Chapter Summaries

After returning from Estland, Fairy Tail announced the participants for its S-Class Exam, which would take place on Tenrou Island with the current S-Class Mages acting as obstacles. A week later, the exam teams set sail, while Feng Lan and Laxus promptly became seasick.

• Feng Lan, Laxus, and the others discussed Mystogan's departure as the guild members competed for a place in the S-Class Exam.
• Makarov announced Juvia, Liel, Cana, Elfman, Freed, Levy, and Mest as this year's participants and explained that they needed to find partners before the exam on Tenrou Island.
• Erza revealed that every current S-Class Mage would try to stop the participants, and Makarov told them to gather at the harbor in one week.
• A week later, Feng Lan inspected the participants' teams and questioned why the guild's cats had come along to watch.
• Makarov ordered the ship to set sail for Tenrou Island, and Feng Lan and Laxus became seasick almost immediately.

The first exam of the S-Class Exam began, sending the candidates down seven paths to face Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mages. On Path A, Feng Lan defeated Juvia and Lisanna and took them to the camp, while Natsu faced Gajeel on Path D.

• Makarov announced that candidates had to choose a path and earn the approval of the S-Class Mage waiting there to pass the first exam.
• The candidates landed on Tenrou Island and split up along their chosen paths.
• On Path A, Feng Lan blocked Juvia and Lisanna’s retreat and challenged them, summoning an Eight-Headed Serpent and fighting them with Water Make magic.
• Feng Lan declared Juvia and Lisanna had failed, knocked them out, and took them toward a concealed cave and the camp.
• On Path D, Gajeel met Natsu, who challenged him to make him take even one step back.

Natsu tested Gajeel and Levy on Route A, while Gray fought Liel and Jiu'er on Route F. Both pairs passed the first exam, and Makarov announced the successful candidates before the second exam began.

• Natsu defeated Gajeel and Levy in their battle, then told them they had passed the first exam.
• Gray fought Liel in the cave while Jiu'er waited nearby, and Liel broke through the barrier with his Heavenly Ice Drill.
• Makarov announced that Cana and Lucy, Elfman and Evergreen, Levy and Gajeel, and Liel and Jiu'er had passed the first exam.
• Makarov told everyone to rest briefly before the second exam began.

While the Fairy Tail guild members prepared food and discussed Elfman and Evergreen, Feng Lan sensed Zeref and another powerful magic source approaching Tenrou Island. He ordered the S-Class exam stopped and sent the others to gather the guild members as a Heart of the Demon airship closed in.

• Mira told the others that Elfman had claimed he was going to marry Evergreen, prompting them to wonder whether he was serious.
• Feng Lan asked Laxus about Elfman and Evergreen, then began sensing the island’s magic through the water in the air.
• Feng Lan detected Zeref and another immense magic source, ordered the exam terminated, and sent Natsu, Gray, and Laxus to find the others.
• Zeref waited among withered trees and wolf carcasses, saying he would soon see Natsu.
• A massive airship bearing the Heart of the Demon emblem approached Tenrou Island.

Feng Lan and Natsu confronted Zeref on Tenrou Island, where Zeref’s Death Hunt struck them and left Igneel’s scarf blackened. After Zeref’s magic turned Natsu feral and made him attack Feng Lan, Natsu recovered, and the brothers split up before Zancrow challenged Natsu to a fight.

• Feng Lan found Zeref beside a dried-up stream, and Zeref asked whether Natsu was doing well and said he wanted to see him.
• Zeref suffered a sudden surge of death magic and unleashed Death Hunt, but Natsu tackled Feng Lan and the attack blackened the scarf Igneel had given Natsu.
• Natsu and Feng Lan attacked Zeref, who blocked their blows, poked Natsu in the heart, and vanished, leaving Natsu overtaken by dark crimson flames.
• Natsu attacked Feng Lan until Feng Lan knocked him down; when Natsu recovered, Feng Lan reassured him and the brothers agreed to split up.
• Zancrow, a Fire God Slayer Wizard from Heart of the Demon, challenged Natsu, who angrily told him to get lost.

