Chapter Summaries

Makarov and Sonia investigated a village whose inhabitants and buildings transformed amid purple light, while Natsu and the others stumbled into the danger after eating strange mushrooms. The group escaped Croba Grand Canyon with a map, returned to Fairy Tail, and ended with Natsu facing an unexpected challenge during his planned match with Erza.

• Makarov and Sonia spotted strange grooves near the village and went to investigate, while Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy found and ate colorful mushrooms in the forest.
• Sonia arrived with an enormous stone basin of water, then grabbed the mushroom-transformed members of the group and flew away as purple light twisted the village and sent tentacles lashing out.
• Natsu and Gray prepared tentacles as food, but they and Erza and Lucy vomited after tasting them; a second burst of purple light then blasted rubble outward and caught the group.
• Sonia and Makarov traded the villagers their water for a map, and the group left Croba Grand Canyon before returning to Fairy Tail several days later.
• Natsu challenged Erza to a fight, but after the guild members placed bets favoring Erza, Natsu called out Sonia, who answered by sending a towering pillar of fire toward him.

Sonia beat Natsu unconscious before leaving with a Magic Council messenger to verify the destruction of Clowbar City. Meanwhile, Ace and her student headed toward the Moon God Ruins after the Moon Drop appeared, while Crimson set Plan A in motion and arranged support for Ai on Garna Island.

• Sonia overwhelmed Natsu in the guild hall, and the guild members bet on how quickly he would pass out.
• A green frog messenger summoned Erza Scarlet to answer the Magic Council’s report, and Sonia left with him after Leena handed her a towel.
• On Garna Island, Ace and her student spotted the Moon Drop over the ruins and decided to go confront Deliora.
• Tingmei told Crimson that Ultear had left the Magic Council for Harujion and that the purple cone of light had appeared at the ruins.
• Crimson ordered Tingmei to prepare Herder and the others to receive Ai on Garna Island and keep Sonia ready to rescue her.
• Natsu woke up bandaged in the Fairy Tail lounge and shouted angrily at the people standing over him.

Natsu escaped his restraints and headed for the Magic Council, while Fairy Tail learned that Erza’s arrest was a cover for Lullaby and that hidden enemies were beginning to move. At Erza’s trial, an explosion tore through the courtroom just as the charges against her were being read.

• Viola, Negus, and Happy stopped Natsu from leaving, but accidentally let slip that Erza was in trouble.
• The Balam Alliance discussed targeting the people who had revealed themselves, and Pluto agreed to help.
• Leena told Makarov that the Council had used Erza’s arrest to conceal Lullaby and warned that their enemies had begun moving.
• The guild discovered that Natsu and Happy were missing, so Makarov sent Viola, Negus, Garpate, and Churchill to catch up with them.
• Erza encountered Jycrain at Council headquarters, then proceeded to the Magic Trial Court for her hearing.
• As the clerk listed Erza’s alleged destruction during the Lullaby incident, an explosion struck the courtroom.

Crimson and Natsu were detained after Natsu disrupted the court, while Viola and Negus returned to the guild with Happy. The guild members woke from Mystogan’s sleep magic after he took a request letter, leaving the story poised for the trip to Garna Island.

• Crimson apologized to the Magic Council for Natsu’s antics, and the court adjourned with Natsu and his companion taken into custody.
• Viola and Negus concluded that Happy and the others had left, knocked Happy unconscious, and carried him back to the guild.
• Natsu woke in his cell, learned that he and Erza had to spend the night there, and found out Happy had already been taken back to the guild.
• Natsu returned to Fairy Tail and challenged Erza to a duel, but she knocked him out after he interrupted her meal.
• Mystogan arrived at the guild, put everyone to sleep, took a request letter from the notice board, and vanished as the guild members woke.

Fairy Tail’s members wondered who had seen Mystogan’s face before Laxus and Sonia arrived at the guild. That night, Natsu and Happy took the Garna Island S-Class request, and the next morning the guild learned a blue cat had stolen the letter.

