Chapter Summaries

Athena confronted Natsu and his companions, using her powers to drain the Dragon Slayer magic from Natsu, Sting, and Rogue. Lucy, Yukino, Taurus, and Happy briefly restored the stolen magic, but Athena remained a threat as the battle continued.

• Athena introduced herself as a member of the Golden Owl Guild and made the group cry with her alchemy.
• Natsu attacked Athena, but she evaded him, flew into the air, and fired powerful lasers.
• Athena recognized Sting and Rogue, then drained the Dragon Slayer magic from Natsu, Sting, and Rogue.
• Lucy summoned Taurus while Yukino increased the gravity on the stolen magic, and Happy returned it to the three Dragon Slayers.
• Athena pierced Taurus with lasers and drained Happy's magic, leaving him collapsed as the stolen magic fell to the ground.

Sting, Lucy, Yukino, and Natsu fought Athena as she tried to seize two clumps of Magic Power, but her emotion-refining magic repeatedly disrupted their attacks. Natsu unleashed the Sun's Flame and charged Athena, whose attempt to instill fear in him failed.

• Sting absorbed Athena's Whiteout energy and attacked her, but Athena used Refine: Tears to make him cry before striking and blasting him away.
• Lucy and Yukino tried to reach the two clumps of Magic Power, but Athena attacked them; their Celestial Spirits failed to break her defenses, and Ophiuchus was destroyed by her lasers.
• Natsu rose with golden flames and announced that he wielded the Sun's Flame, then hit Athena with Merciless Sun and caused a powerful explosion.
• The heat melted Lucy and Yukino's clothes, so Lucy changed into Celestial Spirit Clothes and Yukino successfully created a Celestial Spirit Robe.
• Natsu charged at Athena through the heat, but her Refine Fear did not affect him, leaving Athena shocked that he felt no fear.

Natsu helped Athena recognize her emotions, but Duke revealed that he considered her a failed product and tried to kill her. Ye Yang stopped him and defeated Selene before Duke’s attack triggered a teleport that whisked Ye Yang, Athena, and the others away.

• Natsu broke Athena’s shield and, with Lucy, helped her realize that she felt confusion and joy.
• Duke asked to borrow Wendy’s Dragon Slayer Magic to complete Athena, but Ye Yang refused and ordered Wendy to stay behind him.
• Athena ran to Duke after discovering her emotions, but Duke called her a failed product and thrust his hand at her.
• Ye Yang seized Duke’s arm to protect Athena, then killed Selene with a single punch when Selene attacked him.
• Ye Yang blocked Duke’s punch and prepared to strike back, but the space around him and the others rippled and transported them away.

After escaping the Alchemy Guild, Ye Yang and his companions learned how Athena was created and discovered that Duke was connected to the Gold God Dragon Vernes. Athena explained how Vernes could be separated from the guild, but hesitated to reveal what would happen afterward.

• Duke ordered the Alchemy Guild to prepare for Ye Yang and his companions’ return after they teleported away.
• Ye Yang confronted Erefseilia, who explained that his disciple Duke had created Athena a century earlier and died shortly afterward.
• Athena revealed that she had opened her own seal, founded no White Magic Cult herself, and joined the Alchemy Guild because Duke promised to make her complete.
• Athena identified the entire Golden Owl Guild as the Gold God Dragon Vernes, existing in a state similar to Attachment Magic.
• Ye Yang proposed using Separation Augmentation to separate Vernes from the guild, and Athena confirmed that Wendy could perform the technique.
• Athena began explaining what would happen after Vernes was separated, then stopped and said she was unsure whether she should tell them.

Ye Yang and his allies learned they needed the Philosopher's Stone to defeat Vernes and set out to confront Duke. At the Golden Owl Guild, they faced a false Fairy Tail and Athena II, while Sting's search for the stone led him to Zaram, who refused to help.

• Athena chose to fulfill Erefseilia's and the real Duke's wish to eliminate Vernes, but explained that they needed the Philosopher's Stone and a high-ranking mage who could use Separation Magic.
• Ye Yang sent Sting to search the Alchemy Guilds for the Philosopher's Stone while he and the others went to confront Duke.
• Ye Yang's group found the town empty and the Golden Owl Guild restored, then broke through its gates and encountered false versions of Fairy Tail's members.
• The false Juvia attacked Gray, but Ye Yang dispersed her and exposed the illusion created by Vernes.
• Duke revealed Athena II, an ultimate weapon made using the town's humans in live-body alchemy, and ordered her to kill Ye Yang.
• Sting's group found no one in the Alchemy Guilds until Zaram, president of the Lead Eagle, appeared and said he would not help.

