Chapter Summaries

Ywen received a call from his Edolas counterpart, Wisdom, who wanted him to visit and help test new inventions, but Ywen refused until Erza Wisdom asked him to come. After agreeing to travel to Edolas, Ywen turned around and found his own Erza asking who the girl in the crystal had been.

• Ultear and Seilah struck Gildarts, who pretended to faint to avoid facing Aileen and Selene, but Selene tested him and the Fairy Tail women beat him up.
• Three months later, Ywen received a call from Wisdom, who proposed a Fairy Tail competition between their worlds and asked Ywen to test his inventions.
• Ywen refused Wisdom's request, but agreed to visit Edolas after Erza Wisdom pleaded with him.
• After Erza Wisdom ended the call, Ywen's own Erza appeared behind him and asked who the girl in the crystal had been.

Erza learned that the girl she saw in the crystal was her counterpart from Edolas and insisted on joining Ywen’s visit to that world. Ywen and the team arrived at the Edolas royal palace, where the two Erzas met and immediately sized each other up.

• Erza mistook Edolas Erza for a hidden sister or replacement, but Ywen explained that Edolas was another world and reassured her that he was not abandoning her.
• Ywen agreed to take Erza to Edolas, and she chose Laxus, Mirajane, and Kagura to join their team.
• Ywen opened a Water Wings portal, and Erza, Kagura, Mirajane, and Laxus followed him into Edolas.
• Ywen’s group arrived at the royal palace and greeted Mystogan, who explained his past refusal to team up with Laxus.
• Edolas Erza rushed to greet Ywen, and she and Earth-land Erza recognized each other as counterparts and exchanged smiles with a tense, competitive air.

Ywen and his companions met their Edolas counterparts, including the frail and scheming Ywen Wisdom, who tried to win Erza Belserion’s affection and provoke Ywen. The two Fairy Tail guilds prepared to compete in a best-of-five match at the kingdom army’s Training Ground, with Prince Jellal proposed as referee.

• Erza Belserion and Erza Wisdom confronted each other until Ywen Wisdom arrived, exhausted from running through the palace corridor.
• Ywen Wisdom introduced himself to Erza Belserion and was hurt when she rejected him, then tried to drive a wedge between her and Ywen Belserion.
• Ywen ended the confrontation and followed Ywen Wisdom to the Training Ground to begin the guild match.
• The Earth-land group met the Edolas guild members, including their counterparts, while Ywen Wisdom sat in a wheelchair and prepared to compete.
• Ywen Wisdom proposed a best-of-five match with Prince Jellal as referee, and Ywen accepted without concern.

Laxus defeated Jett in the opening match of the cross-world Fairy Tail contest, while Wisdom revealed that his goggles measured magic power to help Edolas choose its fighters. Mirajane then transformed into Underworld King Mard Geer's Soul, and her rising power caused Wisdom's detector to explode just as her match against Troy began.

• Mystogan warned the contestants to avoid killing anyone, and Laxus stepped forward to fight for Earth-land World.
• Wisdom sent Jett to face Laxus, who used Observation Haki to locate him through his illusions and defeated him with lightning magic.
• Wisdom explained to Ywen that his goggles detected magic power and that he had invited the group to test his invention before promising Edolas would win.
• Ywen sent Mirajane to fight Troy and allowed her to use Underworld Beast and Underworld King's Soul.
• Troy summoned giant plant creatures to attack Mirajane, but she transformed using Underworld King Mard Geer's Soul.
• Wisdom's detector registered Mirajane's power rising past ten thousand and exploded, leaving Wisdom clutching his eyes.

Mirajane defeated Troy with Mard Geer's Thorn Curse, and Ywen faced Wisdom in the final match. Wisdom unveiled his upgraded Super Metal Dragon Knight PRO, but Ywen drew magic power from Elentir and struck with his Azure Dragon's Crushing Fist, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Mirajane used Mard Geer's Thorn Curse to defeat Troy and revealed that she could sustain the form for only about ten minutes.
• Erza and Laxus discussed preparing stronger magic to face Mirajane, while Erza Wisdom and Erza Belserion each wanted to fight over Ywen.
• Ywen and Wisdom entered the arena for the final match, and Wisdom transformed his wheelchair into the upgraded Super Metal Dragon Knight PRO.
• Ywen declared he had never fought at full strength, gathered magic from Edolas, and opened a gate to draw additional magic from Elentir.
• Ywen unleashed Azure Dragon's Crushing Fist, shaking the world and leaving Wisdom's fate unclear.

Ywen defeated Wisdom’s Super Dragon Knight PRO, but Wisdom vowed to continue their rivalry and improve his weapons. After returning to Earth-land, Laxus asked Makarov to teach him magic so he could inherit Fairy Tail’s will to protect its members, and Ywen went to Crocus at King Toma’s request, where Toma revealed that war was about to begin.

