Chapter Summaries

Zorn and the others returned to Magnolia, where Happy reunited with his parents and Carla reconciled with the queen. The Exceed planned to search for the children sent to Earth-land six years earlier, while Tami and Ximi joined Fairy Tail and Gajeel reunited with Panther Lily.

• Mystogan rallied the people of his world, and Zorn and the others returned safely to Magnolia.
• Happy reunited with his parents, White Cat and Blue Cat, and tearfully told them how much he had missed them.
• The ministers explained that the queen had sent the children to Another World six years earlier to save them from the island's destruction, and Carla forgave her.
• Natsu suggested that the Exceed search for the children who had been sent to Earth-land, and the cats eagerly embraced the new goal.
• The queen and the other Exceed said goodbye as they settled nearby; Tami and Ximi chose to join Fairy Tail and follow Laxus and Zorn.
• Panther Lily appeared and asked to join Fairy Tail, and Gajeel joyfully embraced his partner.

Mystogan became king of Edolas as the kingdom and Fairy Tail recovered, while Erza trained Natsu and Gray and considered Gildarts’s request to join. Zorn and the others returned to their Fairy Tail, where a banquet celebrated their safe return and ended with Zorn and Cana spending the night together; the Guild Master also reminded Zorn that the S-Class Exam was approaching.

• Mystogan united the kingdom’s forces, the former king retired, and Fairy Tail became the kingdom’s leading guild as Erza joined and trained Natsu and Gray.
• Gildarts arrived in Edolas with a Guild Emblem Necklace and asked to join Fairy Tail, so Erza took him to seek the guild’s approval.
• Zorn and the others returned to Fairy Tail, where the guild members welcomed them with a banquet and celebrated Lisanna’s reunion with her siblings.
• Gildarts asked Zorn about his counterpart, and Laxus pursued Gildarts through a wall to continue their fight.
• Erza greeted Panther Lily, while Cana dragged Zorn away to ask about his relationship with Edolas’s Erza.
• The Guild Master reminded Zorn that the S-Class Exam was near, and the banquet continued until the early morning as Zorn and Cana reconciled.

Zeref’s deadly power killed a pack of wolves and nearby birds, leaving him grieving and longing for Natsu, while the Fairy Tail guild prepared to announce its S-Class Mage exam candidates. The master named eight participants and revealed that the exam would take place on Tenrou Island, leaving Lucy stunned to learn the S-Class Mages would serve as examiners.

• Zeref accidentally killed the wolves that attacked him, and his power also drained the life from nearby birds as he mourned and missed Natsu.
• Zorn returned to the guild with Cana, where he found Natsu and Gray fighting, Lucy complaining about Natsu, and Laxus recovering from his injuries.
• Erza sparred with Panther Lily and demonstrated her strength and control, while Gajeel proudly praised Lily.
• Zorn encouraged Cana about facing the S-Class exam and her father, Gildarts, and she resolved to ask him directly what he thought.
• Three days later, the master announced Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Juvia Lockser, Elfman, Cana Alberona, Freed Justin, Levy McGarden, and Mest Glide as the exam candidates, with the exam set for Tenrou Island.
• Lisanna told Lucy that the candidates would face the people on stage as examiners: Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, Zorn, Ur, and Gildarts.

Makarov announced that the eight candidates had one week to choose Fairy Tail partners for the two-person S-Class Exam, which would take place on Tenrou Island and pit them against Zorn, Erza, Laxus, and the other examiners. After the examiners left to prepare, the guild members discussed partners, and Natsu chose Happy while Juvia asked to team up with Gray.

• Makarov explained that candidates had one week to choose Fairy Tail partners, but could not select S-Class Mages, and that the exam would test both strength and teamwork.
• Zorn noticed Carla’s shocked expression and remembered her Future Sight, while the examiners warned the candidates they would face a difficult test on Tenrou Island.
• Zorn and the other examiners departed to prepare the venue after telling the candidates to meet at Hargeon port in one week.
• Natsu chose Happy as his partner and ran off with him to begin training.
• Juvia asked to withdraw from the competition so she could team up with Gray, and Cana punched Gray after he failed to understand her hint.

Cana asked Lucy to partner with her for the S-Class Exam, and the guild members paired up for the test. Wendy accepted Mest’s invitation to be his partner, and Zorn announced that their weeklong special training would begin the next morning.

• Cana asked Lucy to be her partner, and Lucy agreed to help her become an S-Class Mage.
• Loke returned to the guild, explained that he would end his contract with Lucy during the exam, and left with Gray to train.
• Lisanna paired Juvia with herself and encouraged Elfman to ask Evergreen to be his partner.
• Gajeel reassured Levy that he would help her become stronger, while Wendy noticed Carla’s concern about the exam and Zorn.
• Mest asked Wendy to be his partner, and she agreed; Zorn then announced that training would begin in the East Forest the next morning.

