Chapter Summaries

Deliora destroyed Lockdia Town and massacred its fleeing residents before sensing Sordil and retreating. Sordil arrived too late to prevent the tragedy, while Ulu and Lord Zero Emperor reached the survivors and asked what had happened.

• Captain Silver rallied the silver two-legged bugs to fight Deliora while his wife and son stayed behind, hoping he would return.
• Deliora defeated Captain Silver and his men, then burned Lockdia Town to ruins and intercepted the fleeing residents, killing many of them.
• Sordil sensed the disaster and hurried toward Lockdia Town, while Ulu and a silver-haired man also noticed the disturbance nearby.
• Deliora sensed Sordil's presence, fled back toward where he had appeared, and left a few residents alive to mourn and celebrate their survival.
• Sordil wondered whether Deliora could sense him and held back after noticing two familiar auras below.
• Ulu and Lord Zero Emperor arrived and asked the survivors what had happened, prompting one survivor to explain the events.

After Deliora’s attack, Gray joined Ulu and Leon to train so he could avenge his parents, while Old Suo secretly monitored Lady’s situation and prepared to meet her. The chapter left Gray beginning his path toward mastering magic and Old Suo arranging a private appointment with Lady.

• The survivors rescued the buried Gray, and Old Suo scattered three silver orbs before the clouds cleared.
• Gray asked Ulu to take him as her disciple, swore to avenge his parents, and left town with Ulu and Leon.
• Ulu trained Gray in the snow and taught him the basics of Shape-Making Magic, urging him to find his own shape.
• Old Suo hid in Lady’s room while Ultear told him that the experiments had grown more frequent and intense.
• Lady reminded Old Suo that she knew Ulu had taken two new disciples, forgave him for forgetting to warn her, and told him to prepare for their appointment.

Lady escaped the laboratory with Old Suo’s help and watched Ulu and her disciples from near their cabin before returning to the New Moon. Old Suo resumed his seclusion nearby, while an unseen observer watched the New Moon and planned to deal with Deliora.

• Lady shattered the skylight, escaped the laboratory, and ignored the White-Haired Man’s pursuer after he ordered them to let her go.
• Old Suo teleported Lady to a snowy meeting place, then carried her to a hillside near Ulu’s cabin in exchange for information.
• Lady watched Ulu guide her two disciples for the day and told Old Suo they would meet her openly once he had protected them.
• Lady returned to the New Moon, while an observer hidden beneath the snow vowed to settle a score after dealing with Deliora.
• Old Suo returned near Ulu’s cabin with Josephine’s reward and resumed his seclusion to prepare for a future rescue.

Gray learned that Deliora had moved to Prague and left home to seek revenge for his parents, despite Ulu’s warnings. Ulu set out to catch him, Leon joined her, and His Majesty the Emperor followed them from the sky on a Wind Boat.

• Ulu joked with the proprietress about her disciples Gray and Leon, while the boys argued about surpassing Ulu and Gray’s desire to defeat Deliora.
• Gray complained that Ulu’s Shape-Making Magic was useless, and she knocked him into the air after he blamed her for his habit of stripping.
• Gray overheard travelers say Deliora had moved to Prague, then packed his belongings and left to avenge his parents despite Ulu’s threats.
• Leon recalled Ulu assuring him that she loved him as her own disciple, then agreed to pack and go with her.
• His Majesty the Emperor realized where the three were headed and followed them above the clouds on a Wind Boat.

Gray fought Deliora in the devastated town, using ice magic to evade its attacks until Ulu arrived and rescued him. Ulu challenged Deliora with her own magic and trapped the demon inside a mass of ice roses.

• Deliora blasted the town and attacked the survivors, while Gray interrupted its rampage with an ice crystal and drew its attention.
• Gray used Ice Make spells to dodge Deliora's blows and fight it through a guerrilla battle among the buildings.
• Ulu and Leon arrived, decided to rescue the townspeople first, and split up; a woman in moon-white boots followed Ulu's trail, determined to confront Deliora.
• Deliora cornered Gray between its fists and an energy beam, but Ulu shielded him and scolded him for blaming her lack of powerful lessons.
• Ulu attacked Deliora with ice magic, countered its fists and beam, and finally bound it inside enormous ice roses.

Ulu fought Deliora to protect Gray and Leon, using powerful ice magic to trap the demon before it broke free. As Ulu prepared to face Deliora again, Leon rejected her warnings and rushed forward to challenge the monster himself.

