Recaps

Romeo reunited with Macao and thanked Natsu, Lucy, Cana, and Zorn for bringing his father home. Days later, the guild members discussed jobs, guild affairs, and Erza’s return while Zorn drove the master to a guild masters’ meeting and worried about what might happen next.

• Romeo ran to Macao, apologized, and told his father he still believed he was a great wizard; Macao comforted him and promised he could boast about defeating monsters.
• Natsu, Happy, and Lucy realized they were short on money after their last job, and Cana offered to answer their questions while the master and Zorn attended a guild masters’ meeting.
• Cana explained the Magic Council’s relationship with guilds and warned Lucy that dark guilds still operated, while Natsu and Gray resumed their usual quarrel.
• Loke rushed into the guild hall to announce Erza’s return, prompting the other guild members to panic and leaving Lucy curious about Erza.
• Zorn drove the master to the meeting, flicked him on the forehead with a fist of light, and accelerated after worrying about future events, spilling the master’s beer.

Erza returned to Fairy Tail, disciplined the guild members, and recruited Natsu and Gray to help stop the Dark Guild Eisenwald from using Lullaby. The next day, Erza, Lucy, Gray, and Happy arrived in Onibus, but Natsu was left on the departing train because Erza forgot how much he feared transportation.

• Erza returned to the guild with a giant Magic Beast horn and scolded its members for their unruly behavior.
• Erza asked Natsu and Gray to help her find Eisenwald and stop them from using Lullaby, then arranged to leave the next day.
• Zorn drove Makarov to a transit town, carried the sleeping guild master into an inn with Magic, and stayed there overnight.
• Erza led Lucy, Gray, and Happy off the train at Onibus while Natsu remained asleep in his seat.
• Erza noticed Natsu was missing only after the train departed and blamed herself for forgetting his fear of transportation.

Zorn accompanied Makarov to the guild alliance meeting, where a warning about threats to Fairy Tail was interrupted by news that Erza, Natsu, and Gray had gone on a job. After Cana also reported that Mirajane, Laxus, and others were returning, Zorn teleported to check on the situation and confronted Jellal, who had been watching Erza.

• Zorn rushed Makarov to the regular guild alliance meeting in Crobu City, where the other guild masters eagerly greeted him as the youngest Ten Wizard Saints.
• Goldmine warned Makarov that members of the Magic Council were wary of Fairy Tail and advised him to be careful.
• Cana sent a message reporting that Erza had joined Natsu and Gray on an important job, then added that Mirajane, Laxus, and others were returning with something to discuss.
• Makarov sent Zorn ahead, and Zorn sensed Erza and her companions chasing a train in a magic-powered car.
• Zorn found Jellal watching Erza and warned him not to pursue anyone with ulterior motives.
• Zorn pierced Jellal with a laser, revealing that he was a thought form, and Jellal disappeared after hinting that they would meet again.

Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy confronted Erigor at Oshibana Station after learning he planned to use Lullaby’s death magic. Erigor trapped them inside a pair of wind barriers and revealed his Guild Masters’ Meeting target, but Zorn appeared and struck him through several buildings.

• Erza and the others reached Oshibana Station, fought their way through Eisenwald, and confronted Erigor, who planned to broadcast Lullaby’s deadly melody across the city.
• Erigor left his guild members to fight the Fairy Tail team and flew above the station to prepare his plan.
• Erza drove civilians away from the station, but Erigor trapped her inside a Demon Wind Wall as Natsu and Gray revealed that Eisenwald had targeted the Guild Masters’ Meeting.
• Erigor raised a Double Demon Wind Wall around the station, while Erza realized she lacked enough Magic Power to escape.
• Zorn appeared behind Erigor and kicked him through several buildings, then greeted Erza in the air.

Zorn defeated Erigor and took the Cursed Flute while Erza and the others remained trapped inside the Demon Wind Wall. Lucy summoned Virgo to dig them out, and the group reunited with Zorn, who proposed taking the flute to the Guild Master.

• Lucy reached the top floor and learned that Zorn had caught up with Erigor and protected the group from the Demon Wind Wall.
• Erigor attacked Zorn with Storm Break, but Zorn's Holy Shield held; Zorn then appeared behind Erigor, knocked him unconscious, and bound him with chains.
• Inside the Demon Wind Wall, Natsu failed to break through, and Lucy stopped him from trying again.
• Happy gave Lucy Virgo's key, explaining that Virgo's previous contract had ended and she had told him to bring the key to Lucy.
• Lucy summoned Virgo, who dug a hole beneath the Demon Wind Wall and led the group out.
• Zorn showed the group the Cursed Flute and said they should take it to the Guild Master.

