Chapter Summaries

Ye Yang summoned the five dragons hidden inside the Dragon Slayers, and they destroyed every Fis before time ran out. Igneel explained why the dragons had traveled four hundred years into the future and asked Ye Yang how he knew they existed.

• Ye Yang decided there was not enough time to destroy the Fis himself, so he called Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue forward.
• Igneel, Grandine, Metalicana, Passeroth, and Sciadrum emerged from the Dragon Slayers and destroyed every Fis in less than half an hour.
• Igneel told Ye Yang that the dragons would not join human conflicts but could help hold back Acnologia.
• Igneel explained that the dragons had sent the Dragon Slayers four hundred years into the future to give humanity a chance against Acnologia and prevent dragonification.
• Passeroth revealed that he and Sciadrum had faked their deaths to Sting and Rogue as a prank.
• Igneel asked Ye Yang how he knew the dragons existed.

Ye Yang accepted a temporary appointment as Council Chairman while Fairy Tail and other guilds prepared for the final battle. Zeref then told Acnologia that Ye Yang had survived and warned him that Ye Yang might now be stronger than he was.

• After the dragons left with their children to train, Dorant returned to Fairy Tail and revealed that his memories had been restored.
• Dorant invited the major guild masters to join the reformed Magic Council, and Makarov agreed while arguing with Ye Yang over who should lead Fairy Tail.
• Dorant asked Ye Yang to become Council Chairman, and Ye Yang accepted temporarily after Makarov urged him to take the position.
• The Magic Council announced its new members the next day, with Ye Yang as chairman, and the news caused his reputation and property values to rise across Fiore.
• Zeref found Acnologia and revealed that Ye Yang had survived the attack seven years earlier and broken free from Fairy Sphere.
• Acnologia demanded Ye Yang's location, but Zeref warned that Ye Yang had grown powerful enough to threaten him, prompting Acnologia to release his Magic Power.

Zeref told Acnologia to wait a year before their final battle, planning a world-class war involving humanity, dragons, and the undead. Over the year, Ye Yang strengthened his allies and stabilized the magic world, then attended the Grand Magic Games, where he predicted Poison Fang would defeat Headless Knight.

• Zeref told Acnologia that a force within Ye Yang might be able to kill him and promised to launch a world-class war in one year.
• Ye Yang found Earth Dragon and Gale Dragon Dragon Crystals and gave them to Er Gou and San Mao, who grew stronger after implanting them.
• Ye Yang stopped Albares Empire's attacks, suppressed the chaos caused by the Balam Alliance's fall, and later resigned as Council Chairman to focus on training and collecting rent.
• Makarov urged Ye Yang to attend the Grand Magic Games, where Ye Yang appeared as a judge on the final day.
• Ye Yang told Jubardi that Poison Fang was pretending to be dominated by Headless Knight and that its members had more than twice their opponents' Magic Power.

Poison Fang exposed its scheme, defeated the Headless Knight Guild, and challenged Fairy Tail, but Natsu returned and quickly defeated Poison Fang before Ye Yang knocked him out. Ye Yang reunited with Natsu and Happy and explained that Fairy Tail’s main fighters had spent the past year training; the group headed to meet the guild while Natsu boasted about his new strength.

• Poison Fang’s captain revealed that the guild had been pretending to struggle, and Poison Fang defeated the Headless Knight Guild as furious bettors protested.
• Poison Fang’s captain declared his guild Fiore’s strongest and challenged Fairy Tail and Ye Yang.
• Natsu burst into the arena, defeated every member of Poison Fang with a fiery punch, and proclaimed Fairy Tail the strongest.
• Ye Yang knocked Natsu unconscious, apologized for the trouble, and carried him away as Happy reunited with them.
• Natsu woke up, and Ye Yang explained that Fairy Tail’s main fighters had spent the past year training while newcomers competed in the Games.
• Natsu boasted that Igneel had given him a secret weapon to defeat Zeref and Acnologia as Ye Yang, Happy, and Natsu continued toward the guild.

Fairy Tail learned that San Mao had passed the S-Class Trial and returned from an S-Class Mission, while Dorant discovered that Albares Emperor Spriggan was Zeref. Zeref ordered Inbel to gather the Spriggan 12 for an important announcement.

• Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel learned that Ye Yang had given Er Gou and San Mao Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals and that San Mao had narrowly won the S-Class Trial.
• San Mao returned with Er Gou and bragged about their S-Class Mission, prompting Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel to vow to become S-Class Mages.
• Dorant attended Emperor Spriggan’s welcome ceremony and recognized the emperor as the Black Mage Zeref.
• Dorant slipped away from the crowd to report Zeref’s identity to the chairman and former chairman.
• Zeref returned to the palace, spoke with Inbel, Dimaria, and Ajeel, and ordered Inbel to gather the Spriggan 12 for an important announcement.

Zeref summoned the Spriggan 12 and declared that the final war was approaching. After Dorant reported that Zeref ruled the Albares Empire and its army was gathering in overwhelming numbers, Fairy Tail prepared for an invasion of Ishgar.

• Zeref told August that the coming final war would be known in Ishgar as the Dragon King Festival, then ordered Inbel to assemble the Spriggan 12.
• Dorant returned to Fairy Tail and revealed that Zeref was the Emperor of the Albares Empire, known there as Spriggan.
• Ye Yang admitted that he had recognized Zeref from a portrait during a visit to the empire a year earlier.
• Dorant reported that Albares had nearly five hundred thousand troops gathering, while Ishgar had fewer than two hundred thousand.
• Ye Yang reassured Fairy Tail that he could neutralize a vast army, then ordered Dorant to warn the Magic Council as the guild prepared for war.

Mavis revealed that Zeref sought the Heart of Fairy, explaining how her love for him, the Curse of Contradiction, and Precht’s research led to the creation of its Eternal Magic Power. The guild rallied around Mavis and prepared for battle, while Ye Yang said he might seal Zeref by scattering his limbs if he could not kill him.

• Mavis appeared before the guild and confirmed that Zeref wanted the Heart of Fairy.
• Mavis recounted her history with Zeref, their Curse of Contradiction, and how Precht’s efforts to revive her created the Heart of Fairy.
• Mavis suspected Zeref wanted the Heart’s Eternal Magic Power to oppose Acnologia and Ye Yang.
• Mavis apologized for bringing the guild and continent into danger, but Ye Yang, Erza, Lucy, and Natsu reassured her and asked her to command the battle.
• Ye Yang said he did not know whether he could kill Zeref, but he could seal him by separating his limbs across the world.

Ye Yang left Fairy Tail to buy time as Makarov and Mavis prepared for the threat facing the world. In Albares, Zeref ordered the Spriggan 12 to join a full-scale invasion of Ishgar, declaring that his goal was to destroy the continent and that the entire nation would mobilize.

• Ye Yang told Makarov he would buy the guild time, then vanished in a flash of golden light.
• Makarov and Mavis agreed they could only trust Ye Yang to handle the danger.
• Zeref convened the Spriggan 12, and Inbel objected that Neinhart had missed the meeting.
• Zeref told the Spriggan 12 that Albares would attack Ishgar to obtain Heart of Fairy and destroy the continent.
• Zeref ordered the entire nation to mobilize, shocking the Spriggan 12, while the Desert King claimed he could conquer Ishgar alone.

Zeref explained that Ye Yang was a threat on Acnologia’s level and justified mobilizing the entire nation against Ishgar. He revealed that Acnologia would keep Ye Yang occupied while Zeref pursued the Heart of Fairy.

• Inbel questioned whether Ishgar warranted the entire army, and Serena described Ye Yang as the mage rumored to be the strongest of the current era.
• Inbel recounted how Ye Yang had repeatedly wiped out forces sent to Ishgar, but Zeref said the sealed reports understated Ye Yang’s strength.
• Serena insisted she could defeat Ye Yang, but Zeref declared that Ye Yang was on Acnologia’s level and said he would personally join the campaign.
• Zeref told the Spriggan 12 that Ye Yang wielded Haki and Solar Magic, could block the Curse of the Ankseram God, and possessed unmatched speed.
• Zeref revealed that he had invited Acnologia to occupy Ye Yang while he obtained the Heart of Fairy.

Ye Yang attacked the Albares Empire’s Royal Palace and confronted Zeref and the Spriggan 12. After overpowering their defenses, he killed Serena, whom he called a traitor.

• Ye Yang arrived above the Royal Palace and blasted the war conference room, prompting Zeref and members of the Spriggan 12 to appear.
• Ye Yang knocked out the surrounding soldiers with his Conqueror's Color and forced Ajeel to his knees.
• Ye Yang announced that he had come to kill Serena, but Zeref refused to let him take Serena’s life.
• Serena and Ajeel attacked Ye Yang, who countered Serena’s eight dragons and Ajeel’s sand with a Light Saber and a golden-red fireball.
• August and Brandish tried to stop Ye Yang’s fireball, but he detonated it and then appeared before Serena.
• Ye Yang kicked Serena in the head, killing him and making his head disappear.