• Ulu's ice rose attack shattered, and she shielded Gray and Leon from Deliora's counterattack before engaging the demon again.
• Ulu trapped Deliora in layers of ice and reshaped the prison into a spiked sphere, but she exhausted her magic and had to recover.
• Deliora broke free, and Ulu comforted Gray, urged him to take the unconscious Leon away, and explained that she had returned to reclaim her happiness.
• Ulu told Gray that she would fight Deliora herself, but Leon insisted that she was the strongest wizard and refused to accept that she could lose.
• Leon ran toward Deliora and declared that he would make the demon reveal its true strength.

Sordil interrupted Ulu’s attempt to sacrifice herself with Absolute Freeze, substituted an illusion of her and erased Ice Beauty from the battlefield. Gray and Leon believed Ulu had died sealing Deliora, while Sordil teleported to the female lead and was beaten by several furious women.

• Leon tried to use Absolute Freeze against Deliora, but Ulu froze him to stop him from sacrificing himself.
• Ulu prepared to cast Absolute Freeze, but Sordil paused time, removed Ice Beauty, and created an imitation of her.
• Sordil used the imitation to stage Ulu’s sacrifice and seal Deliora in ice before time resumed.
• Gray watched the apparent Ulu turn to ice and heard her ask him to tell Leon she was dead.
• Leon blamed Gray for Ulu’s apparent death and walked away, leaving Gray in tears.
• Sordil teleported to the female lead, where several angry women attacked him until he collapsed.

Sordil faced an angry tribunal after being caught with the injured Ulu, but persuaded the judges to let him heal her and wake her so they could learn what happened. The next morning, Irene joined Sordil and Ulu to go find Gray and Leon, though Sordil still did not know where they were.

• The judges interrogated Sordil about Ulu while he secretly healed himself, and they punished him when Yelibell exposed his attempt to deceive them.
• Irene and the judges allowed Sordil to heal Ulu, who woke up startled by his battered appearance.
• Irene questioned Ulu, and the judges later interrogated Sordil about whether he had improper feelings for her.
• The next morning, Sordil explained that Deliora had been defeated, but Irene stopped him from revealing that she had knocked him down afterward.
• Irene insisted on accompanying Sordil and Ulu to find Gray and Leon, and Sordil teleported the three of them away.

Sordil, Irene, and Ulu found Leon at an inn and learned that Brian had tormented Ultear, prompting Ulu to thank Sordil. Sordil tried to reach the despondent Leon while Irene and Ulu followed his magical signature, leaving them heading toward the same destination.

• Sordil used his magic markers to locate an inn near the Isban-Brago border, where one of the missing youths was staying.
• Sordil revealed that Brian had tormented Ultear and warned that Ulu must conceal herself so she could meet her daughter.
• The group used Illusion Magic to enter the inn, where Ulu recognized her disciple Leon and chased after him.
• Irene stopped Ulu from touching Leon, and Sordil dispelled his illusion and tried to draw the silent youth into conversation.
• Leon ignored Sordil, who eventually tied him to the Silver Express and departed with him.
• Irene and Ulu sensed Sordil's magical signature and set off hand in hand toward its source.

The Emperor subdued Leon after Leon attacked him, then learned that Leon had lost his goal of surpassing Ulu because she had frozen herself with Absolute Freeze. The Emperor pointed Leon toward finding a way to melt the ice and regain his drive, then faced Irene’s anger over his teasing and supposed romance with Ulu.

• The Emperor dodged Leon’s Ice Make attacks, absorbed their magic, and knocked Leon unconscious before healing him.
• Ulu and Irene watched as Leon woke and recognized the Emperor, then claimed Ulu had died after using Absolute Freeze.
• Leon revealed that Ulu had used Absolute Freeze, which the Emperor said he had given her; Leon called it a token of love, prompting the Emperor to fall into the snow.
• Leon lamented that he had lost his only goal of surpassing Ulu, and the Emperor suggested he surpass someone Ulu could not defeat.
• The Emperor nearly revealed how to melt Absolute Freeze, so Leon headed east to investigate while the Emperor explained to Ulu that Leon needed to regain his fighting spirit.
• Irene caught the Emperor before he could escape and began beating him.

Pig Head Emperor brought Irene and Ulu to Ultear, where Ulu reunited with her daughter and learned that Ultear had watched recordings of her life. The group laughed together after Ultear teased Pig Head Emperor and met Irene, his wife.

