Chapter Summaries

Anna reunited with Old Suo and learned about the Spirit World, the different flow of time, and the existence of other worlds. Old Suo revealed his plans against Black Wings and secured the cooperation of the four visitors from Fiore.

• Anna asked Old Suo why the world believed he had died, and he recounted what had happened four hundred years earlier.
• Old Suo explained that Spirit World clothing let humans survive there and that one Spirit World day equaled three months in Asland.
• Old Suo told everyone about other worlds, then admitted he could not defeat Black Wings directly but had been planning against him since regaining his freedom.
• Anna offered to help Old Suo, and he accepted her support before she left with the other blonde woman to catch up.
• Old Suo told the four visitors from Fiore that Black Wings was real and would threaten them all, then gave them scrolls containing information about the enemy.
• After reading the scrolls, the four visitors agreed to cooperate with Old Suo against Black Wings.

Anna left Sordil with new Space Magic materials, while several characters converged around Leila’s illness and the golden key. After visiting Leila and accepting responsibility for the key, Grammy was stabbed by Solydio, who fled in shock.

• Anna accepted Sordil’s insights into Space Magic and the version 2.0 Space Magic Crystal, then set off on her journey.
• A cloaked man arranged to meet someone on the seventh day, while Grammy returned to the Hartefilia Mansion after receiving Leila’s letter.
• Grammy found Leila gravely ill, and Leila asked her to keep Aquarius for Lucy and bring Brandish to visit.
• Grammy offered the golden key back to Leila, but Leila asked her to keep it for Lucy until she could use Aquarius.
• Solydio stabbed Grammy, who asked him not to involve Brandish, and he fled after his reason returned; a flash of silver appeared in Grammy’s hand.

The Warriors of Hope began their separate journeys in the new era as Gajeel survived an ambush in a swamp, Lucy’s family mourned Leila, and Jellal encountered Sordil after he sealed Anima. Mystogan set out for Fairy Tail, while Sordil continued his search for the prince.

• A cloaked patient asked to see someone one last time, and her companion agreed to let her watch from afar before leading her away.
• Gajeel escaped a swamp monster and a hunter’s wooden stakes, then abandoned his pursuit when hunger drove him to his spoils.
• Leila Heartfilia died after a serious illness, and Jude later recovered Lucy’s abandoned doll as Sordil asked to leave for the Western Continent.
• Jellal tried to part from Wendy and lead her toward a guild, but she clung to him as he continued on.
• Sordil sealed the rampaging Anima vortex and introduced himself to Mystogan, who learned about Fairy Tail.
• Mystogan headed for Fairy Tail, while Sordil vanished to continue searching for the prince.

Old Suo and Maruko caught Dimaria Yesta after she stole their food, then invited the orphaned Battle Princess to join them. Elsewhere, a black mist emerged from a statue and dragged a bishop inside.

• Old Suo chased the dark-skinned thief who had stolen food meant for Maruko, carrying Maruko along as he pursued her.
• Old Suo tracked the thief down and immobilized her, then discovered she was a girl named Dimaria Yesta, an orphan who stole to survive.
• After Maruko urged him to help Dimaria, Old Suo released her and invited her to come with them as Maruko’s companion.
• Old Suo swept Maruko and Dimaria away in a silver storm, while reflecting that he had already poached four of the strongest Shields of the Holy King.
• At a village on Fiore’s western border, a bishop prayed before a statue, and black mist emerged from it and dragged him inside.

Green discovered that the bishop had become a demon and fled to warn the Village Chief, who arranged for mages and church reinforcements. The demon defeated them and attacked the village, where Mirajane and her siblings were caught in its path; as it prepared to strike Mirajane, a beam from its head destroyed a rock flying toward it.

• Green found the bishop transformed into a demon, escaped the church, and warned the Village Chief that the bishop had been killed.
• The Village Chief arranged defenses and sought help, while Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna learned that mages and church reinforcements were heading to the church.
• The mages and knights were defeated, and the demon began slaughtering villagers, prompting the siblings to prepare to flee.
• The demon intercepted the siblings, captured Elfman and Lisanna, and knocked Mirajane down when she tried to attack it.
• As the demon raised its fist toward Mirajane, a rock flew at it, but a beam from its head turned the rock to dust.

