Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Bai was taken to the Magic Council, Lucy learned that he had once defeated the council and torn apart its headquarters. At the tribunal, Jiang Bai greeted the councilors with open disrespect, and Councilor Ogre demanded that he show some seriousness.

• Lucy asked Mira why the guild was unconcerned after Jiang Bai was arrested, and Mira and Happy explained that he had been taken to the Magic Council before.
• Happy told Lucy that Jiang Bai had once caused a huge ruckus at the Magic Council, and Mira said he had torn it apart after refusing to serve as the council’s unpaid hired muscle.
• Mira explained that the master stopped Jiang Bai from continuing his attack, while the Magic Council repaired the damage and sealed away the incident.
• Jiang Bai arrived at the Magic Council headquarters and strode into the tribunal as employees who recognized him shrank away in fear.
• Jiang Bai conjured a chair with Telekinesis, sat before the councilors, and mocked them for growing old while holding their positions.
• Councilor Ogre slammed the table and ordered Jiang Bai to show respect for the tribunal.

Jiang Bai ignored the Magic Council’s charges and returned to Fairy Tail after the hearing, while Siegrain and Ultear discussed whether he could be defeated. Back at the guild, Jiang Bai said he had to prepare for a date with Erza, leaving the others stunned and curious.

• Crawford read Jiang Bai’s charges, but Jiang Bai fell asleep and left as soon as the hearing ended.
• Ogre protested Jiang Bai’s disrespect, while Berno, Yajima, and Crawford agreed to end the matter and publish the verdict.
• After most council members vanished as Thought Projections, Ultear asked Siegrain whether he could defeat Jiang Bai, and Siegrain confidently claimed he could break Infinity.
• Jiang Bai returned to the guild using Space Transfer, surprising Lucy after his brief trip to the Magic Council.
• When Natsu complained that Jiang Bai had used a different excuse to avoid traveling with him, Jiang Bai said he had to prepare for a date with Erza.

Erza prepared for her date with Jiang Bai in a sky-blue dress, encouraged by Mirajane, who warned that she might make the first move with him. Erza resolved not to hold back her feelings, and Jiang Bai arrived to take her out.

• Fairy Tail's guild members joked and placed bets about what Erza would wear on her date with Jiang Bai.
• Erza struggled to choose an outfit until Mirajane brought her strawberry cake and urged her to wear a sky-blue dress.
• Mirajane reassured Erza that she was not upset, then warned that she might pursue Jiang Bai herself if Erza kept hesitating.
• Erza put on the dress and resolved to stop holding back her feelings for Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai arrived at Erza's door, admired how different she looked, and held out his hand.

Jiang Bai and Erza spent a romantic day together in Magnolia, where Erza finally acted on her feelings and they became lovers. The next morning, they woke together, understanding that their relationship had entered a new stage.

• Jiang Bai took Erza around Magnolia, gave her a blue-crystal hairpin, and shared strawberry cake with her.
• Jiang Bai led Erza to a hill overlooking Magnolia, where they shared memories and talked about their hopes.
• Erza turned back at their home, kissed Jiang Bai, and asked him not to leave her alone that night.
• Jiang Bai comforted Erza, and they spent the night together.
• Erza and Jiang Bai woke beside each other the next morning, smiling as they recognized their newly deepened bond.

Jiang Bai returned to the guild after spending several days with Erza, then argued with Makarov over the destruction he had caused on past jobs. His boast that Blue Pegasus had offered him a pretty young woman drew Mirajane’s dangerous attention.

• Jiang Bai and Erza arrived at the guild together, and Mirajane congratulated Erza before leaning against Jiang Bai as well.
• After two days together, Erza left alone on a job, and Jiang Bai went to the guild’s second floor to choose a request.
• Makarov rejected Jiang Bai’s volcano job, reminding him that his past assignments had flattened a volcano, collapsed a mountain, and sunk much of an island.
• Jiang Bai claimed he had caused the damage for the guild’s sake and threatened to join Blue Pegasus, saying its guild master had offered generous terms and an introduction to a pretty young woman.
• Mirajane smiled at Jiang Bai as cracks appeared across the glass she had just polished.

