Chapter Summaries

Ywen explained that Erza had Dragon Slayer Magic but needed to develop the power of her mysterious fruit to grow stronger. The X778 S-Class Mage Examination ended with Silver Fullbuster, Ultear Milkovich, and Selene passing, and the guild celebrated in the hot springs, where Kagura compared herself with the other girls.

• Ywen told Erza that she needed to train the mysterious fruit’s power to make better use of her Dragon Slayer Magic, then brought the unconscious Natsu, Kurnugi, and Mystogan to Makarov.
• Kagura comforted Erza over her failed trial, while Cana felt better learning that Kagura had failed three times in a row; Gildarts also revealed that Ul had lost after overusing magic and fainting from anemia.
• Makarov announced that Silver Fullbuster, Ultear Milkovich, and Selene had passed the X778 S-Class Mage Examination, bringing Fairy Tail to eleven active S-Class Mages.
• Aileen and Selene ended their fight after Ywen called them down, and the guild headed to the hot springs to recover from the examination.
• In the women’s bath, Kagura felt insecure beside the other girls before noticing a blonde, green-eyed girl with a flat chest; the girl said it had stopped growing along with the rest of her body long ago.

After the S-Class examination, Natsu told Fairy Tail that dragons lived in the guild, and Ywen confirmed to Wendy that he was one, pointing her toward Porlyusica for answers about Grandeeney. In Year X779, Mavis reunited with the guild and her old companions, including Warrod and Precht.

• Natsu announced that Ywen, Aileen, Selene, and Kurnugi were dragons, but the guild laughed at him until Ywen’s acquaintances privately reflected on his identity.
• Wendy asked Ywen whether he was a dragon, and he admitted that he was and directed her to ask Porlyusica about Grandeeney.
• Wendy spoke with Porlyusica and returned smiling, while Grandeeney thanked Ywen telepathically for guiding Wendy to her.
• Mavis returned from Tenrou Island to celebrate the holiday with the guild, and Kagura nervously apologized for teasing her about her figure.
• Warrod, Precht, Rob, Yajima, and Reis arrived at the guild, and Mavis greeted Warrod and Precht warmly as they became emotional at seeing her again.

Ywen organized a Fairy Tail family portrait that brought together the guild’s founders, current members, and August. After Precht acknowledged August as part of the guild, August stood beside Mavis as Ywen used Gravity Magic to take the photograph.

• Ywen revealed that his modified camera could photograph Mavis and arranged a group portrait outside the guild.
• Aileen and Selene arrived with Erza and Kurnugi, while the guild members settled into their places and posed.
• The mages realized no one had been assigned to take the photo until August appeared and picked up Ywen’s camera.
• Ywen invited August into the portrait, and Precht confirmed that August was a member of Fairy Tail.
• August stood beside Mavis, and Ywen used Gravity Magic to take the group photograph.

Ywen helped August see and speak with his mother, Mavis, by stamping a Fairy Tail emblem on him and declaring him a guild member. August accepted his new ties to Fairy Tail, reunited with Mavis, and the chapter ended with King Old Toma receiving the guild’s group photo and sending gifts.

• Ywen offered August the ability to see and speak with Mavis, then stamped a Fairy Tail emblem on his hand and announced that August had joined the guild.
• August realized Ywen had recruited him without warning, but accepted that his membership gave him a reason to prevent Zeref and Fairy Tail from fighting.
• August and Mavis spoke warmly, and August reassured her that she would be a loving and wonderful mother.
• Ywen took a photo of August and Mavis together, while Precht apologized to August and the two put their past grievances aside.
• King Old Toma received Fairy Tail’s congratulatory letter and group photo, learned he was omitted because he remained king, and ordered gifts sent to the guild.

Ywen helped August reunite with his mother and tried to recruit him into Fairy Tail, while August avoided making a commitment. Six months later, Phantom Lord’s Aria learned of Ywen’s family and began plotting to use them to force Ywen to join Phantom Lord.

• Ywen asked August to leave the Alvarez Empire and become Fairy Tail’s vice guild master or guild master, but August only promised to help when he had time.
• Ywen left August with a Fairy Tail guild mark, believing it had tied August’s future to the guild.
• Phantom Lord’s Aria failed to secure Jose Porla’s release from BLACKVOX, where Jose remained imprisoned after the Magic Council arrests.
• Aria told Phantom Lord’s mages that Ywen had an elderly mother and a teenage sister, proposing to use them to take revenge on him.
• A mustached Phantom Lord mage proposed capturing Ywen’s mother and sister to force Ywen to join Phantom Lord and restore the guild’s strength.

