Chapter Summaries

Sabertooth’s five remaining fighters surrounded Jiang Bai, hoping to defeat Fairy Tail’s captain and claim the championship points. Jiang Bai blocked Minerva’s Space Magic and Rufus’s fire attack without moving, leaving Sabertooth’s assault underway but already thwarted.

• After Lamia Scale was eliminated, Minerva led Sting, Rogue, Rufus, and Orga straight to the ruins plaza to target Jiang Bai instead of hunting down Natsu, Gajeel, and Juvia.
• The five Sabertooth fighters surrounded Jiang Bai, and Minerva assumed his fight with Kagura had nearly exhausted his magic.
• Minerva ordered an attack, but Jiang Bai prevented her from opening a path into imaginary space.
• Rufus cast Hellfire That Burns the Earth, but the flames split against Jiang Bai’s Infinity and left him unharmed.
• Jiang Bai mocked Rufus, reminding him that the opening-day humiliation had not taught him a lesson.

Jiang Bai defeated Rufus and Orga, then freed Sting and Rogue from his telekinetic hold. After learning Minerva was using Lector to force Sting to fight, Jiang Bai located the cat and brought him back, leaving Sting overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Jiang Bai knocked Rufus unconscious and pinned Minerva, Sting, and Rogue with telekinesis.
• Orga attacked Jiang Bai with his ultimate lightning cannon, but Jiang Bai blocked it and beat Orga unconscious.
• Minerva refused Sting's plea to change her demand, insisting that Sabertooth win the championship or Sting would lose Lector.
• Jiang Bai used Mental Detection and spatial coordinate swap to retrieve the unconscious Lector from outside Crocus.
• Sting took Lector back, thanked Jiang Bai, and vowed to repay his kindness even at the cost of his life.

After Sabertooth’s fighters fell, Minerva tried to escape Jiang Bai and take Juvia hostage, but Jiang Bai tracked her down and exposed her plan. He overwhelmed Minerva with his killing intent and left her immobilized as he approached.

• Sting reunited with Lector and gave up fighting, while Rogue also stopped resisting, leaving Minerva as Sabertooth’s only fighter still standing.
• Jiang Bai lifted the spatial suppression and gave Minerva a chance to fight, but she used a spatial jump to flee toward Juvia and planned to take her hostage.
• Jiang Bai appeared at Minerva’s destination, then shattered the imaginary-number space with Psychokinesis and forced her out against a stone wall.
• Jiang Bai deduced that Minerva had intended to capture Juvia and threaten him, and Minerva’s shocked reaction confirmed his guess.
• Jiang Bai unleashed a terrifying aura that pinned Minerva to the ground and alarmed people throughout Crocus, while Chapati and Yajima reacted at the commentary desk.

Jiang Bai banished Minerva into a space where she was killed by spatial turbulence, while Sting accepted a bargain to give Sabertooth’s prize money to Fairy Tail. The Grand Magic Games ended with Fairy Tail announced as the overall champion.

• Jiang Bai agreed to spare Minerva’s life if she survived one attack and Sting gave Sabertooth’s prize money to Fairy Tail.
• Jiang Bai banished Minerva into an alternate space and challenged her to escape using her Space Magic.
• Minerva tried to break out, but spatial turbulence pulled her in and annihilated her.
• Sting and Rogue assumed Minerva had escaped and left the ruined street with Lector.
• Chapati announced that Fairy Tail had won the Grand Magic Games.

Fairy Tail celebrated its Grand Magic Games championship as members of rival guilds reflected on Jiang Bai’s overwhelming strength. At the victory banquet, Makarov guarded the prize money while other guild masters teased him about finding Jiang Bai.

• Fairy Tail’s members and the crowd cheered as the guild was announced as champion, and Yajima congratulated Maka.
• Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Mermaid Heel members returned from the arena and discussed their defeats and Jiang Bai’s strength.
• Crocus celebrated at a tavern where members of the six final-stage guilds drank together.
• Makarov repeatedly checked and guarded the eighty million J in prize money and compensation.
• Goldmine and Bob praised Fairy Tail’s roster and asked Makarov how he had found Jiang Bai.

The guilds celebrated after the arena matches, and Kagura visited Jiang Bai, Erza, and Mirajane on the terrace. Her sincere congratulations embarrassed Erza and Mirajane, while Jiang Bai welcomed her to join the banquet.