Zorn brought Erza, Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and Kageyama to the Guild Masters' Meeting after breaking through the Demon Wind Wall, and Erza explained that the enemy had targeted the masters. The Cursed Flute transformed into a demon from the Books of Zeref, and as Zorn shielded the kingdom's soldiers, Erza, Natsu, and Gray charged to fight it.

• Zorn used a giant magic sword to cut through the Demon Wind Wall, then teleported the group to the Guild Masters' Meeting.
• Erza told Makarov and the other masters that the enemy had targeted them, and Zorn handed Makarov the Cursed Flute.
• The Cursed Flute transformed into a giant demon, which Goldmine identified as living magic from the Books of Zeref.
• The demon fired a blast at the kingdom's soldiers, and Zorn protected them with Holy Shield.
• Makarov sent Erza, Natsu, and Gray to fight the demon, and the three charged toward it.

Erza, Natsu, and Gray defeated Lullaby after its attacks damaged the demon’s ability to play its deadly melody. The guild masters praised Fairy Tail’s strength, while Zorn considered what to do with the unconscious Erigor and the Magic Council afterward.

• Erza, Natsu, and Gray attacked Lullaby together, and the damage to its body made its deathly melody sound like farting.
• Lullaby absorbed life from the surrounding plants and breathed fire at the guild masters, but Gray blocked the attack with an ice shield.
• Natsu ate the demon’s flames and regained his strength, while Erza and Gray severed Lullaby’s arms and cut its body in half.
• Natsu destroyed Lullaby with Fire Dragon’s Brilliant Flame, and Gray protected the others with an enormous ice flower.
• The guild masters acknowledged Fairy Tail’s strength, then realized the battle had destroyed the meeting site, hills, and forest.
• Zorn watched Fairy Tail’s members celebrate and wondered how to deal with the unconscious Erigor and the Magic Council.

The Magic Council discussed Eisenwald’s attack and Fairy Tail’s role in stopping it, while Ultear and Jellal assessed Zorn’s strength. As Natsu and Erza began their duel, Zorn left to confront the Magic Council after learning they planned to arrest Erza.

• The Magic Council debated the rise of Dark Guilds, its own responsibility for Zeref’s Magic, and Fairy Tail’s actions in stopping Eisenwald.
• Ultear asked Jellal how strong Zorn was, and Jellal said Zorn had enormous Magic Power.
• News spread that Eisenwald’s members had been imprisoned and Erigor would face severe punishment, while Lucy wrote to her mother about life in Fairy Tail.
• Cana and Zorn brought Lucy to watch Natsu and Erza’s duel, where Erza donned Flame Emperor’s Armor and the two began fighting as Gray shielded the crowd with an ice wall.
• Zorn left the arena and met a humanoid toad carrying the Magic Council’s decision to arrest Erza; he said he would go with the messenger and vanished with him through a golden Magic Circle.

Zorn confronted the Magic Council and secured punishment for the negligent Council Member, compensation for those affected, and stronger action against Dark Guilds. Back at Fairy Tail, Erza defeated Natsu, and Mystogan used Sleep Magic to put the guild to sleep before leaving on a job.

• Zorn warned the Council Members that they were seeking a scapegoat and confronted them over their failures.
• Zorn intimidated the Council into agreeing to punish the negligent Council Member, compensate those affected, and intensify the campaign against Dark Guilds.
• Erza defeated Natsu in their fight, and the guild members returned to Fairy Tail.
• Zorn told the master that the Council matter was settled, while Cana, Erza, Lucy, and Levy discussed private matters.
• Mystogan cast Sleep Magic over the guild, accepted a job, and left as Zorn caught the sleeping Cana.

After Mystogan’s Sleep Magic left most of Fairy Tail asleep, Lucy learned about the guild’s dangerous S-Class missions and the six mages qualified to take them. She headed home happy with her new guild, unaware that an uninvited guest had arrived there.

