Chapter Summaries

Gray took responsibility for the defeated Lyon, while Jiang Bai revealed that Iced Shell had already killed Deliora over ten years. The Moon Drop ritual unexpectedly resumed, melting the ice as Lyon refused to accept Deliora's death and insisted on confronting it himself.

• Gray decided to take the unconscious Lyon with the group and keep him from causing further trouble.
• Jiang Bai threatened Sherry after she threatened his guildmates, then spared her, Yuka, and Toby with a warning.
• The group returned to the underground temple, where Ultear had disappeared, and Gray agreed to let Jiang Bai melt Deliora's ice.
• Jiang Bai explained that Iced Shell had eroded Deliora's life force over ten years and left only a dead shell.
• Lyon awakened and rejected Jiang Bai's explanation as the Moon Drop ritual unexpectedly resumed and began melting the ice.
• Lyon stopped Natsu from attacking the ritual participants and insisted on dealing with Deliora himself before accepting punishment.

Jiang Bai and the others watched Deliora die after Ur's ice melted, then destroyed the temple and left Galuna Island. Ultear observed the events from afar and grew more resentful of Ur for protecting Gray and Lyon while abandoning her.

• Deliora emerged from the melting ice but shattered into pieces after taking one step, while Gray and Lyon wept as their guilt and rivalry eased.
• Jiang Bai spared the ritualists, then destroyed the temple and the magic circle above the island with a Red spell.
• Gray urged Lyon to join a guild, and Lyon decided to go with Sherry and the others to Lamia Scale.
• Ultear watched the events through a magic crystal ball and grew jealous of Ur's care for Gray and Lyon.
• Ultear angrily accused Ur of protecting her disciples while abandoning her own daughter.

Jiang Bai removed the purple magical film over Demon Island, ending the villagers’ supposed Moon Curse and revealing they had always been demons. The villagers regained their memories, while Lucy reacted with fear to the truth.

• Jiang Bai and the others returned to find the villagers transformed into demons, and the village chief said the Moon Curse could only be lifted by destroying the moon.
• Jiang Bai raised his hand toward the purple moon and fired his Hollow Technique: Purple, shattering the magical film above the island and restoring the moon’s normal color.
• Jiang Bai explained that years of collecting Moon Drops had formed the film, which caused the curse, and that he had destroyed the temple to prevent the problem from happening again.
• When the villagers remained in demonic form, Jiang Bai revealed that they were demons by nature and had already returned to normal.
• Jiang Bai explained that Moon Drops had affected the demons’ memories, while their ability to transform into humans had made them mistake themselves for cursed humans.

Bobo returned alive, restoring the village demons’ memories and prompting a celebration before Jiang Bai’s group departed. The villagers offered Lucy the key to Sagittarius and a huge sack of gold, but Jiang Bai had already refused their monetary reward, so the group headed home with only the key.

• Bobo returned and explained that he had survived the village chief’s stabbing, while the chief apologized and reunited with his son.
• The villagers recovered their memories, revealed their demon forms, and celebrated with Natsu and Happy at a feast.
• Jiang Bai refused the mission’s monetary reward, but accepted the key to Sagittarius after Lucy recognized it.
• A villager brought a sack of gold coins worth far more than seven million J, leaving Jiang Bai regretting his refusal as the group departed with only the key.
• On the journey home, Jiang Bai blamed Natsu for secretly taking the S-Class Mission, knocked him on the head, and offered Happy grilled fish.

Jiang Bai, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy returned to Magnolia and found the Fairy Tail guild in ruins after Phantom Lord attacked it. Jiang Bai nearly unleashed enough magic to destroy the town, but Mirajane calmed him, and the guild gathered to discuss what had happened.

• Jiang Bai and the others returned to Magnolia, where townspeople urged them to hurry to the guild.
• The group found the Fairy Tail guild wrecked by huge iron pillars, and Jiang Bai's rage unleashed terrifying magic across Magnolia.
• Mirajane embraced Jiang Bai and told him everyone was safe, then led the group to the guild's basement gathering place.
• Mirajane explained that Phantom Lord had destroyed the guild after closing, when no one was inside.
• Makarov reprimanded Natsu, Happy, and Lucy for taking an S-Class Mission without permission, while Natsu demanded revenge on Phantom Lord.
• Jiang Bai calmly told everyone to rest before leaving, and Mirajane said that he and Makarov were angrier than Natsu realized.

