Chapter Summaries

Yukino defended Celestial Spirits after Afu insulted them, and Zorn transported the group to a field for her first battle. Future Lucy encouraged Yukino to trust the key’s wish to fight for her as Yukino prepared to face Afu.

• Yukino admired a silver Ursa Minor key in the shop when Afu barged in and mocked it and the shopkeeper.
• Yukino rebuked Afu, insisting that Celestial Spirits were partners rather than trash, and Zorn praised her.
• Zorn transported everyone to a field, where he restrained Afu and warned him to fight for the key.
• Zorn asked Yukino if she was ready for her first battle, and Future Lucy encouraged her to feel the key’s desire to help her and protect her partners.

Yukino summoned Ursa Minor and defeated Afu’s Cygnus with Zorn’s advice, securing two Celestial Spirit Keys after Afu fled. The group then set out to find Pisces, whose likely location was an isolated island lake where a mysterious young fisherman had been seen.

• Yukino summoned Ursa Minor, while Afu summoned the gloomy Cygnus, Deniv, to fight him.
• Deniv blasted Ursa Minor, but Zorn told Yukino to have him use Energy Boost, and Ursa Minor powered up by eating honey.
• Ursa Minor struck back and defeated Cygnus, leaving Afu sitting with the Celestial Spirit Key as the group’s victory became clear.
• Afu fled town by ship, and Yukino celebrated having obtained two Celestial Spirit Keys.
• Zorn told the group to search for Pisces at an isolated island lake, where two catfish and a mysterious young fisherman had reportedly been seen.

The group explored a flower-filled island and encountered a hostile boy guarding it, prompting Runa to fight him while Zorn joined in. The boy dodged their attacks, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Yukino admired the flowers and stopped Wraith from picking one, while Sting dismissed their value and Zorn teased him.
• Zorn teased Rogue for looking at Runa, and Runa warned the others to keep away from Yukino before running to her sister.
• A cold-faced boy attacked the group with a water pillar, but Runa summoned Miniature Angel: Anima to absorb it and strike back.
• Runa vowed to help Yukino find the remaining Zodiac keys and prepared to defeat the boy.
• Zorn sent chains of light at the boy, who dodged them with a backward flip.

Zorn defeated the Pisces boy, healed him and his mother with Celestial Spirit King energy, and persuaded them to give Yukino the Pisces key and provide Libra’s key. The group returned to a nearby town with both keys and prepared to go back for the Grand Magic Games final, while Zorn and Future Lucy anticipated an important matter afterward.

• Zorn kicked the Pisces boy into the lake, then brought him and his mother safely to shore and increased their power with golden light and blue starlight.
• Zorn persuaded the Pisces woman to give Yukino the Pisces key, and she and her son returned with Libra’s key.
• Zorn transported everyone except the Pisces mother and son to a nearby town, where the group questioned him about the keys and the energy he had used.
• Runa offered to make up for Zorn’s loss, but he said he had willingly obtained the keys for Yukino and affectionately ruffled her hair.
• Zorn and the group prepared to return for the Grand Magic Games final, while Future Lucy agreed that an important moment had arrived.
• On the island, the Pisces boy sat by a monument and stared at its photograph as his mother stood silently behind him.

Wendy prepared to fight Sherria in the final one-on-one battle, while Zorn returned to Fairy Tail and learned that his guildmates were planning a surprise for him. The match began with Wendy using enchantments to boost her speed and strength, leaving Sherria eager to face her.

• Pumpkin introduced Wendy of Fairy Tail Team B and Sherria of Lamia Scale as the final match's contestants, and they both tripped over stones while greeting each other.
• Zorn returned to Fairy Tail, reunited with Ximi, and heard from him that the guildmates were planning a surprise.
• Wendy gathered her resolve and cast Acceleration Enchantment to raise her speed.
• Wendy cast Attack Enhancement Enchantment on her arms, thighs, and fists, and Sherria felt her fighting spirit rise.

Wendy defeated Sherria in their arena match after their strongest attacks collided, then healed her and asked her to be friends. As Zorn left with the cats, Tami bargained for cat treats before agreeing to reveal a secret about tomorrow.