• Ywen destroyed Wisdom’s Super Dragon Knight PRO, praised Wisdom for his courage, and then traded defiant boasts with him as the Edolas Fairy Tail members applauded Wisdom.
• Ywen and his companions left Edolas, and Laxus asked Makarov to teach him magic so he could protect Fairy Tail’s comrades without taking on the role of Guild Master.
• White Tiger arrived at Fairy Tail and summoned Ywen to Crocus at King Toma’s request, and Ywen used Spatial Magic to take them directly to the royal palace.
• Ywen met Toma in the palace meeting room, explained why the king was absent from Fairy Tail’s group photograph, and asked what he needed.
• Toma stopped joking about the photograph and told Ywen that war was about to begin.

Ywen agreed to stop the invasion of Fiore Kingdom after learning that a traitor had helped more than twenty nations form a coalition army. After locating the million-strong force in the southeast, he set off to face it while Old Toma prepared for victory.

• White Tiger explained that a Fiore Kingdom traitor had fled abroad with military secrets, prompting neighboring nations to demand the Dragon's Tear and other sealed treasures.
• Ywen agreed to end the war, and Old Toma chose a gentler approach that would make the coalition withdraw without disrupting the balance between nations.
• A soldier reported that more than twenty nations led by Stella Kingdom had sent over one million troops toward Fiore Kingdom, which had only thirty thousand soldiers at the border.
• White Tiger urged Old Toma to mobilize reinforcements, but Old Toma calmly asked Ywen to handle the border.
• Ywen found the coalition's location on a map in Fiore Kingdom's southeast, promised Old Toma a victory, and vanished from the meeting room.

Ywen arrived at Fiore’s border and faced the invading alliance of more than twenty nations, which had assembled over a million soldiers. After the alliance attacked, Ywen unleashed his Haki and incapacitated the entire army, then left the cleanup to Fiore’s legion commander as he departed to pursue other matters.

• White Tiger asked Old Toma whether Fiore should send reinforcements or prepare for war, and Old Toma trusted Ywen to win and began organizing a banquet.
• At Fiore’s border, the alliance army provoked the outnumbered Fiore soldiers, and a blue-haired mage attacked one of them before Ywen appeared and healed him.
• Ywen introduced himself to the alliance as the first-ranked Wizard Saint and urged them to withdraw, but some mages argued for attacking him.
• Ywen recalled that the Stella Kingdom’s king was an Autistic Dragon connected to Dragon’s Tear and decided he should visit the kingdom.
• The alliance charged Ywen, who released his Haki and knocked out the million-strong army across the battlefield.
• Ywen left the battlefield cleanup to Fiore’s legion commander and vanished, leaving the commander astonished by his power.

Old Toma learned that Ywen Belserion had defeated a million-strong invading army in a single exchange, then celebrated the victory and used it to teach Hisui about the power of magic. Ywen invited Erza and Aileen on a trip to Stella, but their plans were interrupted when they found Selene visiting Aileen’s shop.

• Old Toma dismissed Arcadios’s fears about the invading coalition and trusted Ywen to defend Fiore.
• A border Knight Commander reported that Ywen had defeated the million-strong army and its commanders in one exchange, leaving 1.3 million prisoners.
• Old Toma ordered the ordinary soldiers released and the commanders and Mages sent to BLACKVOX, then told Hisui that overwhelming magical strength could overturn political calculations.
• Ywen returned to Fairy Tail, invited Erza on a trip to Stella, and planned to bring Aileen along.
• Ywen and Erza found Aileen facing Selene in the Scarlet Celestial Maiden Magic Item Shop, and Ywen explained that he wanted to visit a dragon in Stella while traveling there.

Ywen’s planned Belserion family trip to the Stella Kingdom expanded to include Kurnugi, Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, and Laxus, turning it into a dragon-seeking expedition. As the airship carried them toward Stella, King Animus learned that Ywen had the Dragon’s Tear and began to suspect that other dragons were still alive.

• Selene brought Kurnugi to Aileen’s shop, where Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy had been dragged along after trying to fight him.
• Ywen invited the Dragon Slayer Mages on the trip to see a dragon in Stella, then summoned Laxus from his battle with an S-Class Magical Beast.
• Ywen teleported everyone onto Precht’s airship, where Laxus, Natsu, and Gajeel became incapacitated by the journey while the others ate hot pot.
• King Animus raged over Stella’s failed invasion of Fiore, and Chaixiu explained that Ywen had helped Fiore and borrowed the Dragon’s Tear.
• Animus connected Ywen’s Belserion name and the Dragon’s Tear, suspecting that dragons besides himself remained on Ishgar as Ywen’s group approached Stella.