The S-Class Exam began as the candidates sailed toward Tenrou Island, where they learned the first test required them to reach the island and defeat the examiner guarding their chosen passage. Freed and Bickslow gained an early lead with a spell, but after the candidates broke through the barrier, everyone raced toward the island.

• The candidates sailed toward Tenrou Island, where the heat left Natsu and Gajeel seasick and the others spotted the island's enormous tree.
• Zorn and the other examiners entered their assigned passages while Zorn recalled Carla's warning about a shadow and a clash that could shatter heaven and earth.
• Makarov explained that the first exam required each team to reach the island, choose one of seven passages, and defeat the S-Class Mage guarding it.
• Freed and Bickslow used a spell formula to fly ahead, but an invisible barrier stopped Natsu and Happy from following them.
• Levy and Evergreen broke the formula enough to let their teams leave, and the remaining candidates waited until the spell wore off.
• The candidates raced toward Tenrou Island, with Cana running through the air while holding Lucy's hand, and Gildarts's daughter called after him.

The S-Class exam teams reached their routes and faced the examiners waiting to test them. Natsu confronted Zorn, while Juvia and Lisanna, Elfman and Evergreen, and Cana and Lucy each began facing powerful guildmates.

• Natsu and Happy entered Route E's neighboring passage, where Zorn challenged Natsu to show how much he had improved during training.
• Natsu fought through the pressure of Zorn's aura and broke free of its suppression with a surge of flames.
• Juvia and Lisanna encountered Erza, whose Sea King Armor countered Juvia's water attacks and whose Observation Haki helped her evade them.
• Lisanna used Cheetah Soul, Shave, and Armament Haki to attack Erza, but Erza blocked her and sent her flying before Juvia launched a follow-up attack.
• Elfman and Evergreen found Mirajane waiting for them, while Cana and Lucy encountered Gildarts; Cana prepared to fight as Gildarts remarked that she seemed familiar.

Cana and Lucy fought Gildarts during Cana’s S-Class Mage test, with Cana proving her strength while protecting Lucy from the battle’s aftermath. As their fight continued, tremors reached Zorn’s passage, where Natsu was struggling to rise from a huge pit.

• Cana and Lucy launched coordinated card attacks at Gildarts, and Lucy summoned Aquarius to unleash a waterspout that Cana froze into ice spikes.
• Cana attacked Gildarts with Painful Sky Leg, then protected Lucy with a Holy Shield when their clash shook the cave.
• Gildarts praised Cana after she put her attack aside to save Lucy, while Cana gave Lucy shield cards and said she wanted to earn S-Class rank through her own strength.
• Cana and Gildarts exchanged punches and magic attacks as Lucy watched from behind the shield.
• The tremors reached Zorn’s passage, where Zorn teased Natsu as he struggled to get up from a collapsed pit.

Gajeel and Levy, Gray and Loke, and Wendy and Mest fought their respective opponents in the S-Class exam, while three cats hurried to Tenrou Island to check on their friends. The battles remained unresolved as Freed began transforming into a demon form and Carla continued to worry about the visions involving Zorn.

• Laxus overwhelmed Gajeel until Levy gave him an iron block to eat, restoring his strength and enabling him to strike Laxus with Iron Dragon's Roar.
• Ur praised Gray's progress but warned that he still fell short of S-Class standards, then prepared to fight seriously against Gray and Loke.
• Mest used teleportation and physical attacks to help Wendy overpower Bickslow's puppets, while Freed began casting Darkness—Demon Form.
• Carla, Lily, Tami, and Ximi flew toward Tenrou Island after growing worried about their friends, and Carla remained troubled by her visions of Zorn.

Natsu fought Zorn during the S-Class Exam, first learning to stay calm and then pushing himself through a powerful attack. Zorn tested Natsu with overwhelming Magic Power, and Natsu passed after facing his fear and choosing to give up.

• Natsu charged Zorn without listening to his warning and was knocked into a crater, but he regained his composure and attacked again.
• Natsu traded blows with Zorn, endured a kick that buried him in rubble, and struck Zorn with his Dragon Slayer Secret Art.
• Zorn emerged unharmed and told Natsu his strength barely met the standard, but Natsu insisted that he needed to defeat Zorn to prove himself.
• Zorn released his Magic Power, overwhelming Natsu and disrupting the other examiners’ trials; Makarov feared that only one team would pass the first exam.
• Natsu faced Zorn’s murderous glare, admitted defeat, and heard Zorn explain that facing fear and recognizing weakness were requirements for becoming an S-Class Mage.
• Zorn confirmed that Natsu had passed and encouraged him to become an S-Class Mage and surpass him.