• Wendy's Sky Dragon's Wing Attack broke through Sherria's black tornado, but Sherria dodged the blades and counterattacked with God of the Sky's Dance.
• Wendy blocked Sherria's punch with a wall of air, then the two fighters unleashed their Roar and Bellow attacks, creating a devastating hurricane.
• After the storm cleared, Wendy treated Sherria's injuries, and the two agreed to become friends.
• Jabdirola declared Wendy the winner, and the spectators cheered the match and the new friendship.
• Zorn tried to learn what the cats were hiding about tomorrow, and Tami negotiated a promise of eight cat treats each day in exchange for the secret.

Zorn realized that the Grand Magic Games’ final match had been arranged as a test for him and the guild aces, with Makarov apparently involved in a bet. He accepted the challenge, then unleashed a terrifying presence that trapped the competitors in the passage, where they had to overcome their fear before they could face him.

• Zorn noticed the guild aces, Fairy Tail’s teams, Council representatives, and August gathering for a final match aimed at testing him, and he decided to rely on Physical Arts and swordsmanship rather than reveal his magic.
• Makarov encouraged Zorn to enter the arena, confident that he would win the match and the apparent bet.
• Jabdirola introduced Zorn and the guild aces as the final duel’s participants, and Zorn appeared in the arena.
• Zorn directed his overwhelming presence at the competitors in the passage, making Lyon, Kagura, Blueno, the knight order, and the other aces tremble with fear.
• When no competitors emerged, Yajima explained that they had to overcome the terror in the passage before they qualified to face Zorn.

Zorn tested the contestants by fighting them, overwhelming Natsu and then facing attacks from Laxus, Erza, Jura, and Cana. Cana’s kick struck through a cloud of smoke, leaving Zorn’s condition unknown.

• Zorn praised the contestants who had stayed with their companions and sent the fallen fighters back to their guilds.
• Natsu charged Zorn with his Crimson Lotus Fire Dragon's Fist, but Zorn’s Light Sword slash sent him crashing into a wall.
• Jura raised Iron Rock Walls to block Zorn’s blades of light while Laxus attacked him with lightning.
• Erza joined Laxus’s assault, but Zorn kicked Laxus away and blocked Erza with his Light Sword.
• Cana descended with Painful Sky Leg as Erza retreated, and her attack struck in an explosion that filled the arena with smoke.

Zorn overwhelmed Fairy Tail’s mages, but Wendy and Sherria combined their Sky Magic to strengthen the fighters, who rallied and charged him. The battle continued as Zorn unleashed Yasakani no Magatama.

• Zorn surprised Laxus and knocked him into the crater with a Light-Speed Kick.
• Cana struggled against Zorn’s chains of light, while Natsu climbed from the rubble and prepared to fight again.
• Wendy and Sherria performed a Unison Raid and enchanted the mages with boosts to their abilities, resistance, attack, defense, and speed.
• Erza led Laxus, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, Elfman, and others in a charge toward Zorn, while Mirajane and Elfman transformed and joined the assault.
• Jura raised stone pillars to launch Lyon, Blueno, Kagura, and the other fighters into the battle.
• Zorn gathered light and unleashed Yasakani no Magatama.

Zorn unleashed a barrage of powerful rays that overwhelmed the fighters’ defenses, forcing them to combine their magic to hold back the attack. As Erza called for everyone to protect Lucy while she prepared Urano Metria, Zorn intensified the barrage, and August began scrutinizing the source of his power.

• Zorn showered the fighters with rays, and Jura struggled to defend everyone while Natsu and Gray failed to break through the assault.
• Gray and Juvia combined their magic in a Unison Raid, creating an ice wall that briefly shielded the group as Lucy dismissed the exhausted Aries.
• Kagura and Bruno used Gravity Magic to slow the rays, while Jura, Wendy, and Sherria supported the fighters and their stone pillars.
• Erza called on everyone to protect Lucy so she could use Urano Metria, but Zorn accelerated the rays and began shattering the ice wall.
• August sensed no magical fluctuations from Zorn’s blazing light and studied him, prompting Zorn to meet his gaze with a confident smile.

Zorn defeated Fairy Tail’s opponents in a decisive display of strength, ending the match and drawing cheers from the crowd. Makarov then revealed that the match had helped persuade the Four Heavenly Kings and the authorities to support Fairy Tail’s plan to use the Eclipse Gate to save the future.