Phantom Lord mages entered Magnolia to kidnap Ywen Belserion’s mother and sister and force him to join their guild, but Magnolia’s Gildarts Departure Mode isolated them and Gildarts blasted their group into the sky. Sol escaped and reached Fairy Tail’s rear mountain, where Ywen confronted him and asked why Phantom Lord had come.

• Sol led more than fifty Phantom Lord mages into Magnolia and ordered half to take the side streets while the rest followed him along the empty main road toward Scarlet Celestial Maiden.
• Magnolia transformed into Gildarts Departure Mode, trapping Sol’s group on the main road as Gildarts walked toward them.
• Sol urged the Phantom Lord mages to attack Gildarts, who sent more than twenty of them flying with a single blast while Sol escaped underground.
• Sol emerged near Fairy Tail’s rear mountain and encountered Ywen, who revealed he had detected the Phantom Lord mages and asked Sol what they had come to do.

Ywen uncovered Phantom Lord’s plan to kidnap Irene and Erza, captured the attackers, and destroyed Phantom Lord’s guilds throughout Fiore. At Irene’s shop, the captured wizards learned that their fate rested with an enraged Irene.

• Ywen revealed that Phantom Lord’s other squads had been defeated by meteors, then made Sol confess that the guild planned to kidnap Irene and Erza to threaten him.
• Ywen stripped Sol of his magic, sent him to BLACKVOX, and imprisoned the other Phantom Lord wizards involved in the operation.
• Ywen destroyed Phantom Lord’s branches and headquarters across Fiore with meteors, ending the guild’s long-running feud with Fairy Tail.
• Ian, Eden, and Illya defeated the Phantom Lord wizards who approached Irene’s shop and tied them up for Irene.
• Irene reacted angrily when the captives called her Ywen’s eighty-year-old mother and asked them to choose between heaven and hell.

Irene punished the Phantom Lord wizards who attacked her by sending them to a monster-filled world where each death increased their count, while they mistook her power for divinity. Meanwhile, a lone Phantom Lord wizard intercepted Erza as she returned to Magnolia Town.

• The Phantom Lord wizards learned that Irene was Ywen Belserion's mother and begged her to spare them.
• Irene sent the wizards to a world filled with magical beasts, where each death raised a number above their heads and one hundred deaths would leave them trapped forever.
• The wizards were killed and resurrected by Irene's doll-based Attach Magic, but they concluded that she was a goddess.
• Ywen arrived outside Scarlet Celestial Maiden Magic Item Shop, witnessed the scene, and left without disturbing Irene.
• A black-haired Phantom Lord wizard chose to capture Erza alone and blocked her path as she returned to Magnolia Town.

Erza defeated Gajeel by using her electromagnetic Dragon Slayer magic to control his iron body, then wielded him as a flying sword against Phantom Lord mages. After Gajeel tried to flee, Ywen brought him back and offered to make him Erza’s living weapon.

• Gajeel introduced himself to Erza and attacked, but her sword bounced off his iron body.
• Erza revealed she was an electromagnetic Dragon Slayer Mage and immobilized Gajeel with magnetism.
• When Phantom Lord mages arrived, Erza controlled Gajeel and used him to knock them down as the Gajeel Flying Sword.
• Gajeel escaped after Erza declared that she wanted him as her weapon, but Ywen soon brought him back.
• Ywen praised Erza for completing her mission and promised to make Gajeel her living weapon, delighting Erza.

Ywen forced Gajeel to join Fairy Tail as Erza’s weapon after revealing that he had destroyed Phantom Lord’s guilds across Fiore, while Gajeel mistook his actions for the slaughter of its members. Aileen then arrived and said she had dealt with those who attacked her, leaving Gajeel terrified of the powerful family he had provoked.

• Gajeel objected to Ywen treating him as a gift for Erza, but Ywen insisted that he return to Fairy Tail as her weapon.
• Ywen revealed that Phantom Lord had targeted his mother and sister, then told Gajeel that he had destroyed all of Phantom Lord’s guilds in Fiore.
• Ywen sent the defeated Phantom Lord Mages to the prison BLACKVOX, though Gajeel believed he had killed them.
• Gajeel agreed to go with Ywen after Ywen’s display of power and his claim that Phantom Lord’s guilds were gone.
• Aileen arrived, and Erza learned that Aileen had also been attacked and had dealt with her assailants.
• Gajeel sensed Aileen’s immense magic power and feared that Ywen, Erza, and Aileen formed a monstrously powerful family.

Ywen brought Gajeel to Fairy Tail, where the guild’s chaotic welcome shattered Gajeel’s expectations. Lyon challenged Gajeel in the arena and overwhelmed him with Ice-Make Magic, leaving him badly beaten.

