Chapter Summaries

Xiao Rang won a closed-beta ticket for the Fairy Tail virtual reality game and entered Asland Magic Academy as the Earth Dragon Slayer Mage Sordil Orn. He arrived at Hargeon Port during the events surrounding Natsu and Bora and headed toward the city center, hoping to join Fairy Tail.

• Xiao Rang won one of the sixty tickets for a seven-day trip to Fairy Tail and rushed to submit his contact address after breaking his mouse.
• Xiao Rang received the game helmet, entered the game, and chose the nickname Sordil Orn and Earth Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Sordil arrived by boat at Hargeon Port and recognized the setting as the place where Lucy and Natsu first met.
• Sordil heard the townspeople calling for Lord Fire Dragon and realized Natsu's encounter with Bora was underway.
• Sordil checked his skills, found he had only a defensive active skill and an earth-magic recovery passive, then hurried toward the city center to pursue his goal of joining Fairy Tail.

Sordil joined Fairy Tail and helped Natsu stop Bora’s scheme without letting the ship destroy the harbor, completing the main quest and receiving a level and a new skill. In a separate scene, a mysterious woman pursued an irregular mass through a dark space.

• Sordil watched Lucy approach Bora in the plaza, then followed Natsu and Happy after Bora fled.
• Natsu confronted Sordil, who revealed that he was a Dragon Slayer Mage and asked to join Fairy Tail.
• Sordil warned Natsu and Happy that Bora planned to abduct girls, and the three headed to intercept Bora’s ship.
• Natsu pushed the ship back toward shore while Sordil raised an Earth Dragon’s Barrier that stopped it and shattered it, leaving Lucy and Bora among the unconscious passengers.
• The system rewarded Sordil with a Novice Gift Pack, a level increase, and a new skill.
• A mysterious woman followed an irregular mass through a pitch-black space.

Sordil joined Fairy Tail alongside Lucy, then rushed off to hunt a Wind Wolf Pack so he could use two expiring function cards. A sudden lightning strike killed his in-game character and caused Xiao Rang's gaming helmet to explode, killing him in the real world.

• Sordil and Lucy entered Fairy Tail, where Makarov welcomed them and Mirajane registered them as guild members.
• Sordil received a red Fairy Tail guild mark on his left hand.
• The next morning, Mirajane told Natsu that Sordil had accepted a subjugation job and asked him to team up with Lucy until Sordil returned.
• Sordil searched a forest for the Wind Wolf Pack while trying to use two function cards before their twenty-four-hour limit expired.
• A black blur emerged from the grass, and a blue-violet lightning bolt tore through Sordil and the blur, turning both to ash.
• Xiao Rang screamed as his gaming helmet exploded, and his head burst, killing him in the real world.

After Xiao Rang was accidentally killed, a mysterious woman sent his soul toward another world as compensation. In Year X370, his seven-colored light arrived in the Asland World, where dragons found it transformed into a gigantic egg.

• A veiled woman entered Xiao Rang's room, confirmed he was dead, and sent his soul through a spatial fissure in a ball of seven-colored light.
• Xiao Rang regained consciousness and realized he had been killed and was being sent somewhere, though he mistakenly thought he was in a womb.
• Three figures watched the events in a bronze mirror, and the old man laughed at Sister Rou's mistake before the others warned him she might retaliate.
• In Year X370, Gilkunis and the Fostadu dragons chased a seven-colored streak across the sky.
• The streak plunged into a river north of Fostadu, where Gilkunis and the dragons found a gigantic seven-colored egg bearing glowing words.

Xiao Rang hatched as a dragon in Asland, at least four hundred years before the main storyline, and discovered that the shattered eggshell strengthened him when he ate it. Five dragons welcomed him and asked him to choose one to raise him, leaving him to decide which dragon to stay with.

• Xiao Rang accidentally cracked the orb, hatched into a dragon, and saw his new form reflected in the eggshell.
• Gilkunis, Woodman, Radel, Hadessta, and Wattster debated Xiao Rang's name and who would raise him, then agreed to let him choose.
• Xiao Rang recognized that he had arrived in Asland at least four hundred years before the main storyline and worried about the coming war and Acunologiya.
• Xiao Rang ate the eggshell pieces, which strengthened his body and helped him walk steadily.
• Hadessta introduced the five dragons and asked Xiao Rang to choose one to stay with him, while the dragons waited for his decision.