Ye Yang returned from Albares after killing Serena and reported that Zeref’s empire had assembled about a million soldiers and that Acnologia would be his opponent. He rallied the Magic Council and revealed a vast array of cannons as the war approached.

• After Serena’s death, Zeref ordered his army to attack Ishgar the next day, while August admitted he could not match Ye Yang’s Solar Magic.
• At the Magic Council, Laharl reported that Albares had the Spriggan 12 and that Serena had betrayed Ishgar and joined them.
• Ye Yang arrived and told the Council he had executed Serena during his trip to Albares.
• Ye Yang reported that Albares had about a million troops and warned that August and the other Spriggan 12 were formidable, while Zeref had assigned Acnologia as his opponent.
• Ye Yang encouraged the Council, then ordered Dorant and Laharl to bring out his creations, revealing massive cannons through doors in the ground.

Ye Yang revealed two hundred powerful cannons designed to counter the Albares Empire’s invasion, and Makarov returned to Fairy Tail with intelligence on the Spriggan 12. The guild learned that one million enemy troops would invade Ishgar, leaving them to prepare for a fight despite being outnumbered five to one.

• Ye Yang demonstrated that his fist-sized golden shells could power cannons capable of creating a massive explosion and tsunami.
• Ye Yang explained that the cannons required immense energy and took an hour to repair after firing, making each one effectively a one-use battlefield weapon.
• The assembled guild representatives received information about the Spriggan 12 and returned to their guilds as their worries about the enemy’s numbers eased.
• At Fairy Tail, the members speculated that Ye Yang had gone to attack the enemy headquarters, then welcomed him and Makarov back.
• Makarov showed Fairy Tail the Spriggan 12’s portraits and revealed that Albares would invade Ishgar with one million soldiers, while Ishgar had only two hundred thousand troops.
• Makarov said Ishgar would compensate for its smaller numbers with weapons.

Makarov briefed Fairy Tail on the Spriggan 12, the Albares Empire’s powerful elite, as the guild prepared for an imminent attack. The chapter ended with Laxus, Natsu, Gray, and the others vowing to fight and Makarov urging them all to come back alive.

• Lucy learned that Ye Yang had killed one of the chairman’s twelve people, leaving eleven Spriggan 12 members.
• Makarov identified Serena as Ishgar’s former top Saint Ten, now the lowest-ranked Spriggan 12 member, and warned that the remaining enemies were far stronger.
• Ye Yang described his encounters with Ajeel and Brandish, explaining their abilities and warning Fairy Tail about Ajeel’s hatred.
• Makarov shared intelligence on the Spriggan 12, including August and Irene Belserion, the Empire’s Twin Walls.
• Makarov warned that Albares would attack by the next day, and Fairy Tail’s members vowed to defeat the enemy and return alive.

As Alberes launched a massive assault on Fiore from the west, south, and north, Ye Yang set out to stop the western army while the guilds prepared their defenses. At the southern port, Dorant ordered a hundred cannons to fire on the approaching warships.

• Acnologia awoke in a cave, while Gildarts received a message from his daughter and hurried home, furious at Alberes.
• Warren's detection system revealed an Alberes force of one million advancing from the west, another force of three hundred thousand in the north, and over a hundred warships approaching the southern port.
• Mavis sent Ye Yang to support the western defenses, and he left the guild in Laxus's care.
• Saber Tooth, Blue Pegasus, and the soldiers prepared to defend the southern port as the fleet approached.
• Dorant ordered the defenders to fire a hundred cannons, sending a barrage of magic shells toward the warships.

The southern fleet was devastated by artillery, but Dimaria reached the shore while Wahl remained at sea. In the north, Bloodman revived the 300,000 soldiers killed by the cannons, prompting Mirajane to fly out to help.

• Dimaria and Wahl faced an incoming barrage, and Wahl’s missile launchers detonated many of the projectiles, wrecking most of the fleet.
• Wahl used a Pulse Particle Cannon to break the tsunami, but only six warships remained; Dimaria rushed toward shore and appeared behind the defenders.
• Bloodman restored the 300,000 soldiers killed on the northern front, and Er Gou and San Mao charged to confront him.
• Warren saw the northern red dots return on Fairy Tail’s radar, and Mavis realized something had happened there.
• Mirajane took on Satan's Soul and flew north after Makarov agreed to send her.

