Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bai used Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void to overload and destroy the minds of seven dragons while leaving their bodies intact. Their corpses crashed into the royal capital, where the mages saw the scale of Jiang Bai’s power.

• Space Dragon challenged Jiang Bai as the seven dragons prepared their remaining defenses.
• Jiang Bai cast Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void and flooded the seven dragons’ minds with vast amounts of information.
• Jiang Bai used his mental power to erase the dragons’ souls, killing all seven while preserving their bodies.
• Jiang Bai dissolved the Telekinesis barrier, and the seven dragon corpses fell into the royal capital, smashing craters into the streets.
• Makarov called for the mages to take shelter, and Sting and Rogue were stunned when they saw the intact dragon corpses.

Natsu devoured Atlas Flame’s hellfire during their battle, then learned the dragon had been a close friend of his father, Igneel. Atlas Flame recognized Natsu as Igneel’s son, leaving the mages below stunned by the sudden reunion.

• Future Rogue stared in disbelief at the seven dead dragons while Natsu flew with Happy toward Atlas Flame.
• Natsu landed on Atlas Flame’s back and devoured his flames as the dragon tried to shake him off and smashed through a clock tower.
• Natsu’s growing power and familiar aura made Atlas Flame stop attacking and ask how he was connected to Igneel.
• Natsu demanded to know what Atlas Flame knew about his missing father, and Atlas Flame realized Igneel had adopted and trained him.
• Atlas Flame said he and Igneel had been the closest of friends, prompting Gray, Lucy, and Happy to react to the unexpected family reunion.

Atlas Flame broke free of Future Rogue’s control and fought Zirconis alongside Natsu, while Future Rogue decided to flee after seeing the battle turn against him. Atlas Flame prepared to unleash his hellfire with Natsu’s aid.

• Zirconis confronted Atlas Flame for siding with Natsu, but Atlas Flame declared Natsu was his friend’s son and challenged the Jade Dragon.
• Natsu urged Atlas Flame to burn Zirconis, and the two attacked the Jade Dragon together.
• Atlas Flame struck Zirconis with his flaming tail and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• Future Rogue realized his Dragon Control Magic had failed and decided to retreat using his shadow magic.
• Atlas Flame smashed Zirconis’s forehead and warned him not to underestimate the hellfire within him or Natsu, who had devoured his flames.

Natsu injured Zirconis, but Jiang Bai stopped the Jade Dragon from detonating himself and killed him, leaving all eight hostile dragons dead and Atlas Flame alive. As the guild members celebrated, Mirajane and Erza confronted Jiang Bai, and he froze under their icy stares.

• Natsu combined his Fire Dragon magic with hellfire and smashed Zirconis's snout with an Iron Fist.
• Zirconis prepared to sacrifice himself and unleash a destructive jade storm, but Jiang Bai pinned him in a deep pit with overwhelming downward force.
• Jiang Bai called Natsu back, gave him clothes, crushed Zirconis's head with Telekinesis, and tossed his body beside the other dragon corpses.
• The guild members celebrated after the eight hostile dragons were killed, with Atlas Flame remaining alive.
• Mirajane and Erza approached Jiang Bai with dangerous expressions, making him freeze mid-step.

After the dragon battle, Erza and Mirajane clung to Jiang Bai in relief, and he reassured them before agreeing to send Atlas Flame back to his own era. The mages celebrated the end of the dragon disaster, and Lucy and Yukino reopened the Eclipse Gate to begin his return.

• Erza and Mirajane embraced Jiang Bai and trembled with relief, while he comforted them and promised he was safe.
• Jiang Bai told Natsu that he would spare Atlas Flame, then offered to send the dragon back four hundred years; Atlas Flame eagerly agreed.
• Jiang Bai returned to the guild groups and announced that the dragon disaster was over, prompting the mages to celebrate.
• Jiang Bai asked Lucy and Yukino to bring their Zodiac keys, then led the group and Atlas Flame back to the palace.
• Lucy and Yukino poured their magic into the keys, and the Eclipse Gate's doors opened again.

Jiang Bai killed an ancient dragon that emerged from the Eclipse Gate and captured Future Rogue, who had tried to escape. He handed Future Rogue over to Atlas Flame, while the other ancient dragons retreated in terror.