• Mystogan vanished after using Sleep Magic, and the guild members discussed his hidden face and strength.
• Natsu woke at the mention of Laxus, vowed to challenge every S-Class mage, and left with Happy after Makarov barred him from the second floor.
• Zorn took Cana out to the night market, while Lucy stayed behind with Levy and asked about the second-floor jobs.
• Levy explained that only S-Class Mages could take those dangerous missions and named Gildarts, Zorn, Laxus, Erza, Mirajane, and Mystogan as the six qualified mages.
• Lucy walked home along the canal, pleased to be in Fairy Tail, while an uninvited guest waited at her home.

Natsu and Happy tried to take an S-Class Mission without permission, but Zorn stopped them and agreed to lead a team that included Gray and Lucy. The next morning, Natsu woke Lucy by appearing in her room.

• Natsu visited Lucy and urged her to join him on an S-Class Mission, while Lucy refused.
• Natsu and Happy retraced their steps to find the mission sheet, which Zorn had taken from Natsu without his noticing.
• Zorn confronted Natsu and Happy, warned them that they were not ready to attempt the mission alone, and took charge of it.
• Zorn told Natsu to meet him at the guild's front gate the next morning with Gray and Lucy, despite Natsu's objections to bringing Gray.
• Natsu appeared in Lucy's room early the next morning and woke her, prompting her to kick him.

Zorn and the Fairy Tail group arrived on Galuna Island and met the village chief, Moka, who explained that a purple moon transformed the villagers into demons. After the villagers changed completely under the moonlight, Moka asked the group to destroy the moon, while Zorn looked thoughtfully toward the temple.

• Lucy reminisced about meeting Natsu in Hargeon as the group walked through the city, and Zorn stopped Natsu from spoiling her mood.
• The group spent the day in Hargeon before Zorn used Teleportation Magic to take them to Galuna Island.
• Zorn led the group to the village, where the guards admitted them after they showed their Fairy Tail marks.
• Moka showed the group the villagers’ half-demon forms and explained that their condition began after the island’s moon turned purple.
• The purple moon appeared and transformed Moka and the villagers fully into demons; Natsu apologized for his earlier reaction and promised to help.
• Moka asked the group to destroy the moon, and Zorn turned his attention toward the distant temple.

Zorn led the group to the Moon Temple, where they found Deliora frozen beneath its floor and learned someone planned to revive the demon. As Gray vowed to stop Deliora, Zorn confronted a masked figure calling himself the Zero Emperor, who had followed them to the cave.

• Zorn explained that the purple moonlight had begun only a few years ago and led the group to investigate the Moon Temple.
• Zorn shattered the temple floor, revealing a cave beneath it, and the group found Deliora sealed in ice.
• Gray recognized Deliora as the demon Ur had sealed with her life and vowed to prevent his revival.
• Zorn and the others reassured Gray that they would face the threat together.
• Zorn attacked a masked figure above the cave entrance, and the figure blocked the strike with an ice wall before identifying himself as the Zero Emperor.

Zorn stopped Lyon from attacking and left Gray to settle their conflict while he confronted the people behind the Moon Drop ritual. He then intercepted Ultear on the coast, where she prepared to attack him.

• Zorn restrained Lyon with Light Swords, but Gray stepped in and challenged his former fellow disciple over their master and the attempt to revive Deliora.
• Zorn explained that Lamia Scale was using Moon Drop to dissolve the magic sealing Deliora, then left Natsu, Cana, and Lucy to face the wizards guarding the ritual.
• Zorn flew away to deal with another enemy and intercepted Ultear as she approached the coast.
• Ultear transformed from a masked figure into a woman with long hair, and, realizing Zorn knew about her, formed crystal balls around him and threatened to kill him.

Gray defeated Lyon and stopped the Moon Drop ritual with Natsu and the others, while Zorn continued fighting Ultear on the beach. The chapter ended with Ultear exhausted after unleashing powerful ice magic, still unsure whether she had defeated Zorn.

• Zorn evaded Ultear’s time-based attacks, identified Arc of Time’s limits, and watched as she spread ice and snow across the beach.
• Gray confronted Lyon over his plan to revive Deliora, defeated his Ice-Make: White Tiger with Ice-Make: Cage, and knocked him unconscious with Ice-Make: Ice Cannon.
• Natsu and the others defeated the Lamia Scale members and ritual performers, ending the Moon Drop ritual.
• The two groups reunited in the cave and considered how to transport Deliora while keeping him frozen; Cana said Zorn was dealing with another enemy.
• Natsu remembered the villagers, but Cana suggested waiting for Zorn to return before checking on them.
• Ultear stood exhausted amid ice and snow, believing her attack should have taken care of Zorn.

