Chapter Summaries

Natsu fought Kanzaki Honoka, the Flame King, and gained the upper hand before a mass of enemy reinforcements appeared. Ye Yang knocked Natsu unconscious and sent the others away through Selene’s Water Circle, staying behind to greet the incoming forces.

• Natsu swallowed Kanzaki Honoka’s flames and battled him with Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, while Ye Yang judged their strength evenly matched.
• Kanzaki Honoka introduced himself as one of the Eight Kings under the Kingdom of Aetherland and offered Natsu wealth, glory, and immortality, but Natsu refused.
• Natsu melted Kanzaki Honoka’s spear and struck him with Crimson Emperor Flame Gathering Break, causing his armor to explode.
• Laxus warned that Kanzaki Honoka still had more strength and that enemy reinforcements were approaching.
• Ye Yang knocked Natsu unconscious, Laxus caught him, and Selene led the group away through a Water Circle as Ye Yang remained behind.

Ye Yang defeated Kanzaki Honoka and incapacitated his reinforcements, then brought Lan Xiao and his companions to meet his group. Lan Xiao revealed that the five were ordinary people summoned from another world to save this one, and Ye Yang learned they shared his otherworldly origins.

• Kanzaki Honoka broke free of his armor and attacked Ye Yang, who easily hurled him through the town and into the forest.
• The reinforcements tried to seize Ye Yang, but his aura knocked them all unconscious.
• Ye Yang took Lan Xiao and four others through a teleportation circle to his camp, where his companions asked what had happened.
• Ye Yang identified the five as the Chosen of the Gods and asked them to explain their identities.
• Lan Xiao said the five had come from another world a few months earlier and had been told they could return only by saving this world.

Ye Yang and his companions learned that the five people summoned from Earth had awakened unusual magic and planned to join the Revival Army against Aetherland. As they camped for the night, news of Kanzaki Honoka’s defeat reached King Skali, who questioned the escorting soldiers.

• Lan Xiao and the others told Ye Yang and his companions that they came from Earth, had awakened powerful magic, and intended to contact the Revival Army.
• Ye Yang said his group would handle the coming conflict with Aetherland and encouraged the five newcomers to follow the path they believed in.
• Ye Yang and the others introduced themselves, then set up camp in the forest for the night.
• In the Aetherland Royal Capital, King Skali summoned the soldiers who had escorted the injured Kanzaki Honoka back and demanded to know what had happened.
• The soldiers told Skali that they had arrived to find the Flame King defeated in a single move.

King Skali learned that visitors from Another World had defeated the Flame King's armor and ordered his forces to capture them alive. As Ye Yang's group headed for the Royal Capital, the Revival Army received reports of their extraordinary strength and decided to find them.

• Skali heard that one of the visitors had damaged the Flame King's armor and ordered his minister to treat them courteously while ensuring they remained alive.
• Ye Yang and his companions parted ways with Lan Xiao's group and continued toward the Royal Capital, hoping to return to their world.
• Ye Yang's group found that bounty notices seeking their capture had been posted throughout the cities.
• Mo Lan and the Revival Army leaders discussed recruiting the wanted outsiders, whose rapid growth and shared goal of overthrowing the Kingdom could help their cause.
• Mo Lan received a report claiming members of Ye Yang's group had fought the Flame King evenly, defeated him with one punch, and destroyed his elite Flame Dragon Army.
• Mo Lan urged the Revival Army to find Ye Yang's group, despite Lei Jin and Kain doubting parts of the report.

Ye Yang and his companions attacked a town guarded by the Silver Dragon Army and discovered that they had all been placed on wanted notices with bounties. The group learned the soldiers had been protecting Count Auston, who fled during the attack, and they continued to react to their posted rewards.

• Kain told Mo Lan that mercenaries would hunt Ye Yang and his companions for their bounties, while Mo Lan ordered him to report their location and keep observing the Chosen of the Gods.
• Ye Yang sent Natsu to attack the heavily guarded town entrance, and Natsu's flames brought the Silver Dragon Army soldiers rushing to the scene.
• Count Auston panicked when he heard wanted criminals had attacked, then escaped by carriage after kicking Town Mayor Vides away.
• Erza defeated the remaining soldiers and learned they had been stationed in town because Count Auston had come to collect his monthly share.
• Wendy spotted the group's wanted notices, and Ye Yang's companions argued over their bounties, including Happy and Carla's rewards of only 100.

Ye Yang and Laxus discovered the town mayor’s hidden prison, where women had been held captive, and left the mayor to their vengeance before destroying his house. After Selene evacuated the group, four powerful newcomers arrived, and Ye Yang identified them as members of the Rebel Army.