• Makarov boasted about Fairy Tail and was surrounded by Blue Pegasus and Quatro Cerberus members determined to drink him under the table.
• Sting and Rogue praised Natsu and Gajeel and asked about their techniques, while the Dragon Slayers offered them food and advice.
• Lector, Frosch, and Panther Lily thanked Jiang Bai for bringing Sting and Lector back together, and Wendy and Sherria bonded over their Sky Magic.
• Jiang Bai relaxed with Erza and Mirajane on the terrace until Kagura arrived and thanked him for his arena guidance.
• Kagura congratulated Jiang Bai, Erza, and Mirajane on growing old together, making Erza and Mirajane blush.
• Jiang Bai accepted Kagura’s wishes, offered her ale, and invited her to celebrate.

King Toma summoned the Grand Magic Games guilds and revealed that ten thousand dragons would attack Fiore, asking the wizards to help protect the country. The wizards pledged to fight, but the king’s “Pumpkin” catchphrase exposed him as the tournament’s pumpkin-headed referee.

• King Toma’s guards summoned the participating guilds to Crocus’s central square under urgent orders.
• King Toma announced a prophecy that ten thousand dragons would attack Fiore within hours.
• Jiang Bai reassured Makarov and the Fairy Tail wizards that he could face the dragons, while King Toma explained the Eclipse Plan and asked the guilds to defeat any survivors.
• Natsu, Gray, Sting, Rogue, and wizards from the other guilds pledged to defend the country.
• King Toma ended his speech with “Pumpkin,” and Jiang Bai confirmed Lucy’s suspicion that the king was the pumpkin-headed tournament referee.

As Princess Hisui opened the Eclipse Gate, Lucy realized it was a passage to the past, but Jiang Bai let it open so the kingdom’s leaders could see the truth and Fairy Tail could fight the dragons. A dragon began forcing its way through the gate as the chapter ended.

• Crocus evacuated its civilians while Gray, Natsu, and the other mages prepared for the dragons’ arrival.
• Jiang Bai decided not to destroy the Eclipse Gate, hoping to defeat the dragons and use their blood to strengthen the mages.
• Princess Hisui ordered the royal guards to open the Eclipse Gate after the royal family’s preparations and unlocking ritual.
• Lucy begged Princess Hisui to stop, then ran to Jiang Bai when the gate began opening and revealed that it led to the past.
• Jiang Bai told Lucy to wait until dragons came through before she and Yukino closed the gate, explaining that the kingdom’s leaders needed to witness the truth.
• A massive claw struck the palace steps, and a dragon’s head pushed through the Eclipse Gate.

Nine dragons emerged from the Eclipse Gate and devastated the royal palace courtyard before Lucy and Yukino used the twelve Celestial Spirits to seal it. The dragons remained loose in the capital, and a messenger warned the gathered guild mages to prepare for battle.

• The first dragon smashed through the palace courtyard, but Jiang Bai stopped its shockwave and rubble with a casual gesture.
• Eight more dragons emerged, and Lucy urged Jiang Bai to close the gate before the main force could follow.
• Jiang Bai told Lucy and Yukino to combine their Celestial Spirit magic, and the twelve Spirits pushed the gate shut, forcing a tenth dragon's claw back through the gap.
• Arcadios warned the guards that nine dragons had already entered the capital, while Lucy comforted the despairing Princess Hisui and promised her companions would fight.
• At Crocus's central plaza, Natsu sensed dragons in the palace, and a messenger reported that living dragons had emerged from the Eclipse Gate.

Future Rogue revealed that he had manipulated Princess Hisui into opening the Eclipse Gate and used Dragon Control Magic to command nine dragons. Jiang Bai joined the guild mages in Crocus’s central plaza, where he declared that his advantage against the dragons was infinite.

• Future Rogue revealed himself to Lucy and admitted that he had tricked Princess Hisui into opening the Eclipse Gate so nine dragons would emerge.
• Future Rogue ordered eight dragons to fly toward the central plaza and rode the ninth dragon after them.
• Jiang Bai and Lucy teleported to the central plaza, where Lucy told Makarov and the guilds that Future Rogue had caused the disaster.
• Sting and present-day Rogue recognized Future Rogue as Rogue’s older self, while the guild mages prepared to face the dragons.
• Jiang Bai stepped to the front of the gathered guilds and told Makarov that his advantage over the dragons was infinite.

Jiang Bai crushed Future Rogue and nine dragons with his telekinesis, then let Natsu and the Fairy Tail mages take on two dragons while he prepared to deal with the other seven. Future Rogue was left demanding to know who Jiang Bai was, and the dragons remained trapped in the crater.