• Pig Head Emperor caught up to Gray, and the group learned Gray planned to travel west in search of powerful wizards.
• Irene and Ulu decided not to meet Gray in Finnil Town and instead went with Pig Head Emperor to visit Ultear.
• Irene struck Pig Head Emperor after sensing an odor in Ultear's dwelling, and their arrival startled Ultear before she concealed them with purple smoke.
• Ultear reunited with Ulu, showed her Crystal balls containing recordings of her daily life, and explained that Pig Head Emperor had shared them with her.
• Pig Head Emperor introduced Irene as his wife, and Ultear joked that she wanted to rob herself a handsome husband, making Irene and Ulu laugh.

After reuniting with Ulu, Ultear refused to leave the medical facility, and Irene and Old Suo departed as she went to another experiment. In Edolas, Faust ordered an investigation into worsening magic loss and prepared harsher measures, while Shakart summoned the elders after her power of prophecy showed her troubling visions.

• Lead Aircraft thanked Wingman for saving their plan and his old body, and they teased each other about keeping the incident secret.
• Ulu reunited with her daughter, but Ultear explained that the equipment keeping her alive meant she had to remain at the facility.
• When Veiled Persons arrived for Ultear’s experiment, Old Suo took Irene and Ulu away aboard the Silver Express and left to watch Gray and another person.
• Faust threatened to execute Jess over the worsening magic loss, but Bairo persuaded him to spare Jess and give him three months to find answers.
• Faust ordered Bairo to continue their plan, reclaim citizens’ magic, and abolish private magic trading, while hinting that they might activate a dangerous item.
• After a frightening episode, Shakart summoned the elders and told them her power of prophecy had shown her very bad things.

Old Suo watched Gray after learning that the Gojo Bridge Family might abduct him, while Gray led the guild members into a forest after they extorted protection money from the town. The Gojo Bridge Family began searching the forest, unaware that Gray was waiting for a chance to strike.

• The Queen and the elders discussed escaping their collapsing world by finding a way to reach Asland.
• Old Suo met Gildarts near the Fiore border and learned that Gildarts was taking a job to destroy the Gojo Bridge Family.
• Old Suo stayed near the town to watch Gray, who was eating at a restaurant without knowing he was being watched.
• The Gojo Bridge Family demanded protection money from Gray, and he pretended his friend could pay it.
• After the gang collected money from the restaurant patrons, Gray led them out of town and into a forest, where the fat leader ordered his lackeys to search for Gray’s supposed friend.

Gray escaped the Gojo Bridge Family but missed meeting Gildarts and lost a shortcut to Fairy Tail. Old Suo dealt with the pursuers, while Gray headed toward a nearby snow-covered mountain and Old Suo followed after him.

• Gray attacked the fat man with ice magic, escaped when the man’s shield blocked his spears, and left an ice wall to stop pursuit.
• Old Suo confronted the fat man and his tied-up lackeys, then forced them to produce fireballs for him to eat.
• Gray confirmed he had escaped the Gojo Bridge Family, realized he had missed his chance to meet Gildarts, and set off toward a white mountain.
• Old Suo appeared by Gray’s snow pit and hurried after him.

Gildarts wrecked a centuries-old castle, while an avalanche buried Gray and Yu Sordil Orne Zecheng together. After escaping and proving he was a Fairy Tail wizard, Sordil agreed to take Gray to the guild so Gray could seek to join.

• Gildarts destroyed the castle and hurried onward, while the stalker wondered why Gildarts and the Gojo Bridge Family had not appeared.
• Gray escaped down the mountain, and Old Suo's shouting triggered an avalanche that buried them both.
• Gray freed himself from beneath the snow and woke the unconscious Old Suo, who lunged at him before using a burst of light to get them out of the snow cave.
• Old Suo introduced himself as Sordil, showed Gray his Fairy Tail mark, and demonstrated his Sand Creation magic by blasting apart a mountain peak and triggering another avalanche.
• Gray asked to join Fairy Tail, and Sordil agreed to take him to the guild for the guild master's approval.

Old Suo brought Gray to Fairy Tail and introduced him to the guild, where Gray began learning about magic and guild life. Old Suo then vanished to rescue Makarov in Clowbar City, while Gildarts arrived and the guild members gave Gray an embarrassing welcome.