Natsu returned to Fairy Tail’s camp, defeated Azuma, and fought Bluenote after the vice guild master demanded to know where Fairy Glitter was. Elsewhere, Feng Lan and Laxus confronted the person on Grimoire Heart’s airship and prepared to move.

• Mira and Lisanna fought Azuma until Natsu returned and knocked him unconscious with Flame Dragon King's Purgatory.
• Bluenote arrived and demanded that Natsu reveal the location of Fairy Glitter, but Natsu refused and challenged him.
• Natsu fought Bluenote through several gravity attacks and defeated him with Purgatory Halberd Dragon Flame, sending him into the sea.
• Aboard Grimoire Heart’s airship, Feng Lan and Laxus stood before the person seated on the throne and shouted, “Let’s go!”

Feng Lan and Laxus defeated Hades with their combined magic, ending the threat of Heart of the Demon. As the Fairy Tail members reunited and celebrated on Tenrou Island, an even greater danger approached.

• Feng Lan and Laxus fought Hades, breaking through his defenses with their combined attacks.
• Hades revealed his blood-red eye and used Heaven's Punishment to summon magical constructs from the airship's rubble.
• Feng Lan and Laxus unleashed Abyss Verdict: Judgment and Fairy Law, overwhelming Hades and his airship.
• Hades fell and was washed away by seawater, while Heart of the Demon ceased to exist.
• Gildarts and the others reunited with Feng Lan and Laxus, and Makarov lamented the damage to Tenrou Island.
• The Fairy Tail members celebrated as a greater danger drew near.

After Fairy Tail recovered from the battle, Cana revealed that Gildarts was her father, and the two reunited as family. Their celebration ended when Feng Lan and Gildarts sensed Acnoologia approaching Tenrou Island.

• Wendy healed the injured members of Fairy Tail, and Feng Lan teased Natsu about his progress after Natsu had burned his arm.
• Feng Lan asked Makarov about Mest and learned that he was aboard the Magic Council's ship.
• Cana told Gildarts that she was his daughter, and Gildarts recognized her as Cornelia's child and embraced her.
• Makarov started a party, and Cana thanked Lucy for helping her finally tell Gildarts the truth.
• Feng Lan sensed a presence in the distance, and he and Gildarts confirmed that Acnoologia was approaching as the guild spotted a dragon in the sky.

Fairy Tail faced Acnoologia on Tenrou Island, but their strongest attacks failed to hurt him. When Makarov ordered everyone to escape and appointed Feng Lan as the next Guild Master, Feng Lan refused to abandon him and rallied the guild to fight together.

• Acnoologia arrived on Tenrou Island, and Feng Lan warned that the guild had little chance against him, but Natsu and Laxus insisted on fighting.
• Gildarts, Natsu, Laxus, Erza, Mira, and the others attacked Acnoologia, but their magic barely affected him.
• Feng Lan used the ocean to restrain and strike Acnoologia, while the Dragon Slayer Mages joined in, but Acnoologia broke free and repelled their attacks.
• Makarov, badly wounded, enlarged himself to stop Acnoologia and ordered the guild to escape by ship, insisting they could not win.
• Makarov appointed Feng Lan the next Guild Master, but Feng Lan refused to leave him behind and knocked Acnoologia back with his full power.
• Feng Lan ordered every Fairy Tail member to expend their remaining magic to protect Makarov and promised they would all return together.

Feng Lan and the Fairy Tail mages combined their attacks to wound Acnoologia, but Feng Lan was left depleted and the guild faced Acnoologia’s final Dragon’s Breath. The blast erased Tenrou Island, and Zeref watched Acnoologia fly away, declaring that it was over.

• Feng Lan, Gray, Natsu, Laxus, Erza, Mira, Gildarts, and Liel attacked Acnoologia with their magic, but he burst through their assault and flew over the sea.
• Feng Lan unleashed Supernova: Abyss, wrapping Acnoologia in a compressed sphere of water and leaving visible wounds across his body.
• Feng Lan collapsed from exhaustion as Acnoologia gathered magic for another Dragon’s Breath above Tenrou Island.
• Mira, Natsu, and the Fairy Tail guild joined hands with Feng Lan, and Makarov and Laxus stood with them as Feng Lan challenged Acnoologia.
• Acnoologia’s Dragon’s Breath engulfed Tenrou Island and erased it, after which Acnoologia flew away and Zeref watched from a ship.

