Chapter Summaries

Laxus overwhelmed Tikal in the arena, but Tikal’s power repeatedly surged as he took damage and unleashed a sea of Blood Qi. Laxus’s Crimson Lightning Storm shattered the arena’s protective barrier, and Ye Yang contained the blast with a Wall of Light; when the smoke cleared, Tikal was missing from the enormous crater.

• Tikal attacked Laxus with the Blood Sword and Blood Qi Blades, but Laxus caught and broke his sword before knocking him back with lightning.
• Tikal’s Blood Qi formed a monstrous shape, and Laxus struck him with a crimson lightning dragon, but Tikal’s power rose again.
• Gilga told Sophie that Tikal’s earlier attacks were only a warm-up as Blood Qi surged from beneath the arena.
• Tikal flooded the arena with Blood Qi and tried to seize Laxus, who answered with Crimson Lightning Storm.
• The blast shattered the protective barrier, so Ye Yang surrounded the arena with a Wall of Light to contain the energy.
• The crowd feared Tikal was dead when the smoke cleared and revealed a vast crater with no sign of him.

Laxus battled Tikal, whose magic made his aura and strength increase whenever he took damage. After realizing the pattern, Laxus began searching for a weakness and gathered power in the clouds, leaving their fight poised for another attack.

• Tikal emerged from the Blood Pit surrounded by Blood Qi and struck Laxus with blood-based attacks that overwhelmed his defenses.
• Laxus wounded Tikal with lightning and a powerful punch, but Tikal's Blood Qi healed him and increased his strength.
• Laxus dragged Tikal from a cloud of blood mist, electrocuted him, and hurled a crimson halberd into his chest, sending him into the Blood Pit.
• Ye Yang and Skali discussed Tikal's damage-powered magic, and Skali admitted he had worried about the cost of his son's battles.
• Tikal burst from the pit and charged Laxus, who evaded while reasoning that Tikal's magic must have a limit.
• Laxus flew into the clouds and gathered Magic Power as crimson lightning flashed above, while Tikal watched the gathering force.

Tikal used the Blood Pit’s Blood Qi to strengthen himself and overwhelm Laxus, but Laxus fought back and destroyed the Blood Giant Soldier. Tikal then absorbed the pit’s remaining Blood Qi and emerged stronger, prompting Laxus to unleash his Dragon Power for their final clash.

• Tikal formed a Blood Giant Soldier and endured Laxus’s lightning to absorb its power, then attacked Laxus with renewed strength.
• Tikal struck Laxus into the Blood Pit and pounded its surface until Laxus burst out, seized Tikal, and hit him with Crimson Lightning Dragon King's Jaw.
• Laxus destroyed the Blood Giant Soldier, and the Blood Pit’s Blood Qi drained into its depths.
• Tikal emerged covered in blood-red markings after absorbing the Blood Qi and declared that the game was over.
• Laxus agreed and unleashed his Dragon Power as lightning filled the sky.

Laxus overwhelmed Tikal with lightning attacks, but Tikal unleashed Blood Curse and trapped him in a magic effect that made him see and feel conflicting versions of Tikal. The others realized Laxus had likely been affected by magic, while Tikal’s Blood Curse continued.

• Tikal launched Blood Qi attacks and a massive Blood Sun at Laxus, who countered with crimson lightning.
• Laxus struck Tikal with a lightning-fast punch, shattered his Blood Tiger, broke through his Blood Barrier, and kicked him into a rock wall.
• Ye Yang and the Player Area commented on Laxus’s lightning kick as Tikal’s Blood Qi filled the arena.
• Tikal invoked Blood Curse, surrounding Laxus with a Blood Sun and apparitions that alternately passed through him and struck him.
• Laxus attacked the apparitions and blocked exploding blood spheres, while Erza, Gray, Lucy, and Natsu suspected he was under the influence of magic.

Tikal used his Blood Curse domain to trap Laxus in illusions and steal his power. After escaping the domain, Laxus realized Tikal had taken nearly thirty percent of his strength, and their battle continued with Tikal attacking using crimson energy.