Zorn defeated Ultear and revealed that she was Ur’s daughter, offering her a chance to see her mother again with his help. The group gathered in the cave and prepared to use the Moon Drop’s Magic Power for the attempt.

• Zorn exposed Ultear’s hiding place, bound her, and told her she might be able to see Ur again.
• Zorn brought Ultear to the cave, where Gray and Lyon recognized her resemblance to Ur and learned she was Ur’s daughter.
• Zorn confirmed that seeing Ur again might be possible and asked Ultear to continue the Moon Drop Ritual so he could gather its Magic Power.
• Zorn moved Deliora outside and condensed the moonlight into a purplish-white source of Magic.
• Zorn, Ultear, Gray, Lyon, and the others joined hands as Zorn announced that the Magic was about to begin.

Zorn and the others combined their Magic Power with sunlight, moonlight, and starlight to revive Ur, who reunited with Ultear, Gray, and Lyon. After the group defeated Deliora and returned to the village to recover, Zorn planned to thank the Celestial Spirits and deal with Leo.

• Zorn led Gray, Lyon, Ultear, Lucy, and the others in a ritual that drew on their Magic Power and the aid of the Celestial Spirits to revive Ur from the ice.
• Ur reunited with Ultear, Gray, and Lyon, comforted them, and explained what had happened in the past.
• Gray, Lyon, and Ultear attacked Deliora with their Ice-Make Magic, and Zorn explained that Ur's ice had already drained the demon's life away.
• Ur praised Gray, Lyon, and Ultear for finding their own Maker Magic, and the group returned to the village, where the chief arranged shelter and care for them.
• That night, Ultear slept beside Ur while Gray and Lyon kept watch; Zorn rested and resolved to thank the Celestial Spirits and deal with Leo.

Zorn broke the false purple moon over Demon Island, revealing that the islanders had been transformed only in appearance and had lost their memories to the Evil Aura Membrane. After returning to Magnolia, he invited Ur to join Fairy Tail, while Ultear’s troubled reaction left their conversation unresolved.

• Zorn cut through the false moon, exposing the intact moon behind it and explaining how the Evil Aura Membrane had affected the islanders.
• The villagers learned that their demon forms were their true forms, and the chief reunited with his son Bobo before the islanders held a celebration.
• Zorn and his companions returned to Magnolia, where he invited Ur to join Fairy Tail and noticed Ultear seemed troubled.
• At the guild, Zorn asked after the master, settled Natsu and Laxus’s teasing, and divided the seven million J mission reward among the group.
• The chief gave Zorn the Sagittarius Golden Zodiac Key, which Zorn handed to Lucy, and Ur and her companions were drawn to Fairy Tail’s lively atmosphere.

Ultear decided to return to Grimoire Heart as a spy, and Zorn arranged a plan to protect her while Ur joined Fairy Tail as an S-Class Mage. At the guild, Levy and Zorn helped reverse a Soul-Swap Magic spell, but Erza and the others grew suspicious of Zorn and chased him out.

• Ultear planned to return to Grimoire Heart to gather information and atone, but Zorn proposed a plan that won Makarov and Ur's agreement.
• Zorn sent Ultear back to Jellal, and Ur joined Fairy Tail as an S-Class Mage.
• Zorn and Makarov found the guild members' souls swapped by ancient magic, with only fourteen minutes left to reverse it.
• Levy studied the spell while the swapped members caused chaos, and Zorn corrected a mistake in her incantation before the spell restored everyone.
• Erza questioned how Zorn knew the correction, and he fled the guild as she and the others pursued him.

Fairy Tail prepared for a possible attack from Phantom Lord while Jose plotted to target the guild. When Gajeel broke into the guild hall at night, Zorn stopped him and overwhelmed him with his magic power, leaving him gasping on the floor.

• Makarov, Zorn, Laxus, Erza, and Mirajane agreed to keep at least two S-Class Mages at the guild to guard against Phantom Lord.
• Jose summoned Gajeel and Element 4 after learning Jude Heartfilia had commissioned them to bring Lucy back.
• The S-Class Mages took turns accepting missions, and a Magic Council assignment sent Laxus away, leaving Zorn, Erza, and Mirajane at the guild.
• While shopping with Cana, Zorn sensed an unfamiliar magic power signature on a rooftop and suspected Phantom Lord was about to act.
• Gajeel broke into the Fairy Tail guild hall at night, but Zorn restrained him with a Light Sword.
• Zorn crushed Gajeel with his magic power until he could barely breathe, then released him and asked whether he understood the difference between them.