• Ye Yang found a hidden passage beneath the mayor’s house and went inside with Laxus, leaving Erza, Lucy, and Wendy above.
• Ye Yang and Laxus discovered imprisoned women and found the mayor hiding with two soldiers.
• Ye Yang freed the women and left the mayor to them, and they killed him as Ye Yang and Laxus departed.
• Ye Yang had Selene take everyone away, then destroyed the mayor’s house with a sphere of energy.
• A beautiful young woman and three others approached, and Ye Yang recognized them as the Rebel Army.

Ye Yang and his companions refused Mo Lan’s invitation to join the Revival Army and continued toward Ancient Flame City, where mercenaries were ambushing them. They encountered Luo Tian, a man who looked exactly like Ye Yang and had been hunted because of the resemblance, and he joined them for a meal.

• Mo Lan invited Ye Yang and his companions to join the Revival Army, but Ye Yang refused and explained that their goal was to slay the person behind the world.
• Kain predicted that Ye Yang’s group would travel through Ancient Flame City toward the Royal Capital, giving the Revival Army a chance to act when they attacked the capital.
• News of Ye Yang’s group spread, and mercenaries ambushed them on the road to Ancient Flame City, but Natsu defeated the attackers.
• A carriage stopped when someone blocked the road, and Natsu and the others discovered that the man looked exactly like Ye Yang.
• The man, Luo Tian, begged Ye Yang to spare him and explained that mercenaries had mistaken him for Ye Yang and hunted him down, then he eagerly ate the food Ye Yang gave him.

Ye Yang and his companions met Luo Tian, a man with Ye Yang’s face who had been hunted by the Kingdom’s mercenaries, and brought him along after suspecting his unusual Magic had the Holy Attribute. As more mercenaries closed in, Ye Yang attacked one group while an armored man confronted another.

• Luo Tian explained that mercenaries had tracked him because he looked like Ye Yang, and that he had awakened Light Magic with no offensive power.
• Ye Yang demonstrated his own powerful Light Magic, then ordered Natsu and Gray to beat Luo Tian for having the same face.
• Ye Yang suspected Luo Tian’s Magic was actually rare Holy Attribute Magic and decided to bring him along for further observation.
• Luo Tian chose to join Ye Yang’s group rather than leave alone, since he expected to survive longer with them.
• Ye Yang sensed approaching enemies and blasted figures emerging from the forest, freezing them into blocks of ice.
• An armored man with a greatsword appeared behind another group of mercenaries and challenged them to come out and talk.

Ye Yang's group approached Ancient Flame City, where Kanzaki Honoka had assembled his forces to stop them. Luo Tian revealed the city's defenses and said Kanzaki Honoka had already returned, leaving Ye Yang wondering how he had recovered so quickly.

• Wade easily defeated the mercenaries who attacked the group, and they continued toward Ancient Flame City.
• Kanzaki Sama reported that Ye Yang's group was half a day from the city, and Kanzaki Honoka ordered preparations as tens of thousands of soldiers and mercenaries mobilized.
• Emperor Skali had agreed to let Kanzaki Honoka handle Ye Yang's group, while secretly sending a shadow to follow him.
• Selene sensed the tense atmosphere, and Ye Yang's group discussed the coming fight as Luo Tian described the Silver Dragon Army, Flame Dragon Army, and Kanzaki Honoka's generals.
• Luo Tian said Kanzaki Honoka had returned to Ancient Flame City the previous day, and Ye Yang wondered how he had recovered so quickly from the punch.

Ye Yang and his allies arrived at Ancient Flame City and fought through the city’s isolation array, cannons, and defensive barrier. After breaking the defenses, they faced the city’s army and flying dragons as the battle began.

• Kanzaki Honoka ordered the Divine Might Cannons to fire on Ye Yang’s group and trapped them in a Magic Power Isolation Array.
• Ye Yang shattered the array and pushed back the combined cannon blast, then sent Wade and Vermilion Bird to break the city’s barrier.
• Wade and Vermilion Bird destroyed the barrier, and Vermilion Bird’s sword aura sliced apart all ten Divine Might Cannons.
• Kanzaki Honoka opened the gates and sent out eighty thousand Silver Dragon Army soldiers and twenty thousand Flame Flying Dragons.
• Ye Yang ordered Gray, Lucy, and Wendy to support the group, while Laxus charged toward the Flame King and the others attacked the forces outside the city.

Wade fought Red and the Silver Dragon Army, while Vermilion Bird battled the Flame King's assassin, Calen. Wade continued clashing with Red, and Vermilion Bird entered a three-meter domain to track Calen's attacks.

