Chapter Summaries

Ywen corrected Jellal and Simon’s bizarre ideas about his little sister, then decided to return to the guild after seeing the Tower of Heaven destroyed. Meanwhile, Erza and Ultear searched Fiore for the Tower and Brain until Ywen contacted them with news that Brain had escaped and the investigation’s focus had changed.

• Ywen told Jellal and Simon that his little sister was an ordinary girl, disappointing them after their fantasies of a fire-breathing dragon and a red comet.
• Ywen looked over the destroyed Tower of Heaven and decided to return to the guild to see Aileen and Erza.
• Erza defeated a demon revived by Dark Mages and frightened them into begging for mercy.
• Ultear and Erza continued searching Fiore for the Tower of Heaven and its manager, Brain, using information Ywen had provided.
• Ywen contacted Ultear telepathically to report that the Tower of Heaven had been destroyed, Brain had escaped, and the mission was now to find him.

Ywen returned to Fairy Tail with Kagura after destroying the Tower of Heaven and rescuing its captives, and Makarov welcomed them to the guild. Ul and Erza arrived soon after, and Erza confronted Ywen about the child beside him.

• Ul learned from Ywen that he had already destroyed Paradise, so she decided the group should return to the guild and talk to him.
• Ywen brought Kagura to Fairy Tail after sending the rescued people, Rob, and Jellal to the Magic Council.
• Makarov praised Ywen for destroying the Tower of Heaven and rescuing Rob, then warmly introduced himself to Kagura.
• Makarov recognized Kagura’s magical talent and agreed to teach her magic, and Kagura accepted because she wanted to become as strong as Ywen.
• Ul and Erza entered the guild, and Erza ran toward Ywen before freezing at the sight of Kagura and asking who she was.

Ywen introduced Kagura to Erza at the Fairy Tail guild, and Kagura explained how he had saved her and her brother. Erza welcomed Kagura, while Aileen misread Erza’s message about Ywen and decided Gildarts was to blame.

• Erza grew jealous when Kagura called Ywen her brother, but Ywen asked them to get along before leaving with Ul to discuss Brain.
• Erza questioned Kagura about her relationship with Ywen, and Kagura recounted how he had rescued her, her brother, and the children of Rosemary Village from Dark Mages.
• Erza learned that Ywen had spent the past six months working hard and welcomed Kagura as someone she would care for.
• Aileen received Erza’s message asking whether Ywen had gone bad and decided to beat up Gildarts, who sneezed in another country.

Ywen and Ul agreed to share information while pursuing Brain, who had fled with five children. At the Magic Council, Rob took Byrne’s former seat as a new council member.

• Ul confronted Ywen about investigating Brain personally, and Ywen agreed to work with her this time.
• Ywen said Brain had taken five children and that he had already told Laharl how to find him.
• The Magic Council Chairman praised Ywen for exposing Byrne and destroying Paradise, and credited Rob with enduring captivity there.
• Rob accepted Byrne’s former seat on the Magic Council and gave a short speech thanking the members.

After the council meeting, Rob and Yajima reminisced about their youth in Fairy Tail and discussed Ywen’s strength and possible future as the guild’s Fourth Guild Master. They left together, hopeful for Fairy Tail’s future and the chance to reunite with their old friends.

• After the meeting, Rob and Yajima reunited in the corridor and recalled their younger days alongside Makarov.
• Rob and Yajima compared Makarov’s destructive antics with Ywen’s, noting that the younger generation had become exceptionally powerful.
• Yajima recounted how he had initially refused Makarov’s request to send Ywen to the Magic Council’s Special Operations Team, then learned Makarov believed Ywen had already surpassed him.
• Yajima suggested Makarov was preparing Ywen to become Fairy Tail’s Fourth Guild Master, continuing the guild’s traditions through successive generations.
• Rob and Yajima imagined gathering with Makarov, Bob, Goldmine, and their old friends again, then walked down the corridor together as a soldier watched them.