• The guild members asked Makarov about Mystogan’s face, but Laxus claimed he had seen it.
• Sonia arrived with a blonde girl and unsettled the guild when everyone feared she was about to start a fight.
• Happy secretly entered the second-floor hall and took the Garna Island Request Letter while Sonia and the Thunder God Tribe watched.
• Natsu and Happy went to Lucy’s house, where they persuaded her to let them take the mission by mentioning its golden key.
• Mira discovered the S-Class request was missing the next morning, and a guild member reported seeing a blue cat take it.

Fairy Tail sent Natsu, Lucy, and Happy toward Garna Island, while Gray tried to bring them back to face Sonia’s anger. Meanwhile, Grimoire Heart and other factions learned Lucy’s whereabouts and began preparing to act, and Erza reached the island just as the harbor came under attack.

• At the guild, Makarov ordered Kana to check for Lucy and sent Gray after her, then told the guild members to prepare for the group’s return.
• At Harujion Harbor, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy found that every boatman fled when they mentioned Garna Island, and Gray arrived to take them back to the guild.
• Natsu knocked Gray out, tied him up, and carried him toward the last fishing boat while Lucy followed; Gray warned that Sonia was furious because they had taken her long-term meal ticket.
• In Oak Town, Grimoire Heart learned that Lucy had joined Fairy Tail, and its leader moved to act on the news of her location.
• A cloaked figure heard that Grimoire Heart was preparing to rescue Lucy and ordered preparations for the next phase of a plan; another group decided to fund the operation without getting involved directly.
• Erza recalled Makarov sending her to Garna Island because Sonia had gone there, then watched as piercing projectiles struck the harbor and explosions spread through it.

Erza drove off pirates and forced their ship toward Garna Island, while Ace, Ultear, and Kornech prepared their plan as Deliora neared freedom. Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy reached the island, where boatman Bobo warned them of its curse and revealed his clawed hand.

• Erza attacked the pirates, boarded their ship, and ordered the captain to steer for Garna Island.
• Kornech's attacks failed against the Black Robe's crystal balls, and Ace stopped her from disrupting their mission.
• Ultear told Ace and Kornech that Deliora would likely be free in two days, while Ace worried Erza had not yet arrived.
• Ace and Ultear teased Kornech about sending her home until she agreed to their proposal.
• Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy sailed toward Garna Island, and Bobo warned them of the calamity before revealing his clawed hand.

Sonia arrived at Garna Island as Deliora broke free from the ice beneath the Moon God Ruins. She froze the monster and rescued Ace, while Gray and the others were swept away by a massive wave.

• At the Blue-purple Temple, the golden-veiled woman stopped the little girl in a black-and-white dress from attacking the Crystal, and the girl was swallowed by a huge carp.
• Bobo vanished from Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy's boat, and a towering tsunami swallowed them and Garna Island.
• Sonia arrived near Garna Island and accidentally submerged it with a tidal wave before the island resurfaced; Gray was then drawn inland by a magical ripple.
• In the Moon God Ruins, Deliora broke out of the imitation Absolute Freeze and shattered Ace and Saludi's attempts to restrain him.
• Sonia rescued Ace from Deliora's attack, struck the monster's mouth with a crossbow bolt, and froze it with Memory Make: Frost Dragon Breath.
• Saludi called Sonia Aunt, then apologized and addressed her as Sister when she demanded it.

Sonia, Ace, and Saludi discussed Maruko’s terrible sense of direction while Gray woke up on Garna Island and was seized by her. Erza found Sonia lost at sea and learned that Sonia had no idea whether Natsu and the others had reached the island.

