Chapter Summaries

Makarov and Mavis learned that Laxus had brought down a dragon, while Natsu freed Atlas Flame and learned that Igneel was still alive. Gajeel struggled against the Wind Dragon, and Ye Yang faced the Sea King Dragon and Cave Dragon after defeating the Shadow Dragon.

• Mavis said Laxus had likely used nature's lightning to defeat a dragon, and Makarov said the outcome now depended on Ye Yang.
• Natsu stopped eating Atlas Flame's fire after the dragon recognized Igneel's aura, and learned that Igneel was alive and had been the Fire Dragon King's child’s father.
• Atlas Flame joined Natsu in heading to fight the enemy, while Natsu said he would one day reach Ye Yang's level.
• Gajeel protected Sting and the others from the Wind Dragon's attack, then sent them away and fought the dragon alone.
• The Wind Dragon countered Gajeel's attacks with its wind barrier and forced him to retreat into the shadows.
• After Ye Yang defeated the Shadow Dragon, the Sea King Dragon and Cave Dragon arrived, and the Cave Dragon dived toward him.

Ye Yang fought off the Sea King Dragon, Cave Dragon, and Dark Dragon, then critically wounded the Cave Dragon. As Natsu confronted Future Rogue, Future Rogue revealed a new form powered by Sting's magic and wounded Natsu.

• Ye Yang stopped the Sea King Dragon and Cave Dragon's dive, then overwhelmed their roars with his Cero until the Dark Dragon joined the attack.
• Ye Yang returned to normal size and destroyed the Cave Dragon's rock spikes with a punch, caving in its abdomen and leaving it near death.
• Future Rogue ordered the dragons to attack Ye Yang, but Atlas Flame broke free of his control and teamed up with Natsu.
• Natsu fought Future Rogue while Atlas Flame restrained the Diamond Dragon, and Future Rogue transformed using Sting's magic after Natsu proved stronger than expected.
• Future Rogue entered White Shadow Dragon Mode, wounded Natsu with his Rending Claw, and Natsu countered with Flame Sun Dragon's Collapsing Fist.

Natsu used the Sun Flame Dragon power to fight Future Rogue, who strengthened himself by absorbing Masergrera’s Magic Power. Meanwhile, Ye Yang killed the Wind Dragon and intercepted the Sea King Dragon and Dark Dragon as they tried to flee.

• Natsu broke free of Future Rogue’s shadow binding and overpowered him with the Sun Flame Dragon’s fire.
• Future Rogue swallowed an energy sphere from Masergrera, gaining some of the Diamond Dragon’s strength and defense.
• Flame caught Natsu after Rogue knocked him back, and Natsu absorbed Flame’s fire before asking him to throw him at the Diamond Dragon.
• Ye Yang killed the Wind Dragon with a Star-Piercing Arrow that pierced through it and blasted a hole in the clouds.
• The Sea King Dragon and Dark Dragon tried to escape, but Ye Yang appeared in front of them.

Ye Yang crushed the Sea King Dragon and Beli with Giant Magic, while Natsu defeated Future Rogue in a final clash. Ye Yang then killed Diamond Dragon, ending the dragon attack with humanity victorious.

• Ye Yang trapped the Sea King Dragon and Beli beneath his giant armored foot, crushing them into the ground.
• Natsu fought Future Rogue atop Diamond Dragon and overpowered him with his Crimson Lotus Phoenix Blade.
• Ye Yang defeated the remaining dragonkin and regrouped with the others as Natsu sent Future Rogue flying.
• Ye Yang shot Diamond Dragon with a black arrow, killing it and ending the dragon attack in humanity's victory.

After the dragons were defeated, Ye Yang confronted Future Rogue and explained that he and Future Lucy came from different timelines. He sent the dragon corpses and Future Rogue through the Moon Eclipse Gate, then faced the question of what to do with Future Lucy.

• Atlas Flame apologized for attacking the humans under another person's control, while the King's Army brought in the captured man in black, who was revealed to be Future Rogue.
• Future Rogue argued that opening the gate and controlling dragons was necessary to defeat Acnologia, but Ye Yang and Lucy challenged his claims about the future.
• Future Lucy appeared and confirmed that she came from a future where ten thousand dragons emerged from the gate, while Ye Yang explained that both visitors came from separate timeline branches.
• Ye Yang gathered the dragon corpses and reopened the Moon Eclipse Gate, punching the leopard-like dragon back inside and throwing the corpses through.
• Ye Yang threw Future Rogue into the gate, and Atlas Flame promised to take care of him before the gate shut.
• Lucy asked what they should do about Future Lucy, and Ye Yang said her existence was unnatural and questioned whether the changes would affect her future.

