Chapter Summaries

While the group shopped in Crocas, Sordil negotiated with King Toma and arranged a banquet, while Gray recognized two wizards and followed them out. Sordil later received a note saying Gray had left Crocas, so the group headed to the banquet without searching for him.

• Mira and the others browsed clothes, and Lucy became embarrassed after Natsu, Happy, and the onlookers stared at her in a swimsuit.
• Sordil met King Toma in Mercurias, explained the unequal treaty, and offered compensation that delighted the King and Minister of Defense.
• Erza sampled cakes next door until Sordil arrived and told her about the banquet planned to celebrate their victories.
• Gray overheard two wizards discussing a spear and a person capable of creating dragons, then rushed out of the weapon shop after them.
• When the group noticed Gray was missing, a soldier delivered Sordil a note, and Sordil said Gray had left Crocas and had something to take care of.

At the Fiore royal banquet, Fairy Tail’s antics turned the hall into a disaster, while a mysterious gray-haired girl at the guild received an item tied to her past. The chapter ended with Seki’s attempt to stop Natsu collapsing the banquet hall and burying Emperor Sordil and the orange-haired uncle beneath the rubble.

• Sordil and Irene arrived at the royal banquet, where Fairy Tail’s rowdy group drew attention as they headed for the head table.
• At Fairy Tail, Makarov met the awakened gray-haired girl and returned an item whose original owner had been executed.
• King Toma and his officials worried that the banquet hall would not survive the festivities and asked Jade to help protect it.
• Cole introduced Erza to Jade, and Natsu charged at Jade after learning she had once been Sordil’s magic student.
• Seki stopped Natsu with a net of light, but the attack destroyed the hall’s load-bearing walls and pillars.
• Sordil shouted at Seki, then a falling stone buried Sordil and the orange-haired uncle beneath the rubble.

Gray investigated an abandoned research base and pursued a black-haired woman after defeating several Black Robes, while the Fairy Tail group traveled toward Akane and Hargeon Port. The chapter ended when a thick emerald-green object struck Lazy God and Seki on the windship.

• Irene scolded the dragons after their fight ruined the banquet hall, and the group later chose to visit Akane despite losing their swimsuits.
• Gray found the cave research base empty, while a white-lab-coat woman relocated and set off to find the Dragon Rider's fuel.
• Gray fought and defeated four Black Robes, then chased the fleeing black-haired woman.
• The group enjoyed food at Akane before their windship arrived at Hargeon Port.
• A violent tremor shook the windship, and an emerald-green object struck Lazy God and Seki.

The windship survived a chaotic journey and made an emergency landing near Harujion, where Laxus admitted to Irene that he had arranged to meet Anna. Irene let him go after learning Anna wanted to visit Yukino at the Aursdai Ice Field.

• Irene took control of the windship while the crew struggled through violent winds, and Vivi and Negus went to seek help from Old Suo and the others.
• Old Suo and Laxus returned to the ship in battered condition, and Laxus helped it make a safe emergency landing off Harujion.
• A black-haired youth followed fresh tracks toward Arcane Resort, while a woman in a white coat used music to create a huge pit in the forest.
• The crew resisted returning to Harujion by windship, but Laxus forced them aboard and sent the ship speeding toward the white city.
• After landing, Laxus hurried away, and Irene confronted him about meeting a woman before he explained that he was seeing Anna off as she went to check on Yukino.

His Majesty the Emperor helped Anna Heartfilia prepare to leave for the battlefield, while Gray secretly gave the White-coated Big Sister information about the Dragon Rider and Natsu. After the group finished eating and set out for Onibas, they learned they might have to spend the night in the town before Croba Canyon, which His Majesty named Silent Town.

• His Majesty the Emperor rushed to Anna Heartfilia and gave her a silver-white box before she left aboard the aerial cruiser, then told her to have Swann and the others disguise Yukino.
• Gray confronted the White-coated Big Sister, revealed he knew she planned to deal with Natsu, and gave her a paper bag of information about the Dragon Rider.
• The White-coated Big Sister reviewed the paper bag's contents and decided she could not give up on completing the Dragon Rider, despite the danger of the chosen location.
• His Majesty the Emperor returned to find Laxus and the others had eaten their meal in five minutes and thirty-seven seconds, then refused to pay for another serving.
• The group set out toward Onibas, and His Majesty the Emperor named the town before Croba Canyon Silent Town when Pink Ball pressed him about their possible overnight stop.

Gray left to confront Natsu while Daphne agreed to help lure him without making a public move. At a campsite, Gray returned with important news about dragons, leaving Natsu and Wendy stunned.