Mirajane awakened a powerful red arm, defeated the shadow, and left her hostile village with Elfman and Lisanna. After the siblings wandered through the snowy wilderness, they met Sordil, a lost wizard whose behavior immediately provoked them.

• Mirajane used her new arm to sever the shadow's limbs and smash its head, then collapsed as Elfman and Lisanna called to her.
• The villagers pelted the siblings with fruit and drove them out, so Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna left the village.
• After traveling through the snow for a day and a night, the siblings encountered Sordil, who asked how to reach Harujion.
• Sordil grabbed and groped Mirajane's exposed red arm, so Elfman and Lisanna attacked him until he let go.
• Sordil introduced himself as a lost wizard seeking directions, and Elfman and Lisanna accused him of lying and molesting Mirajane.

A silver-haired wizard explained that he had mistaken his way because he had no sense of direction, then revealed that Mirajane’s transformation came from rare Receive Magic and invited her and her siblings to join his guild. After bringing them to the guild, he learned he might be struck from the rolls, while a hidden group in Erus prepared a secret operation.

• The silver-haired wizard claimed that his lack of direction explained why he had arrived there, but Mirajane and her siblings confronted him for flirting with Mirajane and lying about his motives.
• The silver-haired wizard identified Mirajane’s power as rare Receive Magic, explained that she needed formal training, and invited the siblings to join his guild.
• The silver-haired wizard offered to take the siblings to the guild, then transported them there after Elfman asked how they would get there.
• At the guild, Macao and Wakaba told the silver-haired wizard that the guild master had considered striking him from the rolls because he had been away slacking off.
• In a hidden building in Erus, Boss ordered his men to monitor a group’s suspicious activity and coordinate with the local garrison without alerting headquarters.

Sordil returned to the guild after a year away, bringing Mira and two others to register, and reunited with old friends amid a chaotic welcome. He then visited Igneel in a magma world and promised to find a way to free him and the others.

• Kana and her companions accidentally ambushed Sordil, but Makarov broke up the ensuing fight and scolded him for causing trouble after his long absence.
• Makarov asked about the three newcomers Sordil brought back, then agreed to register Mira and arrange rooms for her and her companions.
• Sordil told Laxus, Gray, Erza, and Kana that he had visited the Western Continent and challenged powerful opponents there.
• Natsu charged at Sordil, who casually knocked him down and left Erza to deal with him before returning to the dormitory.
• Sordil appeared in a magma world and told Igneel that he had met Anna and would work to free the trapped dragons.

Old Suo was summoned to Fairy Tail to prepare for Fantasia, then returned home and discussed Fiore’s military concerns with Irene. Irene ordered him to assist Toma’s requests and demanded to know when she could see Erza, leaving Old Suo thrown out of the palace.

• Makarov summoned Old Suo and insisted he take part in Fantasia before allowing him to go home.
• Hail told Kagura about a fire Dragon Slayer named Natsu in Fiore, and they decided to investigate despite doubts that he was the person she sought.
• Old Suo reassured Brandish’s masked companion, then went to meet Irene after learning she had summoned him.
• Irene gave Old Suo a document about Toma’s military concerns, and he agreed to assist with requests targeting their enemy while helping with the others where possible.
• Irene demanded to know when she could see Erza and threw Old Suo out when he could not give her a date.

Old Suo investigated Jellal and Brian, then arrived at Fairy Tail, where Mystogan’s Sleep Magic put the guild to sleep. Old Suo left with Mystogan, and the guild realized he may have sleepwalked away as well.

• Old Suo learned that Jellal was training under Brian and that the Tower of Paradise was nearing completion, then asked a contact to investigate Brian amid conflict between the Balam Alliance’s dark guilds.
• A cloaked man learned that the person he was tracking had already left and sent a letter to Madam for her to handle.
• At Fairy Tail, Old Suo prepared for a guild master’s request while Erza and Mira argued, and Mystogan’s Sleep Magic knocked out the guild members.
• Old Suo resisted the spell and recognized Mystogan, who asked to speak with Senior Sordil privately; Old Suo left the guild with him.
• Kana and the others realized Old Suo might have sleepwalked away, leaving them worried while Makarov remained occupied with a barrel of alcohol.

On Harvest Festival day, Sordil revealed that Magic Chess had been replaced by a beauty pageant after he lost a bet with Makarov. Sonia won the Fairy Tail Miss Selection, and the Fantasy Parade ended with Sordil’s enormous swimsuit statues shocking the guild.

