Chapter Summaries

Natsu's suggestion to determine Fairy Tail's strongest mage sparked a clash between Aileen, Selene, August, and Ywen that threatened Elentir. Makarov used the chaos to cancel the endurance race and begin Fairy Tail's S-Class Mage Examination early, ending the chapter as the guild members prepared to fight.

• August challenged the guild and faced off against Aileen until Natsu proposed a contest to decide Fairy Tail's strongest mage.
• Ywen accepted the challenge, and Selene and August joined him and Aileen as the four prepared to fight, causing Elentir's magic power to surge.
• Aileen, Selene, August, and Ywen transformed and launched into battle, while Makarov mourned the loss of his planned endurance race.
• Makarov knocked Natsu unconscious and announced that the guild would hold the S-Class Mage Examination immediately.
• Makarov made the examination a half-hour brawl, declaring that anyone still standing would become a candidate as the guild members began casting spells.

During Fairy Tail’s S-Class examination, Neinhart summoned the dead to overwhelm the candidates and declared himself the winner, then prostrated himself before Erza as a servant of the Belserion Family. Above the guild, Ywen fought August while Aileen engaged Selene, and Ywen knocked August unconscious with a surprise attack.

• Natsu, Gray, Lyon, and Kagura fought the mages in the guild hall as the S-Class Mages discussed Kagura’s chances of passing the examination.
• Mirajane explained that Precht had modified Seilah with a pseudo-demon heart, but Mard Geer defeated Seilah and appeared alive in the guild hall.
• Neinhart revealed that he had summoned Mard Geer and the Tartaros demons, including Deliora, then announced that the examination was over and bowed to Erza as the Belserion Family’s princess.
• Neinhart ordered the summoned dead to attack Fairy Tail, and the Tartaros legion overwhelmed Kagura and the other candidates.
• Ywen challenged August and Selene in the storm clouds, while Aileen transformed into a dragon to stop Selene from interfering with his fight.
• Ywen used an illusion of Mavis to distract August, then struck him with Raimei Hakke and knocked him unconscious.

Ywen knocked August unconscious and left Mavis to care for him before joining Aileen in a fierce battle against Selene. They defeated Selene, who began recovering from her injuries and dragged Kurnugi away for a mother-son talk.

• Ywen knocked August out with a surprise attack and entrusted Mavis with treating him.
• Mavis comforted August, who was pleased to be in her care, and prevented his Anima from escaping.
• Ywen flew to Aileen and confronted Selene, who demanded that he return with her to have more children.
• Ywen and Aileen combined their powers in Dragon Control: Punishment and defeated Selene with a golden dragon attack.
• Selene recovered her human form and considered how Ywen and Aileen might help her eliminate the dragons on Guiltina.
• Kurnugi mistook Selene's injuries for fatal, then tried to flee when he realized she would recover, but Selene grabbed him and dragged him away.

Ywen and Aileen began a fierce battle in the sky while Neinhart defeated Fairy Tail’s S-Class exam candidates and faced Gildarts. Neinhart summoned Gildarts’s dead wife Cornelia, leaving Gildarts enraged and Cana recognizing her mother.

• Ywen and Aileen clashed with their weapons, splitting the sky as their magic power collided.
• Neinhart defeated the S-Class exam candidates with summoned fighters and provoked Laxus and Ul before Gildarts stepped forward to fight him.
• Gildarts used his crushing magic to destroy Neinhart’s summoned demons and part of Fairy Tail’s guild hall.
• Gildarts deduced that Neinhart could summon only the dead, and Neinhart summoned Cornelia, Gildarts’s wife.
• Gildarts recognized Cornelia and erupted with rage, while Cana woke and cried out to her mother.

Neinhart summoned Cornelia, revealing that Cana was Gildarts's daughter and allowing the family to reunite before Cornelia departed. Gildarts passed Neinhart's S-Class examination by punching him unconscious, while Larcade found Natsu and claimed him as his uncle, only for Natsu to reject him after Mavis defended August.

• Cana woke and called the summoned Cornelia her mother, prompting Cornelia to reveal that Cana was Gildarts's daughter.
• Cana cried over her efforts to become worthy of Gildarts, then reunited with her parents for a family portrait before Cornelia's soul departed.
• Gildarts thanked Neinhart for letting him see Cornelia and learn about Cana, then declared Neinhart had passed the examination and punched him through the guild ceiling.
• Larcade rescued Natsu and Happy from the rubble, called Natsu his uncle, and asked him to avenge the bullying he had suffered.
• Larcade accused August of being an Imperial spy, but Mavis defended August, and Natsu rejected Larcade as a relative.