• Gray met Daphne in a cave, rejected her offers, and continued on his way to deal with Natsu.
• Daphne agreed to lure Natsu for Gray as long as the plan did not affect her and she did not have to act publicly.
• The group camped after Pink Ball’s detours delayed their arrival, while Laxus and the Orange-haired handsome uncle competed over fishing.
• The gathered group bickered around the campfire until Gray emerged from the darkness and told Natsu he had important news about dragons.

Gray's report led Natsu, Wendy, and their companions to an old inn, where Gray and a mysterious woman unleashed the Fire Dragon Knight. While the bonfire group realized several people were missing and Irene sent Laxus to search, Natsu's party found themselves under attack.

• Gray told Natsu and Wendy that a dragon had reportedly been spotted near a mountain, and they set off with Happy, Sherry, and others.
• A White-coated Big Sister used Silver Radiance to reveal an old inn, while Sordil and another hidden observer followed the group.
• At the bonfire, Irene learned that Gray, Gildarts, Gajeel, Negus, and Viola were missing, then sent Laxus to find them and kept everyone else at the rallying point.
• Laxus spotted a beacon in the distance and flew toward it as Natsu's party encountered the Fire Dragon Knight.
• Gray and the White-coated Big Sister sent the Fire Dragon Knight after Natsu's group, forcing Blue Meow Meow and Sherry to flee with Wendy.

His Majesty the Emperor secretly arranged for the guild members to reach the Fire Dragon Knight and use the battle to test them. The airborne squad attacked the giant machine while Happy realized that the rescue had been planned by Sordil, and the fight continued as the Fire Dragon Knight took to the air.

• His Majesty the Emperor watched the Fire Dragon Knight from the woods, decided to bring the younger fighters into the battle, and sent secret messages to Gray and Gildarts.
• Sordil transported the people gathered around the bonfire to the Fire Dragon Knight, where he set the airborne squad against the giant machine and stayed behind with Irene and Erza.
• Happy realized that Sordil had orchestrated the apparent rescue, and he led Wendy, Sherry, and Byakko back toward the fight.
• The airborne squad attacked the Fire Dragon Knight with lightning, blades, and Pink Ball's Heavy Rock Mountain spell, driving it back.
• The Fire Dragon Knight beat its wings and rose into the air, prompting the fighters to plan how to knock it down.

Gray revealed that his apparent betrayal was part of a trap involving Gildarts, Natsu, and Lazy God, while the Fairy Tail group fought the Fire Dragon Knight and tried to rescue Natsu. The chapter ended with Gray and Gildarts restraining the knight and explaining the plan, as Natsu’s soul continued to assimilate with it.

• Wendy told the group that the Fire Dragon Knight had swallowed Natsu, while Gray appeared atop the machine and claimed he had joined Daphne.
• Gildarts and His Majesty the Emperor realized Gajeel, Viola, and Negus were missing, and His Majesty the Emperor left to search for them.
• Gildarts fought Gray, who escaped using a substitute, but Gildarts struck him with a beam that sent his Ice underwear falling from the sky.
• A silver-haired figure used Fire Dragon Slayer Magic against the Fire Dragon Knight, while the group discovered that Natsu’s soul was assimilating with the machine.
• Gray and Gildarts returned, bound the Fire Dragon Knight with ice ropes, and Gray revealed that his betrayal had been a ruse to lure it out.
• Gray explained how he had contacted Lazy God, arranged the trap, and coordinated with Natsu and Silent City.

Viola and the others escaped the burning black ball but were threatened by a looming shadow, while the Fairy Tail group fought the Fire Dragon Knight. Natsu finally broke free after his friends provoked him, and Gajeel shattered the machine’s Red Ruby; the flames then began converging at the center.

• Viola used the fire pillar’s blast to ignite the black coating, and Gajeel freed himself and the others from the burning black ball.
• A huge shadow appeared over Viola, Gajeel, and Negus as they prepared to flee.
• Thunder Dragon used Laxus’s Silver Leaf Staff to attack the Lizardmen while Erza and the others assaulted the Fire Dragon Knight.
• Gray and Erza taunted Natsu through the machine until his anger made the Fire Dragon Knight burst open.
• Gajeel struck the Red Ruby with an iron-blue drill, freeing Natsu, and the group sent fire-infused arrows at the machine.
• The flames from the explosion gathered rapidly toward the center.

Natsu and Gajeel defeated Daphne’s Fire Dragon Knight, freeing Silent City from her curse. Sordil later brought Daphne to the Terror Knight Arsenal, where she eagerly began working with the Emperor on the Obsidian Gold Dragon research despite clashing with the garrison commander Hail.