• Future Rogue led nine dragons in an attack, but Jiang Bai’s force slammed them into the plaza before they could unleash their dragon breath.
• The guild members watched in shock as Natsu and the Fairy Tail mages took Jiang Bai’s defeat of the dragons in stride, while Sting, Rufus, and Kagura’s companions reacted with alarm.
• Future Rogue asked Jiang Bai where he came from, and Jiang Bai replied that he could not keep track of all the parallel worlds before turning his attention to the dragons.
• Natsu and the Fairy Tail mages asked to fight, so Jiang Bai released Atlas Flame and Jade Dragon Zirconis for them to face.
• Jiang Bai kept the other seven dragons pinned down and stepped toward them, intending to use them as materials for Fairy Tail.

Jiang Bai isolated seven dragons in an airborne enclosure and stopped the Sword Blade Dragon’s attack without moving. The Space Dragon realized Jiang Bai had stripped away its authority over space, and Jiang Bai approached it as it trembled in fear.

• Jiang Bai used Psychokinesis to lift seven dragons from the crater and seal them inside an invisible enclosure high above the ground.
• The dragons mocked Jiang Bai, while the Space Dragon refused to join the others and demanded that he reveal his spatial magic.
• The Sword Blade Dragon attacked with its Roar, but Jiang Bai stretched the distance to infinity and stopped the blast before it could reach him.
• The Space Dragon offered to spare Jiang Bai if he taught it his technique, and Jiang Bai insulted its intelligence.
• The Space Dragon tried to cast Space Blade but found that it could no longer affect space.
• Jiang Bai walked toward the terrified Space Dragon and mocked it for trying to use space against him.

Jiang Bai fought the Space Dragon inside a sealed area, where he blocked its access to external spatial power and dodged its Dragon's Roar. The Space Dragon called on the other six dragons, and all seven surrounded Jiang Bai as he faced them without fear.

• Jiang Bai explained that the Space Dragon needed his permission to use spatial power within his private territory.
• The Space Dragon drew power from its Dragon Lacrima and fired its Space Dragon's Roar at Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai dodged the beam, which struck the barrier without breaking it, and the Space Dragon retreated to its companions.
• The Sword Blade Dragon and Levia mocked the Space Dragon for asking for help, but the dragons recognized Jiang Bai as a serious threat.
• The six dragons joined the Space Dragon, armed themselves with their different powers, and surrounded Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai smiled at the seven dragons and sarcastically said, "So scary~"

Natsu, Gajeel, Laxus, Sting, Rogue, and Wendy combined their Dragon Slayer magic and finally wounded Hellfire Dragon Atlas Flame, while Blue Pegasus’s attacks failed to harm Zirconis. Enraged by the broken scale and drop of blood, Atlas Flame unleashed his fury on the mages.

• Kagura’s sword slash failed to cut Atlas Flame, and Blue Pegasus’s combined spells and airship cannon left Zirconis unharmed.
• Natsu called on Gajeel and Laxus to join him, while Sting, Rogue, and Wendy joined the Dragon Slayers.
• The six mages combined their Dragon Roars, pushed Atlas Flame backward, and shattered one scale on his chest.
• Sting was shocked by how little damage their attack had done, and Natsu and Gajeel reminded him how powerful dragons were.
• Atlas Flame felt the wound, broke free of his sluggishness under Future Rogue’s control, and roared furiously at the humans as the street melted into magma.

As the guilds struggled against Atlas Flame, Natsu and the others rallied Sting and Rogue to keep fighting. Above them, Jiang Bai used an enchanted close-combat technique to swing the Diamond Dragon like a meteor hammer, smashing several dragons and restoring the mages’ morale.

• Atlas Flame swept his tail through the street, breaking the guilds’ defensive formation and forcing the human forces backward.
• Natsu, Gajeel, Laxus, Erza, Mirajane, Makarov, and Bob urged the frightened mages to stand firm and fight.
• Jiang Bai enchanted his body with concentrated magic power, grabbed the Diamond Dragon’s tail, and swung him into the Wind Dragon, Rock Dragon, and Sword Blade Dragon.
• Jiang Bai slammed the Dragon of Darkness into the barrier, causing the boom heard by the mages below.
• The guild members regained their courage after seeing Jiang Bai overpower the dragons, and Sting gathered Dragon Force and called for Natsu to continue fighting.