• Old Suo brought Gray into Fairy Tail, where guild members greeted him and he learned that Makarov was away in Clowbar City.
• Magnolia announced Gildarts Mode, and Old Suo sent Gray with Sonia and Leena while he went to speak with Makarov through a Communication Magic Crystal.
• Makarov asked Old Suo to come to Clowbar City with money, and threatened to tell Old Suo's wife about his outings with Laxus and the others if he refused.
• Gildarts returned to the guild and praised Old Suo's strength as the members met Gray.
• The guild's male members laughed when they realized Gray was standing without clothes, and Sonia and the other women knocked them down before taking Gray on a tour.

Old Suo brought Makarov back to Fairy Tail, where Gray completed his guild application while Makarov was forced to handle recruitment duties. Later, Old Suo met Ultear and agreed they should act against Brian the next day, while Brian prepared to leave the New Moon with what he had obtained.

• Old Suo and Makarov appeared at the guild party, and Gildarts recognized them before Old Suo led Makarov and Gray to the bar.
• Old Suo made Makarov confirm Gray's application, and Gray filled out the form after Makarov stormed off.
• The next morning, Laxus and Kana found the guild members passed out after the wine cellar had been emptied, while Makarov insisted he had stayed sober.
• Old Suo supervised Makarov's work for several days until Makarov received a letter and left the guild.
• Old Suo visited Ultear, apologized after she caught him looking at her, and agreed to act against Brian the next day.
• Brian decided to leave the New Moon with the items he had obtained and began scraping at something in a dark space.

Brian accelerated the experiment on a magic-sensitive girl, then offered her to Chairman Hades after deciding she was incompatible with him. The girl escaped the exploding New Moon, gave her name as Ultear, and accepted Hades's offer of help, while Aquarius punished Sordil for borrowing her eyes to observe Asland.

• The Veiled People warned Brian that the girl's magic was nearing a dangerous threshold, but he ordered them to raise the experiment's output to maximum.
• Brian contacted Chairman Hades and told him an incompatible candidate would soon be free, then left for the snowfield.
• A young lady told Little Suo to carry out their plan, and he used Space Magic to steal the New Moon's entire archive section before escaping through a purple rift as the building exploded.
• The soot-covered young lady noticed an energy reaction and went toward it, while Hades also headed to investigate the explosion.
• Hades approached the Black-haired girl in the snowfield, who threatened him before giving her name as Ultear and asking whether he could help fulfill her wish.
• Aquarius accused Sordil of taking advantage of her while borrowing her eyes to observe Asland, then struck him with her silver water jug.

Aquarius chased Sordil through the Spirit World after he provoked her, while rumors about what he had done spread wildly. Elsewhere, Ultear began studying magic under Precht, and Brian watched the Tower of Paradise after sensing a dangerous dragon inside.

• Aquarius unleashed a wave against Sordil, who fled through the Twelve Zodiac Gates and escaped through a spatial rift to the Human World.
• Libra told Leo what had happened between Aquarius and Sordil, but Taurus repeated the secret aloud, and Canis Minor spread an exaggerated rumor throughout the Spirit World.
• Precht brought Ultear to Grimoire Heart's base and told her to study basic magic for a year before he would teach her spells.
• Brian arrived at the Tower of Paradise and watched it from outside after sensing the dangerous presence of an abyssal dragon within.
• An attempted prison break at the Tower of Paradise caused the dragon to reveal his aura, while Xiao Ou intimidated the prisoners and guarded Erza from Jellal's group.

Aquarius disguised herself as Leila to capture Lord Sordil and take him back to the Spirit World to answer for his misdeeds. In Edolas, Jess revealed that the world's magic was fading as its laws collapsed, prompting Faust and Bairo to plan to reconnect Edolas with Asland.

• Aquarius lured Lord Sordil to the garden by posing as Leila, then bound him with a rope of water and announced that he would return to the Spirit World to clear up a misunderstanding and apologize publicly.
• Aquarius carried Lord Sordil away in golden light, while the real Leila and Grammy wondered whether he would return.
• Jess told Faust that Edolas's magic was draining because the world's laws were collapsing, and presented charts showing the decline of magic-rich lands and creatures.
• Jess explained that reconnecting Edolas to Asland could replenish its magic, and Faust realized they would need help to break the dimensional barrier.
• Bairo reminded Faust of an earlier order from powerful beings, and Faust assigned him the task of arranging the plan as the two worlds drew closer.