Chapter Summaries

Aileen, Ywen, Erza, Ul, and Laxus traveled by ship to Tenrou Island for the S-Class Mage exam, where Aileen recognized Laxus as a second-generation Dragon Slayer. Makarov explained the exam rules, while Ywen hinted that he had a plan to disrupt the first round.

• Makarov welcomed the five candidates aboard a ship bound for Tenrou Island, and Laxus suffered from seasickness despite trying to hide it.
• Aileen examined Laxus and identified the lacrima implanted in him as the source of his second-generation Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Makarov explained that candidates would choose among five sealed paths, fight either Gildarts or another candidate, and then race through a trapped labyrinth to find him at the Tenrou Tree.
• Ywen questioned what would happen if two people passed through the same door, but Makarov insisted his magic made that impossible and warned Ywen not to cheat.
• Ywen privately anticipated that Aileen would be the unexpected opponent in the first round and looked forward to Makarov and Gildarts seeing his plan unfold.

Ywen chose separate routes for Aileen and Erza on Tenrou Island, sending Aileen toward Gildarts while he waited outside the passages. Ul froze Laxus and the sea to keep him from reaching the island, leaving him behind.

• Ywen used Attach Magic to make Laxus, Erza, Ul, and Makarov dizzy, then flew to Tenrou Island with Aileen and Erza.
• Ywen scanned the island and chose the middle passage for Aileen, directing her toward Gildarts, while Erza took the second passage from the left and Ywen took the first on the right.
• Erza and Aileen entered their passages, which then sealed with red lights and X marks, while Ywen stayed behind to wait.
• After the dizziness wore off, Laxus tried to fly to the island, but Ul froze him and the sea before creating an ice path and leaving him behind.

Gildarts encountered Aileen while serving as an examiner for the S-Class Mage assessment, but he surrendered before the fight could begin. Aileen insisted on beating him anyway, and their clash shook Tenrou Island as Ywen and Ul arrived.

• Gildarts waited bored in a dark cave until Aileen appeared as his examinee.
• Gildarts declared that Aileen had passed and surrendered with a white flag.
• Aileen said she wanted to beat Gildarts and refused to let him avoid fighting.
• Aileen reminded Gildarts that she had beaten him before and struck at him with her staff.
• The impact shook Tenrou Island, and Ywen noticed the fight as Ul came ashore.

Ywen revealed that he could break the enchantments blocking the trial and used his magic to erase every spell formation across Tenrou Island, ruining Makarov’s carefully prepared stages. He planned to guide the examinees through together, while Ul froze Laxus again in their cave and wondered how to get him out.

• Ywen persuaded Ul to enter the first passage on the right, then chose the leftmost passage as Laxus arrived and entered the only passage left open.
• Ywen met Erza in her passage and explained that he could destroy the enchantments so everyone could pass without defeating one another.
• Ywen spread Attach Magic across Tenrou Island, using Magic Particle Elimination to erase every enchantment and make Makarov’s labyrinths disappear.
• Ywen told Erza they would clear the trial together and admitted he had delayed breaking the enchantments so Aileen could fight Gildarts.
• Laxus broke free from Ul’s first ice spell, but Ul froze him again before he could attack and wondered how to move him.

Aileen and Gildarts fought in the Examination Room, where Gildarts unleashed his strongest magic but could not overcome her. Aileen knocked him unconscious after he compared her to a dragon, while Ywen watched from outside, worried she might kill him.

• Aileen sensed Ywen's magic and paused her attack on the exhausted Gildarts, but Gildarts insisted their battle was only beginning.
• Gildarts used Crush Magic against Aileen and the cave, then split himself into tiny copies to attack her, but her magic neutralized his tactics.
• Gildarts restored himself, closed the distance, and unleashed his strongest magic, breaking Aileen's staff and blasting through the cave ceiling and Tenrou Island's barrier.
• Aileen caught Gildarts's punch without harm and revealed that close combat was no weakness of hers.
• After Gildarts said he would have thought he was fighting a dragon, Aileen struck him in the abdomen and knocked him unconscious.

Ywen, Aileen, Erza, and Ul reached the Tenrou Tree with Gildarts beaten and Laxus frozen, but Makarov refused to grant them S-Class advancement. After changing the exam’s rules repeatedly, he agreed that they would all advance if they found Mavis’s grave within ten minutes, and Aileen used her Eye of Scrutiny to locate it across Tenrou Island.

