Chapter Summaries

Erza fought Ajeel in the sand world surrounding Magnolia Town and defeated him using the Five Dragon Armor's full power. The sandstorm vanished, revealing a damaged town, while the stopped fighters remained alive.

• Erza donned the Five Dragon Armor, boosting her power and speed as Ajeel attacked her with waves of sand.
• Erza used the Fire Dragon Spear to melt Ajeel's sand into magma and destroy his sand attacks.
• Ajeel unleashed Sandstorm Burial, but Erza charged into the tornado to protect Magnolia Town and her companions.
• Erza activated Five Dragon Armor: Liberation and pierced through the Sand Tornado, fatally striking Ajeel.
• Ajeel died, and the sandstorm dissipated, leaving Magnolia Town battered while the halted fighters had survived.

Wahl’s magic array was destroyed, and Ichiya arrived in Magnolia to warn Fairy Tail that the Southern War Zone had fallen to a woman and a robot-like enemy. As Wahl’s puppets led the invasion into town, his robots overwhelmed Gray’s group with attacks and imitations.

• Wahl saw the Southern War Zone’s magic array destroyed and flew toward Magnolia.
• Ichiya reached Fairy Tail in the damaged Christina and reported that an unknown woman had defeated the Southern War Zone forces and captured Sting and the others.
• Ichiya warned that a robot-like enemy planned a long-range attack, while Lucy told him Laxus had stopped the attack and Erza had killed Ajeel.
• Wahl’s puppets led the Albares soldiers into Magnolia, where Gray and the others fought back before Wahl sent three robots against them.
• The robots burned Juvia, blocked Gray’s ice attack, and transformed into Mirajane and Gray, leaving Elfman and Juvia hesitant to fight them.

Wahl attacked Freed while he rewrote the town-wide magic formula, defeating Bickslow and Evergreen before Ichiya arrived to protect them. Wahl absorbed Ichiya’s lightning and electrocuted him, leaving Freed and his allies in danger.

• Wahl flew to the cathedral after identifying Freed as the mage rewriting the magic formula.
• Wahl defeated Bickslow’s dolls and countered Evergreen’s attacks while Freed continued repairing the formula.
• Wahl knocked Bickslow and Evergreen aside, then prepared to kill Freed.
• Ichiya arrived and struck Wahl with lightning, but Wahl’s analysis could not find a weakness in him.
• Wahl switched to Lightning Absorption Mode, absorbed Ichiya’s lightning, and electrocuted him.

Freed, Ichiya, Bickslow, and Evergreen defeated Wahl’s puppet, but its self-destruction collapsed Cardia Cathedral and left Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen unconscious after they shielded Ichiya. Magnolia’s defenses recovered as the Albares Empire advanced, while Jura and the other Western Heavenly Kings faced an approaching figure on the Eastern Battlefield.

• Freed restored the spell barrier and joined Ichiya in smashing Wahl’s puppet, while Ichiya claimed credit for their victory.
• Ichiya reported that the Southern War Zone had fallen and their companions had been captured; Wahl’s puppet then exploded, and Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow shielded Ichiya from the blast.
• Gray and his companions defeated the nearby robots, and Natsu and the others cleared the invading soldiers as communications returned and Magnolia’s crisis stabilized.
• Warren reported enemy forces on the Eastern Battlefield, and Mavis and Makarov said they had sent reliable people there; Mavis ordered Fairy Tail to prepare for battle against the advancing Albares Empire army.
• Natsu and the others brought the injured Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow to the guild for treatment, while Laxus vowed to confront their attackers.
• Jura and the other Western Heavenly Kings sensed an approaching figure on the Eastern Battlefield and went on guard.

Neinhart summoned the dead Celestial Serena to face the four wizards, who fought back against his Dragon Slayer magic. The battle continued as Serena shattered Jura's giant iron fist with a diamond-powered punch.

• Neinhart dismissed Hyberion, Jura, Warrod, and Ulfhert, then summoned Celestial Serena, stunning the three former Western Heavenly Kings.
• Serena recalled that Ye Yang had killed him and attacked the four with fire and water Dragon Slayer magic.
• Jura raised an earthen wall against Serena's flames, but Serena's water magic destroyed it, and Warrod lifted the four above the torrent with giant vines.
• Ulfhert transformed into Demon Dragon Emperor Sarka and punched Serena, who said his revived form was weaker than his original self.
• Serena fired a wind attack at Ulfhert, then countered Jura's Giant Iron Fist with Diamond Dragon's Fortress Breaker and created several tornadoes.

