Chapter Summaries

Ye Yang overwhelmed Acnologia with a series of attacks and crushed the Black Dragon King after stopping him from reaching the gathered mages. He then opened Acnologia’s abdomen, and an unusual white object emerged from inside.

• Ye Yang struck Acnologia from the air with his battle axe, then blasted him into a crater with Merciless Sun.
• Acnologia activated Abyss of Extreme Evil and clashed with Ye Yang’s Star-Piercing Arrow and Eternal Ray, shattering the surrounding space.
• Acnologia took human form to evade Ye Yang’s golden attacks, but Ye Yang caught him with a kick and a powerful punch that scorched his stomach.
• Acnologia healed his wound and charged toward Makarov and the watching crowd to replenish his Magic Power, but Ye Yang blocked him and pinned him down.
• At noon, Ye Yang grew giant-sized and killed Acnologia with Arrogant Flare: Extreme.
• Ye Yang split open Acnologia’s abdomen, and an unusual white object flowed out.

Zeref and Mavis reunited with their son August before disappearing under the Curse of the Ankseram God, and the war ended with August withdrawing to Albares. Months later, Ye Yang returned to Fairy Tail, where Makarov tried to make him guild master and their argument erupted into a guild-wide brawl.

• Mavis held the suffering Zeref, and Ye Yang summoned August so Zeref and Mavis could meet their son before they vanished.
• August accepted their departure, then teleported away with the remaining Albares forces after acknowledging the war’s defeat.
• Months later, Magnolia Town and Fairy Tail had recovered, while Ye Yang’s raid on Albares casinos and volcanoes left him rich and earned him a bounty from the underworld.
• Makarov demanded that Ye Yang take the guild master position, but Ye Yang denied promising to do so and provoked Makarov into punching him.
• Ye Yang gave Makarov a potion that healed his old injuries and boosted his Magic Power, but continued to refuse the position.
• Makarov and Ye Yang began fighting, drawing the guild members into a chaotic melee as an elderly passerby remarked that Fairy Tail was lively as ever.

Laxus drove away an arrogant newcomer, while Touka joined Fairy Tail because she believed Natsu had rescued her. Meanwhile, Ye Yang, Natsu, and their companions began Gildarts’s 100-Year Task in Guiltina, where they encountered crystallized magic particles and approached the Dragon of the Magic Circle guild.

• Marcus introduced three prospective Fairy Tail members, but Laxus knocked down the boastful brown-haired man and refused to let him join.
• The frightened short boy questioned whether Fairy Tail was like a family, while Touka declared her love for Natsu and recalled being rescued by him a year earlier.
• Makarov explained that Natsu was away on a mission with Ye Yang, and the story shifted to the group traveling through Guiltina.
• Ye Yang explained that he had accepted Gildarts’s request to undertake the 100-Year Task, and Natsu and San Mao had begged to join him.
• The group discovered that the falling flakes were crystallized magic particles, and Erza said they were nearing the Dragon of the Magic Circle guild.

The Fairy Tail group reached the first Mage Guild and met its sole remaining member, Dragon God Elefseria, who revealed he had once been human and had taught himself Dragon Slayer Magic. Elefseria said the challengers before them had not returned alive, except for Gildarts, who came back badly injured.

• The group discussed Ye Yang's earlier 100-Year Task as they approached the abandoned guild.
• The guild's lights turned on, and Ye Yang pointed out the enormous dragon hiding above them.
• The dragon introduced himself as Dragon God Elefseria and asked the challengers to fulfill his wish.
• Ye Yang recognized that Elefseria had once been human and had transformed through Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Elefseria shrank down and rubbed against Lucy before apologizing and explaining he had waited years for visitors.
• Elefseria revealed that Gildarts was the only challenger in nearly a hundred years to return alive, though he had suffered serious injuries.

Ye Yang and his companions learned that their 100-Year Task was to locate and seal five God Dragons as powerful as Acnologia, starting with rumors about the Water God Dragon. As they traveled toward the clue, Juvia and Touka argued at the guild, while Gajeel suspected something was wrong with Touka.

• Erefseilia had the group sign a contract and revealed that the task was to seal the Five God Dragons on the Gildarts Continent.
• Erefseilia said each God Dragon rivaled Acnologia, and Erza told him that Ye Yang had killed Acnologia.
• Erefseilia revealed that he knew only rumors of the Water God Dragon, and Ye Yang stopped the group from departing until they discussed the reward.
• Juvia tried to learn where Gray had gone, then argued with Touka at the guild over their respective crushes.
• Gajeel told Lily he sensed something was off about Touka.
• Ye Yang and his companions headed toward the Valeria Region, discussing what they might wish for as their reward.

