Chapter Summaries

Rustyrose explained his plan to create a world ruled by magic and eliminate ordinary people, while Elfman defended the value of guilds and warned that Ye Yang would stop him. Mirajane and Lisanna arrived, and Mirajane began fighting Rustyrose, who proved fast and dangerous.

• Rustyrose revealed that he wanted to find Zeref and remake the world as a Great Magic World where only the strong and those with Magic Power survived.
• Elfman rejected Rustyrose's plan and defended ordinary people, guilds, and the bonds between companions, declaring that the era belonged to Ye Yang.
• Mirajane and Lisanna arrived as a dark claw tore apart Rustyrose's Belkuses, and Evergreen said they had arrived just in time.
• Enraged, Rustyrose attacked, but Mirajane in Satan's Soul form struck him back with a powerful blow and a sphere of Dark Energy.
• Rustyrose rushed at Mirajane with enhanced speed and a steel blade, while she dodged his strike and forced him back with her tail.

Mirajane defeated Rustyrose after surviving his attacks with Demon Shutter, while Ye Yang fought Hades on Tenrou Island. Ye Yang was caught in Hades's concealed Dual Construction magic array and struck by Amaterasu Zero Style as Makarov prepared to confront Hades.

• Rustyrose unleashed undead and trapped Mirajane inside the Tower of the Empire, but she escaped and burned away the undead with Demon Shutter.
• Mirajane struck Rustyrose with Soul Curse Destruction, leaving him in a massive crater with his fate unknown.
• Ye Yang shattered Hades's barrier with a light-speed kick, then battled him with golden energy blasts and sword strikes.
• Hades used a decoy magic array to conceal a larger Dual Construction array around Ye Yang.
• Ye Yang was hit by Hades's Amaterasu Zero Style, whose explosion shook Tenrou Island, while Makarov gathered his remaining Magic Power to attack Hades.

Ye Yang faced Bluenote after surviving Hades’s Zero, and quickly demonstrated that Bluenote’s gravity magic could not stop him. The fight continued as Bluenote escalated his attacks, while Hades again tried to persuade Ye Yang to join his cause.

• Makarov recognized Bluenote and warned Ye Yang that he had once wiped out the Azure Dragon Company alone.
• Bluenote challenged Ye Yang, who refused Makarov’s offer to help and said he could face both Bluenote and Hades.
• Bluenote attacked with Gravity Suppression, but Ye Yang vanished in a flash of golden light and kicked him into the ground.
• Hades said Ye Yang had reached the Abyss of Magic Power and offered him the position of vice chairman of Demon Heart, but Ye Yang rejected the Great Magic World.
• Bluenote used Absolute Gravity Field and launched rubble and black spheres at Ye Yang, who used Light Elementalization and countered his attacks.
• Ye Yang appeared beside Bluenote and shattered his magic barrier with a kick.

Ye Yang defeated Bluenote, but Hades’s side brought down the Great Tenrou Tree, draining the Magic Power of Fairy Tail’s wizards. Erza’s fight with Azuma ended with her losing her strength and collapsing.

• Ye Yang countered Bluenote’s gravity attacks and destroyed his Super Gravity Ball, which pulled Bluenote inside as their clash tore open space.
• Ye Yang confronted Hades, who praised his unfamiliar magic and warned him not to mistake defeating Bluenote for invincibility.
• Erza fought Azuma with multiple armors and revealed that her Adamantine Armor absorbed the Magic Power from his explosions.
• Azuma unleashed Roar of the Earth, causing the Great Tenrou Tree to collapse and draining the Magic Power of Fairy Tail’s wizards.
• Erza’s depleted Magic Power forced her out of Adamantine Armor, and she collapsed as Azuma explained that the Fairy Tail wizards were linked to the tree.

Lucy and the others were weakened by Zoldeo’s Human Subordination magic, and Leo discovered that the apparent Caprico was actually a member of the Seven Kin of Purgatory who had possessed Capricorn. Zoldeo took over Leo’s body and turned toward Lucy, leaving San Mao and Er Gou defeated.

• Lucy, Gray, and the others lost most of their Magic Power, while Leo, San Mao, and Er Gou remained able to fight.
• Leo recognized Caprico as Capricorn, but Caprico revealed that he was Zoldeo, who had used Lost Magic: Human Subordination to possess Capricorn.
• Zoldeo revealed that Lucy’s mother had given him Capricorn’s key and that he intended to take Leo’s body; San Mao and Er Gou stepped in to protect Lucy.
• Leo dodged Zoldeo’s attacks and defeated the five human puppets he summoned with Radiance of the Lion King.
• Zoldeo trapped Leo with Human Subordination Magic: Human Sunlight, took control of his body, and declared he would kill Lucy to become fully human.
• San Mao and Er Gou attacked the possessed Leo, but he shattered their air-blade attacks and sent them crashing into a wall.