• Sonia asked whether Erza and the others had arrived, and Ace and Saludi explained that Maruko was lost while gathering food.
• Ace told Sonia that Maruko had an even worse sense of direction than Sordil and could get lost inside her own palace.
• Gray woke up beside Maruko, introduced himself, and was carried by her toward the center of the island.
• Erza and the pirates encountered Sonia sitting on the sea, where Sonia admitted she had been lost for days.
• Erza asked whether Natsu and the others had reached Garna Island, but Sonia said she did not know.
• Erza offered to fly Sonia to the island if Sonia could tell her the way, leaving Erza frustrated when Sonia could not.

Pink Ball brought Ice underwear to the Moon God Ruins, where the Purple Robes’ talk about survivors from Lockdia Town stirred painful memories. Meanwhile, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy reached the village and learned that its people transformed into monsters beneath Garna Island’s purple moon.

• Pink Ball returned to the Moon God Ruins with Ice underwear and told him that Teacher Ace was waiting inside.
• Pink Ball introduced Ice underwear as her cousin and a survivor from Lockdia Town, and the Purple Robes’ discussion caused him to recall a terrifying figure.
• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy entered the village after showing their Fairy Tail emblems and met its cloaked residents.
• The Village Chief explained that physicians had failed to treat the villagers’ curse, which only took effect at night beneath the purple moon.
• The moon appeared and transformed the villagers into horned, clawed creatures, while Natsu admired the changes and Lucy hid behind him.

Moka told Natsu, Lucy, and Happy that the village’s curse could only be lifted by destroying the Purple Moon, and he directed them to a nearby ruin. Meanwhile, Pink Ball brought Gray to Deliora’s cavern, then left him with supplies; the chapter ended after Natsu, Lucy, and Happy fell through the ruin and landed on Gray.

• Moka explained that the villagers transformed beneath the Purple Moon and forgot everything by morning, then asked Natsu, Lucy, and Happy to destroy it.
• Moka pointed the group toward ruins on a nearby island, where Natsu rushed ahead despite Lucy’s warnings.
• Pink Ball brought Gray to Deliora’s cavern, hid with him from three guards, and revealed a hidden passage through a spatial spell.
• Pink Ball left Gray with food and water while she went to find Teacher Ace, and Ace explained that the Empress had not told her the full plan.
• Natsu struck the ruin to test its strength, prompting Queen of Complaints to scold him just as the floor turned to sand and gave way.
• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy fell into the cavern and crashed onto Gray, burying him in the ground.

Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy hid from Yuka, Jelly, and Tobi in the underground cavern, where Deliora began to awaken as the Moon Drop ritual started. Meanwhile, Sonia and Crimson reached Garna Island, and Ace and Saludi learned of the ritual and hurried back to the ruins.

• Happy mistook Gray for a monster and hit him repeatedly before recognizing him, and Gray explained how he had washed ashore and found the cavern.
• Natsu and Gray revealed that Kornech was the Princess of the Erus Empire and Sordil’s daughter, leaving Lucy stunned to learn that Sordil was the emperor.
• Sonia arrived at Garna Island with Crimson and sent her to find Natsu and the others while she went to retrieve Little Black and the other pirates.
• A pinkish-purple beam struck Deliora, and Gray warned that the monster was waking and dragged Natsu away to find and stop whoever was performing Moon Drop.
• Ace told Saludi that Deliora had broken through the seal and that they had escaped the ruins with a Space Magic Crystal; when Saludi realized Moon Drop had begun, they rushed back.

Gray and Natsu confronted Zero Emperor at the Moon God Ruins as the Moon Drop threatened to free Deliora from his seal. Gray battled Leon while allies and newcomers raced toward the island, and the chapter ended with purple mist spreading over the ruins.

• Saludi told Zero Emperor that he had inspected the surrounding area and set up encirclement nets, while Yuka questioned whether his group had another plan.
• Natsu tried to charge the ruins, but Gray decided to confront Zero Emperor, who revealed himself as Leon and froze Natsu into a block of ice.
• Gray ordered Happy to carry Lucy to safety, and Leon sent Jelly to capture them and attack the village.
• Gray and Leon exchanged ice magic, with Gray trapping Leon’s White Tiger and striking him with an Ice Cannon.
• Two mysterious voices announced that it was their turn to act as purple mist emerged from a cave and engulfed the ruins.