Gildarts arrived during the battle against Serena and Neinhart, joining the four veteran mages to confront Serena while he faced Neinhart. Neinhart’s magic failed to manifest Gildarts’s feared opponent, and Gildarts figured out how the magic worked before attacking him.

• Serena’s tornadoes vanished after an unknown person destroyed them, and August praised the magic.
• Gildarts arrived, greeted Jura and the other mages, and agreed to fight Neinhart while they handled Serena.
• Serena attacked the four mages with his earth-shattering and dark-dragon magic, but their combined defenses and counterattacks held him back.
• Gildarts charged Neinhart, whose magic failed to summon anyone from Gildarts’s memories.
• Gildarts deduced that Neinhart’s magic manifested beings he feared and said he had no reason to fear those he had killed before attacking.

Gildarts defeated Jacob and Neinhart’s attacks, forcing August to step in and challenge him. On the northern battlefield, Er Gou and San Mao used Moonwalk to bypass the revived soldiers and rushed toward Bloodman.

• Jacob appeared between Neinhart and Gildarts, but Gildarts exposed his invisibility and overwhelmed him with Crash Magic.
• August saved Jacob from Gildarts’s punch and ordered Jacob and Neinhart to stand down.
• August confronted Gildarts, who recognized that August had used his Crash Magic and prepared to fight him.
• Er Gou and San Mao cleared a path through the revived soldiers with Rankyaku, then used Moonwalk to approach Bloodman.
• Bloodman spotted Er Gou and San Mao approaching and dismissed them as fools, confident that his Magic Barrier Particles would kill them.

Er Gou and San Mao fought Bloodman while the city’s cannons destroyed most of his corpse army. Bloodman revealed that Magic Barrier Particles were poisoning them, but they drank an antidote Ye Yang had prepared.

• Er Gou and San Mao attacked Bloodman, but his skull defenses and counterattacks showed they were outmatched.
• Bloodman’s Magic Barrier Particles spread through the air as he fought the two Dragon Slayers.
• The repaired cannons fired shells across the battlefield, wiping out nearly all of the three hundred thousand corpse soldiers.
• Mirajane arrived and learned from Laharl that Er Gou and San Mao had gone to fight Bloodman.
• Bloodman revealed that the Magic Barrier Particles were poisoning Er Gou and San Mao, who drank the antidote developed for Ye Yang by Grandma Porlyusica.

San Mao and Er Gou used the Magic Barrier Particle antidote and a coordinated attack to make Bloodman solid and overload his energy. Bloodman burst apart after San Mao struck him, though the chapter left his ultimate fate unclear.

• San Mao and Er Gou realized they could use their antidote against Bloodman, who was made of Magic Barrier Particles.
• San Mao and Er Gou attacked Bloodman but struggled against skulls that absorbed their Magic Power.
• Er Gou used potions to strengthen his Earth Dragon magic and unleashed Global Collapse, but Bloodman's skulls absorbed the attack.
• San Mao splashed antidote onto Bloodman, then struck him with the Modified Wind Erosion Six King Gun.
• Bloodman burst apart from the impact and his own overloaded energy, while San Mao and Er Gou were left drained.

Mirajane arrived to save Er Gou and San Mao, then fought Bloodman, whose Magic Barrier Particles nullified many of her attacks. She countered his Netherworld Shore techniques with the Netherworld Tree, but Bloodman’s Ghostly Desire Flame began to wither it.

• Bloodman survived the attack by activating the Third Seal and summoned ghosts to curse Er Gou and San Mao.
• Mirajane descended, rescued Er Gou and San Mao, and transformed with Full Body Reception: Underworld King Maldo.
• Bloodman turned Mirajane’s vines into Magic Barrier Particles and matched her Curse Beam with the same technique.
• Bloodman attacked with Ice Demon-Slaying Magic and Five Heavenly Swords, splitting Mirajane’s Soul Annihilator.
• Bloodman summoned Dark Spirit Prison Lock, and Mirajane formed the Netherworld Tree to absorb its energy arms.
• Bloodman unleashed Ghostly Desire Flame, which caused the Netherworld Tree to heat up, wither, and lose its vitality.