Jiang Bai went to Phantom Lord to punish its members for destroying Fairy Tail’s guildhall and confronted Gajeel, the chief culprit. After defeating Gajeel and warning Jose, Jiang Bai left Phantom Lord’s guildhall reduced to dust.

• Jiang Bai warped from the ruins of Fairy Tail’s guildhall to Phantom Lord’s hall in Oak Town.
• Jiang Bai destroyed Phantom Lord’s iron doors and broke the limbs of the members who attacked him with Telekinesis.
• Jiang Bai confronted Gajeel, who claimed he was defending Phantom Lord and challenged Jiang Bai to a fight.
• Jiang Bai stopped Gajeel’s Iron Dragon’s Club with Infinity, broke it with Telekinesis, and pinned Gajeel to the ground.
• Jiang Bai used Unlimited Void to knock Gajeel unconscious and warned him to tell Jose that another attack would mean Phantom Lord’s end.
• Jiang Bai left as Phantom Lord’s guild building was reduced to dust.

After Jiang Bai destroyed Phantom Lord's Oak Town branch and defeated Gajeel, Jose ordered an all-out assault on Fairy Tail. At Fairy Tail's damaged guild hall, the members learned from a newspaper that Jiang Bai had already destroyed the branch, while Jose's attack was being prepared.

• Phantom Lord survivors carried unconscious Gajeel to headquarters and told Jose that Jiang Bai had destroyed their Oak Town branch and overwhelmed them.
• Jose dismissed Mirajane as a threat, ordered Element 4 summoned, and prepared Phantom Lord to attack Fairy Tail.
• Jose ordered Gajeel healed and sent to fight Fairy Tail's fire Dragon Slayer if he recovered.
• Natsu demanded that Makarov let him fight Phantom Lord, while Gray urged him to trust the master and Lucy wondered where Jiang Bai was.
• A Fairy Tail member brought news that the Oak Town branch had been destroyed, and the guild members recognized Jiang Bai in the newspaper photograph.

Fairy Tail celebrated Jiang Bai’s destruction of a Phantom Lord branch, while Natsu regretted missing the fight after misunderstanding Jiang Bai’s signal. Jiang Bai returned safely and told Natsu that Phantom Lord’s Gajeel was about as strong as he was, leaving Natsu eager to fight the Iron Dragon Slayer.

• The guild learned from a newspaper that Jiang Bai had destroyed a Phantom Lord branch and beaten its members, prompting everyone to celebrate.
• Mirajane explained that Jiang Bai had tapped Natsu’s head as a signal to join him, and Natsu regretted failing to understand it.
• Makarov admitted he had expected Jiang Bai to attack Phantom Lord and urged the guild to hit back if its members caused trouble again.
• Jiang Bai returned to the guild unharmed, and Makarov welcomed him with relief and praise.
• Jiang Bai said Gajeel was about as strong as Natsu but could take more punishment, and Happy revealed that Gajeel was Phantom Lord’s Iron Dragon Slayer ace.
• Natsu insisted that he wanted to fight Gajeel despite having no idea why.

Jiang Bai realized Levy and her teammates were in danger just as Jose threatened Fairy Tail with their lives and challenged Makarov to come alone. Makarov headed toward Phantom Lord’s fortress, which had arrived near Magnolia, while leaving the guild in Jiang Bai’s care.

• Jiang Bai learned Levy, Sarukusuke, and Droy were away on a job and feared Phantom Lord might target them.
• Jose sent a magical projection showing the three Fairy Tail members gravely injured and nailed to a wall, then demanded Makarov come alone.
• Makarov declared that Fairy Tail would go to war with Phantom Lord after he rescued Levy and the others, and entrusted the guild to Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai warned that Jose and Phantom Lord had already arrived, and their mobile fortress stopped in a lake near Fairy Tail.
• Makarov left alone for the fortress after telling the guild members to stay safe.

Makarov entered Phantom Lord’s fortress to rescue his guild members, but Jose used Levy as a hostage to force him to kneel. Jiang Bai appeared in time to rescue Levy and knock Jose away, leaving Makarov relieved.

• Jiang Bai warned Makarov that Aria could drain magic with wind attacks and promised to intervene if needed.
• Aria ambushed Makarov with Airspace: Extinction, but Makarov dodged and knocked him out with Giant Magic.
• Jose confronted Makarov, revealed that he had released two captives but kept Levy, and demanded that Makarov kneel.
• Jiang Bai used Space Transfer to snatch Levy from Jose and kicked him away.
• Makarov relaxed when Jiang Bai arrived and praised him for the rescue.