• Gilga explained that Tikal’s Blood Curse domain made illusions seem real while its red thread drained an opponent’s strength.
• Laxus fought fake Tikals until he sensed two auras and struck the real Tikal, escaping the domain after three minutes.
• Tikal crushed Laxus’s hand and kicked him into a rock wall, stealing nearly thirty percent of his Magic Power and physical abilities.
• Tikal formed a giant Blood Sun and sent it after Laxus, who countered with Crimson Lightning Dragon King’s Roar.
• Laxus destroyed the incoming crimson energy spheres with electromagnetic force and lightning, then faced Tikal’s mocking expression.

Laxus battled Tikal, whose blood magic produced a corrosive rain that threatened to wear him down. Laxus unleashed black Lightning of Annihilation, stunning Tikal and convincing the spectators that Tikal was about to lose.

• Tikal used Blood Surge to raise pillars of blood, then summoned a corrosive blood rain that Laxus blocked with a barrier of electricity.
• Mo Lan recognized the magic and revealed that it had slaughtered an entire city, shocking the spectators.
• Laxus struggled to hold off the corrosive rain as Tikal watched, confident that his opponent would die.
• Ye Yang reassured Skali that Laxus had not lost, and Laxus began destroying the raindrops with black lightning.
• Tikal sensed the annihilating aura of Laxus's lightning and froze, while Gilga and Claire predicted his defeat and Natsu excitedly praised Laxus's new magic.

Laxus overwhelmed Tikal with black lightning and won their arena match while sparing his life. The venue was left stunned as Kokoal announced Laxus as the winner.

• Laxus dispelled Tikal’s Blood Qi storm and pressured him with black lightning.
• Tikal transformed into an armored fighter with a bone-cleaving blade, but Laxus’s lightning repeatedly forced him back.
• Laxus summoned five hundred lightning spheres and formed a Lightning Domain over the arena.
• Tikal became a giant blood beast and lunged at Laxus, but Laxus used a controlled strike to destroy the blood demon possessing him and knock Tikal unconscious.
• Laxus tossed Tikal toward the Player Area, where Gilga caught him and thanked Laxus for showing mercy.
• Kokoal announced Laxus as the winner.

Skali proved his identity to Ming Hui, who revealed that someone had impersonated him, while also confirming that the Chief God would awaken within a day or two. Ye Yang’s group prepared for the competition’s final match, and Gilga recognized Selene as a potentially formidable opponent.

• Mo Lan lost his composure at the sight of Laxus, and Kain led him away after the match.
• Ye Yang told Skali that another fighter could compete if the tournament ended in a tie, and Skali departed with Emerus.
• Ming Hui tested Skali by asking him to channel Void Power, then told him that someone had disguised themselves as him and deceived Ming Hui.
• Skali suspected Old Mine, but Ming Hui told him to let the matter end and confirmed that the Chief God would awaken soon.
• Ye Yang discussed the approaching conflict with his companions and told them to hold off their enemies while he faced the powerful opponent himself.
• Gilga’s group met Ye Yang’s party on the way to the arena, and Gilga said Selene might be someone who could force him to use his full strength.

The Fighting Day final began between Gilga, the Fighting God, and Selene, one of the Five God Dragons. Gilga revealed his destructive Vibration Magic and sent Selene flying, leaving their battle underway.

• Gilga received a thunderous welcome as the strongest wizard in the Kingdom, while Lutia and the others discussed his power and Selene's status as a God Dragon.
• Emerus asked Ye Yang to reinforce the arena, and Ye Yang enclosed it in a golden barrier.
• Selene used a portal to appear before Gilga, and the two exchanged remarks about their ages before the match began.
• Gilga dodged Selene's Moon Shadow Palm, then shattered the space before him with Vibration Magic and struck her with its force.
• Kokoal announced Gilga's Vibration Magic as Super-Class Destruction Magic, while Ye Yang compared its power to that of Whitebeard.

Selene battled Gilga, overcoming his Vibration Magic with her Dragon Slayer strength and knocking him into a crater. Gilga recognized her as a Moon Dragon Slayer Mage and unleashed the God of Combat Technique, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Selene used spirit butterflies and Moonlight Flame against Gilga, but he disrupted the space around them to prevent her escape.
• Selene met Gilga's Fist Tremor with a punch, overpowered him, and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Ye Yang and Skali watched Selene's victory in strength, while Gilga noticed her dragon scales and asked if she was a Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Gilga identified Selene as a Moon Dragon Slayer Mage and vowed to defeat her after she became the first person to beat him in a contest of strength.
• Gilga released the God of Combat Technique, drawing cheers from the spectators as Ye Yang and Skali discussed its power.