Mirajane killed Bloodman with Memory of Death, while Brandish confronted Lucy in her apartment and revealed her intent to kill the Heartfilia family. Cana arrived to protect Lucy, and Lucy and Cana prepared to fight Brandish, who was suddenly incapacitated by a pollen allergy.

• Mirajane used Memory of Death to consume Bloodman and destroy him.
• August teleported away from the Eastern Battlefield with Jacob and Neinhart, leaving Gildarts and the others confused and uneasy.
• Lucy returned to her apartment and found Brandish bathing in her bathtub.
• Brandish recognized Lucy's Heartfilia name, shrank her, and said she had come to kill the Heartfilia family.
• Cana intervened, and Lucy used Celestial Spirit Fusion with Aries while she and Cana prepared to fight Brandish.
• Brandish began sneezing from the pollen and complained that she was allergic to it.

Cana and Lucy captured Brandish, but her hatred of Lucy led to a confrontation over their mothers’ past. Aquarius revealed the truth behind Layla’s death, leaving Brandish shaken as Lucy embraced her and offered friendship.

• Cana knocked Brandish unconscious, and she and Lucy brought her back to Fairy Tail, where Makarov sealed her magic and placed her in a cell.
• Malin attacked the unconscious Brandish, but Natsu noticed the unfamiliar scent, and Lucy stopped him before he could kill her.
• Brandish told Lucy she hated her because she believed Layla had killed her mother for Aquarius, then attacked Lucy while she was distracted.
• Aquarius emerged from the Spirit World, pulled Brandish away from Lucy, and revealed the truth about what had happened years earlier.
• Brandish wondered whether her years of hatred and actions had been meaningless, and Lucy embraced her and offered to become friends.

Laxus and Erza prepared for the war while Brandish warned Lucy’s group about August’s strength. Zeref ordered a general offensive against Heart of Fairy, and the battle for Magnolia Town began as Wahl confronted Laxus.

• Laxus and Erza discussed the enemy’s possible time magic, and Laxus vowed to defeat Wahl before challenging Erza to a fight.
• Brandish chose to remain in her cell until the war ended and warned Lucy’s group that August could defeat the entire Spriggan 12.
• August reported the failed mission to Zeref, who ordered a general offensive for the next day and said Dimaria had captured Harujion Port.
• The enemy army approached Magnolia Town displaying captured comrades, and Makarov ordered the mages to rescue them and attack.
• Wahl absorbed Laxus’s lightning strike, recognized him as the mage who had stopped his magic, and flew toward him.

Happy carried Natsu to the captives, and he and Gajeel attacked the soldiers while Icarus confronted Dimaria. Icarus evaded Dimaria’s Time Seal and severely wounded her, leaving Dimaria demanding to know how she had done it.

• Happy carried Natsu toward the captives, and Natsu charged into the enemy ranks while Gajeel smashed through the soldiers and their signs.
• Icarus attacked Dimaria, who used her time magic to cut Icarus’s clothes without being seen; Erza arrived and then left to support the others.
• Icarus fought Dimaria with Sakura Snow, and Dimaria froze her with Time Seal, but her sword passed through Icarus’s body.
• Icarus reappeared behind Dimaria when Time Seal ended and slashed her, then evaded another Time Seal and Dimaria’s wild attacks.
• Icarus shattered Dimaria’s sword and struck her with Garuda Flame, seriously injuring her; Dimaria asked how Icarus had escaped her magic.

Dimaria used Chronos to overpower Icarus, but Icarus defeated her with a moonlit sword strike. Meanwhile, Laxus fought Wahl, who adapted to his lightning and blasted him away.

• Dimaria activated Chronos and attacked Icarus with explosions and a sphere of energy, but Icarus evaded and cut the sphere apart.
• Dimaria tried to trap Icarus with Time Seal, but Icarus used a phantom and struck Dimaria with Silver Gleam Shadow Strike, leaving her badly wounded.
• Wahl broke through Freed's spell formations and confronted Laxus, scanning him and noting his body had been eroded by Magic Barrier Particles.
• Laxus overwhelmed Wahl with a punch, so Wahl modified his armor to specialize in resisting lightning and increased his size.
• Wahl caught Laxus's Lightning Dragon's Halberd and traded attacks with him, then fired a point-blank blast from a cannon in his chest and sent him flying.

Laxus defeated Wahl after using his Dragon Power to remove the Magic Barrier Particles inside himself and reveal a new lightning magic. As Fairy Tail’s fighters celebrated his victory, an unwelcome guest appeared inside the guild.

