Sting and Rogue for boasting about killing dragons and facing Acnologia, and they activated their Holy White Dragon and Shadow Dragon modes.
• Sting and Rogue charged Natsu and Gajeel in their new forms, but Natsu elbowed Sting while Gajeel seized Rogue and kneed him.
• Sting and Rogue combined their magic into Holy Shadow Dragon’s Flash Fang and launched it at Natsu and Gajeel.
• Gajeel cut the combined attack in half with Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Demon Iron God Sword, then struck Sting and Rogue and sent them rolling into the rubble.

Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Force and attacked Natsu and Gajeel, but the Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers effortlessly defended themselves. Even after the third-generation pair unleashed their strongest roars, Natsu and Gajeel emerged unharmed, leaving Sting and Rogue stunned.

• Chapati and Yajima explained that the great difference between the two pairs came from their different upbringings.
• Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Force and charged Natsu and Gajeel with increased speed and power.
• Natsu and Gajeel blocked their attacks, and Natsu said his years of training had prepared him for their straightforward strikes.
• Sting fired White Dragon's Holy Breath and Rogue unleashed Shadow Dragon's Roar, then they assumed the attacks had defeated their opponents.
• Natsu and Gajeel emerged from the smoke uninjured, and Gajeel mocked Sting and Rogue for claiming they could destroy Acnologia.

Natsu and Gajeel overwhelmed Sting and Rogue, while Yajima explained that Sabertooth’s long dominance came from a lack of powerful opponents and that Fairy Tail’s constant trials—and Jiang Bai’s example—had driven its members to grow. Sting and Rogue still had great potential if they learned humility and trained after the Grand Magic Games.

• Sting and Rogue attacked Natsu and Gajeel again, but Natsu slapped apart Sting’s White Dragon’s Roar and the two Fairy Tail wizards beat them down.
• Chapati asked Yajima why Sting and Rogue had been so outmatched despite Sabertooth’s reputation as Fiore’s strongest guild.
• Yajima explained that powerful rivals had disappeared during Fairy Tail’s seven-year absence, leaving Sting and Rogue in a comfortable environment where they came to believe they were invincible.
• Yajima said Fairy Tail’s members had grown through life-threatening battles and kept pushing forward because Jiang Bai stood far beyond their limits.
• Lucy and Gray agreed that Jiang Bai’s strength made it impossible for Fairy Tail to feel complacent, while Jiang Bai denied forcing them to train.
• Yajima concluded that Sting and Rogue had exceptional potential and could improve if they set aside their arrogance and trained seriously.

Natsu and Gajeel defeated Sting and Rogue after Natsu countered their combined finishing move with his Crimson Lotus Flame-Converging Blade. The fourth day of the Grand Magic Games ended, and the organizers announced a citywide battle royale as the final showdown, where spectators expected Jiang Bai to return to the arena.

• Sting and Rogue combined their remaining magic to unleash White Shadow Dragon's Thread at Natsu and Gajeel.
• Natsu used his compressed-flame secret art to destroy the attack and knock Sting and Rogue unconscious.
• Natsu and Gajeel celebrated their victory, and Chapati declared Fairy Tail the winner of the match.
• Chapati announced that the Grand Magic Games would take a one-day break before the final showdown, a citywide battle royale for points.
• Spectators left the arena anticipating Jiang Bai's return for the final battle.

Fairy Tail celebrated its commanding lead in the Grand Magic Games as the capital’s citizens cheered Jiang Bai. When a fan asked him to sign her skin, Erza and Mirajane stopped him and took him away, though he still gave the fan an autograph with Telekinesis.

• The standings after the fourth day put Fairy Tail in first place with 55 points, 24 ahead of Blue Pegasus.
• Fairy Tail left the arena to cheers, and the crowd focused much of its admiration on Jiang Bai.
• A fan in a red dress asked Jiang Bai to autograph her skin, and he agreed to sign below her collarbone.
• Erza and Mirajane stopped Jiang Bai before he could sign, then escorted him away from the crowd toward the inn.
• Jiang Bai used Telekinesis to give the fan an autograph reading “Infinity,” while onlookers envied Erza and Mirajane.

Princess Hisui heard the cloaked time traveler’s warning that dragons would destroy Fiore and that activating the Eclipse Gate was the kingdom’s only hope. The traveler secretly watched her, wary of Jiang Bai, whom they believed was an unknown variable in the future they remembered.

• A royal guard reported to Princess Hisui that Fairy Tail had reached fifty-five points and led Blue Pegasus by twenty-four after the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games.
• The cloaked figure emerged from the palace shadows and reminded Princess Hisui that they had predicted Fairy Tail’s return before the Games began.
• Princess Hisui acknowledged the figure’s accurate prediction but doubted their claims that disaster was coming and that she alone could save the country.
• The cloaked figure urged Princess Hisui to use the royal family’s Eclipse Gate, describing a future in which dragons had killed their companions and devastated the continent.
• After the figure vanished from the hall, Princess Hisui struggled with her decision while the figure secretly monitored her from a beam’s shadow.
• The cloaked figure questioned Jiang Bai’s absence from their memories of the future and dismissed the report that he had driven Acnologia away, resolving to proceed with the Eclipse plan.

Jiemma punished Sting and Rogue for their losses at the Grand Magic Games and attacked Lector when he tried to defend them. Sting killed Jiemma in a rage, while Minerva revealed she had secretly saved Lector and used his safety to make Sting obey her.