Ywen and Aileen finished their duel, and Ywen was declared the winner before Fairy Tail returned Magnolia Town from Elentir to Earth-land. After settling the strongest-mage mission and raising his Azure Dragon Form to level 16, Ywen realized he still lacked the magic power to use his new strength fully.

• Ywen and Aileen ended their exhausting battle in a flower-scented meadow, where Aileen said Ywen had won a round against her.
• Ywen and Aileen returned to Fairy Tail and found that Gildarts and Cana had acknowledged each other as father and daughter; Neinhart and Kurnugi were badly injured from the examination and battles.
• Selene pressed Aileen for the duel's result, and Aileen told her that Ywen had won, though Selene refused to believe it.
• After Fairy Tail ran out of alcohol, the guild transported Magnolia Town from Elentir back to Earth-land, and the logistics commander welcomed their return despite their taking his warehouse's alcohol.
• Ywen settled the strongest-mage mission, used its Hundred-Year Mission Medal to raise his Azure Dragon Form to level 16, and realized his magic power was insufficient to unleash its full strength.

God Serena challenged Jura at Lamia Scale and struck first after mocking the Ten Wizard Saints. The chapter ended with Lamia Scale members reporting that Jura had been defeated.

• Obaba complained that Fairy Tail and Light Heart had pushed Lamia Scale down to third place among Fiore’s Guilds, while Jura defended the other Guilds and kept quiet about Precht’s invitation to join Light Heart.
• God Serena broke down Lamia Scale’s doors, introduced himself as a wandering Mage, and challenged Jura.
• Jura stopped Lamia Scale’s members from mocking Serena and led him to the back mountain to fight.
• Serena asked about the Ten Wizard Saints, called them trash after Jura described himself as the last-ranked Saint, and launched Cave Dragon’s Rock Shatter.
• Lamia Scale members rushed back to report that Jura had been defeated, leaving Obaba stunned.

God Serena defeated Jura and continued hunting the Ten Wizard Saints, attacking Jose Porla and Jellal Fernandes before targeting Ywen. He challenged Ywen at Fairy Tail, but Ywen knocked him out with a single punch.

• God Serena defeated Jura in one move, marked his name in his notebook, and left Lamia Scale members to find him unconscious.
• After waking three days later, Jura told Obaba that God Serena was hunting the Ten Wizard Saints and learned that Jose Porla and Brain had been attacked in BLACKVOX.
• A Lamia Scale member reported that Jellal Fernandes had also been attacked, prompting Jura to warn Obaba that Makarov was likely God Serena's next target.
• Obaba tried to contact Makarov, but he ignored the Remote Communication Crystal as God Serena entered Fairy Tail and announced his challenge.
• God Serena challenged Ywen, who struck him down before he could finish boasting about being a god.

After God Serena woke in Fairy Tail, he begged Ywen to take him as a disciple and sought Jellal’s forgiveness by agreeing to a rematch. Jellal fought hard but lost, and Ywen then revealed that August and several other powerful opponents were waiting to train God Serena.

• God Serena recalled gathering eight Dragon Slayer Lacrima, defeating Jura, Jose Porla, and Jellal, then being knocked out by Ywen before waking in Fairy Tail.
• Ywen questioned God Serena about challenging the Ten Wizard Saints and attacking Jellal, and God Serena begged to become Ywen’s disciple and join Fairy Tail.
• Jellal arrived, forgave God Serena, and challenged him to a rematch at Fairy Tail’s back mountain, with Ywen serving as witness.
• Jellal used God Serena’s own light magic against him and summoned True Celestial Magic: Star Collapse, but God Serena survived and defeated him with Storm Dragon’s Crushing Fist.
• Ywen praised both fighters, then told God Serena that August was his next opponent and that four more powerful challengers awaited him.

After three days of fighting Fairy Tail mages, Serena returned to the guild with Gildarts and learned that Jura had been worrying about the Wizard Saint Hunter. Meanwhile, Ywen sought a replacement for his broken mace, and Erza summoned Gajeel to serve as a weapon.

• Serena finally stopped sparring with Gildarts after failing to hurt him, but vowed to grow stronger.
• Jura warned Makarov that Serena’s attacks on the Ten Wizard Saints could destabilize the magical world, then discovered Serena had joined Fairy Tail.
• Makarov invited Jura to train with Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mages, and Jura gladly accepted.
• Ywen told Erza he needed a weapon strong enough to withstand his Dragon Force, and Erza promised to show him one.
• Erza used her magnetism to pull Gajeel through the guild ceiling and send him flying toward the mountains behind the guild.