Natsu's group explored the continent and reached the strange seaside town of Elumina, where they learned the Water God Dragon was wary of their powerful magic. Back at the guild, Gajeel began secretly investigating Touka after she mentioned a name connected to a Dark Magic Cult.

• Jelly-like creatures jumped into Lucy, Natsu, and Happy's mouths, but Ye Yang knocked the creatures unconscious with Conqueror's Color.
• Natsu's group continued toward the Water God Dragon Melkkovia and reached Elumina, where Ye Yang noticed seawater erosion high on the town's buildings.
• The Water God Dragon and a young woman watched Natsu's group and hoped they had come only to travel.
• At the guild, Gajeel told Levy and Juvia that Touka had mentioned Blair, a member of the Dark Magic Cult, and recruited them to investigate her secretly.
• At an empty inn in Elumina, San Mao picked up the motionless fish lying on the counter.

Ye Yang and his companions discovered that the town was submerged at high tide, and a welcome potion let them breathe underwater. When they asked about the Water God Dragon, the townspeople turned against them, revealing that another group had recently pursued it too.

• The shopkeeper changed from a fish into a man, welcomed Ye Yang's group, and told them to drink the blue potion in their rooms.
• Ye Yang tested the potion, confirmed it was safe, and the group drank it before going to sleep.
• Ye Yang woke underwater and found the town's residents swimming as fish; the shopkeeper explained that the potion let them breathe and the town flooded at high tide.
• The shopkeeper attacked the still-sleeping Gray with his tail until Gray woke and discovered he could breathe underwater.
• Gray asked the shopkeeper about the Water God Dragon, prompting the fish to chase the group after they declared their intention to deal with it.
• After escaping into an alley, Gray reported that another group had targeted the Water God Dragon, and Natsu suggested turning the fish into grilled fish.

Ye Yang and the others questioned whether the Water God Dragon deserved to be sealed, then disguised themselves as fish to investigate the underwater town. Ye Yang found the powerful presence watching them and met Melkkovia, who confirmed he was the Water God Dragon and recognized Erefseilia.

• Ye Yang said the fish were defending their faith and that Fairy Tail should not attack them without cause.
• Lucy suggested the Water God Dragon might be protecting the town and that sealing him could differ from destroying him.
• Lucy used Transformation Magic to disguise the group as fish, though Wendy became a jellyfish.
• San Mao and Er Gou fooled a fish searching for the humans and learned that another group had come before them.
• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy followed the scent of a human while Ye Yang, Wendy, and Carla continued exploring.
• Ye Yang confronted the powerful figure following them, and Melkkovia introduced himself as the Water God Dragon and asked whether they had come to kill him.

Ye Yang encountered Melkkovia while Natsu, Lucy, and Happy discovered Qiliya fighting what she believed was the Water God Dragon. Qiliya revealed that she was a Dragon Eater from Diabolos and attacked Natsu underwater, but he shattered her slash with a punch.

• Ye Yang sensed a problem with Melkkovia's body, but an explosion interrupted their conversation as both groups encountered trouble.
• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy found a chained woman in an underwater cage, and she broke free when a huge winged dragon appeared.
• The woman attacked the dragon, killed it with her Dragon Slayer Secret Art, and ate its flesh before realizing it was not the Water God Dragon.
• The woman turned on Natsu, who returned to human form and blocked her sword attack with his body.
• The woman introduced herself as Blade Dragon Qiliya, a fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mage from Diabolos who gained power by eating dragons.
• Qiliya attacked Natsu with a golden slash, but Natsu used Magic Power to punch it apart despite the seawater extinguishing his flames.

Natsu, Lucy, and Erza fought the Dragon Eaters Qiliya and Madmor while trying to protect the town, and Melkkovia appeared with Ye Yang and the others. The two enemies were whisked away by Scalio’s smoke-like magic, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lucy attacked Qiliya with a whirlpool, but he cleaved through it and sent Natsu flying.
• Erza struck at Qiliya, but Madmor blocked her sword and punched her away.
• Gray reunited with Lucy and Erza as Shopkeeper Fish feared that the Water God Dragon would be enraged by its messenger’s death.
• Natsu activated Dragon Power and drove Madmor back with a punch.
• Melkkovia arrived with Ye Yang, Wendy, Carla, San Mao, and Er Gou, and confronted Qiliya and Madmor.
• Scalio’s smoke-like magic enveloped Qiliya and Madmor and made them disappear.

Ye Yang and the Fairy Tail mages met Melkkovia, the Water God Dragon, and learned that his uncontrolled power was flooding the city and that his Dragon Power had been stolen by someone called the White Mage. Melkkovia vowed to reclaim it before dying, while Scalio and Qiliya realized the dragon they had encountered lacked Dragon Power and might lead them to the real one.