Sordil chose Radel as his adoptive father and spent the next year growing rapidly while remaining unable to awaken magic. In X371, Hadessta brought him to his human friend Hissell for an examination, and Hissell noticed that Sordil had grown far faster than a dragon normally should.

• Sordil chose Radel, gained the name Sordil Orn, and planned to prepare for the coming war by seeking advice from Zeref and Irene.
• Over the following year, Sordil was cared for in turn by the five dragons and grew to over ten meters long.
• At the start of X371, Hadessta took Sordil out of the hidden realm to visit Hissell, hoping the human magic expert could explain why Sordil could not awaken magic.
• After two days of travel, Hadessta and Sordil reached a slope outside a human city and waited for Hissell.
• Hissell examined Sordil with magic and asked how large he had been at birth; after hearing he was about the size of Hissell's head, Hissell and Hadessta realized Sordil's growth was unusually rapid.

Sordil learned that a strange magical power was transforming his body and persuaded the dragons to let him study at Mildian Magic Academy. As he and Gilkunis traveled there, an attacker ambushed Sordil, prompting Gilkunis to roar in anger.

• Hissell discovered a hidden magical power transforming Sordil’s body and offered him access to Mildian Magic Academy’s library.
• Sordil insisted on attending the academy, and the dragons agreed that one of them would escort him, switching every two months.
• Gilkunis became Sordil’s first escort, and they left the secret realm for Mildian three days later.
• While Sordil gathered firewood during a stop in the forest, a shadow attacked him with a dagger, but his scales repelled the blows.
• Sordil flew into the air with the attacker clinging to his back, and Gilkunis roared that no one would hurt his son.

Sordil spared Zeref after the human tried to kill him and decided to take him to Mildian Magic Academy for instruction. Sordil and Zeref arrived at the academy with Hissell, while Gilkunis returned to their dwelling.

• Gilkunis stopped Zeref from attacking Sordil, and Sordil chose to spare Zeref and make him study magic at Mildian Magic Academy.
• Sordil promised to help Zeref resurrect his family, and Zeref began to respect him and reconsider his hatred of dragons.
• Sordil, Gilkunis, and Zeref traveled toward the academy together, sharing the work of preparing food along the way.
• Sordil contacted Hissell near the white city and introduced Gilkunis as his protector and Zeref as a prospective student.
• Gilkunis returned to their dwelling while Sordil and Zeref followed Hissell to Mildian Magic Academy.

Sordil entered Mildian Magic Academy’s library while Zeref took and passed his entrance examination, impressing Hissell with his many magical affinities. After finding a book on absorbing magical particles, Sordil triggered an early magical awakening that transformed him into a larger, seven-colored dragon, leaving Hissell, Zeref, and Gilkunis stunned.

• Hissell shrank Sordil to sparrow size, brought him into the academy library, and took Zeref to the teaching building for his entrance examination.
• Zeref showed affinity for six elements, with fire shining brightest, and barely passed the practical test before completing enrollment.
• Zeref and Hissell returned to the library, but they saw Sordil fly out of the academy and followed him to a canyon.
• Sordil absorbed magical particles after trying a method from a library book, awakening the power suppressed within his body.
• Sordil grew to more than twenty meters tall as his scales, horns, and eyes changed, then drew the magical vortex into himself.
• Gilkunis joined Hissell and Zeref and watched Sordil’s unusual transformation, which left all three astonished.

Sordil discovered that his transformation had awakened both Time Magic and Space Magic, astonishing Gilkunis, Hissell, and Zeref. After Hissell identified Sordil’s teleportation ability and began teaching him Quality Magic, Hissell left for the night and invited Sordil to continue the lessons at the academy the next day.

• Sordil saw that his body had changed dramatically, with rainbow-colored scales, glowing wings, a golden horn, and a much larger frame.
• Sordil confirmed that he had awakened Time Magic and an unknown second kind of magic, then used the second kind to teleport.
• Hissell identified Sordil’s ability as teleportation-type Space Magic and explained its potential applications and current limits.
• Sordil asked to learn Hissell’s Quality Magic, and Zeref joined them as Hissell began teaching the pair.
• Hissell explained Quality Magic’s principles and told Sordil and Zeref to study the structures of objects in daily life before leaving for the night.

Sordil continued studying at Mildian Magic Academy, mastered Quality Magic, and reunited with Wattster before setting out to gather materials for a tool called Wind Chant. He left the academy with Zeref after saying goodbye to Hissell.