Jiang Bai and Makarov argued over a volcano subjugation job before Mystogan arrived and put the guild to sleep with powerful magic. Mystogan took the job and left, while Jiang Bai remained awake and the guild members woke with no memory of what had happened.

• Jiang Bai placated a jealous Mirajane after praising a girl from Blue Pegasus, then told Makarov he would find another job if he could not take the volcano request.
• Mystogan's sleep magic swept through the guild, knocking out its members, while Jiang Bai stayed awake and caught Mirajane as she fell.
• Jiang Bai greeted Mystogan and reminded him to warn him when the Anima system began absorbing this world's magic again.
• Mystogan took the volcano subjugation request and left after counting down, ending his sleep magic.
• The guild members woke confused, and Makarov sighed as he watched the doorway and Jiang Bai.

After Mystogan knocked out the guild with Sleep Magic, Laxus appeared and provoked Natsu into challenging him. Makarov stopped Natsu and warned Laxus to behave, but Laxus showed no respect for his grandfather.

• Natsu, Gray, and the others woke after Mystogan used Sleep Magic to visit the guild unseen.
• Lucy learned that Mystogan was an S-Class Mage who hid his face from everyone except Jiang Bai and Makarov.
• Laxus appeared on the guild's second floor and claimed he had also seen Mystogan's face.
• Natsu challenged Laxus, who taunted him to come upstairs.
• Makarov used Giant Magic to slam Natsu into the floor and told him he could not go up yet.
• Makarov warned Laxus to settle down, but Laxus dismissed the warning and mocked the guild members.

Laxus insulted Fairy Tail and accused Jiang Bai of abandoning their shared dream of becoming the strongest, while Jiang Bai challenged his belief that power alone defined strength. Laxus left vowing to take Jiang Bai’s title, and Jiang Bai reassured Lucy that Laxus was simply troubled.

• Laxus called Jiang Bai lazy and the other guild members weak, insisting they did not deserve to belong to Fairy Tail.
• Natsu tried to attack Laxus, but Gray restrained him as Jiang Bai remained calm.
• Laxus revealed that he and Jiang Bai had once been friends who shared a desire for absolute power, then condemned Jiang Bai for staying with the guild.
• Jiang Bai told Laxus that relying on power and belittling others showed weakness, provoking Laxus to unleash his magic.
• Makarov shielded the guild members and ordered Laxus to apologize, but Laxus ignored him, challenged Jiang Bai, and left in a bolt of lightning.
• Jiang Bai dismissed Laxus as a troubled teenager and reassured Lucy, easing her fear.

Lucy learned that Fairy Tail had six S-Class Mages, including Mirajane, whose painful past had led her to retire from missions. After spending the afternoon with her, Jiang Bai was surprised when Mirajane invited him to meet her the next morning, which he took as a date.

• Jiang Bai explained that only S-Class Mages could accept the dangerous missions on the guild’s second floor, and named himself, Erza, Laxus, Mystogan, Gildarts, and Mirajane as the six eligible members.
• Lucy was shocked to learn Mirajane was an S-Class Mage and asked why she had retired; Mirajane said she was happy serving the guild, while Jiang Bai recalled that she had stepped back after believing Lisanna had died.
• Jiang Bai stayed at the guild through the afternoon, chatting with Mirajane and cheering her up.
• As Jiang Bai left for home, Mirajane caught up with him and asked him to meet her at eight the next morning under the big tree by the park entrance.
• Jiang Bai excitedly decided Mirajane had invited him on a date and hurried home to prepare.

Jiang Bai’s date with Mira was interrupted when Sarukusuke summoned him back to the guild over a stolen S-Class mission sheet. Makarov sent Jiang Bai and Gray to retrieve Natsu, Lucy, and Happy from Galuna Island, while Mira gave Jiang Bai a handmade protective charm before he left.

• Jiang Bai arrived early to meet Mira for their date, but Sarukusuke interrupted them and said Makarov urgently needed him.
• Mira persuaded Jiang Bai to return to the guild, where Makarov explained that Happy had taken an S-Class mission sheet and Natsu and Lucy had likely gone with him.
• Makarov ordered Jiang Bai and Gray to bring them back from Galuna Island and investigate the island’s residents, who reportedly turned into demons at night.
• Mira gave Jiang Bai a handmade protective charm, prompting the guild members to tease them and Elfman to complain that he had not received one.