• Melkkovia welcomed Ye Yang and the Fairy Tail mages to his underwater temple, where Karamir initially treated them as hostile challengers.
• Melkkovia showed the group his home and explained that meeting Karamir had changed him from a dragon who harmed humans.
• Melkkovia revealed that his power had become uncontrollable, flooding the region and transforming its human residents into fish.
• Melkkovia said someone called the White Mage had stolen his Dragon Power, and he intended to recover it before he died.
• Scalio told Qiliya that the Water God Dragon they had encountered had no Dragon Power and might know where the real Water God Dragon was.

Gajeel, Levy, and Juvia followed Toby through Magnolia but found no clear sign that she was suspicious, while Lily concealed what he had seen at her window. At the Water God Dragon’s temple, Ye Yang and Er Gou fought off Scalio, Qiliya, and Madmor, leaving Natsu annoyed that he had missed the battle.

• Gajeel, Levy, and Juvia tailed Toby through Magnolia, where she visited Natsu’s house and later went home across from Lucy’s.
• Lily flew to Toby’s window, saw her undressing, and told Gajeel he had found nothing suspicious.
• Ye Yang revealed that Scalio, Qiliya, and Madmor were hiding near the Water God Dragon’s temple and intended to target the person carrying the White Mage’s Dragon Power.
• Scalio turned Melkkovia’s water attack to dust and attacked the group, but Ye Yang blocked Qiliya’s strikes and struck Scalio.
• Er Gou stopped Madmor from reaching Ye Yang, and Ye Yang’s Sacred Sword Escanor sent Qiliya crashing down before Scalio teleported the attackers away.
• Natsu complained that Ye Yang had defeated the enemies before he could fight, while Er Gou bragged that he had snatched his own opponents.

Ye Yang and the Fairy Tail Mages pursued the three Dragon Eaters at sea while Ye Yang encountered Brandish nearby. In Magnolia, Touka confronted Gajeel and Lily, revealing that she had come to Fairy Tail because of its powerful Magic Power.

• Ye Yang sent Natsu and the others after the dangerous enemies at sea, and Melkkovia collapsed in pain after they left.
• Scalio, Qiliya, and Madmor discussed the strength of Ye Yang and his companions before Natsu and Erza engaged them aboard their ship.
• Gray used Ice Modeling: Ocean to steady the ship, while Er Gou and San Mao joined the others and searched for Ye Yang.
• Ye Yang found Brandish drifting on a small boat, spoke with her, and left after she declined to meet the others.
• Gajeel and Lily encountered a white-eyed Touka in the rain, and she revealed that Fairy Tail's powerful Magic Power was the reason she had joined the guild.

Touka's White Mage persona drained Gajeel and Lily's Magic Power before Touka regained control and they knocked her unconscious. At sea, Natsu defeated Madmor while Wendy countered Scalio's ash, and Erza discovered Qiliya's hypnosis magic and empowered her sword with Dragon Slayer Power.

• Touka's White Mage persona tried to drain Gajeel and Lily's Magic Power, but Touka resisted and warned them to run.
• Gajeel and Lily pinned Touka down, knocked her unconscious, and decided to warn the others about the White Mage.
• Natsu used Ye Yang's force technique and his flames to defeat Madmor.
• Scalio covered the ship in ash, but Wendy summoned a tornado to draw it in.
• Erza realized Qiliya's slash was hypnosis magic that tried to sever her will, then used Wendy's Dragon Slayer Power augmentation and charged at Qiliya.

Erza defeated Qiliya and Madmor, while Scalio revealed that Diabolos planned to take the Water God Dragon’s power and vanished with his companions. At Fairy Tail, Touka revealed that she and the White Mage shared her body, but the White Mage took control and declared Wendy would not return.

• Erza used a combined ice-and-fire sword attack to defeat Qiliya, and Scalio teleported away with the unconscious Qiliya and Madmor.
• Scalio said Diabolos wanted the Water God Dragon’s power and warned that its core members were far stronger than his group before he and his companions vanished with their ship.
• Gray made an ice ship for the stranded group, and Ye Yang sensed powerful magic and smoke near Elumina.
• At Fairy Tail, Touka told the guild that she had come to find Natsu and separate the White Mage from her body using Wendy’s Addition magic.
• The White Mage took control of Touka, shattered her magic-sealing handcuffs, and said Wendy was with her servant and would remain there.
• Laxus and Makarov decided to keep Touka asleep until Wendy returned, while the White Mage insisted she would remain in control.