While the nine Dragon Slayer Mages traveled to the Stella Kingdom, Makarov worried that Ywen, Aileen, and Selene would cause catastrophic damage, and Gildarts left to earn money for the guild’s expected compensation. The group’s warship arrived over Stella, where King Animus recognized the scent of Dragon Slayer Mages and feared a threat reminiscent of Acnologia.

• Mirajane and Gray discussed the unusually quiet guild and learned from Erza’s message that the nine Dragon Slayer Mages had gone to a neighboring country for fun.
• Gildarts told Makarov that Ywen, Aileen, and Selene had taken a job in the Stella Kingdom, prompting Makarov to fear the trio would destroy the country.
• Gildarts announced he was leaving to earn money before the guild faced compensation claims, then set off on a job despite his poor record of avoiding damage.
• A warship carrying the Dragon Slayer Mages arrived above the Stella Kingdom.
• King Animus sensed the Dragon Slayer Mages’ magic and remembered Acnologia, while Chaixiu asked what had frightened him.

Animus and Chaixiu fought back against the magic warship, but its Jupiter cannon and Animus’s dragon roar failed to damage it. Ywen and a group of powerful dragons arrived at the ruined palace, leaving Chaixiu terrified when Kurnugi revealed that they were all Dragons.

• The magic warship’s Jupiter cannon blasted through the royal palace ceiling, and Animus confronted Chaixiu before preparing to attack it.
• Animus’s roar clashed with Jupiter’s blast, but the warship emerged from the smoke completely unharmed.
• Laxus arrived, followed by Ywen, Aileen, Selene, Kurnugi, Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, and the others; Animus recognized the overwhelming dragon power among them.
• Ywen mocked Animus, and Kurnugi taunted him for being unable to emerge from his possessed body while Chaixiu urged Animus to attack the newcomers.
• Chaixiu recognized Ywen and urged Animus to take his Dragon’s Tear, but Kurnugi told Chaixiu that they were all Dragons.

Chaixiu revealed that his magic could manipulate dragons, but Ywen and Kurnugi stopped him and captured him alive. Aileen exposed Animus’s dependence on Sanya’s body and refused to separate them, while Ywen persuaded Animus to join Fairy Tail and promised to help later.

• Kurnugi revealed his dragon form, and Chaixiu tried to control him with suggestion magic and command him to attack Ywen.
• Ywen purified everyone of Chaixiu’s magic, and Kurnugi smashed Chaixiu into the ruins before Ywen ordered him kept alive for Old Toma.
• Ywen revealed that Animus’s apparent male form was Mirror Magic and restored his true form as a girl inhabiting Sanya’s body.
• Aileen identified Animus’s symbiotic relationship with Sanya, offered to separate them, then refused and called Animus weak.
• Ywen offered to help Animus if he joined Fairy Tail, and Animus accepted after Ywen promised to work on separating him from Sanya over the next few years.
• Erza glared at Animus while he remained unaware that he had made her jealous by using Sanya’s body.

After Animus surrendered, Ywen persuaded her to help mass-produce Dragon Slayer Lacrimas and cultivate Dragon Slayer Mages as part of a plan to defeat Acnologia. Animus pledged herself to Ywen’s cause, and the Dragon Slayer Mage program began.

• Laxus abandoned the fight against Animus, and Ywen declared that the group would spend the day sightseeing in the Stella Kingdom at Animus’s expense.
• Ywen took Animus aside to discuss Magic Crystals, while Animus mistakenly thought he had brought her to the bedroom for sexual reasons.
• Animus explained that her Magic Crystals could create Dragon Slayer Quantum Soldiers, but Ywen argued that Dragon Slayer Mages had greater potential and could become Dragons if their restraining crystals were removed.
• Ywen convinced Animus that they could turn Dragon Slayer Mages into Dragons and use them to oppose Acnologia, then revealed that Igneel and other powerful Dragons were preparing to fight him.
• Animus swore allegiance to Ywen and agreed to take part in the plan to create a new era for Dragons.

Ywen explained the five generations of Dragon Slayer Mages to Animus, including how fifth-generation mages had killed the Thunder Dragon King Eleksion, which persuaded Animus to postpone seeking revenge. After Erza and the others returned with their souvenirs, Selene and Aileen competed over who was more beautiful by lifting crystals and crystal veins into the sky, and Aileen began enchanting the land of the Stella Kingdom.