Pink Ball and Natsu worked to evacuate the Purple Robes while Ace and Saludi confronted Deliora beneath the ruins. Zero Emperor exposed their plan and escaped, and Ace’s powerful ice attack ended in a clash that left both her and Deliora knocked back.

• Ace stopped Saludi from leaving and went with him to keep watch on Deliora, while Pink Ball began carrying the unconscious Purple Robes out of the ruins.
• Natsu rolled toward Pink Ball and learned that evacuating the Purple Robes could prevent the Moon Drop from freeing Deliora.
• Happy and Lucy encountered Angelica and the opposing group in the forest, but they fled before Tobi, Yuka, and Jelly could catch them.
• A roar shook the ruins, and Pink Ball told Natsu that Ace, Saludi, and Erza were fighting; Natsu eagerly resumed helping with the evacuation after learning Erza was there.
• Zero Emperor realized Ice Underwear had uncovered his plan, summoned three ice beasts to attack Gray, and vanished as Ice Underwear passed out.
• Ace refused Saludi’s offer to help and used Void Ice Sword: Absolute Void against Deliora, but their attacks canceled each other out and both were knocked back.

Lucy’s trap for the approaching enemy failed when Pink Ball and Happy returned with Gray, while Natsu and Lord Zero Emperor fought elsewhere and Lord Ace completed his trial against the iron-blue giant. The enemy’s plans escalated as the blonde general ordered Plan A and Plan P, and the search for a mysterious thing continued.

• Pink Ball sent Natsu to fight Lord Zero Emperor, then carried the Purple-Robed Corpse toward the northwest and encountered Gray.
• Natsu and Lord Zero Emperor recognized each other as Fire Dragon and Big Ice Underwear and began battling with fire and ice magic.
• Lucy’s villagers waited with a wooden cage trap, but Pink Ball and Happy arrived carrying Gray, and the approaching enemy leaped over the pit and demanded they rescue them.
• Pink Ball explained how she had found Gray, and Happy reported that three of Zero Emperor’s men had been gathering something before dark clouds and strong winds appeared.
• Lord Ace defeated the iron-blue giant, froze it in an illusory realm, and learned that Pink Ball had taken Gray back to the village, prompting him to order the backup plan activated.
• The blonde general ordered Swann to return the Second Fleet to assist Lord Ace with Plan A, sent Kabri to tell General Shirley to activate Plan P, and pressed Number One for news about the mysterious thing.

The Fairy Tail group and their enemies converged on Garna Island as Natsu and the Fairy Queen were left resting, while Sonia waited offshore for reinforcements. At Demon Village, Pink Ball defended the villagers from Zero Emperor’s followers, but Yuka, Jelly, and Tobi pressed their attack.

• Zero Emperor struck Natsu into a crater, where Natsu praised his strength and fell asleep.
• Ace told Saludi what he had seen of Natsu, and they left the underground cavern to carry out their plan.
• The Fairy Queen lost her way on Garna Island and lay down to rest, while Sonia stopped her pirates offshore and told them they would wait for reinforcements.
• At Demon Village, Jelly’s poisonous liquid began dissolving trees and rocks, but Kornech protected the villagers with an Ice Make dome.
• Pink Ball attacked the falling cloud with a Fire Dragon, then summoned an ice maiden who froze the giant rat before disappearing.
• Yuka charged at Pink Ball while Jelly and Tobi headed toward the village to attack the villagers.

Yuka battled Pink Ball before she left with Happy for the village, while the Beautiful Leg Mage encountered the Grand Princess on the way to Garna Island. At the Moon God Ruins, Zero Emperor fought an attacker who had leaked the Moon Drop, and Lucy tried to explain Spirit Magic to Pink Ball before Aquarius appeared.