• Wahl struck Laxus, causing the Magic Barrier Particles inside him to spread, but Laxus stood and used Dragon Power to draw out Wahl’s ability to erase them.
• Laxus revealed that Freed had told him Wahl could erase the particles, and Wahl unwittingly removed them while destroying Laxus’s apparent magic circle.
• Laxus entered Crimson Lightning Dragon Mode and clashed with Wahl’s mechanical arm, whose machinery his lightning destroyed.
• Laxus unleashed Nether Clamor: Final Thunderclap, dismantling Wahl and reducing him to ash, then said he had protected and avenged his comrade.
• Erza, Natsu, and Gray sensed Laxus’s power, while Makarov and the others celebrated his strength.
• An unwelcome guest silently appeared inside the Fairy Tail guild.

Jacob Reishuo, an assassin among the Spriggan 12, infiltrated the Fairy Tail guild and trapped its members in another space while trying to capture Mavis. Natsu and Lucy confronted him, but Jacob’s concealment magic and attacks made the fight difficult, and the guild floor was left shattered.

• Jacob Reishuo revealed himself in the guild, explained that his Assassination Magic had concealed his presence, and vanished the guild members into another space.
• Jacob attacked Mavis and identified her as the Heart of Fairy, intending to take her to the Albares Emperor.
• Happy and Natsu arrived, followed by Lucy, and Natsu demanded that Jacob release the captured guild members.
• Natsu fought Jacob with Dragon Slayer attacks, but Jacob caught and threw him before using Hide-and-Seek Magic to disappear.
• Jacob appeared beside Mavis, but Lucy attacked with Leo Star Impact and Natsu forced him back with a punch.
• Jacob snapped his fingers and shattered the guild floor, while Natsu dodged the attack and complained about the damage.

Natsu fought Jacob, overpowering his spatial magic with pale golden flames and driving him outside the guild. Jacob then used lethal physical techniques against Natsu, and their fight continued as Natsu pierced Jacob’s Space Rend with concentrated fire.

• Natsu activated Blazing Dragon Mode, melting Jacob’s invisible whip and forcing him backward with a powerful punch.
• Natsu used Heaven-Burning Blade to split Jacob’s distorted space, then dodged his surprise attack and blasted him through the guild wall.
• Jacob erupted with dark red Magic Power and attacked Natsu, who revealed he could track Jacob using the Fire Dragon King’s Seal.
• Jacob fought Natsu with lethal Physical Arts, explaining that Natsu had ruined his suit, and the two exchanged blows.
• Jacob used Space Rend at close range, but Natsu’s concentrated pale golden flames pierced through the warped space.

Natsu defeated Jacob, but Irene Belserion then cast World Reconstruction Magic—Universe One, reshaping Ishgar and scattering its people into unfamiliar locations. The Fairy Tail members discovered their guild was surrounded by enemy forces, while Ye Yang began racing back toward Ishgar after finding Acnologia gone.

• Natsu combined Solar Fire and the Fire Dragon King's flames to defeat Jacob, who was taken into custody by the guild.
• Irene Belserion activated Universe One, covering Ishgar in red light and reconstructing the continent's layout.
• Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Wendy, and Carla found themselves in an unfamiliar place and followed Natsu's sense of the guild.
• Makarov learned the First Master was missing, and Warren discovered the guild was surrounded by soldiers and the Spriggan 12.
• Ichiya used the Ancient Documents to show Laxus and the others that Ishgar's entire layout had changed.
• Ye Yang discovered Acnologia had disappeared and set off toward Ishgar to return to the guild.

Mavis returned to her original body and discovered she had become the Heart of Fairy, but Zeref and his followers captured her and brought her outside Fairy Tail. As the opposing army gathered for the final battle, Zeref ordered Irene to use Separation Attachment Magic on Mavis.

• Mavis awakened in her original body, realized she possessed Eternal Magic Power, and found Zeref waiting in the empty guild.
• Inbel froze Mavis and bound her with an ice chain, while Zeref ordered him to release her and said she could not harm him.
• Zeref forced Mavis to follow him outside, where she saw a vast army surrounding Fairy Tail and learned her companions were coming to reclaim her and the guild.
• Neinhart, Inbel, August, Larcade, and the injured Jacob discussed their defeats as Mavis sensed the power of August and Irene.
• Irene joined Zeref, and he asked her to use Separation Attachment Magic on Mavis before the final battle began.