• Gajeel absorbed the Fire Dragon Knight’s flames, and Natsu smashed into its control room and defeated Daphne’s machine.
• Silent City’s residents returned to normal and welcomed the Fairy Tail mages with a feast and lodging.
• Sordil took the unconscious Daphne to the villagers’ home, where she became excited after learning about the Terror Knight and the Obsidian Gold Dragon research.
• Daphne stuffed the Emperor with Metabolism Not Difficult bars and went with him to the Terror Knight Arsenal.
• Hail confronted Daphne at the arsenal, and the Emperor explained that he had invited her to study and repair the information there.

Sordil Ornn assigned the White-coated Big Sister to research the captured Obsidian Gold Dragons while the Fairy Tail guild prepared for its Cherry Blossom Festival and mandatory 24-Hour Endurance Road Race. Meanwhile, Bairo oversaw Edolas’s preparations to activate Anima, confident that no one would interrupt it.

• Sordil Ornn introduced himself as the Erus Empire’s emperor and assigned the White-coated Big Sister to study the captured Obsidian Gold Dragons, with fifty units set aside for research.
• Irene and the Fairy Tail guild discussed the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival and 24-Hour Endurance Road Race, including new rules and the race’s mandatory status.
• Sordil Ornn arrived at the restaurant, blocked the drinks thrown at him, and sent the troublemaking guild members away with a silver light circle.
• Bairo confirmed that Edolas had maximized Anima’s power at a weak point in the spatial barrier, then watched everyone kneel as shadows appeared over the Interdimensional Sea.
• Bairo murmured that the people of Edolas had little time left and headed back.

Lucy spent the evening relaxing with Plue, then went to sleep after finding the living room empty. Meanwhile, the guild members learned that her birthday fell on the day of the 24-Hour Endurance Road Race Championship, planned how to celebrate, and woke the guild the next morning to announce the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival.

• Lucy bathed and chatted with Plue about the upcoming race and Cherry Blossom Festival, then went to bed alone.
• Sordil told the guild members that Lucy's birthday was seven days away, on the day of the 24-Hour Endurance Road Race Championship.
• The guild members began planning for Lucy's birthday, but the chapter did not reveal their plan.
• The exhausted guild members gathered in the guild hall the next morning, and Lucy wondered why they looked so tired.
• The Guild Master and Sordil rang a gong and announced the 75th Cherry Blossom Festival, urging everyone to prepare.

At the Cherry Blossom Festival, Lucy and the others pieced together that Fairy Tail’s older members had been sneaking out at night, while the young master held a secret training plan. The bingo game began with an unexpectedly accurate first number, leaving Lucy and her companions stunned.

• On Mount Hakobe, Sonia and Leena gathered herbs and hunted Blizzard Magic Beasts while Sonia complained that the young master had assigned her the task and taken Erza and the others away for secret preparations.
• Horologium’s time ran out and he vanished before Lucy and the others could learn more, while Sonia and Leena set off toward the Blizzard Magic Beast’s nest.
• At South Gate Park, the Great Guild Master announced the Cherry Blossom Festival, and Sonia admitted that Lucy had overheard her complaints; the young master spun Sonia around as punishment until the endurance race began.
• During the festival, Lucy, Wendy, Gajeel, and Sherry noticed that Erza, Natsu, and others had been sneaking out together at night, but the young master insisted they focus on bingo.
• The first bingo number appeared as 26, matching Pink Ball’s card, and Lazy God congratulated him.

Lucy won bingo and received the herbs the guild had gathered, but the old man she wanted to question was away drinking with Gildarts. When the 24-Hour Endurance Road Race began, the contestants raced toward Mount Ipor for Blizzard Magic Beast scales, with Lucy accidentally frozen at the start and the others competing for the lead.

• Lucy won bingo, received an ice platform covered in the herbs the guild had gathered, and learned that Gildarts had taken the old man drinking.
• Juvia, Wendy, Sherry, and others also won bingo, while Gajeel remained unlucky and got no prize.
• Makarov announced the 24-hour race to Mount Ipor, banned flying magic, and warned that the last-place finisher would face punishment from Sordil.
• Mira joined the race after her strength recovered, and Erza changed into a running outfit and declared she would compete for the championship.
• At the starting signal, Lucy-shaped Smoke and Dust shot up the Hollow Tree, Gray encased the tree in ice, and Lucy became trapped as an ice specimen.
• Natsu used a booster to sprint ahead, Gajeel activated spatial teleportation, and Smoke and Dust crashed into the contestants as the race began.

Lucy endured a gauntlet of traps and attacks during a guild competition, unaware that Fairy Tail had staged the ordeal to celebrate her first year as a wizard. She crossed the finish line and learned the meaning of the surprise birthday celebration, leaving the guild’s plan successfully completed.