Ywen gave Gajeel and God Serena to Erza as her exclusive weapons, while planning to make his own weapon from Acnologia. A year later, Lucy decided to run away from home with Brandish, and Jude caught her; Lucy was about to join Fairy Tail.

• Erza tried to lend Gajeel to Ywen, but Gajeel objected to being treated as a weapon.
• God Serena arrived after Erza’s magnetism pulled him to the group, and he explained that his Adamantine Dragon Lacrima gave him control over carbon and iron.
• Ywen revealed Erza’s Magnetic Dragon Slayer Magic, then assigned God Serena to her alongside Gajeel while planning to take a tooth from Acnologia for his own weapon.
• Kurnugi, Animus, and Neinhart plotted against one another as Ywen watched, and a year passed with the Wizard Saint Hunter fading from public discussion.
• At Heartfilia Manor, Lucy proposed running away with Brandish, but Brandish alerted Layla and Jude, who caught Lucy and left her crying.

August began Fairy Tail’s Year X781 S-Class Mage Examination and named Kagura and several guildmates as candidates. God Serena arrived after a clash with Kurnugi and Animus, joined the examination, and left Kagura facing a new contender.

• Makarov announced that August would host the examination, and August selected Kagura, Natsu, Gray, Lyon, Cana, Wendy, and other candidates.
• Kagura entered confidently, believing her Gravity Blade and training would finally help her pass after seven unsuccessful attempts.
• Serena arrived carrying the unconscious Neinhart, and Kurnugi and Animus followed him into the guild, prompting Ywen to send the two dragons away to Mount Night.
• The Moon Dragon appeared at Mount Night and confronted Animus and Kurnugi, who feared her power.
• August accepted Serena as the final examination participant, and Kagura gave him an awkward, polite smile.

God Serena won Fairy Tail’s X781 S-Class Mage Examination, and the guild’s upper ranks later gathered with Zeref to plan an attack on Acnologia. Ywen sought a fifth Dragon King-level fighter and Igneel proposed bringing his son Ignia into the alliance.

• God Serena passed the X781 S-Class Mage Examination, while Kagura, Freed, Gajeel, and Natsu failed; Erza offered to train Gajeel, and God Serena knocked Natsu through the ceiling.
• Ultear complained that Fairy Tail’s mages had damaged the guild again, and the story advanced to March X782.
• Ywen summoned Fairy Tail’s strongest members to a meeting, where he revealed that Zeref had arrived and was the magic teacher of the guild’s founders.
• Ywen announced a plan to move against Acnologia, and Zeref warned that their group needed another Dragon King-level fighter because magic was unlikely to harm Acnologia.
• Igneel offered to bring his son Ignia, the Fire Dragon God, to join the fight, and Ywen confirmed that Ignia was the recruit he had been waiting for.

Ywen and Aileen arranged to lure Ignia to Elentir by having Igneel claim he needed help, while Selene and Aileen argued over the bait. Ignia believed his father’s message, entered Elentir through a fire portal, and headed toward Igneel after burning away Selene’s moonlit darkness.

• Ywen persuaded Igneel to lure Ignia to Elentir with a false story about needing to devour dragons to restore his power.
• Selene objected to being named as the bait, and she and Aileen clashed before Ywen settled on using Kurnugi’s name instead.
• After the meeting, Aileen revealed that she and Ywen had scripted their apparent disagreement to steer the plan.
• Igneel sent Ignia a message asking for help, and Aileen’s Flame Wings opened a portal to Elentir.
• Ignia entered Elentir, created a blazing sun that dispelled Selene’s moonlight, and flew toward Igneel while setting the land ablaze.

Ignia arrived in Elentir expecting to fight alongside Igneel, but Igneel struck him down and revealed that he and the others had lured Ignia there to recruit him against Acnologia. The chapter ended with Ignia refusing to join and challenging the assembled group to fight him.

• Ignia reached Mount Night and called for Selene, then greeted Igneel, who appeared in Natsu's body.
• Ignia explained Selene's strength to Igneel and offered to attack Mount Night first to protect his father and Natsu's body.
• Selene appeared as a nine-tailed fox, and Igneel knocked Ignia into the forest before explaining that he had been protecting him.
• Selene summoned Ywen, Aileen, August, and Zeref, and Ignia mistook the gathering for a threat against Igneel.
• Igneel introduced the group as Fairy Tail members who wanted Ignia to help defeat Acnologia, but Ignia refused and demanded they go easy on him when they fought.

Ywen forced Ignia to join Fairy Tail and persuaded Zeref to join without taking on guild duties. Zeref handed the Alvarez Empire to August and parted ways with the group, while Animus and Kurnugi remained chained behind.