Lucy learned that the Moon Eclipse Gate belonged to her family and that her mother had died after opening it, then agreed to its destruction. Future Lucy departed after seeing Lucy’s Fairy Tail emblem, while the dragon attack ended and the Magic Council discussed reform and renewed activity in the Dark World.

• Princess Jade told Lucy that the Hartfilia family owned the Moon Eclipse Gate and that Layla had died after using her Magic Power to open it on July 7th, X777.
• Lucy learned her father had searched for her after she disappeared, then asked Ye Yang to destroy the gate, which he reduced to rubble.
• Future Lucy asked to see Lucy’s emblem, received a golden arm bearing the Fairy Tail emblem from Ye Yang, and vanished while wishing she could adventure with everyone again.
• Igneel crushed Rogue after Atlas Flame reported that Rogue had controlled him, then heard that his future foster son intended to beat him up.
• The dragon attack ended, and guilds left the Royal Capital as reconstruction began.
• Og and Laharl discussed Ye Yang’s strength, plans to replace Magic Council members, and the Dark World’s recent activity.

Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia, where the townspeople welcomed them and restored their old guild hall. After settling back into daily life, Ye Yang, Gray, and Natsu accepted a mysterious request from Worlod Sinken and arrived at his home in a quiet grassland.

• The people of Magnolia celebrated Fairy Tail's Grand Magic Games victory and told Makarov they had redeemed the guild's old hall.
• Zeref told Mavis he would take the Heart of Fairy and start a world-class war, while Mavis insisted Ye Yang would stop him.
• Fairy Tail's former members returned, and Lucy found her father, talked things through with him, and went back to the guild.
• Makarov gave Ye Yang a request from Worlod Sinken that specifically called for Gray and Natsu, and the two argued when they heard their names.
• Ye Yang, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Erza, Carla, and Happy traveled to Worlod Sinken's home, where Wendy noticed the rich Magic Power around his treehouse.

Ye Yang and the Fairy Tail mages visited Warrod, who asked them to investigate Sun Village, a village frozen despite its Eternal Flame. Warrod’s plants carried them there, where they found a giant village encased in ice.

• Ye Yang entered Warrod’s plant-filled home by kicking open the door and argued with him over eating fruit from the entrance.
• Warrod explained that Sun Village and its inhabitants had been frozen, though faint traces of life remained, and asked Fairy Tail to rescue them.
• Warrod grew a massive tree that carried the group two thousand kilometers south to Sun Village.
• The mages found the enormous village frozen solid despite the summer sun, and Natsu volunteered to act.

Ye Yang and Erza investigated the ice-sealed Giant village after learning that treasure hunters were seeking its Eternal Flame. They were ambushed by Minerva and another mage, who used magic to turn them into children.

• Ye Yang found that his Solar Magic could melt the Giants’ ice only slowly, so he and Erza decided to investigate the village.
• Ye Yang exposed three members of the Treasure Hunter Guild, who revealed their plan to use Moon Drop to reach the Eternal Flame before fleeing.
• Erza sent Natsu and the others after the treasure hunters while she and Ye Yang entered the village.
• A masked man and Minerva discussed targeting the Fairy Tail mages, and Minerva said she wanted revenge.
• Minerva and her companion appeared before Ye Yang and Erza after their magic reverted both mages to childhood, and Erza recognized Minerva’s new guild emblem.

Ye Yang and the others encountered Minerva and the Succubus Eye mage Deliatai in Giant Village, where Ye Yang broke the age-regressing curse and defeated Deliatai. After Minerva escaped with Tariad, the group reached the frozen eternal flame, reignited it, and saw it transform into a Fire Dragon they recognized as their uncle.

• Minerva declared that she had joined Succubus Eye to take revenge on Fairy Tail, and Ye Yang mocked the guild and challenged its members.
• Deliatai attacked Ye Yang, but Ye Yang shattered his dagger, kicked him unconscious, and resisted the curse that regressed people’s abilities.
• Ye Yang identified Succubus Eye as affiliated with Gate of Hades and demanded that Minerva take him to its guild, but Minerva refused.
• Natsu and the others caught up with Ye Yang, while a giant bird seized Minerva and Tariad; Minerva used her spatial power to escape with the bird.
• The trio of thieves discovered that their bottle of Moon Drop had shattered, and Ye Yang’s group continued toward the village center.
• Gray broke the ice around the eternal flame, Natsu reignited its spark, and the flames became a Fire Dragon whom the group recognized as their uncle.