• Wade charged through Silver Dragon Army soldiers, swallowed their flames, and fought Red, a giant armored general wielding lightning-charged hammers.
• Wade unleashed Dragon Power, struck Red through his armor, and sent him crashing through the army.
• Red rallied fewer than twenty thousand soldiers, gathered their Military Soul, and powered up before attacking Wade with Thunderous might.
• Vermilion Bird cut through Silver Dragon Army soldiers until Calen appeared and identified himself as the Flame King's assassin.
• Calen attacked Vermilion Bird with daggers and contorted movements, forcing him to retreat as he relied on his swordsman's instincts to evade.
• Vermilion Bird ignored Calen's taunts, closed his eyes, and expanded a three-meter domain to listen for his opponent.

Vermilion Bird and the Fairy Tail mages overwhelmed the Flame King's army and defeated several of its Four Generals. Kanzaki Honoka watched his forces being crushed as an unknown voice challenged him.

• Vermilion Bird killed Calen with a single blade strike, frightening the surrounding soldiers into retreating.
• Natsu caught Wu Mi's broadsword, melted it with his magic, and kicked Wu Mi into a city wall.
• Erza defeated Es Kahn before she could complete her attempt to form an array.
• Wendy cut off and attacked the soldiers with powerful enchantments while Lucy and Gray brought down the Flame Flying Dragons, and Selene swept others away with a hurricane.
• Kanzaki Honoka complained that his army could not defeat the mages, and an unknown voice called him the biggest piece of trash.

Kanzaki Honoka and Laxus fought a fierce battle that wrecked the city wall, with Laxus gradually weakening Kanzaki Honoka’s defenses. Kanzaki Honoka then revealed that he had chosen Ancient Flame City because he could draw on its power, and Ye Yang realized the city stood atop an active volcano.

• Laxus attacked Kanzaki Honoka with lightning and giant magic, but Kanzaki Honoka countered with his Flame King's Tyrant Body.
• Laxus struck Kanzaki Honoka with a storm of lightning spears and Thunder Dragon's Fury, but Kanzaki Honoka survived and answered with powerful flame attacks.
• Kanzaki Honoka and Laxus exchanged blows that destroyed the city wall and clashed their flames and lightning in a massive explosion.
• Kanzaki Honoka told Laxus that Ancient Flame City allowed him to mobilize the city's power, and a golden magic circle appeared as energy surged into it.
• Ye Yang identified the source of the energy as a massive active volcano beneath Ancient Flame City, leaving Lucy and the others stunned.

Ye Yang incapacitated the Silver Dragon Army with a burst of power, alarming the watching Kings and prompting Skali to send the Annihilation Squad after him. Meanwhile, Laxus revealed his Crimson Lightning Dragon King Mode and clashed with Kanzaki Honoka, whose molten attack was heading toward him.

• Ye Yang sensed hidden observers and knocked out the frenzied soldiers and Flame Flying Dragons with a golden-red aura.
• Skali and Emerus discussed Ye Yang's magic and Laxus's strength, then ordered the Annihilation Squad to target Ye Yang.
• Wade defeated Red after Ye Yang's attack ended the magic array's support, and Red collapsed in fear of Wade.
• Laxus transformed into Crimson Lightning Dragon King Mode, and he and Kanzaki Honoka began fighting at extreme speed.
• Laxus struck Kanzaki Honoka with Crimson Lightning Dragon King's Roar, and Kanzaki answered by hurling a massive sphere of molten energy at him.

Laxus defeated Kanzaki Honoka, but a mysterious gray figure appeared and killed him before he could recover. Kanzaki Sama blamed Ye Yang and Laxus for his father’s death, then revealed that Honoka’s death had broken the seal keeping the volcano beneath Ancient Flame City from erupting.

• Laxus fought Kanzaki Honoka and struck him with Crimson Lightning Dragon King's Imperial Thunder's Howl, breaking a seal within him.
• A gray shadow appeared and stabbed Kanzaki Honoka through the heart, then escaped after clashing with Ye Yang’s golden energy.
• Ye Yang and Laxus discussed the strange killer and wondered whether someone from Void Land had targeted Kanzaki Honoka.
• Kanzaki Sama woke, found his father dead, and attacked Ye Yang, who blocked him and pinned him to the ground.
• The ground began shaking, and Ye Yang sensed that the volcano beneath Ancient Flame City was about to erupt.
• Sama explained that Kanzaki Honoka’s life had sustained the volcano’s seal, and warned that the eruption would reduce the city to ashes.