While Ywen was away from the Magic Council, Laharl served as acting commander of the Special Operations Team and followed Ywen’s unusual plan to find Brain. Keith questioned the plan and Laharl’s authority, while Laharl remained loyal to Ywen and continued the search.

• Laharl refused to make his appointment as commander permanent, believing Ywen should hold the position when he returned.
• After Ywen destroyed Paradise, Dark Magic Cults across Ishgar went into hiding or gave up, leaving the team with little to do besides search for Brain.
• The team offered a ten-thousand-J reward for clues about Brain, and Laharl absorbed complaints about the flood of claimants and mission forms.
• Keith reviewed Ywen’s changing descriptions of Brain and criticized the team for paying rewards while ignoring most intelligence reports.
• Laharl defended Ywen’s strategy, told Keith he could not understand Ywen’s vision, and returned to work as Keith insisted that only Josen and Ywen were commanders in his eyes.

Brain fled after learning that Ywen had infiltrated the Tower of Heaven, and he sought help from Hades, the only person he believed could oppose Ywen. After a week of unanswered attempts, Brain finally reached Hades by crystal ball.

• Brain fled the Tower of Heaven with the children he had chosen after an ally warned him that Ywen had infiltrated it.
• Brain recalled how Ywen had destroyed the Dark Magic Cult Dazet with dozens of True Celestial Magic: Star Collapse spells, and concluded that neither he nor Zero could defeat Ywen.
• Brain decided to lie low and rely on Hades, whom he knew was Precht, Fairy Tail’s second Guild Master.
• Brain spent a week trying to contact Hades, then tried again and finally reached him through his crystal ball.

Brain confronted Precht after the Tower of Heaven was destroyed, blaming him for the crimes committed while building it, but Precht abandoned him and ended their communication. Brain decided to keep quiet and lie low until the five children he had taken grew up, while Precht remained confident that Ywen posed little threat.

• Brain asked Hades for help after the Magic Council discovered the Tower of Heaven and sent Ywen to capture him.
• Hades rebuked Brain for the Tower's destruction and his public raids and child trafficking, then told him to wait for death and cut off their communication.
• Precht dismissed Brain as insignificant and reflected that he had transformed Fairy Law into Devil's Law.
• Brain smashed the crystal ball and threatened to expose Precht if the Magic Council captured him, but held back for fear that Precht would kill him first.
• Brain resolved to act cautiously and wait for the five children he had taken to grow up before making his comeback.

Makarov launched Fairy Tail’s first annual Arm Wrestling Tournament and used cash prizes and a chance to take the S-Class Mage Examination to persuade guild members to join. Macao, Wakaba, Gray, Lyon, and Cana signed up, while Ywen showed no interest.

• Makarov announced the Arm Wrestling Tournament, but the guild members responded with little enthusiasm.
• Makarov revealed the prize money, prompting Macao and Wakaba to enter despite their earlier complaints about needing to work and save money.
• Makarov offered the top ten a chance to take the S-Class Mage Examination, convincing Gray and Lyon to join.
• Cana also announced that she wanted to compete after learning about the S-Class examination opportunity.

Makarov gathered Fairy Tail members for an arm wrestling tournament, luring Laxus, Erza, and Ywen to compete with different prizes. Ywen rejected the planned matches and turned the event into a guild-wide brawl, leaving Makarov’s carefully prepared tournament in ruins.

• Cana tore up her fortune card and Makarov allowed her to enter the tournament.
• Makarov lured Laxus with the promise of becoming Fairy Tail’s number one arm wrestler and Erza with the prize of a guild-member figurine.
• A sudden mission prompted Ywen to enter the tournament, seeking its SS-Class Mission Medal reward.
• Ywen rejected Makarov’s lottery format, punched Lyon through the guild hall’s ceiling, and declared that contestants should use arm strength to send opponents flying.
• The Fairy Tail members began fighting throughout the guild while Makarov mourned the loss of his planned arm wrestling competition.