Feng Lan woke after seven years inside Fairy Sphere and reunited with the Fairy Tail members saved from Acnologia. Back at the guild, he and the returning S-Class Exam group drove off debt collectors threatening the guild.

• Alzack and Bisca found Feng Lan awake on Tenrou Island, and Jack, Dorey, and Marcus rushed over to embrace him.
• Mavis Vermillion explained that Fairy Sphere had protected the guild and taken seven years to release.
• Feng Lan and the others found their guildmates, and Mavis disappeared as the members began to awaken.
• At Fairy Tail's guild hall, debt collectors demanded payment and threatened Macao and Romeo.
• The returning S-Class Exam group attacked the debt collectors and announced that they were back.

Fairy Tail celebrated the guild’s reunion, and Feng Lan, Natsu, and Laxus took revenge on Twilight Ogre for bullying their guild. The next day, Makarov showed Feng Lan Fairy Tail’s hidden secret: Fairy Heart, the infinite magic power sealed within Mavis.

• Mira learned that Alzack and Bisca had married and had a daughter named Asuka.
• Makarov told the guild that he had made Feng Lan the Fourth Guild Master, and Macao considered himself the Fifth.
• Feng Lan, Natsu, and Laxus went to Twilight Ogre to settle the guild’s debt, and explosions rang out there that night.
• Makarov led Feng Lan beneath Fairy Tail’s original guild site and opened a secret chamber.
• Makarov revealed Fairy Heart, also called Lumen Stellaris, and warned Feng Lan never to reveal its existence.

Fairy Tail decided to enter the Grand Magic Games and aimed for first place, with the guild preparing for three months of training. Feng Lan declined to join either training group and went with Dada Liya to search Magic Council records for information about Zeref.

• Natsu and Gray urged Makarov to enter the Grand Magic Games, and Makarov agreed after hearing the champions would win thirty million J.
• Macao warned that Fairy Tail had fallen behind during its seven-year absence, but Feng Lan insisted the guild would still win, and Laxus agreed to participate.
• The guild announced its entry and declared its goal was first place in Fiore, then split into groups to begin training the next day.
• Natsu and Mira each tried to recruit Feng Lan, but he refused, saying he had more important work to do, and left with Dada Liya.
• Mira, Cana, Lisanna, and Elfman talked about Feng Lan, Zeref, Acnoologia, and Gildarts as they traveled by carriage.
• Feng Lan and Dada Liya searched through Magic Council documents for information about Zeref, and Feng Lan began reading the records.

Makarov assembled Feng Lan, Laxus, Mira, Gajeel, and Juvia to form a second Fairy Tail team for the Grand Magic Games. He persuaded them to compete with a prize, then revealed Jellal as their substitute and suggested they treat him as Mystogan.

• Makarov told Feng Lan, Laxus, Mira, Gajeel, and Juvia that Fairy Tail could enter two teams because the rules did not forbid it.
• The group objected to being assembled as a backup team, but Makarov promised the winners could order members of the other team around for three days.
• Laxus asked whether Feng Lan could compete despite once being a Guild Master, and Makarov said Feng Lan had never registered his Guild Master certification with the Magic Council.
• Makarov revealed Jellal as the second team's substitute, and Feng Lan said they could treat him as Mystogan for the time being.

As the Grand Magic Games approached, Mira and the others arrived in the city, while Feng Lan, Laxus, and Gajeel struggled with motion sickness. The group split up at the station, and Jellal, disguised as Mystogan, was left alone carrying their shopping bags.

• Mira, Juvia, Feng Lan, Laxus, Gajeel, and the others arrived by train, with Feng Lan, Laxus, and Gajeel suffering from motion sickness.
• Jellal worried about appearing in public, but Dada Liya reassured him that Mystogan could compete with Fairy Tail.
• Feng Lan, Laxus, and Gajeel ran to the restroom while Mira led the others off to explore.
• After recovering, the three looked for the group, unaware that Mira and the others had returned to wait near the station.
• Mira and the others joked while waiting, and Juvia and Mira bickered about Gray and Feng Lan.
• Jellal remained elsewhere in the station with a pile of shopping bags and wondered if the others had left him behind.