Caprico freed Leo from Zoldeo and gave Lucy his key before returning to the Spirit World. As Hades’s damaged Great Tenrou Tree drained Fairy Tail’s Magic Power, Ye Yang fought Hades with his non-magical abilities, but Hades opened his Demon’s Eye and unleashed immense Magic Power across Tenrou Island.

• Caprico knocked Zoldeo out of Leo, explained that he had long served Lucy, and watched Zoldeo crumble away as punishment for occupying his body.
• Caprico gave Lucy his key and returned to the Spirit World, leaving Lucy in tears as she remembered her mother.
• Hades explained that damaging the Great Tenrou Tree drained Fairy Tail mages’ Magic Power, while Ye Yang reassured Makarov and attacked Hades with his unusual powers.
• Ye Yang broke Hades’s barrier and sent him crashing into the sea, but Hades countered with a dark snake and then opened his sealed Demon’s Eye.
• Hades’s overwhelming Magic Power swept across Tenrou Island, weakening Natsu, Happy, Mirajane, Elfman, and Erza as they trusted Ye Yang to win.

Ye Yang’s Conqueror’s Haki swept across Tenrou Island, knocking out most of Demon Heart while its pressure canceled out Hades’s Magic Power. Erza awakened pure swordsmanship, defeated Azuma, and reclaimed the Great Tenrou Tree’s protection.

• Ye Yang unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across Tenrou Island, overwhelming Demon Heart’s members except the Seven Kin as Natsu and Erza felt the force of his power.
• Erza summoned Crimson Cherry Blossom and entered a focused state, discovering the Iron-Cutting Realm as Azuma attacked her with Earth Magic.
• Erza cut through Azuma’s magic and trees without using Magic Power, reading his movements and defeating his attempts to surprise her.
• Azuma unleashed Roar of the Earth, but the Great Tenrou Tree’s Magic Power left his control and chose to protect Erza.
• Erza used Absolute Intent to split Azuma’s energy shockwave, striking him with her sword aura and cleaving the sea beyond him.

Ye Yang rejected Hades's offer to join him and fought back against the Demons created by Hades's Forbidden Magic. Ye Yang injured Hades with his light-based power, but Hades summoned another spell as the battle continued.

• Hades praised Ye Yang's strength and invited him to witness a new age, but Ye Yang mocked him and refused.
• Hades used Forbidden Magic: Heavenly Punishment to create Demons from the earth and sent them to attack Ye Yang.
• Ye Yang grew into a giant and smashed the Demons, then turned the surrounding ground into Light Element and destroyed more of them.
• Hades fused the remaining Demons and tried to absorb their Magic Power, but Ye Yang's light-based energy resisted the spell.
• Ye Yang appeared behind Hades and punched him into a wall of light, injuring him.
• Hades cast Manifestation of Death, turning the enormous earth Demon into a sphere that sped toward him.

Ye Yang battled Hades after Hades transformed into a demon, trading rapid attacks and magic before the two unleashed powerful finishing attacks. Ye Yang’s Star-Piercing Arrow shattered Hades’s Underworld King sphere, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear.

• Hades emerged from his black sphere in a demonic form and attacked Ye Yang, who dodged and countered with a kick.
• Hades summoned Zeref’s Book and used Ghost Cry, but Ye Yang cut the summoned head in two with Heavenly Cloud.
• Ye Yang and Hades clashed with their swords until Ye Yang struck Hades’s armor and sent him flying.
• Hades launched the Underworld King sphere as Ye Yang gathered light into a golden bow and arrow.
• Ye Yang fired the Star-Piercing Arrow, which pierced and exploded the black sphere while his wall of light protected Makarov and the others.

Ye Yang defeated Hades, and Makarov spared his former mentor while letting him take Zeref. Ye Yang then found Ultear and Melt, asked them to restore the Great Tenrou Tree, and revealed the truth about Ultear’s mother, leaving Ultear shaken by the discovery that her hatred had rested on a misunderstanding.