Ye Yang saved Ancient Flame City by unleashing its volcano and shielding the city from the lava, then learned that Sama's father had allied with King Skali to stop him. Sama refused to provide information or a Magic Airship, so the group prepared to steal one and head for the Royal Capital.

• Ye Yang questioned Sama about the volcano's Seal Array, then broke the seal and protected Ancient Flame City from the eruption with a golden barrier.
• The gray shadow found that the city's negative energy had vanished and disappeared.
• Sama thanked Ye Yang for saving the city and confirmed his father had signed a pact with King Skali to deal with the group.
• Ye Yang explained that the group needed a Magic Airship to reach the Royal Capital and find someone who threatened their lives.
• Sama refused to reveal information about the other Kings or give them an airship, so Erza declared they would have to rob one.
• Gray reminded Natsu and Wendy that they got motion sickness, startling them.

Skali freed his imprisoned son Tikal and asked him to stop Laxus, who had killed Kanzaki Honoka and surpassed the Eight Kings. After Tikal rejoined the royal court, he confronted his older brother Dio, who was shocked to find him alive.

• Skali visited Tikal in the underground prison and told him that outsiders were heading for the Royal Capital.
• Skali showed Tikal images of Ye Yang's power and identified Laxus as the opponent Tikal needed to stop.
• Tikal agreed to help after Skali promised him a chance to confront the Imperial Guard commander and said he could even claim the throne.
• Skali shattered Tikal's cell door, and Tikal tore free of his chains and left the prison.
• Tikal changed into royal clothes and ate in Skali's state affairs room until Dio arrived and recognized him.
• Dio asked why Tikal was there, and Skali told him to wait until his younger brother had finished eating.

Skali revealed Tikal’s return and reported the otherworldly intruders to Ming Hui, who warned Mash that Ye Yang and his companions had reached Ireland. Mash ordered the negative energy gathered from other worlds brought to him so he could confront Ye Yang, while Ye Yang’s group reached the guarded Magic Airships.

• Skali told Dio that Tikal had never died and had been hidden away, and said the Kingdom needed his strength against the visitors from Another World.
• A masked pale-haired man reported that Ye Yang had shattered his power and that the visitors’ Magic Power was wearing away more slowly than expected.
• Skali contacted Ming Hui, who identified Ye Yang and his companions as people from Easland seeking to find and eliminate the Main God.
• Ming Hui informed Mash that the intruders had appeared in Ireland, and Mash ordered all collected negative energy brought to him so he could deal with Ye Yang.
• Ye Yang and his companions reached the Magic Airship station, where Ye Yang used Conqueror’s Color to knock the guarding soldiers unconscious.

Ming Hui awakened Fab and used him to purify malice, accelerating the Lord God's resurrection. Meanwhile, Ye Yang and his companions traveled unopposed toward the Royal Capital, where they speculated about what awaited them and discussed their allies' strength.

• Lucy copied a soldier with Gemini, and the soldier piloted the Magic Airship as Ye Yang's group set out for the Royal Capital.
• Ming Hui poured black droplets into gray water, awakening Fab, who identified Ye Yang as his mortal enemy and attacked Ming Hui.
• Ming Hui restrained Fab and placed him inside a magic array, where energy crystals fed him power and his malice gathered for Ming Hui to absorb.
• Ming Hui called Fab a natural Malice Purifier and said the purified power would speed up the Lord God's final resurrection several times over.
• Days later, Ye Yang's group traveled aboard a Kingdom airship without encountering resistance, and Lucy, Gray, and Natsu wondered if the Royal Capital was preparing to confront them.
• Vermilion Bird expressed interest in the Sword Saint, Wade spoke of avenging his father, and Gray asked Laxus about the strength he had held back against Kanzaki Honoka.

Laxus explained how his power had changed, while Natsu and Wendy suffered from airship sickness as the group traveled toward the Royal Capital. There, King Skali’s forces welcomed the visitors from another world, leaving Ye Yang wary of their intentions.

• Laxus said that absorbing the Lightning Dragon King’s soul had fused it with his Magic Source and stabilized his new Crimson and Black Lightning.
• Natsu and Wendy collapsed from the airship ride, and Ye Yang praised Wendy for sustaining her magic longer than before.
• The group reached the prosperous Royal Capital, where dragon riders arrived and announced that King Skali had ordered them to welcome guests from another world.
• Ye Yang accepted the invitation and led the group off the airship, while Wade carried the too-weak-to-stand Natsu and Wendy.
• Emerus escorted the group along a red carpet as Ye Yang detected people hiding nearby, and King Skali welcomed the visitors from another world.