Cana defeated Gildarts’s examination challenge and earned his acknowledgment before revealing that he was her father. Gildarts recognized her as Cornelia’s daughter, and they reconciled, with Cana happily accepting him as her dad.

• Cana fought Gildarts until both were battered, and he praised her strength and declared that she had passed.
• Cana cried at receiving Gildarts’s acknowledgment, then told him she had joined the guild to find her father and that he was Gildarts.
• Gildarts tried to guess which woman was Cana’s mother, angering Cana enough to punch the ground and send him flying with the shockwave.
• Gildarts realized Cana was Cornelia’s child, embraced her, and apologized for not recognizing her sooner.
• Cana told Gildarts she was glad they had acknowledged each other and called him Dad, while he promised to stay by her side.

The candidates who passed the first exam gathered as Makarov announced the results, including Elfman and Evergreen, who revealed they had beaten Mirajane by exploiting an opening. As Makarov began to explain the second exam, the examiners discussed Elfman and Evergreen’s unexpected marriage, while Zorn searched the island for the concealed Zeref.

• Laxus let Levy and Gajeel pass after Gajeel protected Levy through his strength test, and Gray and Loke emerged from Ur’s passage soon afterward.
• Gildarts revealed his devotion to Cana by pushing Gray and Loke away and covering Cana with his cape, then Makarov announced that Freed and Bickslow, Natsu and Happy, Cana and Lucy, Levy and Gajeel, and Gray and Loke had passed.
• Makarov explained that Juvia and Lisanna had surrendered to Erza, who carried them away, and that Erza only counted people who defeated her as passing.
• Evergreen and an injured Elfman arrived and announced that they had defeated Mirajane by taking advantage of an opening, then Makarov began introducing the second exam.
• The examiners discussed Elfman and Evergreen’s marriage, while Zorn searched the island with Observation Haki but could not find Zeref.

Elfman, Evergreen, Natsu, and Happy encountered a black-haired man on Tenrou Island whose uncontrollable death magic threatened to kill them. Zorn intervened with holy light, and the man was revealed to be Zeref, who recognized something familiar in Zorn’s power.

• Elfman and Evergreen fled a giant Magic Beast, then met a distressed black-haired man who warned them not to approach.
• Natsu arrived, and the man recognized him, saying he had been searching for him while struggling to suppress his black Magic Power.
• The man’s power erupted into a sphere of death magic, and Natsu pushed Elfman, Evergreen, and Happy out of its path.
• Zorn appeared and used golden holy light to restrain the death magic, though his power was being rapidly consumed.
• Zeref watched Zorn’s magic and wondered if it was connected to the other goddess, while Zorn faced him with a grave expression.

Zorn confronted Zeref on Tenrou Island and sealed him away before teleporting him elsewhere to prevent his deathly magic from attracting the Black Dragon. As Grimoire Heart approached the island, Fairy Tail prepared for a changed trial: defeat every member except Ultear.

• Zorn's holy magic clashed with Zeref's deathly power, leaving one side of the battlefield lifeless and the other unchanged.
• Zorn revealed his Dragon Scales to Natsu, announced that the others would face a real trial, and sealed Zeref inside a barrier guarded by five Divine Dragons.
• Zeref's magic corroded the chains, so Zorn used his Observation Haki to teleport himself and Zeref away.
• Fairy Tail members received Zorn's order to kill every member of Grimoire Heart except Ultear as the dark guild approached Tenrou Island.
• Makarov and the S-Class Mages prepared for Grimoire Heart, while Laxus eagerly claimed the coming fight.

On Tenrou Island, Gajeel and Levy fought Grimoire Heart members Yomazu and Kawazu, with Levy overcoming her doubts and proving her strength. After defeating the pair, Gajeel and Levy killed them as the guild’s other forces approached.

• Gajeel noticed Levy had wandered off while dwelling on her weakness, and he caught up with her and told her to stay close.
• Yomazu and Kawazu ambushed Gajeel and Levy, but the pair dodged their attacks and Gajeel blocked Yomazu’s blade.
• Levy used Solid Script—Silence to cancel Yomazu’s booming Magic, allowing Gajeel to strike him with an Iron Dragon’s Club.
• Levy burned Kawazu’s eggs with Fire and swept him into the sky with a Tornado, while Gajeel praised her fighting.
• Yomazu and Kawazu boasted about Grimoire Heart’s Seven Kin, but Gajeel said Fairy Tail’s active S-Class Mages were ready for their forces.
• Gajeel and Levy agreed to kill the defeated enemies, and a cloud of smoke rose in the distance.