Jiang Bai and Gray reached Galuna Island to retrieve Natsu, Lucy, and Happy while taking on the island’s curse mission. They found the trio hiding behind the village wall, and Jiang Bai began counting down before going in after Natsu.

• Jiang Bai took Gray from the guild and headed for Hargeon Port, planning to teach Natsu a lesson for taking the S-Class mission.
• At the port, Jiang Bai and Gray learned from a boatman that Natsu, Lucy, and Happy had sailed to Galuna Island, then used Space Magic to reach the shore.
• Jiang Bai and Gray found a walled village and asked its wary villagers whether their guildmates had arrived.
• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy hid behind a crate, and Natsu persuaded a villager to deny that anyone had come to the village.
• Jiang Bai recognized Natsu’s Fire Dragon magic behind the wall and threatened to beat him a hundred times if he did not come out before the countdown ended.

Jiang Bai caught Natsu trying to escape and beat him for taking a job request without permission. After Happy blamed Natsu and Lucy for threatening him with his fish, Jiang Bai agreed to handle the job and asked the village chief to explain Demon Island.

• Natsu tried to escape over the village wall, but Jiang Bai used a spatial passage to catch him by his scarf.
• Jiang Bai dragged Natsu down and kicked him until Gray intervened and persuaded him to stop.
• Lucy, Happy, and the village chief came out, and Happy told Jiang Bai that Natsu and Lucy had threatened him with his fish.
• Jiang Bai said they would take care of the job and asked the village chief to explain Demon Island.

Jiang Bai took over the mission on Galuna Island and learned that its villagers transformed into demons beneath the moon. Knowing the supposed curse was tied to Lyon’s Moon Drop ritual and Gray’s past, he decided to let Gray confront it while keeping the others safe.

• Jiang Bai intimidated the village chief, claimed the mission, and spun Natsu unconscious when he protested.
• The chief explained that the islanders transformed into demons whenever the moon rose, and he and several villagers demonstrated the change.
• Natsu recovered, excitedly admired the demon villagers, and the chief invited the guild members to rooms for the night.
• Jiang Bai told the group to rest before investigating the curse, while Lucy remained wary of him.
• Jiang Bai recognized the transformation as a misunderstanding caused by Lyon’s Moon Drop ritual and saw Gray staring at the purple moon.

Jiang Bai, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy traveled into the forest on their S-Class mission, where Jiang Bai drove off a giant rat with his Spiritual Pressure. They discovered an ancient temple built into the mountainside and entered it.

• The villagers respectfully saw the group off after serving them breakfast.
• Natsu remembered an unpleasant childhood S-Class mission with Jiang Bai and insisted he wanted to fight this time.
• Jiang Bai explained that Natsu’s emotional flames could give him S-Class strength, prompting Natsu and Gray to argue about becoming S-Class Mages.
• A giant rat charged the group, but Jiang Bai stopped it with one word and sent it fleeing in terror.
• Lucy spotted an ancient structure in the forest, and the group entered the vast temple built into the mountainside.

Jiang Bai and the others discovered Deliora sealed beneath the ruined hall on Demon Island, while Gray recognized the demon and was shaken by memories of his past. They overheard Yuka, Toby, and Sherry discussing intruders and their plan to hand them to Zero Emperor, then prepared to confront the outsiders.

• Natsu stomped on the ruined floor, causing it to collapse and sending Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Jiang Bai, and Happy into an underground chamber.
• Jiang Bai used telekinesis to slow his fall, and Happy flew while Lucy, Natsu, and Gray crashed onto the rocky ground.
• Natsu spotted Deliora sealed in a massive block of ice, and Gray identified the demon with shock and fear.
• Jiang Bai told the group to hide as Yuka and Toby arrived and confirmed that the magic circle collecting the Moon Drop remained intact.
• Sherry joined Yuka and Toby, and Yuka recognized that intruders had entered and said they should be handed to Zero Emperor.
• After the three outsiders left, Natsu suspected they were behind the village's curse, while Jiang Bai decided to leave them for Natsu and the others to fight and reserve Zero Emperor for Gray.