Sting and his companions sought Iruha’s help in making the Philosopher’s Stone, while Athena joined the fight against Golden Owl and Natsu’s group faced Serena again inside the alchemy world. Iruha and Zaram fused into Iluzala, who agreed to help, as Serena prepared to battle Natsu and the others.

• Zaram led Sting, Minerva, Rogue, Yukino, and Lector to Iruha’s residence, where defensive alchemical vines attacked them until Iruha stopped them.
• Minerva asked Iruha to make the Philosopher’s Stone so they could make nonexistent dragons appear, but he said he could not control its power alone.
• Zaram returned, and he and Iruha fused into the young girl Iluzala, who agreed to help refine the Philosopher’s Stone and fight Golden Owl.
• Athena asked Erefseilia to teleport her to join the others, and he sent her toward Phil Town.
• Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and their companions gathered inside the alchemy world, where the Signore Sisters and Serena confronted them; Serena revealed that Duke had revived him.

Serena, Aini, and Rousseau battled the Fairy Tail mages using alchemy and the world they had created. Lucy destroyed Rousseau once, but Rousseau reappeared and sent more dolls after her as the fight continued.

• Serena clashed with Natsu, while a giant doll attacked Gray and Rousseau’s dolls besieged Lucy and Wendy.
• Lucy used Taurus Star Dress to clear the dolls around her, but Rousseau restored them, while Aini fought Erza with armor transmuted through alchemy.
• Erza and Aini traded sword strikes, and Erza switched to Black Wing Armor and Heavenly Wheel Armor to meet Aini’s attacks.
• Gray held off the dolls while Lucy charged Rousseau, froze many of her dolls with pale-purple bullets, and shattered her with a punch.
• Lucy destroyed nearby dolls with Leo’s and Form’s radiances, but Rousseau reappeared and transformed the remaining dolls with Mad World.
• Lucy used Combined Star Dress: Taurus, Cancer Form and cut down the clown dolls attacking her.

Wendy, Lucy, and Gray battled Rousseau until Aini intervened, leaving Erza to face her. Natsu unveiled Flame Emperor Mode and defeated Serena with Crimson Dragon's Roar: Hellfire Burial.

• Wendy, Lucy, and Gray attacked Rousseau together, and Lucy landed a punch before Rousseau sent a flood of dolls after her.
• Wendy launched Sky Piercer at Rousseau, but Aini deflected it and its blast knocked Rousseau unconscious; Aini guarded her as Erza claimed the fight.
• Natsu entered Flame Emperor Mode by combining the Flame Dragon King's fire with Sun's Flame, then charged at Serena through his Water Dragon attack.
• Serena marked Natsu with Eight Dragon Seal and unleashed Eight Dragon Scattering Blossom.
• Natsu answered with Crimson Dragon's Roar: Hellfire Burial, which overwhelmed Serena's attack and incinerated him.

Ye Yang defeated Athena II and overpowered Duke, while Erza defeated Aini and learned Golden Owl intended to complete Athena with Dragon Slayer Power to create a world without dragons. The Signore Sisters’ defeat ended the battle’s false space, revealing Ye Yang nearby and crushing Aini’s last hope.

• Ye Yang blocked Athena II’s attacks, overwhelmed her with light-based attacks, and left her barely functioning on her Life Core.
• Ye Yang defeated Duke and dragged him before Athena II, where they exchanged a few words.
• Erza and Aini fought as Aini explained Golden Owl’s plan to complete Athena and eliminate dragons, defending the sacrifice of the town’s people.
• Erza defeated Aini and declared that Ye Yang would stop the plan, but Aini insisted Athena II was complete.
• The Signore Sisters were defeated and the false space disappeared, revealing Ye Yang nearby; Aini saw that Duke and Athena II had lost and fainted.

Athena revealed that she intended to use the Philosopher's Stone to materialize Vernes, the Gold God Dragon, and Ye Yang promised to save her. As the others were teleported away, Ye Yang fought the Gold God Dragon alone.