Fairy Tail Team B entered the Grand Magic Games preliminaries, a race through a giant spherical labyrinth, and fought their way past rival teams. They began blasting a direct route toward the center, leaving the watching referees unsure whether their tactics broke the rules.

• Mira teased Feng Lan the night before the competition, and the next morning Feng Lan appeared exhausted as Fairy Tail Team B gathered.
• Jellal sat out to investigate Zeref's magic, while Feng Lan selected himself, Mira, Laxus, Gajeel, and Juvia for the preliminaries.
• The host Pumpkin announced that the first eight teams to reach the center of the spherical labyrinth would qualify for the main competition.
• Feng Lan led Fairy Tail Team B into the labyrinth, where more than ten rival teams attacked them, and Laxus and Feng Lan quickly knocked many opponents out.
• Fairy Tail Team B unleashed a barrage of magic straight toward the labyrinth's center, shocking the referees watching the competition.

Fairy Tail Team B, led by Feng Lan, entered the Grand Magic Games as the preliminary winners and declared their aim to reclaim Fiore’s strongest guild title. The first match was set between Laxus and Jura.

• Pumpkin Man announced the eight teams, including Raven Tail, Sabertooth, and preliminary winners Fairy Tail Team B.
• Feng Lan led his team into the arena, greeted Sting and Rogue, and declared Fairy Tail’s goal of reclaiming its glory as Fiore’s strongest guild.
• Mavis appeared in Fairy Tail’s spectator section and cheered, telling Makarov that only Fairy Tail members could see her.
• Pumpkin Man explained the five-day tournament format and announced that Laxus would face Jura in the opening duel.
• Jura prepared to face Laxus, who said he would win and entered the arena.

Laxus fought Jura in the opening match of the guild competition, endured Jura’s stone attacks, and then overwhelmed him with lightning magic. Laxus won the first victory for his guild.

• Laxus and Jura exchanged attacks, with Laxus initially forcing Jura toward the arena’s edge.
• Jura turned the arena rubble into spikes and pillars, wounded Laxus, and trapped him under a torrent of magic.
• Laxus became more serious and struck Jura with the Lightning Dragon King’s Crushing Fist and Roar.
• Jura covered the arena in rocks and detonated them, but Laxus broke through with the Lightning Dragon King’s Tremor.
• Laxus struck Jura with Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Roaring Thunder, defeated him, and claimed the first victory.

Feng Lan and Natsu fought in the Grand Magic Games, with Natsu displaying his strength but Feng Lan holding back. Feng Lan ended the match by blasting Natsu out of the arena.

• The host announced a match between Fairy Tail Team B's Feng Lan and Fairy Tail Team A's Natsu, and both entered the arena with powerful bursts of magic.
• Feng Lan and Natsu traded dragon-slayer attacks in a fierce exchange that cracked the arena floor.
• Feng Lan blocked Natsu's attacks and countered with water magic, eventually knocking Natsu unconscious briefly.
• Natsu unleashed Fire Dragon King's Roar, but Feng Lan split the flames with a thin thread of magic.
• Feng Lan declared he was done playing and sent Natsu flying with a burst of magic, ending the match.

On the third day of the Grand Magic Games, Natsu fought Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue in a two-on-two match, but sent Gajeel out of the arena and faced both Twin Dragons alone. He defeated them with overwhelming fire magic, leaving them down and declaring himself their big brother.

• The host announced that the day’s matches would be two-on-two battles and introduced Natsu and Gajeel against Sting and Rogue.
• Natsu threw Gajeel into a mine cart and told Sting and Rogue he could handle them by himself.
• Natsu stopped Sting and Rogue’s opening attacks, then burned them with Fire Dragon magic and forced them to use Dragon Force.
• Sting and Rogue combined their magic in a final attack, but Natsu countered with Crimson Lotus Exploding Flame of the Fire Dragon and defeated them.
• Feng Lan made rain fall over the scorched arena, and Natsu told Sting and Rogue that he had beaten them as their big brother.