• Zorn’s Light Clones overwhelmed the fighters, leaving them unable to rise as swords and a Light Needle held them at bay.
• Zorn caught Cana’s fist, pulled her into his arms, and ended the match as the rays in the sky vanished.
• The spectators cheered for Zorn and Fairy Tail after seeing the fighters, including Jura, defeated.
• Makarov spoke with the Three Heavenly Kings, who agreed to the proposal after seeing Zorn’s strength.
• Makarov explained that Fairy Tail needed the Magic Council and the royal family’s approval to use the Eclipse Gate, so the authorities could help protect the area.

Princess Hisui and Fairy Tail prepared to open the Eclipse Gate, using Future Lucy’s magic and the power of the Zodiac keys to activate it. The Celestial Spirits poured their magic into Future Lucy, and the gate began to open.

• Princess Hisui ordered the Eclipse Gate unlocked after Natsu, Zorn, and the others agreed to enter despite the danger.
• Zorn combined his magic with Future Lucy’s to direct the gate toward the right space and time.
• Lucy, Yukino, and Runa summoned the power of the twelve Zodiac keys, calling the Celestial Spirits to appear.
• The Zodiac Celestial Spirits gathered around Future Lucy, and Aquarius thanked her before transferring her magic.
• The Celestial Spirits’ combined magic struck the Eclipse Gate, making it tremble as its runes lit up and it slowly opened.

Fairy Tail’s group found that the Eclipse gate’s Light Curtain blocked everyone except Future Lucy and Zorn, who could pass through because they came from different spacetimes. Zorn promised to explain his origins after returning and prepared to cross alone, leaving the group worried and determined to follow later.

• Natsu and the others tried to enter the Eclipse gate but found its Light Curtain impassable.
• Future Lucy passed through the curtain, and Ultear concluded that her world no longer shared their spacetime.
• Future Lucy despaired at the thought that her future and friends were gone, then resolved to keep fighting for them.
• Natsu attacked the curtain without effect, while Zorn passed his arm through it and realized he alone could cross.
• Zorn told the group he would explain everything after returning and promised Laxus he would take him next time.
• Laxus bumped fists with Zorn, while Natsu protested that he wanted to go too.

Zorn brought Lucy and Rogue through the Eclipse gate into the future, where dragons were attacking the town and Future Lucy feared history was repeating itself. He stopped a dragon’s strike, drove it and another dragon back through the gate, and bound the gate with chains as Natsu and Lucy watched in shock.

• Zorn, Lucy, and Rogue passed through the Eclipse gate before its Light Curtain vanished, while Cana kept the protective card Zorn had given her.
• Zorn arrived in the future with Lucy and Rogue and declared that he would change the fate of a world overrun by dragons.
• A dragon’s attack threatened Lucy, but Zorn raised five layers of light shields and turned the attack into an Energy Cannon.
• Zorn struck the dragon with a Dragon Slayer-powered kick, sending it and another dragon back through the gate.
• Zorn cast a spell that sent golden chains around the Eclipse gate, restraining it while the dragons attacked the chains.
• Natsu and Lucy stared in confusion at Zorn, Future Lucy, and the events unfolding around them.

Zorn helped Lucy, Future Lucy, and Yukino seal the Eclipse Gate, then turned to the dragons still attacking the town. He brought down the Jade Dragon, drawing the attention and fury of the other dragons.

• Princess Hisui watched as Zorn sealed the Eclipse Gate with chains, and he asked Lucy and Future Lucy to close it using the Celestial Spirit Keys.
• Yukino joined the two Lucys, and the three Celestial Spirit Mages summoned their spirits to close the gate with all twelve Zodiac Keys.
• After the gate shut, Zorn showed Natsu, Mirajane, Wendy, Happy, Carla, and Lily his Fairy Tail mark and called on them to fight the dragons.
• Zorn kicked the Jade Dragon, struck it with Flash Dragon's Roar, and bound it in chains.
• Zorn drove his Flash Dragon's Strike greatsword into the Jade Dragon, causing it to fall to the ground.
• The other dragons fixed their attention on Zorn and roared at him, reminded of Acnologia.