• Sting and the others brought the Philosopher's Stone, and Wendy used Separation Augmentation to separate Vernes from the Golden Owl guild.
• Athena said the Philosopher's Stone was her final component and chose to use it so Vernes could materialize.
• Ye Yang promised to defeat the Gold God Dragon and save Athena, while Minerva teleported everyone else away from the battlefield.
• The Gold God Dragon attacked Ye Yang with golden energy, but Ye Yang countered with a Cero and struck the dragon's face.
• The Gold God Dragon turned nearby buildings and the ground to gold and sent golden fists toward Ye Yang, but the gold melted before it could reach him.

Ye Yang defeated Vernes, the Gold God Dragon, after countering his golden attacks and destroying his Black Gold giant form. Wendy separated Athena from Vernes, and Ye Yang prepared to finish the dragon for good.

• Vernes attacked Ye Yang with golden magic, but Ye Yang crushed his dragon form and drove him back in human form.
• Vernes transformed the town into a golden giant and then a Black Gold giant, but Ye Yang countered his attacks and destroyed the giant with an explosion.
• Ye Yang summoned Wendy with Minerva's teleportation and asked her to separate Athena from Vernes into the damaged Athena II body.
• After Wendy left with Athena, Vernes reflected on his impending death, and Ye Yang used Arrogant Flare against him.

After Ye Yang defeated Vernes, the group learned that the Signore Sisters were human apostles of the Flame God Dragon and set out with Athena for the City of the Fire God. They stopped at a port tavern to gather information about their destination.

• Vernes's corpse shattered into gold, and Minerva teleported everyone back to the ruined town.
• The Signore Sisters remembered that Vernes had controlled them, revealed they served Igneel, and flew away after sensing Ye Yang's power.
• Athena woke and accepted Ye Yang's offer to join Fairy Tail, while Ye Yang distributed some of the dragon's gold to Sting and the others.
• The group parted ways with Saber Tooth and traveled with Athena toward the City of the Fire God.
• Ye Yang brought the group to Hawthorne to seek news at a tavern, and they entered B-COCK.

Natsu and the others searched a tavern for information about the City of the Fire God and encountered Brain, a member of its guild who could absorb flames. After Brain revealed that Igneel wanted Natsu brought to him, Natsu agreed to go with Brain.

• At the tavern, the bartender denied knowing about the City of the Fire God, while Athena and the others joked about Natsu and Lucy being Wendy’s parents.
• Brain tried to eat Happy and Carla, but Natsu struck him with fire, which Brain absorbed.
• The bartender identified Brain as a member of the Fire God Guild and explained that the City of the Fire God was its headquarters, led by the powerful Igneel.
• Natsu chased Brain outside, refused to join his guild, and fought him after Brain attacked with flames.
• Brain recognized Natsu as the Fire Dragon Igneel had mentioned and asked him to come along, and Natsu agreed.

Natsu fought Brain, Lajiu, and Liehuo before Wade arrived and challenged Erza to a duel. As Erza began fighting Wade, Ye Yang left with Brain and Liehuo to meet Igneel, taking Natsu with him.

• Natsu saw through Lajiu's illusion, swallowed his flames, and defeated him while fighting Brain and Liehuo.
• Wade arrived, asked for Erza, and knocked Natsu aside before Erza challenged him in her Purgatory Armor.
• Wade told Erza he wanted to fight her before his time ran out, and Ye Yang grew concerned about what was happening to him.
• Ye Yang ordered the others to help Erza and left with Natsu and Brain and Liehuo to meet Igneel.
• Erza and Wade charged at each other and clashed their blades.

Erza and Wade’s battle was interrupted by a black pillar of light that appeared over the City of the Fire God. Faris of Easland announced that she would join Igneel’s True Dragon King Festival, leaving the gathering to face her unexpected arrival.

• Erza and Wade exchanged powerful flame attacks as their fight destroyed the surrounding buildings.
• Igneel offered Ye Yang and Natsu a chance to join him, revealed his plan for the True Dragon King Festival, and a black pillar of light appeared.
• Fire Cat and Misfortune met Happy and Carla before Wade and Misfortune left for the City of the Fire God.
• Erza and the others stopped fighting and hurried toward the City of the Fire God after seeing the pillar fade.
• Faris of Easland appeared before Igneel, identified herself as a Faris from another world who had inherited someone’s will, and declared that she would join the festival.

Faris revealed that she had inherited Acnologia’s soul and joined Igneel’s True Dragon King Festival, while Igneel unleashed magic to awaken the God Dragons and turn humans into dragons. Ye Yang and Natsu were teleported away as Faris returned to her base and summoned demons from her books.