Fairy Tail held its first arm wrestling tournament, where Ywen overwhelmed the guild and claimed the championship. Kagura mistook the chaos for a nightmare and left, while the battered Gildarts arrived and began explaining how he had been injured.

• Macao, Wakaba, Laxus, and Erza competed in the arm wrestling tournament, but Erza was disqualified after attacking Laxus with her Comet Armor.
• Kagura entered the guild, saw Ywen knocking out the other members, and left believing she had dreamed the scene.
• Ywen defeated Macao, Wakaba, and the remaining guild members, then took the championship crown from Makarov and completed his mission.
• Gildarts arrived battered and bandaged, and Ywen learned that a crimson figure had attacked him when he stepped outside with a girl in his arms.

Ywen accepted Gildarts’s challenge to arm-wrestle and defeated him, despite both men powering up enough to shake Magnolia. As Ywen surveyed the ruined guild hall, Aileen arrived and a new, far more difficult mission appeared.

• Gildarts complained that Aileen had chased him overseas and challenged Ywen to an arm-wrestling match.
• Ywen accepted after receiving a mission that would reward him with an SS-Class Mission Medal for defeating Gildarts.
• Ywen and Gildarts secretly enhanced their arms and unleashed powerful magic, causing Magnolia to tremble.
• A local reassured a visiting tourist that Fairy Tail’s weekly disturbances, even a falling meteor, were no big deal.
• Ywen beat the exhausted, injured Gildarts, whose impact split the guild floor and left Makarov distraught.
• Aileen appeared behind Ywen, and he received a mission to defeat her for a Hundred-Year Mission Medal.

Ywen challenged Aileen in Fairy Tail’s arm-wrestling tournament, but their clash of Conqueror’s Haki shattered the sky above Magnolia Town. As Aileen proved far stronger, Ywen unleashed his Dragon, God, and Demon Slayer abilities to take on her strength.

• Ywen and Aileen sat down for their arm-wrestling match while Makarov warned them to follow the rules and started the contest.
• Aileen and Ywen’s Conqueror’s Haki clashed, causing the sky over Magnolia Town to crack and alarming the townspeople.
• Ywen recognized that Aileen’s Conqueror’s Haki surpassed his and activated the Fish-Fish Fruit’s Azure Dragon Form and Dragon Force.
• Aileen broke through their Haki clash and seized Ywen’s hand, revealing that she was far stronger in the actual arm wrestle.
• Ywen transformed further and activated the God Slayer Magic in the Glint-Glint Fruit and the Demon Slayer Magic in the Gravity Fruit, unleashing all three Slayer Magic attributes.

Ywen and Aileen’s arm-wrestling contest escalated after Aileen used Prohibition Attach Magic to stop him from buffing himself, and their clash destroyed the Fairy Tail guildhall. Aileen offered three hundred million to cover repairs, and Makarov accepted the money and urged them to continue their match.

• Aileen buffed herself and blocked Ywen from using Attach Magic, leaving him to challenge her with all his remaining strength.
• Ywen and Aileen’s contest blasted apart the guildhall, prompting Makarov to stop them and point out the damage.
• Ywen offered to pay for repairs, but Aileen produced a three-hundred-million check to cover the costs.
• Aileen explained that she had made her fortune selling enchanted tools through her Magic Tool Shop.
• Makarov accepted Aileen’s check and encouraged the pair to resume their contest, despite Ywen’s objections.

Ywen worked on an extravagant redesign of Fairy Tail while Laharl searched for Brain, eventually uncovering a promising lead. Laharl notified Ywen, leaving him ready to deal with the aftermath of the Paradise incident.