Jiang Bai hurled the Diamond Dragon into the Rock Dragon, then faced the seven battered dragons as they regrouped and prepared to fight together. The dragons planned to wear him down and use the Sword Blade Dragon’s cutting power to pierce his defenses.

• Natsu, Gray, Erza, Sting, and Rogue renewed their attacks on Atlas Flame and the Dragon of Hisui.
• Jiang Bai swung and released the Diamond Dragon, sending it crashing into the Rock Dragon and knocking both dragons tumbling across the barrier.
• The seven dragons regrouped, acknowledged Jiang Bai’s strength, and declared they would fight him with everything they had.
• The Diamond Dragon argued that Jiang Bai’s enhanced body would suffer backlash and could not maintain its power indefinitely, but Jiang Bai challenged it to test that claim.
• The Dragon of Darkness assigned the dragons to restrict Jiang Bai’s movement while the Space Dragon and Sword Blade Dragon sought an opening to strike.

Jiang Bai overwhelmed the seven dragons with his physical speed, then accepted their challenge to stop dodging and grew to nearly fifty meters tall. Below, the guild mages defended against Atlas Flame and Zirconis, but Zirconis’s breath stripped away the women’s clothes and incapacitated most of the female fighters, leaving Erza and Mirajane unaffected.

• The seven dragons attacked Jiang Bai together, but he dodged their assault and injured the Rock Dragon and Levia with powerful blows.
• Levia taunted Jiang Bai to stand still and fight head-on, and he used Giant Magic to grow nearly fifty meters tall.
• On the ground, Atlas Flame attacked the guild mages with a wave of hellfire; Freed’s barrier broke after three seconds, and the mages combined their attacks to disperse the flames.
• Zirconis blew emerald mist over the crowd, vaporizing the humans’ clothes and leaving Lucy, Yukino, Levy, Wendy, Kagura, and the other female mages unable to fight.
• Erza’s adamantine Purgatory Armor and Mirajane’s Satan Soul form remained unaffected by Zirconis’s breath.

Zirconis’s cruelty enraged the women and their allies, who drove him and Atlas Flame back after the women dressed. High above the city, Jiang Bai fought the seven dragons until they restrained him and the Sword Blade Dragon launched a potentially fatal strike at his chest.

• Erza and Mirajane used their storage rings to give the women clothes while Zirconis and Atlas Flame attacked.
• Natsu, Gajeel, Laxus, Erza, Kagura, Mirajane, and the other female mages counterattacked and forced the two dragons back.
• Jiang Bai fought the seven dragons hand to hand, injuring the Diamond Dragon and breaking two of the Sword Blade Dragon’s bone spurs.
• The Diamond Dragon seized Jiang Bai’s wrists while the Dragon of Darkness, the Rock Dragon, and Levia pinned him, and the Space Dragon disrupted his ability to teleport.
• The Space Dragon empowered the Sword Blade Dragon’s charge, and the Sword Blade Dragon thrust toward Jiang Bai’s heart as Erza and Mirajane cried out in alarm.

Jiang Bai appeared to die after the Sword Blade Dragon pierced his chest, plunging the humans below into grief, but he revealed that the wound was only part of an elaborate prank. Seeing Erza in tears and Mirajane unconscious, he realized he would face the consequences after the battle.

• The Sword Blade Dragon pierced Jiang Bai's chest, and the seven dragons retreated while believing he had suffered a fatal wound.
• Erza, Mirajane, Makarov, and the other humans mourned Jiang Bai, while Natsu insisted that he would not lose to the dragons.
• Jiang Bai theatrically pretended to be dying, then abruptly dropped the act and showed that he remained unharmed.
• Jiang Bai looked down and saw Erza crying and Mirajane unconscious, realizing his prank had caused them terrible distress.

Jiang Bai regenerated his shattered chest with Ether Reversal, shocking the seven dragons and relieving the allies who had believed him dead. Sensing Mirajane and Erza's anger over his frightening performance, he prepared to end the battle quickly.

• Jiang Bai used Ether Reversal to reconstruct his destroyed heart and chest within three seconds.
• The seven dragons recoiled as Jiang Bai demonstrated the healing technique he had developed during his seven years on Tenrou Island.
• Mavis explained to Makarov that Jiang Bai could repair severe physical injuries with magic power as long as his spirit had not dispersed.
• Elfman woke Mirajane after seeing Jiang Bai recover, and Mirajane joined Erza and the other girls in promising to confront him for frightening them.
• Jiang Bai sensed the resentment from below, gathered golden and crimson magic power, and demanded the seven dragons' bodies as he declared the warm-up over.