Chapter Summaries

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.

Zorn stopped Makarov from using Fairy Law and took over the fight against Jose, destroying Phantom Lord's castle and defeating him with Fairy Glitter. Fairy Tail won the war, and Makarov recovered outside Porlyusica's cabin.

• Makarov began casting Fairy Law, but Zorn appeared and stopped him, then teleported him to Natsu and sent them to Porlyusica.
• Zorn and Jose clashed with light and dark magic, changing the weather as their powers collided.
• Jose merged with the castle and powered up the Magic Converging Cannon, but Zorn split the castle and cannon with a giant Light Sword.
• Zorn used Fairy Glitter to destroy Jose, and the Phantom Lord and Dark Guild fighters surrendered.
• Fairy Tail won the war, while Gajeel lay among the ruins with every bone in his body broken.

After Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord, Makarov and the guild helped Lucy overcome her guilt and began rebuilding the ruined town and guild. The Magic Council investigated the battle, while Fairy Tail waited for the findings and continued its reconstruction.

• Porlyusica sent the recovered Makarov away, then spoke with Mystogan, who said Laxus had helped him defeat Phantom Lord's branches.
• Zorn and the returning Fairy Tail members gathered at the ruins, where Zorn had restrained Gajeel and the Element 4 and Erza added more captured enemies to the pile.
• Lucy apologized for causing the conflict, and Makarov reassured her that the guild shared its members' joys and sorrows; Cana and Levy comforted her as she cried.
• Zorn told Makarov that Phantom Lord had enough wealth to cover rebuilding Fairy Tail and compensating the town, and the guild donated the surplus.
• The Crescent Moon Knights took Zorn, the main combatants, and Phantom Lord's members for questioning, while a special squad arrested the Dark Guild members.
• After a week of investigation, Fairy Tail continued rebuilding as its members waited for the Magic Council's findings, with Erza scolding those who fooled around.

After Fairy Tail was cleared and Phantom Lord disbanded, the guild began rebuilding while Makarov considered who might succeed him as master. Zorn discovered that Loke was a Celestial Spirit facing death for breaking his contract, and told him that Lucy could help save him.

• The Magic Council stripped Jose Bora of his Wizard Saint title, disbanded Phantom Lord, declared Fairy Tail innocent, and ordered Phantom Lord's assets used to cover the losses.
• Yajima thanked Makarov for the guild's friendship and urged him to consider retirement, prompting Makarov to think about Zorn, Laxus, and Erza as possible successors.
• Erza formed a team with Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and Happy, while Zorn photographed them and Makarov later resolved not to choose anyone who caused destruction as his successor.
• Zorn followed Loke to the guild's Back Mountain and revealed that he knew Loke was Leo of the Lion.
• Loke confessed that he blamed himself for Karen Lilica's death and believed he had to accept the Celestial Spirit King's punishment.
• Zorn eased Loke's pain with holy magic and told him that Lucy could save him, promising to reveal the truth to the guild.

Zorn told Fairy Tail that Loke was a Celestial Spirit whose Magic Power was nearly gone, and he gathered Lucy and the others to find him. They reached Loke at Karen’s grave, where he refused to abandon his self-imposed punishment, and he began fading despite Zorn pouring Magic Power into him.

• Zorn told the guild that Loke was a Celestial Spirit and would die if his Magic Power ran out, then set out to find Lucy.
• Zorn teleported Lucy, Natsu, Erza, and Happy to the waterfall, while Juvia headed toward Fairy Tail to help Gray.
• Loke stood at Karen’s grave and said he would soon join her because he blamed himself for her death.
• Lucy and the others arrived, and Loke explained that he had stayed in the Human World to protest Karen’s treatment of Celestial Spirits.
• Makarov and the guild members apologized to Loke, but Loke began to flicker and grow translucent as Zorn poured his Magic Power into him.

Lucy and Fairy Tail fought to save Loke from disappearing after the Celestial Spirit King barred him from returning to the Celestial Spirit World. Moved by their friendship, the King made an exception, and Loke returned to his world with Lucy's key.

• Lucy and Zorn poured their Magic Power into opening Leo's gate, while Loke urged them to stop so they would not disappear with him.
• Happy, Natsu, and the rest of Fairy Tail joined Lucy and Zorn in sending their Magic Power into the void, but Loke continued to fade.
• The Celestial Spirit King appeared and explained that Loke was forbidden from returning because he had indirectly caused a key holder's death.
• Lucy challenged the King's ruling, and the Celestial Spirits manifested to support her plea for Loke's innocence.
• The Celestial Spirit King pardoned Loke as an exception and told him to become Lucy's strength and protect her.
• Loke thanked Lucy and Fairy Tail, received his key from Lucy, and returned to the Celestial Spirit World.