• Faris revealed herself as the new Black Mage and Acnologia’s inheritor, then fought Igneel to prove she could join his festival.
• Igneel and the Signore Sisters unleashed Dragonization Magic across the City of the Fire God and announced their plan to create a world ruled by dragons.
• Selene felt a sudden pain, Melkkovia returned to dragon form and destroyed Elmina, Vernes revived in a physical body, and Aldoron began moving again.
• Igneel said the magic had restored the God Dragons’ power and would transform humans into dragons, while Ye Yang vowed to stop him.
• A magic circle teleported Ye Yang and Natsu away, and Faris returned to her base and summoned the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer.

After the Five God Dragons revived, Ye Yang sent his allies to confront the dragons and protect Diabolos. Faris gathered the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer and introduced Fab, whose hatred of Fairy Tail focused the group’s mission on humans and dragons.

• Erefseilia showed Ye Yang and the others the glowing mural and explained that all four previously sealed God Dragons had revived.
• Ye Yang recounted what happened in the City of the Fire God, then dispatched Lucy and Athena to the Water God Dragon, Wendy and Erza to Diabolos, Natsu to Igneel, and Gray to the Gold God Dragon.
• Faris told the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer that they would crush both humans and dragons to create a world of Black Mages.
• Mujo said he would not follow Faris’s orders and threatened to destroy the group after their mission, but Faris accepted his terms.
• Faris introduced Fab, a demon formed from a mass of evil intent, and Mujo recognized him as a creature he had once kept for research.
• After Faris revealed that Fairy Tail was among the humans resisting the dragons, Fab unleashed his malice and roared that he would kill Ye Yang.

Lucy and Athena fought their way through the ruined town to find the Water God Dragon’s Magic Crystal, while Natsu encountered dragonized Brain and Misfortune in the City of the Fire God. Gray found the Golden Owl Guild deserted, and Erza and Wendy reached the ruined Diabolos Guild.

• Lucy and Athena evaded dragonized townspeople, fell underwater, and Athena knocked out Karamir after canceling his Magic Power.
• Lucy suggested that the Water God Dragon’s temple might hold the Magic Crystal, and she and Athena headed there.
• Natsu fought dragonized Brain, defeated him with golden flames, and realized he had hit him too hard to ask about Igneel.
• Misfortune confronted Natsu, spoke about finding a home with Igneel, and was knocked unconscious by Natsu.
• Gray found the Golden Owl Guild deserted and decided to meet up with the others.
• Erza and Wendy arrived at the ruined Diabolos Guild.

Erza learned that Selene had fused with a Magic Crystal as part of Igneel and Draculamag’s plan to turn the continent’s people into dragons, then set out with Wendy to find her. At the Wood God Dragon’s body, Ye Yang encountered Mujo and the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer, and his duel with Mujo began.

• Erza and Wendy healed the injured members of the Dragon Eater Guild, who said Selene had transformed and defeated them after a Magic Crystal fused with her.
• Erza explained Igneel and Draculamag’s plan to turn everyone on the continent into dragons, then promised to bring Selene back safely.
• At the Wood God Dragon’s body, Ye Yang sensed seven auras and found the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer, who said they had defeated the Wood God Dragon.
• Ye Yang recognized Mujo, who revealed that Nirvana had revived him and challenged Ye Yang to a fight.
• Ye Yang blocked Mujo’s punch, slammed him into the ground, and mocked him after Mujo escaped his follow-up attack.

Ye Yang overwhelmed the Seven Books of the Evil Prayer, defeating Bird, Blade, Gett, and Gaia while Mujo unleashed the Book of Genesis: Demon Abyss. Ye Yang’s Merciless Sun burned away Mujo’s attack, and a molten fireball sped toward him as he welcomed the fight.

• Ye Yang slammed Bird into the ground and blocked Daimon’s acid attack with a golden wall.
• Ye Yang caught Blade’s sword, kicked him into a crater, and struck Gaia with a sword aura that Gaia struggled to deflect.
• Ye Yang resisted Gett’s Gate of Hades, destroyed it with golden light, and punched Gett through his pentagonal gate.
• Mujo opened the Book of Genesis and sent a wave of black liquid toward Ye Yang, while Daimon watched in disbelief.
• Ye Yang transformed with Merciless Sun and vaporized the black tide with a molten fireball that flew toward Mujo.