• Ywen and the others defeated Ignia, then Ywen stamped him with the Fairy Tail guild mark and enrolled him.
• Ywen convinced Zeref that joining Fairy Tail would not require him to fulfill guild duties, and Zeref accepted the guild mark.
• Zeref dissolved his control of the Alvarez Empire by crowning August king and asking him to erase records naming Zeref as its first emperor.
• Zeref explained that he had abandoned his plan to seize Fairy Heart and said he was pursuing a way to defeat the gods; he entrusted Mavis to Ywen.
• Ywen led Aileen, Selene, Igneel, Ignia, and August through a spatial gate back toward the guild, while Zeref departed separately.
• Animus and Kurnugi discovered they could not break free of Aileen's dragon-binding chains and shouted for Ywen to return.

Ywen introduced Ignia, Natsu’s arrogant dragon brother, to Fairy Tail, where Ignia’s overwhelming power was checked by Ywen and the guild treated him like a fool. At the end of X782, Ignia disrupted the annual S-Class Mage Examination by declaring it over, leaving Kagura fearing she would fail again as he prepared to challenge the candidates.

• Ywen introduced Ignia as Natsu’s older brother, and Ignia revealed that he was Igneel’s son, raised by his mother, and the Fire dragon God.
• Ignia unleashed his scorching magic and a dragon-shaped mirage, but Ywen struck him and the guild dismissed his threats as foolishness.
• Fairy Tail gathered for its annual S-Class Mage Examination, and Ywen explained the exam and its mission privileges to Ignia.
• Ignia worried that he might have killed Fairy Tail mages pursuing a Hundred-Year Mission, then asked to join the examination and received Ywen’s approval.
• Ignia leaped onto the platform, declared that the examination was over, and challenged the candidates, prompting Natsu, Gray, and Lyon to react angrily.
• Kagura sensed Ignia’s strength and feared she would fail the S-Class examination again.

Ignia entered Fairy Tail’s X782 S-Class Mage Examination and overwhelmed the candidates, winning the contest before leaving after a tense exchange with August. Ywen then comforted Kagura by explaining the guild’s new route to S-Class promotion, sending ambitious mages toward BLACKVOX to challenge Jose Porla or Zero.

• Ignia unleashed his flames on the exam candidates, burning away their clothes, while the guild’s onlookers reacted and Gildarts blasted part of the guild away.
• Natsu, Gray, and Lyon confronted Ignia, but he defeated them and the other candidates, and August declared him the examination winner.
• Ignia objected to being called Igneel’s son and faced off against August until Ywen suggested they fight in Elentir; Ignia then left.
• Makarov compared Ignia’s need to prove himself to Laxus and hoped the guild’s powerful mages could keep Ignia from going astray.
• Ywen restored the candidates’ clothes and told Kagura that mages could now earn exceptional S-Class promotion by defeating Jose Porla or Zero at BLACKVOX and winning the warden’s recognition.
• Kagura and other ambitious mages rushed out of the guild to challenge the prisoners at BLACKVOX.

Fairy Tail’s mages arrived at BLACKVOX to take the Magic Council’s S-Class Mage Examination, which required candidates to prove themselves before Jose Porla or Zero. When Lutz explained that only two people could challenge the inmates at a time, the candidates began attacking one another to decide who would advance, leaving him horrified by their brutality.

• Lutz Anderba explained the official S-Class certification examination and its rules to Natsu and the other Fairy Tail mages.
• The candidates realized that more than fifty people could face a long wait, and Gray inferred they would first have to compete among themselves for a chance to challenge Jose Porla or Zero.
• Lutz expected the Fairy Tail mages to settle the order peacefully, but they gathered magic and prepared to fight each other.
• Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen, Natsu, Gray, Lyon, and the other mages attacked their guildmates with powerful magic.
• Lutz and the prison guards watched in alarm as the Fairy Tail mages fought savagely, and Lutz questioned whether they were truly members of a Light Mage Guild.

Kagura defeated Jose in the S-Class Mage Examination after telling him Phantom Lord had disbanded, while Seilah defeated Zero. Three days later, Seilah used her Macro magic to make Jose attack himself, knocking him unconscious again.

• Kagura advanced to Jose's cell and learned he believed Phantom Lord had been destroyed by Tartaros or Grimoire Heart.
• Kagura told Jose that Fairy Tail had destroyed both dark guilds, and Jose concluded that he owed Ywen a favor.
• Kagura defeated Jose with Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger and Super Gravity Sword, passing her examination challenge.
• Kagura and Seilah agreed to switch opponents and wait for Jose and Zero to recover so they could challenge them again.
• Three days later, Seilah commanded the awakened Jose to attack himself with his strongest magic, and his Death Storm knocked him unconscious.