• Aileen emerged from the cave dragging a battered Gildarts, while Ywen and Erza waited outside.
• Ul brought Laxus out frozen inside an ice sculpture, and Ywen decided to leave him frozen as they pulled him toward the Tenrou Tree.
• Ywen, Aileen, Erza, and Ul touched the tree together, but Makarov declared their exam invalid and repeatedly tried to invent a new second-round test.
• Ywen pressured Makarov into agreeing that everyone would advance if they found Mavis’s grave within ten minutes.
• Aileen opened her Eye of Scrutiny and surveyed all of Tenrou Island, forcing Makarov to admit that everyone had advanced.

Ywen explained to Makarov and Aileen how he had broken Tenrou Island’s spell formation, then learned additional methods from Aileen as the group visited Mavis’s grave. There they found a mysterious young man whose ominous presence alarmed Makarov and made Ywen recognize him as a figure connected to Fairy Tail’s long history.

• Ywen explained that he had used Demon Slayer Magic and Attach Magic to erase the Magic Particles composing Makarov’s spell formation.
• Aileen described other ways to dismantle spell formations, including separating their letters and altering the land they were written on, and demonstrated the power of a single character.
• Makarov led Ywen and the others to Mavis’s grave and asked them to behave solemnly.
• The group found a black-haired young man in unusual clothing standing at Mavis’s grave before they arrived.
• Ywen recognized the youth as someone who had haunted Fairy Tail for more than four hundred years, while Aileen and Makarov sensed that he was dangerous.

Zeref visited Mavis's grave, but Ankhseram's Curse erupted and endangered the Fairy Tail members. After Ywen stopped the curse from flaring again, Zeref explained that God Slayer Magic might defeat a god and asked whether Ywen wanted to learn it.

• Zeref left flowers at Mavis's grave, then warned Makarov and the others to run when Ankhseram's Curse began to erupt.
• Aileen blocked the curse with vines while Makarov shielded the Fairy Tail members.
• Zeref approached the group, recognized several Fairy Tail members, and mentioned that he was waiting for Natsu.
• Ywen's magic failed to calm Zeref, so he slapped him and interrupted the memories that were triggering the curse.
• Zeref said he had found no way to lift the curse, then proposed that mastering God Slayer Magic might defeat a god.
• Zeref sensed an unusual power within Ywen and asked whether he wanted to learn God Slayer Magic.

Zeref recognized that Ywen could potentially wield three kinds of Slayer Magic and asked him to train so he could kill Zeref. With Aileen’s reluctant support, Ywen accepted Zeref’s God Slayer Magic and infused its attribute into his Glint-Glint Fruit, successfully firing a God Slayer beam.

• Zeref sensed the Devil Power and otherworldly life forces within Ywen and suggested that he could train in God Slayer and Dragon Slayer Magic as well as Demon Slayer Magic.
• Zeref asked Ywen to master all three Slayer Magics and kill him, and Ywen received a mission from his system to eliminate Zeref.
• Aileen warned Ywen about the dangers of Slayer Magic, but accepted his decision and promised to support him.
• Zeref used Attach Magic to give Ywen the God Slayer attribute, which Ywen attached to his Glint-Glint Fruit.
• Ywen tested his transformed power by firing a God Slayer beam through a nearby tree, and Zeref was pleased with the result.

Aileen gave Ywen the Dragon Slayer attribute, making him the only known mage to possess God, Demon, and Dragon Slayer attributes. Zeref gave Ywen further missions involving Acnologia and Ankhseram before leaving Tenrou Island, asking Ywen to become strong enough to stop him.

• Zeref said he could not teach Ywen Dragon Slayer Magic, so Aileen used Attach Magic to grant Ywen the Dragon Slayer attribute.
• Ywen's Azure Dragon Fruit gained the Dragon Slayer prefix, completing his set of God, Demon, and Dragon Slayer attributes.
• Zeref asked Ywen to defeat Acnologia if he could not kill Zeref, and to punch God Ankhseram if Zeref's curse was broken.
• Ywen eagerly accepted both missions and pressed Zeref for more work, while Erza watched him with concern.
• Zeref left Tenrou Island across the sea, urged Ywen to grow stronger and stop him before he went mad, and reflected on Mavis and her guild.