• Sordil and Zeref studied at Mildian Magic Academy under Hissell, and Sordil mastered Quality Magic after about a month.
• Wattster returned to the gorge and embraced Sordil after he shrank himself with Quality Magic.
• Sordil told Wattster and Gilkunis he wanted to gather materials to make Wind Chant, a tool to help him study and refine his magic.
• Sordil visited Hissell and Zeref at the academy to say goodbye, and Zeref asked to join his journey.
• Hissell wished Sordil and Zeref safety as they departed the academy.

Sordil and Zeref traveled to Windcall Valley to obtain Phoenix Blood Parasol Tree wood, working together to subdue its guardian birds. Their approach succeeded against the flocks, but a much larger bird attacked, leaving Sordil to hold it in place while Zeref prepared his strongest spell.

• Gilkunis brought Sordil and Zeref to Windcall Valley and told them they would have to defeat the Phoenix Perching Birds without his or Wattster's help.
• Sordil and Zeref planned to draw away the birds and put them to sleep so they could reach the Phoenix Blood Parasol Tree.
• Sordil used Wind Sickle to lure the birds into pursuit while Zeref cast Sleep on them, and the two advanced toward the tree.
• A giant Phoenix Perching Bird appeared and dodged Zeref's Sleep spell while attacking him with flames.
• Sordil blocked the flames with Barrier, brought Zeref into the air, and told him to prepare his strongest offensive spell while Sordil tried to restrain the giant bird.

Sordil and Zeref defeated a crimson giant bird, gathered Phoenix Blood Parasol Tree branches, and continued their journey with Gilkunis and Wattster. They reached the Merologet River, where Sordil and Zeref were tasked with obtaining Mirror Crystals from a grassland full of beasts, while Gilkunis and Wattster watched from a distance.

• Sordil trapped the crimson giant bird with Space Magic, allowing Zeref to kill it with Gale Flame Spear.
• Sordil and Zeref gathered branches from the Phoenix Blood Parasol Tree and rejoined Gilkunis and Wattster, who scolded them for their battle decisions.
• Two days later, Gilkunis led the group to the Merologet River and explained that they needed its Mirror Crystals.
• Wattster and Zeref explained the geography of Morot Grassland and why the river crystals were called the Eye of the Sky and Mirror Crystals.
• Gilkunis and Wattster left Sordil and Zeref to face the gathered beasts, while Gilkunis told Wattster he wanted Sordil to learn to rely on his own judgment.

Sordil and Zeref tried to use the grassland creatures’ habits to reach the Mirror Crystal, but their plan collapsed into a fierce battle. They escaped into the Merologet River, where unseen creatures attacked them from below.

• Zeref identified the grassland beasts and explained their habits to Sordil, who devised a plan to stir up the herd and sneak to the river.
• As Sordil and Zeref entered the herd, strange snakes attacked them, and Zeref’s magic alerted the Wind Wolf Packs, Jie Leopards, and birds of prey.
• Sordil fought through the beasts, killed a Silverback Iron Eagle, and rescued Zeref before carrying him toward the Merologet River.
• Sordil and Zeref plunged into the river, where the beasts refused to follow and Sordil suspected the water was dangerous.
• Dark shapes rose from the riverbed and attacked Sordil and Zeref.

Sordil and Zeref fought a school of Emerald Cod Fish in the Merologet River and collected more than enough Mirror Crystals. They evaded the magical beasts guarding the shore, attacked them from behind, and returned to retrieve their crystals.

• Sordil and Zeref sheltered inside a Space Barrier after an underwater creature wounded Zeref, but a massive fish smashed through it and separated them.
• Zeref identified the attackers as aggressive Emerald Cod Fish that nested near Mirror Crystals, so Sordil trapped the school with Prison Space while Zeref struck with his spells.
• After defeating most of the fish, Sordil and Zeref collected Mirror Crystals from the riverbed, and Zeref talked Sordil out of wiping out the remaining fish.
• The pair spotted magical beasts waiting at the shore, swam elsewhere, and ambushed the pack from behind, killing several Wind Wolves before the Get Foxes and Silverback Iron Eagles fled.
• Sordil and Zeref returned to the riverbank and carried their collected Mirror Crystals out of the water.

Sordil, Zeref, and Hissell researched and built Wind Chant, a pair of magical glasses that accelerated reading. After Sordil improved their design and read the books on the first floor of Mildian’s library, an interruption caused him to miss an important event.