Zorn protected the town from the dragons, introduced himself as Fairy Tail’s fourth Guild Master, and explained the time-travel situation. As the dragons attacked, he led the Dragon Slayers and the others into battle.

• Zorn rescued the townspeople with a weakened Fairy Sphere and used Light Swords to hold back the dragons.
• Asuka asked Zorn who he was, and he told everyone he was Fairy Tail’s fourth Guild Master from another world’s past, while Lucy and Rogue had come from the future.
• Zorn told the Dragon Slayers to take the lead and encouraged Wendy, while explaining that Dragon Slayer Power was needed to injure dragons.
• Zorn attacked with Dragon Cry, badly wounding several dragons and driving back their advance.
• Natsu and Gajeel flew up to attack dragons overhead, and Zorn ordered the Dragon Slayers to take individual targets while everyone else cleared the battlefield.

Zorn fought Azabach and the other dragons, revealing his Light Clones and turning the tide after Azabach’s corrosive power suppressed him. The chapter ended with Zorn drawing on the surrounding Light Element to recover his magic power, leaving the dragons stunned and questioning who he was.

• Zorn cut down an invisible dragon and wounded Azabach before fending off the other dragons’ attacks.
• Azabach attacked Zorn with corrosive dark wind and black flames, which spread across Zorn’s body and suppressed his magic power.
• Zorn revealed that the corroded body was only a Light Clone, then punched Azabach into the ground.
• Zorn used Observation Haki to connect with the surrounding Light Element and gradually recovered his magic power.
• The four dragons and Azabach watched in shock as Zorn glowed with light and they asked who he was.

Zorn summoned a golden dragon with Flash Dragon and fought Azabach at close range while the other Fairy Tail members battled dragons across town. Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe struggled to pierce an earth-yellow dragon’s defenses, and Laxus prepared to attack again.

• Zorn’s golden dragon seized two dragons and knocked a third away as Zorn kicked Azabach in the head and continued the close-quarters fight.
• Gajeel attacked an iron-armored dragon with Iron Dragon’s Club.
• Wendy enchanted Mirajane with Dragon Slayer Power, then helped her block and evade the blue dragon’s attacks alongside Carla.
• Laxus struck an earth-yellow dragon with his Lightning Dragon magic while Freed restrained its claw and Bickslow and Evergreen attacked, but the dragon’s scales repelled most of their blows.
• Laxus and Freed recognized that the earth-yellow dragon’s defenses required a new strategy, and Laxus powered up to rejoin the battle.

Zorn defeated Azabach, then stopped Ultear from sacrificing her life to use Arc of Time, Last Ages and reassured her that she could atone alongside her companions. With Jellal, Meredy, and Ultear beside him, Zorn summoned a gigantic golden Ancient Buddha to confront the remaining dragons.

• Zorn restored his magic and healed his injuries, then killed the wounded Azabach with a golden Dragon Slayer Power arrow.
• Ultear prepared to cast Arc of Time, Last Ages and give her life to restore the world, but Zorn stopped her and healed her.
• Zorn told Ultear that her future held hope and that she could atone without sacrificing herself; Meredy ran to embrace Ultear and grieved over their broken promise.
• Zorn summoned Holy Light Version: True Several Thousand Hands: Buddha on the Summit, and Jellal, Meredy, and Ultear rose beside him as a towering golden Ancient Buddha appeared.

Zorn defeated the dragons with his Thousand-Style Tathagata technique, exhausting himself but preventing the terrible future Future Lucy had described. Future Lucy thanked him, and Fairy Tail’s members celebrated that the tragedy had been averted.

• Zorn used Dragon-Subduing Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Palms to seize the dragons and crush them with the giant Buddha’s hands.
• Gajeel felt defeated, but Levy encouraged him, while Natsu and Laxus recognized Zorn’s overwhelming strength.
• Mavis realized the future Future Lucy had revealed would no longer come to pass and silently thanked Zorn.
• After the Buddha vanished, Zorn descended, exhausted, and Future Lucy embraced him in tears of gratitude.
• Zorn told Future Lucy that she and Fairy Tail were family, then thanked the Goddess for giving them the chance to change the future.
• Mavis and Makarov expressed relief that the future’s tragedies had never happened.