After the S-Class Trial ended, Aileen used her magic to transport the Fairy Tail guild from Magnolia Town to Tenrou Island for a banquet. The guild arrived beside Mavis's grave, leaving Makarov stunned by the feat.

• Makarov hugged Ywen in relief, and Makarov knocked Laxus unconscious when he demanded to continue the trial.
• Makarov declared that everyone had passed the S-Class Trial and proposed a banquet.
• Aileen offered to bring the guild members to Tenrou Island and spread her magic from the island toward Magnolia Town.
• Cana's prediction counted down, and Aileen's magic made the Fairy Tail guild vanish from Magnolia Town.
• Aileen transported the entire guild building to Tenrou Island, where Makarov stared at it in shock.

Aileen’s overwhelming power stunned Makarov, Gildarts, Laxus, and Ul as she brought the S-Class Trial group back to Fairy Tail. The guild members mistook their return for an enemy attack, and the chapter ended with everyone confused when the participants came inside.

• Aileen brought Makarov, Gildarts, Laxus, Ul, Erza, and Ywen to Fairy Tail, leaving the group amazed by her power.
• Gray and Lyon rallied the guild members, eager to fight after hearing that enemies were attacking.
• Gray and Lyon attacked the first person through the guild doors, then realized it was the battered Gildarts.
• Gildarts casually shattered their ice spells, went to the bar, and drank a beer without explaining his condition.
• Makarov and the S-Class Trial participants entered, leaving Gray, Lyon, and the guild members bewildered.

Fairy Tail discovered that Aileen’s magic had transported the guild from Magnolia to Tenrou Island, and Makarov announced the results of the S-Class Mage exam. The guild celebrated the five successful candidates, while Macao’s celebration over his winning bet quickly faded.

• Macao, Wakaba, and the other guild members went outside and found Fairy Tail on Tenrou Island, surrounded by wilderness and the sea instead of Magnolia.
• Makarov explained that the guild had been transported from Magnolia to Tenrou Island, then started a party to celebrate the exam’s conclusion.
• Macao and Wakaba offered to cover Makarov’s drinks in exchange for learning who passed the exam.
• Makarov announced that Ywen Belserion, Erza Belserion, Irene Belserion, Ultear Milkovich, and Laxus Dreyar had passed.
• Macao celebrated his winning bet, but Lyon and Gray cheered when Makarov revealed that multiple candidates had passed.

Fairy Tail celebrated the S-Class exam results as Macao and Wakaba mourned their lost bets by threatening to jump from Mavis's grave. Makarov stopped them, but after Ywen called out his own party at the grave, Mavis's voice said she did not mind the lively gathering.

• Macao protested that too many people had passed the S-Class exam, and Makarov dismissed his objections to Fairy Tail's old rules.
• Cana's divination delighted Gray and Lyon, who celebrated by stripping off their clothes until Ul noticed she was in her underwear too.
• Macao climbed onto Mavis's tombstone and Wakaba climbed onto a nearby rock wall, both lamenting their lost bets as the guild members egged them on.
• Makarov transformed into a giant and knocked Macao and Wakaba down for making a scene at Mavis's grave.
• Ywen pointed out that Makarov was holding a banquet at the grave, and Mavis's voice told Ywen and Makarov she did not mind the lively gathering.

Mavis appeared to Makarov and praised his leadership of Fairy Tail, while Ywen teased Makarov and slipped away. Ywen reviewed the rewards from the S-Class exam, upgraded his magic, and then joined Aileen and Erza for a picnic.

• Mavis appeared before Ywen and Makarov, and Ywen tricked Makarov into thinking she was angry about the party at her grave.
• Mavis reassured Makarov and praised him as Fairy Tail's Guild Master, while Makarov realized Ywen had teased him and shouted after him.
• Ywen reviewed his mission rewards and used two Ten-Year Mission Medals to raise Attach Magic and Detach Magic to Level 10.
• Ywen saved his remaining two medals for future upgrades and reflected that his hard work had made him stronger.
• Aileen and Erza called Ywen to eat with them, and he flew back to join their picnic.

Ywen returned with Aileen and Erza to the guild, where Laxus objected to being granted S-Class Mage status without passing the trial himself. After Ywen and Aileen made clear that Aileen would examine him for years to come, Laxus dropped his protest, and Aileen returned the guild hall to Magnolia.