• Ywen returned to Fairy Tail with Erza and Gajeel while Aileen went back to her shop to watch the Phantom Lord mages she had transported away.
• Gajeel opened the guild doors and found Lyon naked on a table, then shut the doors and reopened them before Ywen kicked him inside.
• Gajeel and Lyon argued, and Ywen revealed Lyon was Ul’s disciple before offering him a week of freedom to run around naked if he won.
• Lyon and Gajeel went to the arena, where Lyon used Ice Floor and ice creations to trap Gajeel and block his roar.
• Lyon ordered his ice creations to attack, and they beat Gajeel while he could neither move nor speak.

After Gajeel lost to Lyon, Ywen persuaded him to join Fairy Tail’s training, where Erza, Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel took part in Ywen’s questionable training routine. Anna arrived to inspect the children, rejected Ywen’s plan to raise all five, and left determined to keep Sting and Rogue away from him.

• Lyon defeated Gajeel and explained that he was still competing for a place among Fairy Tail’s top twenty, while Ywen told Gajeel that even Jose would not rank among the guild’s top ten.
• Ywen offered Gajeel a path to greater strength, and Gajeel agreed to learn magic from him.
• Ywen trained Erza by having her control Gajeel as a flying sword, while Natsu roasted a giant boar and Wendy used wind to keep it spinning.
• Ywen met Anna in the forest and told her that Wendy and Gajeel were the two new children he had found, then asked her to let Fairy Tail raise all five children.
• Anna saw the training and concluded that Ywen had turned Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy into tools, so she refused to hand Sting and Rogue over to him and hurried away.

The Magic Council debated how to punish Phantom Lord after Ywen’s attack on its guilds, and Warrod ultimately disbanded the guild and stripped Jose Porla of his Ten Wizard Saints rank. He nominated Precht to fill the vacancy and ordered the Council to explain the meteors as a coincidence.

• Rob proposed removing Phantom Lord from the legal guilds, while Jellal argued that the punishment should be harsher because the guild had targeted Ywen’s family.
• Jellal demanded that Phantom Lord’s wizards and their families be executed, but Yajima calmed him and suggested feeding the offenders to magical beasts instead.
• Warrod rejected the proposed punishments as too conspicuous, then announced Phantom Lord’s disbandment, prison terms for participants, and Jose Porla’s removal from the Ten Wizard Saints.
• Warrod nominated Precht Gaebolg to fill the vacant Saint Ten position because Precht had defeated Hades and protected Ishgar.
• Warrod told the Council to claim that meteors had entered Fiore Kingdom and happened to strike Phantom Lord’s guilds.

The Magic Council completed and ranked the Ten Wizard Saints, adding Jellal and Jura while temporarily retaining Jose Porla’s title. The announcement spread across Ishgar, where Jura and Obaba reacted to his selection and ranking.

• Jellal raised the three vacant Saint Ten positions, and the council agreed to appoint him after Toki Andba linked the honor to following Ywen’s example.
• The council chose Jura for a Saint Ten position and agreed to retain Jose Porla’s title temporarily to fill the final slot.
• Warrod ranked Ywen first, followed by Precht, Hyberion, Ulfheim, Warrod, Ul, Makarov, Jellal, Jose Porla, and Jura.
• The Magic Council announced the completed rankings across Ishgar to distract attention from the conflict between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord.
• Obaba told Jura he had been selected, while Jura questioned whether he was strong enough and Obaba complained that Fairy Tail members ranked above him.
• Ywen frowned at the rankings, seeing them as troublesome rather than glorious.

The Magic Council’s ranked Ten Wizard Saints list made Ywen the continent’s top-ranked mage, though he cared about the title only after it completed his mission and awarded him a Ten-Year Mission Medal. The ranking drew challenges and attention across Ishgar, while Warrod’s decision to name Precht a Saint sparked a fight at the Magic Council.

• A ranking of the Ten Wizard Saints spread across Ishgar, and a young man with orange twin tails rushed into the wilderness to seek Magic Crystals.
• Ul celebrated her sixth-place ranking at Fairy Tail, where Ultear gave her an ice-rose bouquet.
• Ywen received the first-place ranking and a Ten-Year Mission Medal; he tossed Natsu out of the guild when Natsu challenged him, then reassured Laxus that the title meant little.
• Gildarts celebrated Ywen’s ranking by going to a nightclub, but Selene appeared and drew a scream from him.
• Precht confronted Warrod for naming him a Ten Wizard Saint and attacked him with Amaterasu Formula, causing a magical explosion inside the Magic Council.