Ye Yang and the others found the Water God Dragon rampaging through Elumina Town, and Karamir revealed that the White Mage had taken away his ability to control his power. Ye Yang joined the others in trying to stop the dragon, but their first attacks failed to bring him down.

• Ye Yang blasted apart a collapsing building and revealed the giant Water God Dragon behind it.
• Karamir explained that she had asked the White Mage to remove the Water God Dragon's power, but the White Mage had instead taken away his control over it.
• Karamir begged the Dragon Slayer Mages to kill the Water God Dragon, but Ye Yang proposed calming him while the others rescued the residents.
• Natsu and the others insisted on fighting together, and Ye Yang organized their roles before Wendy used Attachment Magic to strengthen them.
• Natsu and Erza attacked the Water God Dragon, but he blocked Erza's strike and knocked them away as Lucy and Gray began attacking from range.

Ye Yang fought the Water God Dragon, Melkkovia, and urged his allies to keep striving despite the power gap. The Fire Dragon Igneel appeared, and Ye Yang revealed that Natsu was adopted and that Igneel had another, biological son.

• Er Gou and San Mao struck the Water God Dragon's vital spot, but it threw them away without being harmed.
• Ye Yang punched the Water God Dragon to the ground, reigniting the group's anger and resolve.
• The Water God Dragon attacked Ye Yang and unleashed a sky full of seawater, but Ye Yang blocked its assault with golden pillars of light and Solar Magic.
• A crimson dragon appeared, and Wendy recognized its resemblance to Natsu's father, Igneel.
• Igneel scorned Ye Yang and tried to kill him, but Ye Yang caught his claw and sent him crashing to the ground with Mote Slash.
• Ye Yang told Natsu that Igneel was his adoptive father and that the dragon before them was Igneel's biological son; Natsu recalled that Igneel had mentioned him.

Igneel appeared, gave Natsu his flames, and withdrew after recognizing Ye Yang as a powerful opponent. Natsu defeated the Water God Dragon but lost control, so Ye Yang knocked him unconscious; the townspeople then learned the Water God Dragon had transformed them to protect them.

• Igneel introduced himself to Natsu as his older brother, gave him a ball of flame, and left after Ye Yang let him go.
• Natsu used his new power to overpower and knock out the Water God Dragon, then tried to kill him while out of control.
• Ye Yang stopped Natsu and explained that Igneel's flames had activated Natsu's Demon Factor.
• Wendy went to treat the Water God Dragon, and Karamir reassured the townspeople that he would recover.
• Gray and Karamir told the townspeople they were humans transformed by the Water God Dragon so they could survive the rising tide, and the townspeople accepted the explanation.

Melkkovia lost all his Magic Power after the Water God Dragon's rampage, while Ye Yang and the others told him about Igneel and Natsu's connection to the Fire Dragon King. Elsewhere, the White Magic Cult captured Fairy Tail's Magic Power, and Melkkovia suggested Ye Yang might help defeat the Five God Dragons.

• Melkkovia told Karamir and the townspeople that his Magic Power had disappeared, and Erefseilia saw the blue dragon crest go dark and celebrated the apparent progress toward a century-old task.
• Scalio, Qiliya, and Madmor reported to Georg Reizen that Fairy Tail's Ye Yang had easily defeated them, and Georg became interested in his strength.
• Sting, Rogue, and Ouga found the Fairy Tail Guild empty and assumed its members had gone out, unaware that Touka had seized their Magic Power and made them members of the White Magic Cult.
• Ye Yang and the others recounted Igneel's arrival to Melkkovia, and Natsu revealed that Igneel was his foster father and the Fire Dragon King.
• Melkkovia warned that Natsu and the others could not defeat Igneel without Ye Yang and said Ye Yang might be able to help eliminate the Five God Dragons.

Melkkovia told Ye Yang and the others what he knew about the remaining God Dragons and pointed them toward Dorashir to seek clues about Avalond. The group set out for the continent’s center, though Natsu and Wendy’s fear of transportation forced them to detour toward Tieka City.

• Melkkovia described Igneel as a warlike country-destroying dragon, Avalond as a nature-controlling dragon who could read thoughts, Selene as a wielder of stellar power, and Bielnis as unknown to him.
• Melkkovia explained that the Five God Dragons had never met and urged the group to pursue them, suggesting Dorashir as a place to find information about Avalond.
• Melkkovia decided to rebuild the town, while Karamir promised to stay with him and began calling him Lord Mel.
• Ye Yang and the others discovered that Natsu and Wendy had removed the train route from their map, so Lucy directed them toward Tieka City to catch a train.
• After the group camped overnight, they found Erza’s face covered in doodles, and Erza chased Natsu with a massive iron hammer.