• Ywen sent Gray, Lyon, Macao, and Wakaba flying out of the guild after finding them making a spectacle of themselves.
• Laxus told Makarov he refused to accept S-Class Mage status and wanted to earn it by passing the trial.
• Ywen warned Laxus that failing next year would make others think he had only earned his status through Makarov, then pointed out that the usual examiners would be unavailable.
• Aileen offered to examine Laxus every year for as long as he lived, and Laxus abandoned his demand to retake the trial.
• Aileen used her magic to transport the guild hall from Tenrou Island back to Magnolia, startling the townspeople waiting outside.

As New Year approached, Ywen bought gifts and new clothes for Erza, Eden, Illya, and Ian. He then discovered that he had left Macao, Wakaba, Gray, and Lyon stranded on Tenrou Island for half a month, and sent them home with compensation that proved far smaller than they expected.

• Ywen returned to Magnolia Town with the others, while Macao, Wakaba, Gray, and Lyon realized they had been abandoned on Tenrou Island and decided to sail home despite none of them knowing how to operate a ship.
• Half a month later, Ywen and Erza took Eden, Illya, and Ian shopping for New Year gifts, buying new clothes, a rolling pin, and a scabbard.
• Ywen used much of his remaining money to buy armor for Erza and a formal dress for Aileen, leaving himself with only ten thousand J.
• Macao, Wakaba, Gray, and Lyon emerged from a river near Ywen and the others after making their way back from Tenrou Island.
• Ywen remembered leaving the four behind, apologized, and gave Wakaba ten thousand J before wishing them a happy New Year.
• Wakaba and Macao realized Ywen had given them less than the hundred thousand J they had expected and complained that he had tricked them again.

After Makarov reported that the investigation into the Tower of Heaven had produced no useful leads, Ywen decided to take jobs from Magic Council ERA and eliminate the continent’s Dark Magic Cults. The Magic Council approved his offer, leaving Ywen ready to wipe out every cult rather than risk missing the one tied to the Tower of Heaven.

• Makarov told Ywen that the Magic Council had dismantled several child-trafficking cults but had found no reliable leads about their headquarters or the children they took.
• Makarov said Yajima had arranged for Ywen to help the Magic Council with its backlog of jobs, and Ywen agreed to report to ERA.
• Yajima proposed letting Ywen handle the Magic Council’s dangerous jobs, and the councilors approved the plan after hearing they would receive the credit.
• Ywen decided to eliminate every illegal Dark Magic Cult on the Ishgar Continent because he could not tell which ones were connected to the Tower of Heaven.

Ywen reported to the Magic Council and met councilor Yajima, who appointed him captain of its anti-Demon Cult task force. After a sudden mission required him to win this year’s Ten Wizard Saints title, Ywen asked Yajima to help him secure it and followed him to collect his uniform and see his office.

• Ywen arrived at the Magic Council and greeted Yajima, who praised him after hearing about him from Makarov.
• Yajima explained that Ywen would work as a Council representative, with his mission credit recorded under the Council rather than in his own career record.
• Yajima hinted that Ywen would likely receive this year’s Ten Wizard Saints title, and a sudden mission tasked Ywen with winning it.
• Ywen asked Yajima to help him win the selection, and Yajima appointed him captain of the Magic Council’s anti-Demon Cult task force.
• Yajima led Ywen to collect his uniform and visit his office, while Ywen kept his lack of interest in becoming Fairy Tail’s Guild Master to himself.

Ywen Belserion arrived to take command of the Magic Council's Special Assault Force Against Dark Magic Cults, where the company commanders doubted his identity and authority. He ordered them to assemble the force at the Training Ground, intending to prove his strength and build influence for Fairy Tail within the Magic Council.

• Keith complained about the incoming commander and argued with Laharl, who suspected the new appointee might be Ywen 'Starfall'.
• Ywen entered with two Magic Council civil officials and was introduced as the force's new commander-in-chief.
• Keith dismissed Ywen as a fake because he did not match the rumors about Ywen 'Starfall', while Ywen privately recognized that Yajima's secrecy had fueled those stories.
• Ywen ordered the company commanders to gather every member of the force at the Training Ground within ten minutes, then left without explaining himself.
• Ywen planned to train the commanders and help Fairy Tail gain control of the Magic Council's forces, believing that would make life easier for Makarov and the guild.