After Tartaros was destroyed, Crawford Seam traveled to the Alvarez Empire and offered to help it conquer Ishgar, naming Magic Council ERA and Fairy Tail as obstacles. His attack on Fairy Tail backfired when August revealed that he bore the guild’s mark, leaving Crawford to realize he had insulted August’s own guild.

• Crawford Seam found Tartaros in ruins and blamed Fairy Tail and Magic Council ERA for its destruction.
• Crawford traveled to the Alvarez Empire and was received by August, whose magic power terrified him.
• Crawford warned August that Etherion, Face, and Magic Council ERA could obstruct the empire’s invasion of Ishgar.
• Crawford called Fairy Tail an evil guild and ranted about its founders, including Mavis Vermillion.
• August snapped his staff when Crawford insulted Mavis, then revealed the Fairy Tail mark on his hand.
• Crawford asked August why he bore Fairy Tail’s symbol, and August gave him a cold smile.

Crawford Seam mistook August’s Fairy Tail emblem for proof of a secret plot to conquer the world and spun an elaborate history to bargain for his life. August killed him, revealed that he was Zeref and Mavis’s son, and decided to question Ywen about Fairy Tail’s ambitions, which he suspected extended across the universe.

• Crawford Seam recognized Fairy Tail’s mark on August’s hand and wrongly concluded that August was an infiltrator in the Alvarez Empire.
• Crawford Seam recounted his theory that Fairy Tail had manipulated events across Ishgar for generations to unite the magic world and conquer the world.
• August searched Crawford Seam’s memories while Crawford tried to leverage his supposed knowledge, then August stabbed him with his broken staff.
• August revealed that he was Spriggan, Zeref’s son, and joined Fairy Tail because Mavis, its founder, was his mother.
• August killed Crawford Seam with magic and resolved to ask Ywen about Fairy Tail’s supposed goal of world conquest, suspecting its ambitions reached across the universe.

Gildarts and Makarov tried to recruit Ywen into a Fairy Tail Men's Association so they could peep into the women's bathhouse, but Ywen refused and August asked him about supposed plans to conquer the universe. The chapter left August beginning to explain where he had heard the rumor, while the Fairy Tail women gathered at a hot spring in Elentir.

• Gildarts and Makarov complained to Ywen that the Fairy Tail Women's Association had restricted their behavior and begged him to help them peep into the women's bathhouse.
• Ywen refused, struck Gildarts and frightened Makarov into letting him go, then met August, who asked about Fairy Tail's alleged plans to conquer the universe.
• Ywen denied that Fairy Tail had any such plan, and August began explaining how he had reached that conclusion.
• At a hot spring on Mount Night in Elentir, Kagura noticed the other women’s figures and found Mavis, Levy, and Wendy hiding their bodies beneath the water.
• Mavis, Kagura, Levy, and Wendy promised to remain good sisters and never secretly grow up behind one another’s backs.

At a hot-spring gathering, Aileen and Selene announced that the Fairy Tail Women's Association would choose a spokesperson, then appointed Mavis. The decision left Mavis dejected after Aileen singled out her small chest, while Wendy, Kagura, and Levy celebrated no longer being the guild's smallest.

• Mavis asked Seilah whether she was a demon created by Zeref, and Seilah confirmed she had been one of the Nine Demon Gates before joining Fairy Tail.
• Aileen and Selene announced the Women's Association meeting and argued over whether it should discuss a spokesperson or men.
• Selene's talk about men's size alarmed the women, and Mirajane fainted before Aileen reassured everyone that Ywen was human.
• Aileen named Mavis the Women's Association spokesperson because Mavis had enough status and was the guild's smallest.
• Wendy, Kagura, and Levy thanked Aileen for declaring Mavis the smallest, leaving Mavis feeling betrayed.

Ywen found the Fairy Tail guild’s male mages naked and warned Aileen and Erza to stay away, prompting Ultear and Seilah to investigate. After they stopped the mages from stripping, Gildarts asked them to make every beautiful girl in Fiore Kingdom walk naked through the streets, and they attacked him.

• Ywen arrived at Fairy Tail and found the male mages naked, then left to take an S-Class Mission and warned Aileen and Erza not to return to the guild.
• Carla foresaw the naked mages and fainted from shock, so Ultear and Seilah volunteered to investigate.
• Ultear used Arc of Time to restore the mages’ clothes, and Seilah cursed them so they could not strip again.
• Gildarts knelt before Ultear and Seilah and asked them to make every beautiful girl in Fiore Kingdom walk naked through the streets.
• Ultear and Seilah called Gildarts a piece of trash and attacked him.