• A brown-rock dragon emerged halfway through the Eclipse Gate, and Jiang Bai crushed its head with telekinetic force.
• The ancient dragons waiting behind the gate fled from Jiang Bai, and he dragged the dead dragon’s body outside as an unexpected addition to his haul.
• Atlas Flame prepared to leave through the open gate, but Jiang Bai stopped him.
• Jiang Bai used a spatial wormhole to pull Future Rogue out of hiding and explained that he had placed a spatial anchor on him.
• Jiang Bai kicked Future Rogue to Atlas Flame and told the Hellfire Dragon that the captive was his.

Jiang Bai sent Future Rogue back through the Eclipse Gate with Atlas Flame, then destroyed the gate to prevent it from being used to alter history. When Arcadios challenged him, Jiang Bai knocked him unconscious and felt refreshed.

• Jiang Bai ordered Atlas Flame to take Future Rogue four hundred years into the past, and Future Rogue urged the present Rogue to protect Frosch before they vanished through the Eclipse Gate.
• Lucy and Yukino closed the Eclipse Gate, ending the connection between the two eras.
• Jiang Bai destroyed the Eclipse Gate with Hollow Technique: Purple, leaving a smooth-edged crater.
• Arcadios protested the loss of Fiore's strategic trump card, and Jiang Bai explained that he had destroyed it to stop anyone from using it to rewrite history.
• Jiang Bai punched Arcadios through his armor and into a palace wall, knocking him unconscious.
• Jiang Bai said that letting out a bad mood on the spot felt good.

Jiang Bai gathered the nine dragon corpses and told Natsu he would not eat them, then began compressing basic fire magic into an extraordinarily hot flame. Natsu absorbed a stray spark and felt his depleted fire dragon magic surge back to life.

• Jiang Bai carried the brown rock dragon's corpse to the crater where the other eight dragons lay and told Makarov he would sell the remains only after handling them himself.
• Natsu asked Jiang Bai not to eat the dragons, and Jiang Bai reassured him that he was not interested in their meat.
• Jiang Bai lifted all nine dragon corpses above the square with telekinetic force.
• Jiang Bai poured enormous magic power into a basic fire magic circle, compressing its flame until it became intensely hot and pure.
• Natsu ignored Jiang Bai's warning by inhaling a tiny escaping spark, which caused his fire dragon magic to surge with renewed energy.

Jiang Bai refined the nine dragon corpses into nine liters of essence blood and delegated the sale of their remaining scales, horns, and bones to Makarov. He then left the ruined capital with Mirajane and Erza to rest at an intact inn.

• Natsu ate a mouthful of Jiang Bai’s flames and exclaimed that he felt full of magic power.
• Jiang Bai used an immense sea of fire and precise spiritual power to strip and purify the nine dragon corpses.
• Jiang Bai refined the dragons’ flesh, blood, and Dragon Lacrimas into nine liters of essence blood and stored it in an adamantine container.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov to sell the remaining dragon scales, horns, and bones to the king and give twenty percent of the proceeds toward repairing the guild.
• Jiang Bai left with Mirajane and Erza for an inn, saying he wanted to sleep with his wives.

Jiang Bai attended the royal banquet held to celebrate his defeat of the nine dragons and the salvation of Crocus, despite disliking his formal clothes and the ceremony. The gathering ended with the kingdom’s leaders and guild mages toasting him while he focused on enjoying the food with Erza, Mirajane, and his companions.

• Crocus residents speculated that Jiang Bai had caused the capital’s destruction, since they found dragons less believable than his immense power.
• Jiang Bai complained about his tight formal outfit, but Erza and Mirajane persuaded him to attend the banquet arranged in his honor.
• Jiang Bai entered the Jade Banquet Hall with Erza and Mirajane, where Toma E. Fiore, Arcadios, and the gathered guild mages greeted him with awe.
• Jiang Bai began eating roast meat and requested ale, breaking the tense silence and prompting Toma to lead a toast to the kingdom’s hero.
• Jiang Bai ignored the nobles’ attempts to socialize and shared the feast with his companions.

At the royal banquet, Jiang Bai received payment for the dragon remains and an additional reward for saving the kingdom, bringing his earnings to 1.3 billion J. King Toma then invited him to address the assembled guilds, and Jiang Bai reluctantly prepared to go after Makarov, Erza, and Mirajane encouraged him.