• Ywen described the first five generations of Dragon Slayer Mages and told Animus that fifth-generation mages had killed Eleksion, prompting Animus to abandon his plan to go to Guiltina for revenge.
• Erza and the others returned to the ruined palace with their chosen souvenirs, including gemstones, hairpins, a jeweled sword, a metal pillar, and a horned killer whale.
• Selene complained that Aileen had taken the kingdom's largest crystal, and the two Dragon Kings argued over who was the most beautiful woman in the world.
• Selene raised an entire crystal vein into the sky, and Aileen responded by casting Attach Magic on the land of the Stella Kingdom.

Aileen lifted the entire Stella Kingdom into the sky, and Selene brought the moon close to the world, leaving Animus and the kingdom’s people terrified while Ywen told everyone to wait for the two women to tire. The next day, Makarov learned the incident had made the news and watched Ywen, Aileen, Selene, and Animus return to Fairy Tail, where he realized the Stella Kingdom’s king had come to collect a debt.

• Aileen used Attach Magic to make the entire Stella Kingdom fly, then claimed it as her territory after Animus agreed to give her whatever she wanted.
• Aileen ordered Selene to leave, and Selene responded by using Spatial Magic to bring the moon dangerously close to the Stella Kingdom.
• Ywen told Animus to wait until Aileen and Selene tired, while the kingdom’s people watched in fear as the island rose and the moon drew near.
• The next morning, Makarov read headlines about the flying kingdom and approaching moon and concluded that Aileen and Selene had caused the crisis.
• Ywen, Aileen, Selene, and Animus returned to Fairy Tail, where Ywen introduced Animus as the king of the Stella Kingdom and Makarov feared he had come to collect damages.

Animus joined Fairy Tail after giving up the Stella Kingdom to Aileen, and Ywen freed his consciousness from Sanya’s body. Animus then discovered that his new body was a purple cat with wings.

• Animus introduced himself to Makarov as the former king of Stella and asked to join Fairy Tail, while Makarov worried that Aileen and Ywen had forced him to abdicate.
• Animus insisted that he had willingly given the throne to Aileen and wanted to pursue magic, so Makarov accepted him into Fairy Tail.
• Animus received the guild emblem on Sanya’s body, and Ywen took him outside while the guild’s female Mages speculated about him.
• Ywen asked Animus whether he wanted to be freed from Sanya’s body and used Detach Magic to separate his consciousness.
• Animus celebrated his freedom, then saw his reflection in a stream and realized Ywen had made him a purple winged cat.

Ywen separated Animus from Sanya, turning Animus into an Exceed while helping Sanya begin learning Dragon Slayer Magic. Three months later, Kagura returned to Fairy Tail for the annual S-Class Mage Examination, where August was announced as one of the participants.

• Ywen attached Exceed attributes to Animus's soul, separating him from Sanya and leaving him in the form of a purple cat.
• Ywen urged Sanya to seek guidance from Natsu, Wendy, Laxus, Erza, Aileen, and Selene as she learned to control her Dragon Slayer power.
• Ikaruga praised Kagura's swordsmanship after her training and urged her to return to Fairy Tail and win the S-Class Trial.
• Kagura returned to the guild as Makarov announced the examination participants, including Kagura Mikazuchi, Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, and Sanya Animus.
• Makarov named August as the final participant, surprising the guild's onlookers.

Fairy Tail began its Year X779 S-Class Mage Examination inside the guild, with twelve candidates competing in one-on-one matches. August had planned to withdraw until Mavis encouraged him, prompting him to unleash his magic and demand that everyone fight him together.

• Animus urged Sanya to win the examination and identified Natsu and Gajeel as her main rivals.
• Makarov announced that the twelve candidates would compete in advancing one-on-one matches, and that the examination would be held in the guild rather than on Tenrou Island.
• Kagura, Cana, Lisanna, Elfman, Gray, Lyon, Mystogan, Seilah, Natsu, Gajeel, and Sanya received encouragement from their guildmates as they prepared to compete.
• August decided he would lose on purpose because he had come to Fairy Tail for another reason.
• Mavis encouraged August, and he transformed with overwhelming magic power before challenging all the other candidates at once.

August challenged every candidate in the Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Examination and overwhelmed them with copied and improved magic. After Seilah's Curse failed to control him, August defeated her, and Mystogan surrendered.

• August challenged all the S-Class Mage Examination candidates at once, and Makarov warned him against it.
• August knocked Natsu unconscious, controlled Gajeel with electromagnetic magic, and used Gajeel to defeat Kagura with an improved Dimension Slash.
• August froze Gray, Lyon, Cana, Elfman, and Lisanna with his Ice World magic.
• Mystogan identified August's power as Copy Magic, and Seilah tried to command August to surrender with her Curse.
• August revealed that he had defeated Bloodman, sealed Seilah's consciousness, and prompted Mystogan to surrender.