• Jason and Gildarts commentated on the competition as Lucy finally joined the race and chased after the other contestants.
• Lucy was repeatedly delayed by exams, traps, and attacks, while Pink Ball and the others carried out their plans ahead of her.
• The guild members blocked the route to the finish line and prepared a final surprise for Lucy.
• The others finished first, and Lucy briefly collapsed in dismay when she thought she had come last.
• Lucy reached the finish line and was greeted with party poppers and gifts as Kana explained that they were celebrating her first year in Fairy Tail.

Wendy, Fried, Happy, and Pink Ball departed on a training journey while His Majesty the Emperor traveled to the Obsidian Gold Dragon Factory and authorized resources for the next model. Elsewhere, a masked youth and a burly figure prepared to enter another world, as a strange black hole opened in the sky.

• Irene made Pink Ball admit her misbehavior and assigned her fifty copies each of the Courtly Rituals and Three Admonitions of Life.
• Wendy, Fried, Happy, and Pink Ball set out for Onibas, and the guild members learned that train service had been suspended and decided to follow them.
• His Majesty the Emperor left Irene, returned to the Obsidian Gold Dragon Factory, and learned that Obsidian Gold Dragon Version 1.0 was complete and mass production had begun.
• His Majesty the Emperor authorized White-coated Big Sister to use any resources in the Southeastern Province for developing Obsidian Gold Dragon 2.0.
• A masked youth met a burly figure, gave him two pills that let him use magic power in another world, and prepared to leave.
• Blue-white lightning and shifting clouds formed around the masked youth as a deep black hole opened in the sky.

The Emperor arranged for the Fourth Training Brigade to support the battlefronts before traveling to Edolas, while Mystogan and the Lazy God prepared for a crisis at the guild. A vortex struck the city, separating Natsu and others from the group, and Mystogan appeared as the survivors demanded an explanation from the Emperor.

• The Emperor assigned the Fourth Training Brigade to transport duties, arranged military escorts and communications, and left the Empire’s operations to his ministers while he and the Empress went to Edolas.
• The masked youth and the Lazy God discussed the guild, confirmed Wendy had completed her first mission, and headed there as a vortex descended.
• The Emperor, Gray, and others joked around at the guild until the Sky Witch warned them of danger and cyan-white lightning from the vortex transformed nearby buildings into particles.
• The survivors found themselves on white sand, with Natsu, Lucy, Erza, and others missing, while Wendy freed the group from a spatial barrier.
• Mystogan appeared and joined the Lazy God, Sordil, and the Emperor, and the Fairy Queen forced the Emperor to explain what had happened.

His Majesty the Emperor revealed that Mystogan was Jellal from Edolas and explained the truth behind Lisanna’s disappearance and his two-year absence. As the group crossed into Edolas, they encountered a grotesque monster and discovered their magic was sealed until they took the medicine.

• His Majesty the Emperor removed Mystogan’s veil, revealing his resemblance to Jellal, and explained that Mystogan was his counterpart from Edolas.
• His Majesty the Emperor explained Edolas, Lisanna’s disappearance, and why he had left for two years, then set off with the others aboard the Azure-White Wind Boat.
• After spotting Natsu and Happy on the Spatial Coordinate Disk, His Majesty the Emperor went to find them while Prince Jellal explained that a red pill could prevent Earthland visitors’ magic from being sealed in Edolas.
• His Majesty the Emperor found Happy and flew with him toward another marker, while the Azure-White Wind Boat crashed into the Pink Knight and a messenger in Edolas.
• The group faced a grotesque creature after arriving in Edolas and realized their magic was sealed because they had not taken the medicine.
• Manly man gave Miss Mira a red pill, and she used Satan Soul and Soul Extinguisher to destroy the creature.

Sordil sent the Fire Dragon and Happy through a wormhole while the Fairy Queen’s group fought to escape their pursuers in the Interdimensional Sea. The group retreated under attack and began weighing ways to develop the medicine themselves as energy pillars struck from above.

• His Majesty the Emperor fed the Fire Dragon and Happy red pills and sent them through the wormhole in the Dragon Meow rocket.
• Prince Jellal stepped forward to open a path for the group, while the Fairy Queen ordered everyone to retreat and a wounded Pink Knight collapsed at the sight of the arriving beast.
• Crimson attacked Mira, but Mira transformed and fought back while Elfman and the others escaped the encirclement with Wendy and Sherry.
• The Fairy Hunter pressed Mira with several spears, while Prince Jellal defeated the Pink Knight and nearby soldiers with an illusion and a drowsiness-inducing fragrance.
• Erza’s group discussed finding medicine and recovering their strength, then scattered as energy pillars appeared and struck around them.