Gajeel reflected on Makarov’s invitation to Fairy Tail and realized he was no longer lonely, while Wendy’s group was attacked by Azuma of Grimoire Heart. As Fairy Tail members moved toward the fighting, Hades confronted the giant Makarov near the Fairy Tree.

• Gajeel remembered Makarov’s offer to join Fairy Tail, reached for Levy, and told her they should head toward Grimoire Heart’s main force.
• Carla, Lily, Tami, and Ximi arrived to protect Wendy and challenged Mest, who explained that Zorn had already revealed his identity.
• Azuma attacked Wendy’s group from a tree, identified himself as one of Grimoire Heart’s Seven Kin of Purgatory, and prepared to fight Mest and Wendy.
• Natsu and Happy rushed toward the cliff after hearing an explosion, while Gray told Lucy and Cana that an S-Class Mage had already gone there.
• Hades and the other Kin saw giant Makarov approaching the Fairy Tree, and Hades greeted him before Makarov shouted for him to disappear.

Makarov and Laxus fought Grimoire Heart’s master Precht and destroyed the guild’s airship, while Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mages confronted the Seven Kin of Purgatory across the island. Laxus and Makarov’s battle with Precht ended in a clash of defensive magic, and the other fights were still underway.

• Makarov damaged Grimoire Heart’s airship, but Precht ordered the crew to evade and fired Jupiter at him.
• Laxus attacked the airship with Thunder Explosion, forcing the Seven Kin of Purgatory to escape as the ship exploded.
• Laxus prepared to cast Fairy Law, but Precht countered with Demon Law, and Makarov urged Laxus to withdraw the spell.
• Laxus attacked Precht directly while Makarov supported him, and the two Fairy Tail mages combined their defensive magic against Precht’s spells.
• At Zorn’s request, Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mages confronted the Seven Kin of Purgatory as they searched the island for Zeref.

Zorn fought Zeref after taking him to a distant continent, then escaped when his Holy Light Magic failed to defeat him. On Tenrou Island, Gildarts, Ur, and Erza confronted the remaining Grimoire Heart members, leaving Ur and Erza facing Rustyrose and Kain Hikaru.

• Zorn took the frenzied Zeref to a distant continent to keep his dangerous Magic Power away from Tenrou Island.
• Zeref broke out of Zorn's sealing barrier and attacked, so Zorn used Holy Light Magic—Starlight Radiance to blast him into a crater before fleeing.
• Zeref survived the attack and decided to return to the Empire to make preparations.
• Gildarts, Ur, and Erza faced Bluenote Stinger, Rustyrose, and Kain Hikaru on Tenrou Island.
• Ur and Erza attacked Rustyrose and Kain Hikaru, while Gildarts struck Bluenote and pursued him.

Ur defeated Rustyrose and Kain Hikaru with Ice Make, while Laxus and Makarov continued their fight with Precht. Natsu faced Zancrow as the distant ice roses interrupted their battle.

• Ur froze Rustyrose’s Undead Realm and trapped Cao Zhong inside a block of ice.
• Rustyrose and Kain Hikaru attacked Ur, but she shattered Rustyrose’s god-flame scythe and imprisoned both men in ice roses.
• Precht watched Ur’s victory, then fought Laxus and Makarov as they dodged his attacks and continued their assault.
• Mirajane pursued Azuma in Demon Soul form while Natsu blocked Zancrow’s black flames and fought him with Wendy, Mest, and the cats nearby.
• After seeing the ice roses bloom in the distance, Natsu announced that he would fight Zancrow at full strength.

Mirajane fought Azuma in the forest, overpowering him with her demonic forms and preparing to end the battle before he could threaten her allies. On another battlefield, Cana, Lucy, Gray, and Loke faced Caprico, while Lucy and Loke sensed something familiar and unsettling about him.

• Azuma let his guard down, and Mirajane struck him with a kick that broke his ribs and sent him crashing through trees.
• Azuma used the forest and his Arc of the Great Tree Form to attack Mirajane, but she evaded his strikes and blocked his explosions.
• Mirajane transformed into Demon God Halphas, overwhelmed Azuma, and told him she was ending their fight early.
• Cana, Lucy, Gray, and Loke attacked Caprico, but he caught Gray and Loke's blows and appeared unaffected by their Magic attacks.
• Cana fired a card attack at Caprico as Gray and Loke moved aside, while Lucy and Loke sensed something familiar about him.
• Cana clenched her fists in anger at Caprico's taunts, and Loke sensed an aura erupt from her direction.