Selene transported Gilga to Black Moon Mountain, where the two unleashed their powers without the arena’s limits. Gilga shattered the sky with Space Tremor as his Vibration Power collided with Selene’s Moonlight Power.

• Gilga and Selene fought in the air above the arena, and Selene’s attacks could not break through the Vibration Power shielding Gilga’s body.
• Selene opened a passage to another world and took Gilga to Black Moon Mountain, while the spectators watched through the Water Circle.
• Gilga realized the nearby moon strengthened Selene and that she could restore Magic Power by devouring matching attributes.
• Selene unleashed Moon Power as Gilga used Space Tremor, and their attacks collided in a massive explosion.

Selene used Moon Power and gravity to overwhelm Gilga and pulled a meteor from outer space, but Gilga shattered it with Dimensional Tremor. Both fighters survived the clash and acknowledged each other’s strength.

• Gilga shattered Selene’s silver energy spheres and knocked her into a crater with a series of attacks.
• Selene used gravity to pull Gilga toward her, slammed him into the ground, and summoned a meteor from outer space.
• Gilga broke free of Selene’s gravity and used Dimensional Tremor to halt and shatter the meteor.
• Selene and Gilga praised each other’s strength after the meteor fragments fell around Black Moon Mountain.

Gilga and Selene exchanged powerful attacks on Black Moon Mountain, with Selene’s gravity and Repulsion Force countering Gilga’s Vibration Power. Gilga decided to rely on speed to overcome her defenses, and Selene watched his figure begin to fade.

• Selene summoned silver energy that Gilga’s Vibration Domain shattered and detonated.
• Gilga sent vibration spheres at Selene, but she crushed them with gravity, unleashing a shockwave that leveled the buildings on Black Moon Mountain.
• Gilga compressed his domain and charged Selene, but her Repulsion Force stopped his attacks and kept him at bay.
• Gilga recognized that Selene’s Repulsion Force had no blind spots and chose to rely on speed instead of escalating his Vibration Power.
• Green light appeared around Gilga, and Selene saw his figure slowly fade away.

Selene transformed into a dragon after Gilga’s powerful attack and defeated him with her Moon Dragon’s Roar, winning the match for Ye Yang’s team. The crowd watched in fear as Selene returned to the arena, and Skali prepared to take the field.

• Gilga shattered Selene’s Repulsion Force with Fist Tremor and sent her crashing into Black Moon Mountain.
• Ye Yang told Skali the match was not over, and Selene emerged from the dust in her seven-tailed dragon form.
• Selene overwhelmed Gilga’s Vibration Power with Moon Dragon’s Roar, creating a huge crater and demonstrating the strength of dragons.
• Selene returned to the arena carrying Gilga, and Kokoal declared her the winner while the crowd sat in silence.
• Ye Yang urged Skali to liven up the venue, and Skali rose, knowing it was time to fight.

Ming Hui arrived at the tournament and revealed Skali’s allegiance to the Chief God, while Ye Yang and the others confronted the threat behind the kingdom’s massacres. The chapter ended with Ming Hui killing several spectators with a Sound Wave, silencing the arena.

• Ming Hui crashed into the arena and attacked Ye Yang, then demanded to know where Mash was.
• Skali knelt before Ming Hui, shocking the crowd, while Erza and Gray revealed that villages had been massacred under the emperor’s rule.
• Gilga recalled that Ming Hui had promised Skali world unification and immortality, and urged Erza and the others to flee.
• Ming Hui promised Skali immortality and an eternal kingdom in exchange for loyalty to the Chief God, then ordered him to stand.
• Ming Hui unleashed a Sound Wave at the protesting crowd, killing some spectators and silencing the arena.

Skali and Ming Hui confronted Gilga and Ye Yang’s allies in the Royal Capital as civilians fled and Ye Yang headed toward the distant mountain where the Lord God’s power gathered. After Laxus struck Ming Hui down, the Eight Kings reappeared under apparent control, and Gilga faced his former students alone.