• Aileen knocked Ywen down and warned him not to grow up like Gildarts, while Ywen received a Ten-Year Mission Medal.
• During Fairy Tail's reconstruction, Ywen helped Aileen sell magic items and earned a cash reward for each sale.
• After three months of searching for Brain, Laharl reviewed intelligence reports while Keith urged him to find a more useful lead.
• Laharl found a detailed report tracking Brain and five children and decided to notify Ywen Belserion.
• Ywen took charge of rebuilding Fairy Tail, expanding it into a planned six-story guild with an arena, training facilities, guest rooms, a pool, hot springs, and a sauna.
• Ywen read Laharl's letter and prepared to settle the aftermath of the Paradise incident.

Ultear reported to Precht that she had delivered Brain’s intelligence to the Magic Council, while Ywen and Ul questioned whether the unusually detailed report was a trap. Aileen magically checked Brain’s reported location and confirmed that he was there.

• Ultear told Precht she had given Brain’s intelligence to the Magic Council, and Precht suggested that Ul might not have abandoned her as Ultear believed.
• Ul questioned the accuracy of Laharl’s detailed intelligence on Brain, suspecting it might be bait because its source seemed far too capable to want the reward.
• Ywen asked Aileen to verify whether Brain was at the location named in the report.
• Aileen used her magic to inspect a distant village and confirmed that the intelligence was true and Brain was there.

Ywen and Ul used Aileen’s teleportation magic to reach Hecate, where Brain had been hiding under the alias Abu. Ywen appeared before Brain and announced that he had come to arrest him.

• Ywen accepted the intelligence about Brain, and he and Ul prepared to pursue him.
• Aileen teleported Ywen and Ul to Hecate in the Yels Kingdom.
• Brain, disguised as the farmer Abu, chopped firewood while hiding his plans for revenge from the villagers.
• Ywen and Ul appeared in a burst of light, and Ywen told Brain he was there to catch him.

Brain tried to turn Ul against Ywen by promising to reveal where her daughter Ultear was, but Ul saw through his deception and attacked him. After Brain admitted Ultear was alive but beyond his ability to rescue, Ul resolved to find her herself and send Brain to the Magic Council.

• Brain recognized Ywen as Ywen the Starfall and tried to persuade Ul to join forces with him by claiming he knew where Ultear was.
• Ul attacked Brain with Ice-Make Magic: White Rose Garden when he approached her.
• Brain admitted that he had lied about helping Ul find Ultear, though he insisted that Ultear was alive.
• Brain offered to reveal Ultear's location if Ul left him alone, but Ul refused and said she would find her daughter herself.
• Ul told Brain to surrender so she could send him to the Magic Council for judgment.

Brain threatened to destroy a village and its thousand-plus residents to stop Ul and Ywen from capturing him. Ywen disabled Brain’s magic circles, leaving Brain’s plan in ruins as the confrontation continued.

• Ul refused to let Brain reveal who had abducted Ultear, insisting she would find her daughter herself.
• Brain activated a month-old explosion magic circle beneath the village and threatened to kill its residents if Ul or Ywen attacked him.
• Ul considered freezing the ground but hesitated when Brain claimed her magic could not stop the explosion.
• Ywen used Attach Magic to make Brain’s circle unable to explode and then caused every inscribed magic circle in the village to fail.
• Brain stared in disbelief as Ywen’s magic neutralized his threats.

Ywen left Ul to defeat Brain and searched for the five children Brain had abducted from the Tower of Heaven. He used Observation Haki to locate them and vanished toward their hiding place.

• Brain panicked at Ywen’s Attach Magic, so Ywen left Ul to handle him and went to find the five children.
• Ul dodged Brain’s Darkness Recitative and struck him with Ice-Make Magic: Infinite Leaf Blade.
• Brain pretended to be helpless, then attacked Ul with Darkness Capriccio: Lament, but Ul revealed he had hit an ice clone and knocked him away with White Rose.
• Ywen searched for the five Devil Spawns, used Observation Haki to scan a ten-kilometer radius, and found them.