• Sordil explained that there would be no Magic Chess tournament, and the guild members demonstrated the game to Mira and the others.
• Macao and Wakaba played a match that left Elfman and Lisanna stunned, while Mira confronted Sordil for never telling her about the game.
• Sordil admitted he had lost a bet with Makarov, so the guild held a beauty pageant instead of a chess tournament.
• The Fairy Tail Miss Selection began, and Sonia defeated the other contestants to claim the title.
• During the Fantasy Parade, Sordil unveiled enormous swimsuit statues, including one modeled after Kana, and Makarov reacted with shock.

Kana and Laxus left on a job while Gajeel collected overdue payment for Grimoire Heart in Ogu Town. In Philiers, Erza met Empress Irene, who struggled to hide her feelings, and Erza was asked to join an investigation team led by Lord Vader White.

• Kana and Laxus hurried out of the guild to take a job, and Laxus told Gray that Erza had already left on a mission.
• Gajeel intimidated a debtor in Ogu Town and collected the overdue fee for Grimoire Heart, while townspeople discussed the guild's rivalry with Fairy Tail.
• Empress Irene prepared nervously to meet Erza, and her companions reminded her not to acknowledge their relationship yet.
• Erza arrived at the Grand Council Hall and greeted Empress Irene, who stared at her until Tingmei'er Aisha explained the reason for the summons.
• Tingmei'er Aisha invited Erza to join Lord Vader White's investigation team, and the silver-armored knight bowed to her.

Erza accepted a mission to investigate a suspected magical impersonation and rebellion in Rubenkard, while Edolas prepared a plan to move infants between worlds. Back in Fairy Tail, Laxus became jealous after learning Lazy God had vanished following Mystogan’s arrival, and Hades sent Ultear, Hikaru, and Sankuro to retrieve a key near the Erus Empire.

• Tingmei explained that reports of a Rubenkard rebellion conflicted with the peaceful city and its double Lord Mayor, and Erza accepted the mission with Vede.
• Nadi told the Exceedalia queen that Faust’s method of crossing between worlds had succeeded, and she ordered Noya to gather the city’s infants and Faust to prepare.
• Bairo reported that the Edolas operation had begun, while the white-bearded king told him to wait before making a move.
• Kana learned that Lazy God had disappeared after Mystogan arrived, and Laxus’s jealousy erupted in a surge of lightning that wrecked the drinking table.
• Hades assigned Ultear, Hikaru, and Sankuro to retrieve a key near the Erus Empire, and Ultear secured his airship for the journey.

Raki and Maru confronted Queen Shakart after their unborn child was taken for a mission, but learned the eggs were being sent to another world and were banished from Exceedalia. Elsewhere, Mystogan and Old Suo sensed Anima’s activation, while Erza went to investigate the apparently empty Rubenkard.

• Raki left Maru and went to the palace after royal guards took their child, then joined other parents demanding answers from Shakart.
• Shakart began the formation’s operation despite the parents’ protests, and Raki learned that the eggs were being sent to another world called Asland.
• The elders ordered Raki and Maru to leave Exceedalia after Raki sought classified information, and the couple departed as the separation ray flashed.
• Lady summoned Old Suo to Portia Town, but Mystogan detected Anima’s spatial fluctuation, so Old Suo teleported with him to stop it.
• A merchant told Lord Vede that Rubenkard was empty, and Erza led a small group from the forest to investigate.

His Majesty the Emperor and Mystogan investigated a huge Anima wormhole, while Lady’s team destroyed a town and Lady chose to protect a surviving girl. Back at Fairy Tail, Lazy God returned with an egg, then gave Laxus another giant egg, leaving the guild stunned.

• His Majesty the Emperor sensed life inside Anima and convinced Mystogan that his father might have opened the wormhole to change Edolas.
• Sordil emerged from the wormhole carrying two Exceed eggs, and His Majesty the Emperor and Mystogan began sealing Anima.
• Lady, Sankuro, and Hikaru reached a town, destroyed it, and found a crying pink-haired girl named Maruko among the survivors.
• Lady took responsibility for Maruko and said she believed the girl could approach the abyss of magic.
• Lazy God returned to Fairy Tail, restrained two attackers, and claimed he had learned Elfman took an egg by reading his thoughts.
• Lazy God gave Laxus a yellow giant egg, stunning everyone in the guild.