• Pink Ball blocked Yuka’s attack with Lotus Lake, defeated him with Ice Dragon’s Roar, then discovered that the others had tricked her and returned to the village with Happy.
• The Grand Princess arrived aboard the Beautiful Leg Mage’s ship and pressured her to take her to Garna Island despite suspecting she had snuck away from her duties.
• A tall mage attacked Zero Emperor at the Moon God Ruins, revealed that her group had leaked the Moon Drop, and escaped after he countered her ambush with his Ice Make techniques.
• Pink Ball mistook Lucy’s summoned Taurus for an enemy and sent him flying, then listened as Lucy explained Spirit Magic.
• Pink Ball summoned Aquarius with Lucy’s key, startling Lucy when the spirit appeared before them.

Pink Ball and Fishy reunited with Lucy and learned that intruders had destroyed the village, then split up to protect the Hornies and search for Huo Huo and Meow Meow. Erza tracked down Happy, Lucy, and Gray and prepared to take them back to the guild, while a fleet appeared near Garna Island.

• Pink Ball agreed that Fishy could visit her with magic, and the two decided Lucy could join their Dragon King game after they dealt with Garna Island.
• Lucy explained that two intruders had used jam to destroy the village, so she evacuated the villagers to the lumberyard behind the mountain.
• Pink Ball sent Fishy to protect the Hornies and Ice while she went to find Huo Huo and Meow Meow.
• Erza caught Happy and confronted Lucy and Gray at the lumberyard after Happy revealed that they had taken an S-Class request without permission.
• Gray told Erza that Natsu had been called away by Pink Ball and that Pink Ball had arrived with Ace.
• A horn blast startled pirates off Garna Island, and a gust of wind caught Old Two as he fell from the mast.

Sonia and the Female Rogue set out with their fleets for Garna Island, while Ace and Natsu prepared to return to the Moon God Ruins. There, Erza’s group entered the ruins to stop Leon’s attempt to melt the Eternal Ice and was trapped by a mysterious enemy’s magic.

• Sonia restrained the terrified pirates, reunited with the Female Rogue, and agreed to accompany her to Garna Island to deal with their respective companions.
• Ace told Natsu she had defeated Deliora but been ambushed by Zero Emperor, and the two left their cave to return to the ruins.
• Erza, Gray, Lucy, and Happy found the Moon God Ruins deserted and deduced that Natsu and the others had drawn Zero Emperor’s subordinates away.
• Leon’s allies took their positions as Erza’s group approached the ruins and saw the Moon Drop’s purple light, signaling that the Eternal Ice was being melted again.
• A mysterious voice trapped Erza’s group inside the ruins and caused part of the ceiling to collapse; Gray charged toward the voice while Erza led Lucy and Happy onward.

Ace and Natsu reached the Moon God Ruins as Tobi restored the ritual array and brought the Moon Drop light down again. Erza went to confront the ritual’s source, while Lucy and Happy were saved by Ball Ball; below the ruins, Ace and Natsu found Leon preparing to melt the ice trapping Deliora, and Natsu began fighting him.

• Ace and Natsu arrived at the ruins, and Natsu hurried inside to find Pink Ball before Erza did.
• Tobi climbed onto the platform, repaired the Magic Array with a Crystal ball, and restored the dark-purple cone of light.
• Saludi countered Gray’s ice attacks and dropped the floor beneath himself as pillars collapsed around Gray.
• Erza left Lucy to face Yuka and went after the source of the ritual; Ball Ball rescued Lucy and fought Yuka by recreating Natsu’s magic and form.
• Ace explained to Natsu that Leon planned to melt the ice imprisoning Deliora, then confronted Leon beneath the ruins.
• Natsu charged Leon with a Fire Dragon’s Roar, and Leon summoned the Ice White Dragon to meet the attack.