Atlas Flame freed Giant Village before disappearing, and the giants thanked Ye Yang and his companions for rescuing them. Minerva returned to Succubus Eye’s ruined headquarters, where Kyoka revealed herself as a demon from Gate of Hades.

• Atlas Flame remembered that a Demon Slayer had frozen him and the village, then used his final strength and Natsu’s flames to break the ice.
• Before vanishing, Atlas Flame revealed that Igneel had not destroyed E.N.D., the final Demon in Zeref’s Book.
• The awakened giants thanked Ye Yang and his companions, and their chief asked them to look after Freya if they met her; Ye Yang promised to help.
• Minerva returned to Succubus Eye’s headquarters and found it deserted and in disarray, with sheets of paper scattered across the floor.
• Kyoka appeared and explained that the papers were failed products of her magic before identifying herself as one of the Nine Demon Spirits under Gate of Hades.

After completing their mission, Ye Yang and the Fairy Tail members visited Warrod, who treated them to a hot spring and revealed that he had helped found their guild. Natsu asked Warrod about E.N.D., but Warrod knew nothing beyond the rumors that E.N.D. was the Gate of Hades’ master.

• Kyoka used her Curse to envelop Minerva after dismissing the people who had died from her enhancement as weak.
• Ye Yang and the others returned to Warrod’s residence, where Warrod praised them and agreed to report the Gate of Hades’ appearance to the Council.
• Warrod gave everyone except Ye Yang an ordinary potato as a reward, prompting Lucy to demand money.
• Warrod took the group to a hot spring, where Ye Yang explained that Warrod was one of Fairy Tail’s founders and a contemporary of the First Master.
• Warrod recalled Mavis’s words about the trust binding comrades and said the guild’s ideals still lived in its members.
• Natsu asked Warrod about E.N.D., and Warrod said he did not know what it was, though rumors named it the Gate of Hades’ master.

After Ye Yang and his companions discussed Gate of Hades’ Curse, the Magic Council debated the Dark Guild’s destroyed subsidiaries before Jackal attacked its headquarters. Og used the light ball Ye Yang had given him against Jackal, but it appeared to have no effect, leaving the survivors in danger.

• Erza explained that Gate of Hades used a power called Curse, which had affected both her and Ye Yang, and the group set off for their guild the next day.
• At the Magic Council meeting, Grand Doma redirected the discussion from Fairy Tail to the unexplained destruction of seven Gate of Hades subsidiaries.
• Og suggested Gate of Hades might have destroyed its own weaker affiliates, but another councilor argued with him.
• Frog Messenger entered to report an invasion, then exploded, and blasts destroyed the Council Hall.
• Dorant teleported Og and Laharl away from the destruction, but Jackal found them and disabled them with an exploding pebble.
• Og threw the light ball Ye Yang had given him at Jackal, but it did nothing, and Jackal picked it up as he prepared to kill Og.

Jackal attacked the Magic Council, but Og, Laharl, and Dorant survived with the help of a powerful light orb from Ye Yang. As Fairy Tail discussed Gate of Hades’ motives and news spread that all 117 Council members had died, a cloaked stranger found Evergreen at Ichiya’s restaurant.

• Jackal was killed when Og’s light orb exploded, and Og, Laharl, and Dorant escaped the attack on the Magic Council.
• Dorant teleported the injured Og and Laharl to Fairy Tail, where Og reported that Gate of Hades and its Nine Demon Spirits had attacked the Council.
• Ye Yang, Makarov, and the others considered why Gate of Hades had targeted the Council and what advantage the dark guild might possess.
• Sazlux arrived with news of the Council attack, but Levy told him the group already knew.
• At Ichiya’s restaurant, Ichiya and the Gods of Thunder learned from a newspaper that 117 people had died in the attack.
• A gray-cloaked man entered the restaurant, and after Evergreen greeted him, he said he had found her.

Tempester attacked Yakima and defeated Freed and Bickslow, but Laxus arrived and overwhelmed him. After revealing himself as one of Gate of Hades’s Nine Demon Spirits, Tempester self-destructed and released Magic Barrier Particles over the town.

• Tempester swept Evergreen into a storm, defeated Freed and Bickslow, and attacked Yakima until Laxus arrived.
• Laxus blocked Tempester’s attack, struck him down, and learned that he was Tempester, one of Gate of Hades’s Nine Demon Spirits.
• Yakima said he did not know why Tempester had targeted him, and Laxus decided to capture Tempester and question him.
• Tempester began to self-destruct, and Laxus failed to stop him before he exploded and released Magic Barrier Particles.
• Tempester declared that the particles would destroy magic particles in the air and pollute the town.