Sordil arranged an outdoor competition for Fairy Tail after the guild welcomed three newly hatched creatures. The guild members reached the venue by wind boat, where they arrived at a canyon and someone reacted in stunned shock.

• Sordil revealed that he had picked up two eggs, and Fairy Tail’s members argued over who would keep them.
• Three eggs hatched, adding three members to the guild, and everyone posed for a family portrait.
• Sordil proposed a new outdoor activity, and Makarov agreed to let him organize it.
• Makarov gathered the guild and announced that Sordil had prepared an exercise event, prompting the members to fear another dangerous challenge.
• Kana steered the conversation toward the venue, and Sordil led everyone to a canyon aboard a massive wind boat.
• Natsu became seasick during the flight, and another person stared at the canyon in frozen shock.

Sordil laid out the competition rules and began the first race, repeatedly interfering with the other participants while exploiting loopholes to avoid elimination. The chapter ended with Sordil racing toward the finish as Laxus, Kana, Gray, Mira, Natsu, Elfman, and Lisanna searched for a way around his Space Barrier.

• Sordil explained that participants would run three laps, could not use magic except in the race, and would receive punishments based on their rankings; Makarov started the competition.
• Sordil provoked the other racers, and Makarov watched the event through the live-streaming Magic Crystals from his office.
• At the swimming venue, Sordil denied using magic to create a huge wave, and Makarov ruled that he had not broken the rules.
• Sordil disrupted Laxus and Kana during the race, while several targeted participants fought back but failed to catch him.
• Sordil threw up a Space Barrier and rode the Red Steel Beast toward the finish, leaving Laxus and the others to look for another route around it.

Lazy God won the motorcycle race despite Laxus and the others’ attacks, and the guild later faced the race’s punishment games. After Sordil teleported away from the guild, he learned that Erza had gone missing in an empty city.

• Laxus, Mira, and the others attacked Lazy God during the race, but his defenses thwarted them and two contestants crashed; Lisanna and Elfman were unharmed.
• Mira proposed slowing Lazy God down and attacking at close range, while Laxus realized the modified bike let Natsu ride without getting motion sick.
• Lazy God’s strength kept the group from stopping him, and Laxus and his companions finished near the bottom but avoided last place and completed their punishments.
• Lazy God teleported away from the guild before Makarov could speak with him, then confronted Sordil in another land.
• Sordil learned from a Silver Knight that Erza had entered an empty city and failed to return, and he ordered an immediate search.

The Emperor returned to his army after calming the Empress and learned that official-guild wizards had come looking for him, while Hail fled an attacker after entrusting Kagura with a secret record. In the forest, Sordil reunited with the stranded guild members, who were stunned when an old man and a young man arrived and addressed someone as the Prince and Your Majesty.

• The Emperor agreed to return to the Empress, then learned from Vede that guild wizards had fought with his soldiers and fled east into the mountains.
• Hail gave Kagura a secret record, knocked her unconscious, hid her in a wardrobe, and fled as a purple pursuer entered the room.
• The guild members argued in the forest until Sordil arrived, and he told them he had cleared up their misunderstanding with the army's leader.
• Sordil asked the guild members to reveal what they knew, but they dodged his question and followed him out of the forest.
• An old man and a young man approached the group, and their talk of a Prince and a Majesty left the six guild members stunned.

Sordil reunited with Kana and the others, who learned that Solva was the Emperor of Erus and Tang Di was his father. After the group uncovered a Demon Sealing Array and found a tunnel beneath an inn, they entered it and encountered a crossbow trap.

• Solva and Tang Di greeted Sordil, and the six plaster statues cracked as Kana, Gray, Natsu, Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna realized who they were.
• Solva explained that the Empress had sent him and Tang Di to help, and Sordil led the group out of the forest.
• Kana confronted Sordil over hiding his identity, then negotiated a royal feast, Mind Magic, and expert training in exchange for peace.
• Athena reported that Vede and Ace had found traces of Erza at an inn, where the group discovered an Erus Legion armor fragment and escaped a Demon Sealing Array.
• Sordil destroyed the black stone hiding a deep tunnel, assigned Vede to guard its entrance, and led everyone inside.
• After a hidden mechanism fired crossbow bolts, Sordil blocked them with transparent walls and warned the group to stay alert.