• Ye Yang pierced Hades’s shield with a golden arrow, ended his Demonization, and captured Zeref for Makarov.
• Makarov spared Hades because of their past, while Hades vowed to return and destroy Fairy Tail after obtaining Zeref.
• Makarov explained that magic could be used for good or evil and left Hades with Zeref, declaring that he would protect Fairy Tail.
• Ye Yang found Ultear and Melt in the forest and asked Ultear to restore the Great Tenrou Tree in exchange for revealing her mother’s secret.
• Ye Yang told Ultear the truth about Ur, and Ultear realized that her belief that her mother had abandoned her had been a misunderstanding.

Ye Yang ended Ultear’s confrontation and resumed the S-Class Trial, while Zeref revealed the truth about the Great Magic World and killed Hades and the remaining members of Demon Heart. Mest then warned Laharl that Fairy Tail was too powerful for the plan against the guild to continue.

• Ye Yang told Ultear to investigate Ur’s hometown, and Ultear restored the Great Tenrou Tree before returning with Melt.
• Ye Yang restored the examinees’ Magic Power, then defeated Natsu in the resumed S-Class Trial and challenged the others to face him.
• Zeref awakened and revealed that the Great Magic World and its key were fabrications, and that he was the Black Mage Zeref all along.
• Zeref explained his curse and said Ye Yang could kill him; after Acnologia arrived, Zeref killed Hades and the others aboard the magic airship while Ultear and Melt escaped.
• Mest told Laharl that Fairy Tail had defeated Demon Heart and urged him to cancel the plan against Fairy Tail, warning that Ye Yang had defeated Hades alone.

Ye Yang faced Acnologia as the black dragon attacked Tenrou Island, ordering the Fairy Tail members to escape while he fought it alone. He managed to make Acnologia feel pain for the first time in centuries, but the dragon remained largely unharmed and the battle continued.

• Ye Yang spotted Acnologia approaching and warned everyone to leave Tenrou Island.
• Gildarts and Makarov helped evacuate the group while Ye Yang stayed behind to confront the dragon.
• Ye Yang grew giant and punched Acnologia away, but Gildarts warned that the strike had caused no real damage.
• Ye Yang attacked with a light-speed kick and dodged Acnologia's counterattacks as the dragon shook and scarred the island.
• Ye Yang created a domain of light and struck Acnologia's jaw with an enlarged fist, making the dragon feel pain for the first time in centuries.

Ye Yang battled Acnologia in the sky above Tenrou Island, injuring the black dragon but eventually being struck down and left vulnerable. As Acnologia approached him, Makarov tried to intervene, and a sudden bolt of lightning struck the dragon.

• Ye Yang and Acnologia clashed with powerful attacks, while Gildarts tried to protect the Fairy Tail members from the resulting tsunami.
• Acnologia spoke with Ye Yang, revealing that Ye Yang was the first human in four hundred years to injure it and that it wanted his power.
• Ye Yang and Acnologia fought across the sky as Zeref and the Magic Council watched in shock.
• Ye Yang pierced Acnologia's chest, but the dragon struck him with its tail and sent him crashing onto Tenrou Island.
• Makarov grabbed Acnologia's tail to keep it away from Ye Yang, but Acnologia flung him aside.
• A massive bolt of lightning fell from the gathering clouds and struck Acnologia on the back.

Ye Yang returned to the fight after Acnologia absorbed Fairy Tail’s combined magic and prepared to attack the guild. He knocked Acnologia’s head aside, redirecting the dragon’s blast into the sea and leaving the battle unresolved.

• Laxus and the Fairy Tail members attacked Acnologia to protect Makarov, but their magic had no effect.
• Ye Yang woke in a crater, learned the guild was fighting Acnologia, and warned Mirajane that the dragon could devour magic before rushing back.
• The Magic Council voted to deploy the Magic Power of the Spirit against Acnologia despite Og’s objections about Fairy Tail and Ye Yang.
• The guild’s members combined their remaining magic into the Dragon Slayers’ Roars, but Acnologia swallowed the attack and healed his wounds.
• As Acnologia prepared to blast the guild, Ye Yang arrived and kicked its jaw, redirecting the Roar into the sea and sending a massive wave toward the Council’s ship.

Ye Yang released the power sealed within him and battled Acnologia, overpowering the Black Dragon before their fight escalated into a clash that split Tenrou Island. As they fought in the sky, a huge magic circle formed overhead, and Makarov recognized the Magic Power of the Spirit.