Jiang Bai rescued Levy and returned to Fairy Tail as Makarov fought Jose, while Phantom Lord launched an attack on the guild. Jiang Bai swallowed Phantom Lord’s Jupiter blast with a new Space Magic move, and the two guilds began an all-out battle.

• Jiang Bai carried the gravely injured Levy back to Fairy Tail, where Porlyusica began treating her, while Makarov battled Jose.
• Jiang Bai rallied Fairy Tail as Phantom Lord’s members attacked, and Jose ordered Aria to fire Jupiter despite the danger to his own guild members.
• Jupiter fired at Fairy Tail, but Jiang Bai used Space: Devour to make the blast disappear into a black void.
• Phantom Lord’s mages poured out of the fortress, and Gray, Elfman, and Natsu faced Juvia, Sol, and Gajeel as the battle spread.
• Cana, Macao, and Wakaba struggled to hold back Totomaru while Aria recovered inside the guild.

Natsu defeated the injured Gajeel and took over Cana, Macao, and Wakaba’s fight against Totomaru. Elfman confronted Sol’s taunts about Lisanna and unleashed a controlled Full-Body Take Over: Beast King's Soul, defeating him and revealing that Jiang Bai’s brutal training had taught him to master the form.

• Natsu overwhelmed Gajeel’s Iron Dragon’s Roar with his Fire Dragon’s Roar, leaving the injured Gajeel unconscious.
• Natsu joined Cana, Macao, and Wakaba against Totomaru, whose magic redirected Natsu’s flames, and fought him to a stalemate.
• Sol taunted Elfman about Lisanna’s death and attacked him with sand and rocks, then restrained him and struck him repeatedly.
• Elfman admitted he had been too weak to protect Lisanna and resolved to protect his guildmates, recalling how Jiang Bai trained him to control the Beast King’s power.
• Elfman transformed into the Beast King with his mind clear, broke free of Sol, and knocked him unconscious with one punch.

Natsu defeated Totomaru in close combat, while Gray overcame Juvia after her anger made her unleash stronger water magic. Aria tried to ambush Jiang Bai, but his immense magic power rendered the attack ineffective, and Jiang Bai destroyed him.

• Totomaru redirected Natsu's Fire Dragon's Roar and made him retch with a foul-smelling flame, but Natsu charged in and defeated him with his superior physical strength.
• Juvia became enraged when Gray called her rain annoying and attacked him with powerful water magic.
• Gray froze the water and ground around Juvia with Ice-Make: Ice Age, defeating her as the rain stopped and the sky cleared.
• Aria ambushed Jiang Bai with Airspace: Extinction, but the spell erased only a small portion of Jiang Bai's magic power.
• Jiang Bai used Cursed Technique Reversal: Red to destroy Aria, leaving no trace of him.

Jiang Bai easily overwhelmed Jose after Makarov finished beating him, leaving the Phantom Lord master buried in the fortress rubble. Below, Natsu joked that Makarov would fare just as badly against Jiang Bai, and Makarov punished him by punching him into the ground.

• Makarov battered Jose with Giant Magic, then handed him over to Jiang Bai while pretending to leave the glory to the younger generation.
• Jose attacked Jiang Bai with Darkness Invasion, but Jiang Bai absorbed the beams with Blue and countered with Red, which Jose dodged using teleportation magic.
• Jiang Bai stopped Jose's Wraith Wave with Infinity, erased his Shadow Soldiers with Telekinesis, and punched him through the fortress walls.
• Lucy and the guild members watched Jiang Bai's effortless victory, while Mirajane confirmed that he was merely playing with Jose.
• Natsu asked whether Makarov would also be toyed with by Jiang Bai, and Makarov responded by punching Natsu into the ground.

Jiang Bai defeated Jose’s undead army with his newly developed Sea of Mystic Weapons and pinned Jose down, while Makarov stopped him from killing the defeated guild master. Jose then taunted Makarov about Fairy Tail’s strengths, including Lucy’s wealthy family.

• Jose sacrificed much of his life force to summon an undead army and sent it after Jiang Bai and the Fairy Tail members.
• Jiang Bai used Divine Control: Sea of Mystic Weapons to annihilate the undead army and pinned Jose to the ground with four psychic longswords.
• Makarov stopped Jiang Bai from finishing Jose, intending to leave the defeated master to the Magic Council and bear any blame himself.
• Jose mocked Makarov by listing Fairy Tail’s powerful members and revealing that Lucy was heir to a wealthy family, shocking Natsu and Happy.
• Makarov said he regarded every guild member as his child and the guild as their home, while Jose dismissed his words with a sneer.