• Gar attacked Ming Hui, who casually sent him crashing into a wall, prompting panicked civilians to flee as Claire and the others began evacuating them.
• Gilga rejected Skali’s rule, declared his loyalty to the people, and explained that he had placed his hopes in the gifted young people around him.
• Ye Yang identified the mountain where the Lord God’s power was gathering and vanished toward it, while Laxus, Selene, Erza, Natsu, Gray, Wade, and Gilga blocked Ming Hui.
• Laxus punched Ming Hui into the ruins with Lightning Strike: Thunder Break, but a terrifying power surged from beneath the debris.
• Skali summoned the missing Eight Kings, whose vacant eyes and black energy suggested they were controlled, and Gilga charged at his former students to fight them alone.

Skali challenged Gilga and the allied fighters divided the battle among the Kings, Skali, and Ming Hui. Meanwhile, Ye Yang fought five hooded enemies who had gained the aura of nothingness, and the chapter ended as a giant gray blood demon attacked him.

• Skali declared that he would fight Gilga, while Laxus assigned Erza's team to face Skali and sent his own group after Ming Hui.
• Five black shadows surrounded Ye Yang, including Tikal, whose demeanor and aura had changed since the previous day.
• The five enemies trapped Ye Yang in a linked magic-circle barrier, but Ye Yang shattered it with a kick and sent them flying.
• Ye Yang struck Tikal and Wind, then evaded and countered Thunder and Water's combined attack with a Cero.
• Ye Yang pierced Fire with a golden-red beam, but Fire's wound disappeared beneath blackness as a giant gray blood demon lunged at Ye Yang.

Ye Yang defeated Tikal while Gilga fought the gray-mist-controlled Seven Kings and ultimately killed them. The poison and injuries left Gilga collapsed, while Natsu, Gray, and Erza continued struggling against Skali.

• Ye Yang destroyed Tikal's Blood Demon form, sending Tikal crashing into a crater as his clarity began to return.
• Gilga fought off the Seven Kings' coordinated attacks, but Aoi Hayato stabbed him with a poisoned dagger.
• Gilga unleashed his Vibration Domain, but the gray mist around the Seven Kings weakened its effects.
• Gilga crushed the Seven Kings into the ground, leaving only blood behind, then collapsed from his wound.
• Natsu, Gray, and Erza continued battling Skali, but the gray mist weakened their magic and weapons.

Natsu and his companions fought Skali, whose Demigod Body and Void Power made him a dangerous opponent, while Wade, Ming Hui, Laxus, Selene, and Vermilion Bird battled on the distant plains. Natsu struck Skali with Solar Fire and sent him crashing into the ruins, but the other battle remained unresolved as Laxus warned that Ming Hui had neutralized much of his attack.

• Skali used crushing gravity against Natsu, Gray, and their companions, but Wendy’s magic canceled the pressure.
• Skali launched a Black Singularity at Wendy; she attacked it with a compressed wind shockwave, and Gray froze the singularity before it could reach her.
• Natsu’s Solar Fire burned through Skali’s Void Power, and Natsu hit him with Flame Dragon Emperor’s Crimson Sun Thousand Miles, sending him through the arena wall into distant ruins.
• On the plains, Wade and Vermilion Bird attacked Ming Hui, who countered with Void Power until Selene teleported Wade clear of his Void Nether Palm.
• Laxus struck Ming Hui with black lightning and unleashed Nether Striking Thunderstorm, but he warned that Ming Hui had neutralized much of its power and the fight was still a battle of attrition.

Ming Hui summoned Three-headed Dog to guard the Lord God’s loosened seal and vanished, leaving the beast to fight Laxus, Wade, Vermilion Bird, and Selene. The four coordinated their attacks, and Laxus badly wounded the central head with compressed black lightning, though Three-headed Dog remained alive.

• Ming Hui revealed Three-headed Dog, ordered it to hold off the others, and vanished toward the horizon.
• Three-headed Dog attacked Laxus, Wade, Vermilion Bird, and Selene with beams of Netherflame, frost, and lightning, forcing them to dodge.
• Laxus, Wade, Vermilion Bird, and Selene agreed to restrain the three heads separately, with Selene using Space Magic to pin them down.
• Vermilion Bird pressured the frost head while Wade held the Netherflame head in check, and Selene briefly restrained the central head.
• Laxus swallowed the central head’s purple lightning and struck it with a compressed sphere of black lightning, leaving it charred and temporarily unable to fight.