Zorn brought Gajeel to Phantom Lord and warned Jose before cutting him down, prompting Jose to decide on war against Fairy Tail. Back at Fairy Tail, Zorn urged the guild to stay in groups, while Lisanna wrestled with learning that this world's Gajeel and Juvia were their enemies.

• Natsu hung Gajeel from the guild hall ceiling until Levy persuaded him to let Gajeel down.
• Zorn showed the guild a recording of the previous night's attack and took the bound Gajeel to Phantom Lord.
• Zorn warned Jose, then struck him with a Light Sword and left Phantom Lord's guild hall divided by his attack.
• Jose vowed to abandon the rules between legal guilds and formally declare war on Fairy Tail.
• Zorn told Fairy Tail members to stay in groups, and he invited Levy's Road Engine Squad to his home.
• Lisanna told Mirajane she believed her sister and decided she would protect everyone too.

Jose launched Phantom Lord’s attack on Fairy Tail with a walking castle and powerful Magic Converging Cannons. Zorn, Erza, and Makarov fought to defend the guild, while Jose revealed his demonized form and claimed his new power made him more than twice as strong as before.

• Jose ordered Gajeel and the Phantom Lord members to prepare for war, sent Juvia and Totomaru to retrieve Lucy, and promised the others riches for joining the attack.
• A day later, Phantom Lord’s castle advanced toward Fairy Tail, and Makarov ordered the guild to prepare for battle while members evacuated the townspeople.
• Jose fired three Magic Converging Cannons at Zorn, who held off the blasts with Holy Shields as Erza helped block one beam with her Adamantine Armor.
• Makarov charged the castle and broke through its defensive spell, but Jose emerged and caught his fist with a black claw.
• Jose revealed that he had become a demon through Demonization and claimed his power had more than doubled, while Zorn was too weakened to fight at full strength.

Makarov and Zorn tried to protect Fairy Tail while Jose and Phantom Lord attacked the guild. As Erza went for treatment and the fighting spread through Town, Juvia captured Lucy and Gray faced her, while Natsu confronted Totomaru.

• Makarov attacked Jose, but Jose recovered and warned that Jupiter could fire again in fifteen minutes.
• Zorn helped Erza leave for treatment, agreeing to leave Jose to Makarov and the other guild members.
• Natsu, Gray, Mirajane, Cana, and the others followed their plan and fought Phantom Lord members in Town while residents evacuated.
• Juvia captured Lucy with Water Lock, and Gray stayed behind to fight her as Happy carried Lucy away.
• Totomaru attacked Happy, but Natsu intercepted him, leaving Happy to take Lucy toward Granny Porlyusica.
• Elfman, Mirajane, and Cana faced Sol, Aria, and Gajeel respectively.

Zorn left Porlyusica’s place to rejoin the battle while Gray fought Juvia, whose crush on him shifted between shyness and jealousy. Gray defeated her with his ice magic and caught her as she fell, and Juvia fainted in his arms beneath the returning sunlight.

• Zorn handed Erza over to Porlyusica, then vanished after promising to drive out every enemy.
• Juvia became infatuated with Gray during their fight and trapped him in Water Lock, but Gray froze the sphere and broke free.
• Gray and Juvia traded attacks, and Gray’s Ice Geyser overpowered her water magic.
• After Gray complained about the rain, Juvia recalled being shunned and unleashed a stronger torrent, but Gray froze her and the surrounding area with Super Ice Geyser.
• Gray caught Juvia before she hit the ground, and she fainted from happiness as the clouds cleared and sunlight appeared.

Elfman and his sisters fought Sol while Mirajane defeated Aria, and Cana began battling Gajeel. The chapter left Cana caught in Gajeel’s Iron Dragon’s Roar, with her condition unclear.

• Elfman shielded his sisters from Sol’s sand and rock attacks, and one Lisanna punched Sol hard enough to send him crashing through a wall.
• Elfman transformed into Beast King Soul and overwhelmed Sol with his roar and magic power.
• Mirajane defeated Aria with a powerful blow, knocked him unconscious, and flew off to help the other guild members.
• Cana attacked Gajeel with wind-powered speed and forced him to defend himself and retreat.
• Gajeel fired Iron Dragon’s Roar at Cana, engulfing her in a silver whirlwind and iron scales.