Jose launched a final attack on Makarov, who defeated him with Fairy Law. The Magic Council investigated the guild war, confirmed Phantom Lord had started it, and released Fairy Tail without charge.

• Jose secretly gathered his remaining magic power to launch one last attack, and Makarov told Jiang Bai to leave the fight to him.
• Makarov cast Fairy Law after giving Jose three seconds to admit his wrongdoing, and the spell erased Jose and his dark magic.
• Jiang Bai shielded Mirajane from the spell’s light while Natsu, Lucy, and Happy complained that it had blinded them.
• With Jose dead, Phantom Lord’s members lost their will to fight, and the Magic Council’s troops arrived to arrest them and take Fairy Tail members in for questioning.
• Phantom Lord’s captured members confessed to starting the war, and the Council released Fairy Tail without charge.

The Magic Council voted to strip the late Jose Porla of his Ten Wizard Saints title and grant it to Jiang Bai. When Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia, its battered guild building collapsed, and Jiang Bai tried to console the sobbing Makarov by suggesting they build a larger guild hall.

• The Magic Council debated how to respond after Jiang Bai defeated Jose Porla, and Siegrain argued that the council should correct its ranking rather than hide the truth.
• The council unanimously removed Jose Porla's Ten Wizard Saints title and awarded it to Jiang Bai.
• Makarov and the Fairy Tail members returned to Magnolia at dawn and watched their damaged guild building collapse.
• Makarov sat in the rubble and wept, while the guild members gathered around to comfort him.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov that they could use the collapse as a chance to build a bigger guild hall.

Lucy apologized for Phantom Lord’s attack, but Natsu reassured her that Fairy Tail considered her one of their own. After Lucy explained why she had left home, Erza returned and revealed that she and Mystogan had destroyed Phantom Lord’s branch guilds.

• Mirajane noticed Lucy’s guilt and asked everyone to hear what she wanted to say.
• Lucy blamed herself for the guild’s ruin, but Natsu told her Fairy Tail knew her only as Lucy, a member of the guild.
• Lucy explained that she had run away from her father’s plans to use her in a marriage alliance and had found a real home in Fairy Tail.
• Cana offered to have Gildarts scare Lucy’s father, and Lucy agreed after learning he might only demolish an unused villa.
• Jiang Bai corrected Happy’s claim that he was the guild’s strongest, took one of Happy’s dried fish, then returned it after teasing him.
• Erza came back, blamed herself for being away, and revealed that she and Mystogan had destroyed Phantom Lord’s branch guilds; Mirajane welcomed her home.

The Magic Council awarded Jiang Bai the seventh-place Ten Wizard Saints title, delighting Fairy Tail and especially Makarov. As the guild continued rebuilding, Natsu challenged Jiang Bai, but Erza knocked him down and sent him and Gray back to work.

• Fairy Tail members rebuilt their guild when Magic Council envoys arrived with a medal and certificate naming Jiang Bai a Ten Wizard Saints mage.
• The guild cheered at the news, and Makarov cried with joy before explaining that Jiang Bai's title would bring Fairy Tail more jobs and money.
• Jiang Bai complained that he had been ranked seventh and considered challenging the first-ranked mage, but decided to stay and help finish the guild.
• Makarov took Jiang Bai's medal and certificate, eager to display them beside his own badge, while Mirajane and Erza expressed their pride in Jiang Bai.
• Natsu charged at Jiang Bai to challenge him, but Erza knocked him out and ordered him and Gray to return to rebuilding the guild.

Laxus returned to Fairy Tail’s construction site and insulted its weaker members, provoking Jiang Bai and the others. After Laxus left, Mirajane explained that he was the guild master’s grandson and that Jiang Bai was the likelier successor, though he had no interest in leading.

• Laxus mocked Jiang Bai for failing to protect Fairy Tail and called Levy, Sarukusuke, and Droy weak burdens.
• Mirajane and Erza confronted Laxus, and Jiang Bai demanded that he apologize to Mirajane, Levy, and the others.
• Laxus challenged Jiang Bai’s authority, but backed down when Jiang Bai reminded him of their past fights; Laxus vowed to expel weak members and make Fairy Tail the strongest guild before flying away.
• Jiang Bai comforted Levy and the others, saying Phantom Lord would have started a war regardless and promising to beat Laxus again if he caused trouble.
• Mirajane told Lucy that Laxus was the master’s grandson and could inherit the guild, but Jiang Bai was the likelier successor because Laxus wanted the position and Jiang Bai did not.