• King Toma gave Jiang Bai a 300 million J check for the dragon scales, horns, and bones, and Jiang Bai passed Makarov his agreed twenty-percent share.
• Arcadios knelt before Jiang Bai, apologized for his past conduct, and received Jiang Bai's forgiveness.
• King Toma rewarded Jiang Bai with an additional one billion J for destroying the Eclipse Gate and saving the continent.
• Jiang Bai accepted the black crystal card as the banquet's guests reacted with shock at his 1.3 billion J income.
• King Toma invited Jiang Bai to give a speech, and Jiang Bai reluctantly agreed after seeing Makarov, Erza, and Mirajane urging him on.

Jiang Bai replaced his formal speech at the Hisui banquet with questions from the crowd, then gave a reporter a defiant answer about his strength and rivals. He left the hall with Erza and Mirajane after the assembled mages and reporters reacted to his words.

• Jiang Bai invited the banquet guests to ask questions instead of delivering a prepared speech.
• Sting asked how Jiang Bai had become so powerful, and Jiang Bai said his strength grew even while he slept.
• A Sorcerer Weekly reporter asked whether other mages could surpass Jiang Bai while he rested, and Jiang Bai said his defeated enemies had never been worthy rivals.
• Jiang Bai declared that he gave others time to catch up until they could no longer see him, leaving Sting, Rogue, and Jura stunned as reporters recorded his words.
• Jiang Bai jumped down from the platform, took Erza and Mirajane by the hands, and left the banquet hall.

After the Grand Magic Games, Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia to a jubilant welcome from the townspeople, who celebrated the guild’s victory and praised its members. The mayor began presenting the guild with the town’s honorary gift.

• Sting clung to Natsu and tearfully begged him not to leave, until Rogue dragged him away from the embarrassing farewell.
• Fairy Tail boarded a royal magic train and traveled back to Magnolia after the guilds departed Crocus.
• Magnolia’s residents greeted the returning guild with flags, confetti, cannons, and cheers, praising Erza, Lucy, Juvia, Mirajane, Natsu, Gajeel, and Jiang Bai.
• The mayor quieted the crowd and announced that Magnolia would present Fairy Tail with an honorary gift.

Magnolia’s residents presented Fairy Tail with a faithful reconstruction of its old guildhall, and the guild celebrated its return by sharing the Grand Magic Games prize money and holding a feast. Makarov accepted Jiang Bai’s 300 million J check as a guild reserve fund, unaware it would soon prove useful in an unexpected way.

• The mayor revealed that Magnolia’s residents had rebuilt Fairy Tail’s guildhall, and Makarov and the guild members celebrated their restored home.
• Jiang Bai urged Makarov to divide the 60 million J Grand Magic Games prize among the guild members, and Makarov agreed to distribute it according to their participation points.
• Fairy Tail held a rowdy feast in the new guildhall as its members drank, ate, and brawled.
• Makarov tried to return Jiang Bai’s 300 million J check, but Jiang Bai insisted it belonged to the guild and suggested keeping it for repairs.
• Makarov accepted the check on the guild’s behalf, deciding to keep 60 million J and telling Jiang Bai to take back the rest.

Jiang Bai joined a guild-wide drinking contest after Natsu, Gajeel, and Elfman challenged him, and Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe were drawn into the fight. After Jiang Bai finally collapsed from drinking eight barrels, the guild celebrated their victory—until he got back up and drunkenly announced that he would make them all fly.

• Natsu, Gajeel, and Elfman challenged Jiang Bai to a drinking contest, and Jiang Bai accepted after Natsu teased him for refusing.
• Cana organized the guild members to gang up on Jiang Bai, and Jiang Bai provoked Laxus into joining with the Thunder God Tribe.
• Natsu, Gajeel, Elfman, Gray, Cana, Laxus, and the others took turns drinking against Jiang Bai without using magic to counteract the alcohol.
• Jiang Bai drank eight barrels, collapsed onto a sofa, and the guild celebrated its apparent victory.
• Jiang Bai stood up unsteadily and drunkenly promised to make everyone fly.

Jiang Bai’s drunken Psychokinesis flung Fairy Tail’s mages and furniture through the newly rebuilt guild hall, leaving the building riddled with holes. After the members returned, Mirajane helped Jiang Bai recover, and his family carried him home to sleep.