Laxus absorbed the Magic Barrier Particles to save the town, but they severely contaminated his body, leaving him near death. Ye Yang identified Fis as Gate of Hades’s likely target and left to find someone who could lead him to the guild, while Fairy Tail prepared to protect the former Council members.

• Laxus inhaled the Magic Barrier Particles until they disappeared, then collapsed as the particles contaminated his Magic Power.
• Porlyusica said the Gods of Thunder would recover, but Laxus needed an antidote made from the blood of someone carrying Magic Barrier Particles.
• Ye Yang said Gate of Hades might have other carriers and suspected the guild planned to use Fis, a device that would erase Magic Power across the continent if Council members died.
• Ye Yang told Fairy Tail to protect the former Council members and went to find someone who might know Gate of Hades’s location.
• Dorant arrived and gave the group the locations of several former Council members, but he knew only the former Council Chairman’s temporary residence.

Fairy Tail declared war on the Gate of Hades and organized into four groups to find their enemies. Ye Yang retrieved Ultear and Melt, who helped uncover that the Gate of Hades planned to use Fis, a weapon capable of erasing magic power across the continent, and suspected someone had leaked the secret.

• Leo revealed that he knew where a former Council Chairman lived, and Makarov declared Fairy Tail at war with the Gate of Hades.
• Makarov split Fairy Tail into four groups and ordered them to protect themselves and capture enemies alive until Ye Yang returned.
• Tempester recovered in the Gate of Hades' regeneration chamber and claimed that the mage who defeated him had been killed by his Magic Barrier Particles.
• Kyoka revealed that Minerva was being cultivated as a potential new member of the Gate of Hades and looked forward to fighting Fairy Tail.
• Ye Yang collected Ultear and Melt from their home and told them that Fis could erase magic power across the continent.
• Ultear suspected that someone had leaked the classified information about Fis to the Gate of Hades.

Ye Yang learned that the Dark Guild might have a traitor and raced back as Natsu and Lucy protected former councilor Mikael from Jackal. Jackal attacked with his Explosion curse, leaving the Fairy Tail mages to face a new threat.

• Ye Yang warned Makarov that a former councilor might have betrayed them and sped back after learning Erza and the others had already left.
• Natsu and Lucy convinced Mikael and his granddaughter Milia to stay while Fairy Tail protected them, and Mikael reacted with alarm when he learned the Dark Guild wanted to activate Fis.
• Icarus sensed an approaching enemy, and Jackal blew up Mikael's house before confronting the group.
• Jackal claimed the Gate of Hades was immortal, prompting Lucy to order Natsu to capture him alive.
• Jackal evaded Natsu and blasted him with his Explosion curse, which he explained caused anything he touched to explode.

Natsu burned away Jackal’s Curse and defeated him, but Jackal transformed into a Demon and forced Icarus to fight. After Icarus severed his limbs, Jackal began swelling to self-destruct, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Natsu realized he could burn away Jackal’s Curse and overwhelmed him with fire attacks.
• Jackal revived as a wolf-like Demon, and Icarus rushed in to help Natsu while Lucy and Happy stayed back.
• Icarus evaded Jackal’s explosions and struck him with her sword techniques, severing his limbs and ending his Demonization.
• Jackal declared he would take Icarus with him and began swelling to self-destruct as she retreated.

Natsu defeated Jackal with a powerful new fire attack, while Fairy Tail learned that the former Council members had been targeted and that the Nine Demon Spirits could return after death. Erza, Mirajane, and San Mao met former Council Chairman Crawford, as Makarov remained unable to contact their group.

• Natsu condensed his flames into a golden-red fireball and burned Jackal to ashes, then explained that he had developed the attack by copying Ye Yang.
• Gray and Gajeel reported that the former Council members' residences had been attacked and their targets were missing or dead.
• Lucy contacted Makarov and confirmed that her group had defeated Gate of Hades and protected Council Member Mikael.
• Natsu told Makarov that the Nine Demon Spirits were Demons who could come back to life, and Og identified Jackal as the attacker he had destroyed.
• Makarov told Natsu's group to bring Mikael back safely, while he continued trying to reach Erza's group.
• Erza, Mirajane, and San Mao drank tea with former Council Chairman Crawford, who asked how they had found his secluded home and why they had come.