Ye Yang routed half of Zeref’s million-strong army with Conqueror’s Haki, then faced Acnologia on the western battlefield. Ye Yang smashed Acnologia into the ground, though the fight remained unresolved.

• Ye Yang unleashed his Haki and knocked hundreds of thousands of soldiers unconscious, shaking the morale of Zeref’s army.
• At Fairy Tail, Warren reported the army’s losses, then spotted an approaching Magic Source that Mavis and Makarov identified as Acnologia.
• Zeref ordered Inbel to redirect the army while Acnologia arrived, and Ye Yang used Giantization to meet the dragon’s attack.
• Ye Yang and Acnologia clashed with energy blasts, then exchanged a dragon claw and an Armament Haki-coated fist.
• Acnologia claimed he had protected his insides against Ye Yang’s Flowing Cherry Blossom, but Ye Yang enlarged his fist and drove Acnologia into the ground.

Ye Yang fought Acnologia while Ajeel’s airship army attacked Magnolia Town, only to be stopped by the town’s enchantment barrier. The Dragon Slayers’ counterattack faltered when motion sickness left Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy incapacitated, and Erza flew out to face Ajeel.

• Ye Yang and Acnologia resumed their duel, while Zeref left the battlefield with Inbel to handle other matters.
• Fairy Tail detected an invasion of Magnolia Town, and Mavis realized the enemy was approaching from the sky and ordered Freed to raise an enchantment barrier.
• Ajeel ordered his airships to bombard Magnolia Town, but the barrier stopped the shells from reaching the town.
• Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy flew out and destroyed several airships before confronting Ajeel, but motion sickness left them collapsed on his deck.
• Erza donned her Heavenly Wheel Armor and flew toward Ajeel to take over the fight.

Erza fought Ajeel aboard his flagship after Bisca’s Magic Cannon destroyed the surrounding warships, while Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy escaped his Sand Swords. The battle continued as Erza countered Ajeel’s sand attacks, and Wahl’s puppet led the surviving soldiers to Magnolia’s magical barrier.

• Ajeel attacked the motion-sick Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy with Sand Swords, but Happy and the other cats rescued them as Erza cut the swords down.
• Bisca fired the Magic Cannon at Ajeel’s flagship, and his sand shield deflected the blast into the surrounding warships, destroying them.
• Erza boarded the flagship, clashed with Ajeel, and used her Sea King Armor to slice apart a giant sand hand.
• Wahl’s puppet gathered the surviving soldiers outside Magnolia and recognized the magical formula enclosing the town.

Wahl dismantled Freed's spell and used a puppet to infiltrate Magnolia Town while Dimaria captured Sting and his companions. As Wahl activated a weapon that imitated Magic Power of the Spirit over the town, Laxus gathered lightning beneath it, apparently preparing to stop the attack.

• Wahl's puppet broke Freed's spell, and Freed realized Magnolia Town was exposed as Albares soldiers entered it.
• Makarov sent Laxus to investigate and Icarus to deal with the soldiers in the streets.
• Dimaria defeated Sting's companions, and her soldiers tied the group to boards and carried them toward Magnolia Town.
• Ichiya escaped notice, powered up the damaged Christina, and flew toward Magnolia Town to warn Fairy Tail, but the communications signal was blocked.
• Wahl gathered Magic Power above Magnolia Town to create an imitation of Magic Power of the Spirit capable of destroying the town.
• Laxus unleashed a massive surge of lightning beneath the magic circle as Fairy Tail recognized the danger.

Laxus destroyed Wahl’s Magic Power of the Spirit attack with his Crimson Lightning Dragon Roar, but the effort worsened the strain from the Magic Barrier Particles in his body. Ajeel then unleashed a sandstorm over Magnolia, while Erza fought through it and located him.

• Laxus transformed amid raging lightning and used his Crimson Lightning Dragon Roar to overpower and shatter the magic circle, nearly exhausting his Magic Power.
• Laxus drank a restorative potion from Ye Yang as the depleted Magic Power worsened the imbalance in his body.
• Ajeel tried to rush toward Laxus, but Erza blocked him with her armor changes and attacks.
• Ajeel cast Sand World and engulfed Magnolia in a storm that cut off Erza’s sight and hearing.
• Erza used her senses to defeat four Sand Giant Soldiers and charge toward Ajeel, surprising him.