• Jiang Bai’s uncontrolled Psychokinesis lifted everyone and everything in the guild hall into the air, and he mistakenly launched the mages through the building.
• Jiang Bai’s protective instinct spared Erza and Mirajane, who landed safely as he fell asleep on the floor.
• Erza settled Jiang Bai into his recliner while Mirajane prepared hangover soup, and the battered mages returned to the guild hall.
• Makarov blamed Natsu, Gray, and the others for getting Jiang Bai drunk and lamented that he would need the three-hundred-million-J repair fund.
• Mirajane fed Jiang Bai hangover soup, then Elfman carried him home with Erza, Mirajane, and Lisanna.

After the guild was rebuilt from the damage Jiang Bai caused, Mavis met Zeref outside Magnolia and learned he had stopped searching for a way to die. Zeref declared that he would wage war on the world after Fairy Tail’s coming clash with Tartaros.

• Jiang Bai returned to the ruined guild and asked Mirajane for breakfast while Makarov reluctantly gave up on reprimanding him.
• The guild was repaired within three days, and Mavis left Magnolia to meet Zeref on a cliff outside town.
• Zeref told Mavis that Jiang Bai was the only person he believed could kill him, but that Jiang Bai had refused to do so because it was not yet time.
• Zeref said Fairy Tail would clash with Tartaros before he personally acted to cleanse the corrupted world.
• Zeref declared war on the world, leaving Mavis shaken by the looming final conflict.

Mavis confronted Zeref and realized that he was using the war to provoke Jiang Bai into killing him. Back at the Fairy Tail guild, Erza and Mirajane’s recent late nights with Jiang Bai became the subject of embarrassing speculation.

• Mavis told Zeref his plan would fail, and Zeref admitted that death had long been his greatest wish.
• Mavis saw that Zeref was wagering the continent’s fate to make Jiang Bai kill him, then returned to Magnolia as Zeref vanished into the woods.
• At the guild, Lucy and Levy praised Mirajane and Erza’s fresh appearance, while Gray wondered whether Jiang Bai was recovering from an injury.
• Natsu stormed in to challenge Jiang Bai, and Bisca teased Natsu and Gray for not understanding married life.
• Erza blamed Jiang Bai’s tiredness on his battle with the nine dragons, but Mirajane revealed that he had been staying up late with her and Erza, leaving Erza, Lucy, and Levy flustered.

Jiang Bai prepared a pool of dragon essence blood to temper the guild members’ bodies, despite their alarm at the dangerous treatment. Natsu volunteered first, but the blood’s energy caused him extreme pain, and Jiang Bai forced him to stay submerged as the others watched in fear.

• Jiang Bai brought out dragon essence blood refined from nine adult dragons and ordered the guild members to gather at the outdoor pool for physical tempering.
• Makarov secured the backyard while the guild members changed into swimsuits, and Gajeel joined after Jiang Bai warned that the blood could heal his old injuries.
• Jiang Bai poured one liter of essence blood into the pool, turning its water dark red and explaining that it would destroy damaged cells and stimulate stronger ones.
• Natsu jumped into the pool first and initially thought the water was harmless, but the dragon energy surged into his body and caused him excruciating pain.
• Natsu tried to climb out, but Jiang Bai used Psychokinesis to force him back beneath the surface while the other guild members watched in terror.

Jiang Bai put the Fairy Tail mages through a painful body-tempering soak in dragon blood, which rebuilt their cells and healed old injuries. After half an hour, the pool returned to normal and the exhausted guild members emerged physically far stronger.

• Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, Elfman, Cana, Erza, Mirajane, and the other young mages entered the dragon-blood pool and endured its painful effects rather than retreating.
• As the dragon blood destroyed old tissue and impurities, it healed injuries and strengthened the mages’ bones and muscles; Natsu and Gray challenged each other to keep enduring the pain.
• Jiang Bai persuaded Makarov that there was enough dragon blood for him, then lifted him into the pool with telekinetic power.
• Jiang Bai entered the pool and relaxed with iced orange juice while the dragon blood affected him only mildly, then ordered everyone else to focus on absorbing it.
• After half an hour, the dragon blood faded and the guild members climbed or sprawled out of the pool, exhausted but elated by their increased strength.
• Jiang Bai congratulated the Fairy Tail members on becoming tougher after their body tempering.