Gray stopped Jiang Bai from destroying Deliora so he could confront the person trying to undo Ur’s seal, while Jiang Bai explained that the full-moon Moon Drop ritual could dispel Iced Shell. When the ritual began, Gray recognized Zero Emperor as his senior disciple Lyon and attacked him.

• Gray told Natsu and Lucy that Ur had sacrificed her life to seal Deliora with Iced Shell, then asked to face Zero Emperor himself.
• Jiang Bai agreed to let Gray handle Zero Emperor and explained that Moon Drop could dispel magic, including Iced Shell, during a full moon.
• At night, Yuka returned with the masked Zero Emperor and reported that Deliora could be unsealed that evening.
• Zero Emperor ordered Yuka to warn the island’s villagers, and Gray burst from hiding to confront him.
• Gray attacked Zero Emperor with Ice Blades, but he blocked them with an ice shield and revealed himself as Lyon, Gray’s senior disciple.

Natsu, Lucy, and Gray fought Lyon’s group while Jiang Bai effortlessly incapacitated the masked followers and let Gray face his former senior. Ultear revealed her time magic and dragged Jiang Bai into a void, while Lucy escaped Sherry with Happy.

• Natsu diverted Yuka and Toby into another passage, while Angelica fled after recognizing Jiang Bai and Lucy faced Sherry.
• Jiang Bai knocked Lyon’s masked followers unconscious with his Spiritual Pressure and told Gray to fight Lyon.
• Gray trapped Lyon’s Ice Tiger and battled him through the temple dome as Ultear restored the damage with her time magic.
• Jiang Bai invited Ultear to join Fairy Tail so she could repair the guild, provoking her to open a void and pull him inside.
• Sherry confronted Lucy, but Happy flew Lucy through the hole as she taunted Sherry and escaped.

Jiang Bai exposed Ultear’s disguise and disabled her magic after her Arc of Time attacks failed to penetrate his Infinity. On another battlefield, Natsu overcame Yuka’s Wave Magic with Fire Dragon’s Roar, defeating Yuka and Toby.

• Ultear used Arc of Time to attack Jiang Bai, but her crystal balls shattered against his Infinity barrier.
• Jiang Bai appeared before Ultear, dispelled her disguise, and disrupted her magic with a punch.
• Ultear claimed she had gone undercover to stop Deliora’s unsealing, and Jiang Bai dismissed her warning about Zeref’s demons.
• Yuka used Wave Magic to disrupt Natsu’s movements and magic, then sent him crashing into a rock wall.
• Natsu focused on his flames and hit Yuka and Toby with Fire Dragon’s Roar, leaving them unable to fight.

Jiang Bai spared Ultear after exposing her identity as a leader of Grimoire Heart and urged her to reconsider her path. Back with the others, he watched Gray confront Lyon, whose accusations about Ur’s death reopened Gray’s guilt as their battle intensified.

• Jiang Bai revealed that Ultear was the leader of the Seven Kin of Purgatory in Grimoire Heart, then let her go and urged her to turn from evil.
• Jiang Bai returned to find Natsu and Lucy’s battles over and Gray still fighting Lyon with Ice-Make Magic.
• Lyon blamed Gray for Ur’s death and said he would avenge her by dealing with Deliora.
• Gray reflected on his guilt over Ur’s death and asked Lyon why he was breaking Deliora’s seal.
• Lyon attacked Gray with ice eagles, then ice wolves, and Gray countered with Ice Shield and Ice Lance Rain.

Gray fought Lyon over Lyon’s plan to unseal Deliora and prove he had surpassed Ur, defeating him with his Ice Make magic. With Lyon unconscious, Gray’s battle ended while Natsu and the others watched.

• Lyon explained that he planned to unseal Deliora so he could destroy it and prove he had surpassed Ur.
• Jiang Bai told Lucy he had dealt with the short masked man, and Lucy accepted his explanation because she trusted Mira and Erza’s judgment.
• Gray and Lyon exchanged attacks, and Gray trapped Lyon’s White Tiger in an Ice Cage.
• Lyon’s anger sent his magic out of control, and he summoned an ice dragon that Gray restrained and destroyed.
• Gray cut his arm and used his blood to form a red ice spike, then defeated Lyon with Ice Geyser, leaving him unconscious.