• Sordil and Zeref returned to Mildian Magic Academy with the Mirror Crystals and began preparing to make Wind Chant with Hissell.
• After three days of debate, Sordil, Zeref, and Hissell made separate prototypes, but Hissell’s exploded, Zeref’s shredded a book, and Sordil’s glasses turned pages too quickly for useful reading.
• Gilkunis returned to Fostadu as the deadline approached, and Sordil, Wattster, Hissell, and Zeref bade him farewell.
• After half a month of research, Sordil, Zeref, and Hissell completed a slow but functional pair of Wind Chant glasses.
• Sordil fused the three Magic Arrays into a new design, greatly improving Wind Chant’s reading speed and astonishing Hissell and Zeref.
• Sordil read every book on the first floor of Mildian’s library and toured Mildian with Wattster before an interruption made him miss an important event.

Zeref discovered Sordil’s research into Arc of Time and realized it might offer hope of reviving Natsu, though Sordil warned him that the unfinished magic was dangerous. Their discussion was interrupted when the wounded Gilkunis arrived and called them back to Fostadu to fight Koreita.

• Zeref noticed Sordil had been absent from the library for more than ten days and went to investigate at his residence.
• Zeref found Sordil engrossed in developing Magic Arrays, joined his reasoning, and helped deduce the design behind Arc of Time.
• Sordil warned Zeref that Arc of Time was unfinished, but Zeref said it gave him hope of reviving Natsu.
• Gilkunis returned to the valley badly wounded and told Sordil and Wattster that Koreita had declared war on Fostadu.
• Gilkunis urged Sordil and Wattster to return to Fostadu immediately and help drive Koreita’s forces back.

Sordil returned to Fostadu and found its dragons and human residents preparing to fight Koreita after repeated attacks. At the welcome banquet, he secretly followed a suspicious figure and discovered a plot, then began preparing to counter it.

• Gilkunis and Wattster explained that Koreita had attacked Fostadu after humans fled there from Koreita’s hunting, and Sordil considered leaving for Ishgar.
• Zeref returned to Mildian Magic Academy and studied in its library to develop Arc of Time and find a way to revive Natsu.
• Sordil returned to Fostadu and found a fortified human settlement; Hadessta told him Koreita’s forces had attacked the night before.
• Sordil reunited with Radel and Woodman, then left the welcome banquet while Gilkunis and Wattster stayed to celebrate.
• Sordil used a substitute to conceal his absence, followed a dark figure from the banquet, and overheard the figure secretly meeting a dragon about their plan.
• The dark figure and dragon left to carry out their plan, and Sordil prepared his own countermeasures.

Sordil led an army into Moens Canyon to draw out the traitor and Koreita’s allies, then exposed Zival’s attempt to kill Seraf. With Black and five other Black Dragons trapped and Gilkunis’s forces closing in, Sordil launched the counterattack.

• Sordil brought Murellia and Lindel to join the army marching toward Moens Canyon, intending to use himself as bait to expose the traitor.
• Zival grew uneasy about Sordil’s unexpected plan but remained determined to kill him to avenge an old humiliation.
• Black and five other Black Dragons sealed the canyon entrance with a boulder and confronted Sordil and the trapped army.
• Sordil pointed out Zival as the would-be assassin, and Seraf seized Zival’s dagger and held him at swordpoint.
• Gilkunis arrived with ten dragons as Sordil trapped the six Black Dragons in Prison Space and attacked alongside the advancing dragon forces.
• Murellia and Lindel realized that Sordil was far more capable in combat than they had believed.

Sordil helped defeat Koreita’s ambush, accepted Seraf’s loyalty, and learned that dragons had begun attacking humans across the continents. He prepared Fostadu for a decisive strike against Koreita before leading everyone toward Ishgar.

• Sordil resumed fighting in the canyon, helped the humans escape, and accepted Seraf’s pledge, granting him the family name Kadra.
• Seraf told Sordil that relations between the Eastern Continent’s nations and dragons had been peaceful when he left three months earlier, prompting Sordil to accelerate his plans.
• Gilkunis’s forces killed four of the six ambushing dragons and captured one, while Black escaped; Sordil then returned to Fostadu with Lindel and the rescued humans.
• Sordil put Fostadu on battle readiness, sent scouts to locate Koreita’s camp, and inscribed Magic Arrays around the settlement.
• After scouts found nine dragons at Koreita’s camp, Sordil and the others planned a coordinated attack, and Sordil wrote Zeref a farewell letter before the battle.