• Jiemma berated Minerva, Sting, and Rogue for their performances, then declared that Sting and Rogue had to leave Sabertooth.
• Lector pleaded for Sting and Rogue to be given another chance, but Jiemma struck him with a magic attack that made him appear to vanish.
• Sting attacked Jiemma and pierced his chest with a blow, killing him.
• Minerva praised Sting, declared him the next guild master, and rejected Jiemma’s authority before he died.
• Minerva told Sting she had sent Lector somewhere safe and promised to return him after the Grand Magic Games if Sting followed her orders.

Chapati introduced the six guilds entering the final survival battle of the Grand Magic Games, with Fairy Tail arriving to thunderous cheers as the clear favorite. Jiang Bai complained that his guildmates had not encouraged him, then faced contradictory advice from Mirajane and Erza.

• Chapati announced Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Lamia Scale, Sabertooth, and Blue Pegasus as the first five guilds entering the arena.
• The spectators cheered Quatro Cerberus, watched Kagura enter with Mermaid Heel, and celebrated Jura's status as a Wizard Saint.
• Sabertooth entered looking subdued, while Ichiya's Blue Pegasus entrance drew both cheers and loud jeers.
• Chapati introduced Fairy Tail as the returning champions, and Jiang Bai led the guild into an arena filled with cheering spectators.
• Fairy Tail's members called encouragement to Laxus, Natsu, Gajeel, and Juvia, while Jiang Bai complained that nobody had encouraged him.
• Mirajane told Jiang Bai to go easy on his opponents, but Erza urged him to take every contestant seriously, leaving him exasperated by their conflicting advice.

The Grand Magic Games began a citywide survival battle in Crocus, with guilds earning points for eliminating opponents and bonus points for defeating hidden captains. As Jiang Bai was left to roam alone, Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth made plans to avoid or redirect danger while pursuing points.

• Chapati announced that contestants would fight across Crocus, earning two points for each elimination and ten points for defeating an enemy captain, then rang the starting bell.
• Natsu and Gajeel rushed off, Laxus refused to team up with Jiang Bai, and Juvia left to avoid Gray misunderstanding her.
• Hibiki planned for Blue Pegasus to avoid Jiang Bai and Jura, target enemy captains, and deliberately lose to Quatro Cerberus after taking the lead.
• Minerva sent Sting and Rogue to hunt opponents while Rufus revealed that he had sent Kagura Jiang Bai's location, drawing her toward him.

After Sabertooth took the lead in the battle royale, Kagura confronted Jiang Bai and unleashed her strongest attack, but his Infinity stopped it effortlessly. Jiang Bai refused to lower his defense unless Kagura called him “onii-chan,” and she reluctantly agreed.

• Chapati announced that Sting had defeated Bacchus, giving Sabertooth ten points and moving it to second place with thirty-eight points.
• Minerva planned to hunt across the city while hoping Kagura would drain Jiang Bai’s magic, and Orga asked if Kagura might win.
• Jiang Bai detected Kagura approaching and waited for her at an intersection, where she attacked him with her sheathed sword.
• Kagura drew her sword and used Archenemy: Slash Form, but the attack disintegrated against Jiang Bai’s Infinity.
• Kagura asked Jiang Bai to remove his defense for a proper fight, and he demanded that she call him onii-chan; she reluctantly did so.

During the Grand Magic Games, Jiang Bai faced Kagura in a sword fight and used their duel to challenge her relationship with the resentment behind her blade. After defeating her final attack without harming her, he told her to learn to control her power and left the fight on his own terms.

• Erza crushed the viewing stand's stone railing when Jiang Bai flirted with Kagura during the live broadcast, while Mirajane teased him and the guild members kept their distance.
• Jiang Bai promised not to use Infinity and formed a transparent Telekinesis sword to meet Kagura's attack with swordsmanship.
• Jiang Bai parried Kagura's rapid strikes and forced her back, then told her that her hatred was controlling her sword and urged her to keep her identity while using her power.
• Kagura used Gravity Suppression and unleashed her strongest Archenemy slash, but Jiang Bai's Serious Sword Strike split the blade aura and stopped harmlessly before her face.
• Jiang Bai dispersed his sword aura, told Kagura to learn to control her power, and said her calling him onii-chan counted as payment for the lesson.

Sabertooth swept through the capital and scored enough eliminations to overtake Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games survival battle. The chapter left Laxus fighting Jura as Sabertooth reclaimed first place with sixty-eight points to Fairy Tail’s sixty-five.

• Jiang Bai defeated Kagura, earning Fairy Tail ten points and bringing its total to sixty-five.
• Sting eliminated all of Quatro Cerberus, while Rogue knocked out Ichiya and Jenny, helping Sabertooth raise its score from thirty-eight to fifty-eight.
• Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale eliminated Mermaid Heel contestants, then clashed with each other in the southern district.
• Laxus confronted Jura in the western district and began a battle of lightning against stone.
• Minerva, Rufus, and Orga ambushed the exhausted Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale teams, eliminating all five fighters and earning Sabertooth ten points.
• Sabertooth reached sixty-eight points, overtook Fairy Tail, and reclaimed first place.

Jiang Bai watched Laxus fight Jura, then faced Jura after Laxus was defeated. Jura withdrew rather than fight Jiang Bai, giving Fairy Tail enough points to secure the lead and protect its sixty-million-J prize.

• Fairy Tail fell behind Sabertooth in the overall rankings as Laxus fought Jura in the west district.
• Jiang Bai arrived and taunted the exhausted Laxus, prompting him to resume his attack on Jura while Jiang Bai watched from a conjured chair.
• Jura defeated Laxus with Supreme King Rock Crush, earning Lamia Scale two points.
• Jiang Bai offered Jura the chance to rest before they fought, but Jura withdrew from the survival battle instead.
• Fairy Tail received ten points for Jura's withdrawal and rose to seventy-five, leaving Sabertooth unable to catch up even if it eliminated Natsu, Gajeel, and Juvia.