• Ye Yang raised a Wall of Light to protect his companions, then explained that most of his Magic Power had been sealed within him.
• Ye Yang used Solar Magic: Liberation, growing larger as his released power scorched the surroundings and cleared the clouds.
• Ye Yang stopped Acnologia's charge and punched him hundreds of meters away, shocking the watching Fairy Tail members.
• Acnologia transformed into human form and fought Ye Yang, whose attacks split Tenrou Island and whose halberd Acnologia eventually shattered.
• Ye Yang and Acnologia continued fighting in the air as a huge magic circle formed overhead, and Makarov identified its power as the Magic Power of the Spirit.

Ye Yang and Acnologia fought as the Council prepared to fire Magic Power of the Spirit. The blast struck Acnologia and empowered him, leaving Ye Yang to confront the dragon’s overwhelming roar with a dangerous surge of sun magic.

• Ye Yang unleashed Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am Honored and wounded Acnologia with Merciless Sun, but Acnologia transformed with Abyss of Extreme Evil and fought him to a standstill.
• As noon passed, Ye Yang’s power began to fade while both fighters neared their limits.
• The Council fired Magic Power of the Spirit at Ye Yang and Acnologia, but the blast hit Acnologia, who swallowed it and gained immense power.
• Ye Yang ignited Sun in My Heart, activated Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am Honored (Pseudo), and launched Merciless Sun at Acnologia as the dragon gathered a vastly stronger roar.

Ye Yang and Fairy Tail faced Acnologia’s final attack, and Tenrou Island vanished with everyone aboard. Seven years later, Fairy Tail had declined, and Romeo watched the sea at Harujion Port.

• Ye Yang used Holy Spear: Emptiness to cancel Acnologia’s roar, then collapsed as the barrier protecting everyone shattered.
• As Acnologia prepared another roar, Mirajane, Ye Yang, and Fairy Tail’s members held hands and vowed to return home together.
• Acnologia’s attack struck, and Tenrou Island vanished; the Magic Council falsely claimed Acnologia had been defeated by Magic Power of the Spirit.
• The Magic Council declared Fairy Tail’s members dead after a six-month search, and the Kingdom held a grand funeral for Ye Yang.
• Seven years later, Fairy Tail had fallen into decline, Macao had become its fourth guild master, and Bisca told Romeo to stop watching the sea and go home.

Fairy Tail struggled with dwindling members and money seven years after its strongest mages disappeared, while Macao tried to keep the guild afloat. When Phantom Lord's Tibo arrived to demand debt payments, Macao asked for another month and restrained Salsam from fighting.

• Alzack and Romeo finished a job and headed back, reflecting with Bisca on the seven years that had passed and wishing their missing companions were still with them.
• Macao worried about Romeo's late return as Wakaba and the other guild members discussed Fairy Tail's shrinking membership and lack of work.
• Dorryan became upset when Salsam mentioned Levy, and his remark that she would never return left the guild silent.
• Tibo and armed Phantom Lord mages barged into Fairy Tail's tavern, mocked the guild, and demanded its overdue payment.
• Salsam objected to the high interest and prepared to fight, but Macao stopped him and asked Tibo to wait until next month for repayment.

After Phantom Lord wrecked Fairy Tail's guild hall, the members mourned the guildmates lost seven years earlier. Ichiya told them Tenrou Island might still exist, and Fairy Tail members sailed toward the location Blue Pegasus had identified.

• Tibo and the Phantom Lord thugs beat Macao, trashed the guild hall, and threatened to return for money.
• Fairy Tail members remembered the guildmates who vanished when Acnologia attacked Tenrou Island, while Macao admitted he could barely bear Romeo's grief.
• Ichiya arrived with his disciples and told Fairy Tail that Blue Pegasus's research suggested Tenrou Island might still exist.
• Bisca, Marcus, Alzack, Warren, and Dorryan searched the sea near Blue Pegasus's coordinates and wondered whether they should have brought Romeo.

Fairy Tail's guild members returned from seven years frozen by Fairy Sphere, and Mavis revealed that she had protected them from Acnologia's roar. Back in Magnolia, the guild faced Tibo and his group demanding payment, while its returning members had yet to reach the guild hall.

• Bisca spotted a girl on the sea, and the girl raised Tenrou Island from the water and led the guild members to their scattered companions.
• The guild members woke Natsu and the others, then found Ye Yang beneath the Great Tenrou Tree; Ye Yang said he could not see, while Mirajane comforted him.
• Mavis identified herself as Fairy Tail's First Guild Master and explained that Fairy Sphere had protected the guild by freezing its members' time for seven years.
• Mavis praised Makarov and vanished, and the guild members sailed to Harujion Port before returning by carriage to Magnolia.
• At the guild hall, Romeo refused to join the search for Tenrou Island, and Tibo and his group arrived to demand the guild's monthly payment.