Chapter Summaries

Azuma’s Grimoire Heart advance force fought Wendy’s group and the Thunder God Tribe while Erza searched for the battles. The chapter ended with Erza learning that the enemy responsible for the bombardment was marked by the Magic Sealing Stone bracelet.

• Azuma attacked Wendy and her companions, but Yellow Meow Meow shielded them and the group struck back; Blue Meow Meow sealed Mest’s magic with a bracelet.
• Viola, Panther Lily, and Negus engaged Azuma while Happy stayed with Wendy and Mest; blue-white energy blasts then began striking Azuma.
• Bickslow and Fried fought red-armored Grimoire Heart warriors, using their magic to counter the enemies’ attacks.
• Erza reached the gathered companions and learned that one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory was trapped beneath the continuing barrage.
• Wendy identified a flickering blue-black crescent moon as the source indicated by the Magic Sealing Stone bracelet.

Colverman halted the bombardment after recognizing the Grand Princess and her family on Tenrou Island, then kept his forces ready to protect them and block the Magic Council fleet. As Fairy Tail faced the approaching warship, Makarov discovered that its leader was his former guild master Precht, and their battle began with Precht striking the cruiser out of the sky.

• Colverman ordered his squadrons to cease fire and explained that they had come to protect the Grand Princess, her sister, and their father while keeping the Magic Council away from Tenrou Island.
• Azuma survived the bombardment and confronted Erza and the others, while Fried and Bickslow defeated Yumaz and saw a giant rise from the ground.
• Makarov warned the arriving warship to leave Tenrou Island, but its occupants ignored his threat and prepared to enter the island.
• Precht appeared before Makarov and warned him that using Fairy Law in his weakened state could kill him.
• Makarov recognized Precht as Fairy Tail's former guild master, declared him an enemy, and attacked; Precht vanished as the cruiser was struck and plunged toward the sea.

Sordil sent Laxus and Fried to reinforce the fighting on Tenrou Island while other Fairy Tail members faced Grimoire Heart attackers. The chapter ended with battles breaking out across the island as Lucy fled a pursuing group despite her injured foot.

• Sordil spotted an unexpected enemy on his disc and summoned Laxus to guard the base while he dealt with the threat.
• Laxus departed, and Fried left Bickslow with Kana and Pink Ball to watch the prisoners before joining him.
• Precht fought Makarov, struck him with a Light Chain, and unleashed a dark pillar attack that Makarov met with his own magic.
• Natsu, Gray, and Elfman fought Purple Cloaks who descended in giant eggs, while Kana and Pink Ball also engaged attackers.
• Erza assigned Viola and Panther Lily to fight the Purple Cloaks and attacked Azuma herself as Negus, Happy, and the others protected Wendy.
• Lucy ran through the forest with an injured foot while dozens of Purple Cloaks pursued her.

Black Long Straight Hair coordinated with Melt while the Fairy Tail members encountered Grimoire Heart’s forces across Tenrou Island. The chapter left Erza fighting Azuma as their battle threatened to devastate the island.

• Black Long Straight Hair exchanged messages with Melt, then went to meet Zeref while Melt headed toward Philiers and planned what she would do after the battle.
• Juvia sensed an enemy through her Gray Detector and ran off, while Levy, Gajeel, Lisanna, and Mira prepared to follow her.
• Lucy ran into Capri and his summoned fighters; Loke stayed behind to fight them, and the hunters chased Lucy after knocking Loke into the forest.
• Juvia attacked Melt, who defended herself with icy light swords after recognizing Juvia’s connection to Gray.
• Erza battled Azuma, countered his attacks, and struck him with her Blazing Sky Flame Dragon, causing an enormous explosion that alarmed the others.

Long Ponytail attacked the Erus fleet, but a silver-haired figure defeated him while Crimson fought the brown-haired man. At the cliff, Natsu joined the others after his allies were scattered, only to be overwhelmed by the God Slayer’s flames.

• Long Ponytail surged toward the Erus fleet, whose soldiers fired on him as he raised his hand to make the ships fly.
• Crimson attacked the handsome brown-haired man, who blocked her swords with flames and then fled as Erza pursued him.
• A silver-haired figure struck Long Ponytail out of the sky, and Colverman identified her as the pride of the Erus Empire.
• Lazy God spotted a dark-purple mushroom cloud near Tenrou Island and hurried toward it.
• Natsu crashed down near Viola and the others, explained that his group had been attacked, and was swallowed by the God Slayer’s ash-black flames.

Natsu fought Sankuro while the guild members faced scattered battles across the island. Melt tried to reach Sordil with an urgent message, and Gajeel and Levy agreed to take her back to the base.

• Natsu broke free from Sankuro’s black flames and traded fire attacks with him, but Sankuro repeatedly overpowered him.
• Erza encountered Lucy, then defended her from attackers alongside Kornech and others as the fighting escalated.
• Melt sensed Hades and other powerful presences and tried to reach Sordil, but Juvia attacked her before she could explain.
• Melt collided with Gajeel, and Juvia’s water whip accidentally struck him before she snapped out of her rampage.
• Melt said she urgently needed to speak with Sordil but refused to reveal why, so Gajeel and Levy offered to take her to the base.

Azuma stumbled into the Thunder God Tribe’s ambush near the Tenrou Tree, but his attack and the Tribe’s counterattack left everyone weakened and the tree at risk. As the guild members regrouped, Elfman rushed back toward the camp after sensing trouble.

• Bickslow, Fried, Evergreen, and Laxus waited for Azuma near the Tenrou Tree, while Azuma escaped his pursuers and headed there despite his injuries.
• Black Long Straight Hair followed a signal from her crystal ball and came face-to-face with a black-haired youth.
• Azuma attacked the Thunder God Tribe, but his strike brought down the Tenrou Tree; Lazy God’s Thought Body appeared and sent out a search for him.
• Erza, Kana, Lucy, and Cole decided to reunite with Loke and Leena after Lucy warned Cole to seal away his magic.
• Gajeel, Levy, and Juvia encountered Elfman, who transformed into a giant ape and charged back toward the camp.

Melt reunited with Mira’s group after the siblings defeated Rustyrose, while Loke and his allies confronted Capri and uncovered his plot. Capri seized Lucy as a hostage, but a surprise beam pierced them both, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna restrained the battered Rustyrose, whose terror returned when he saw Melt.
• Melt revealed she was one of Grimoire Heart’s Seven Kin of Purgatory and agreed to wait for Mira’s uncle.
• Loke realized Capri had been in the human world for at least ten years, and Pink Ball revealed that she had helped him stall for time.
• Capri summoned five fighters, but Loke, Pink Ball, and their allies defeated them before another attacker took Lucy hostage.
• As Capri threatened Lucy, a milky-white beam pierced both of their chests and sent them tumbling forward.

Pink Ball healed Lucy and helped stop the spirit possessing Capri, while Kana and Erza left to reunite with Leena. Ultear revealed to Gray that Ulu was alive and that Sordil had engineered much of Gray’s past, leaving Gray furious just as Sordil appeared.

• Pink Ball healed Lucy as Crimson’s black smoke tried to possess Kana, but a protective eye trapped and purified it, freeing Capri.
• Kana, Erza, and Loke learned that Sordil had been behind the attempted attacks on Mira and Ultear, while Leo asked Pink Ball to treat Capri.
• Erza and Kana left to meet Leena, and Leo returned to the Spirit World after making a flirtatious farewell.
• Ultear told Gray she was Ulu’s daughter and Sordil’s student, then revealed that Ulu was alive and Sordil had planned events in Gray’s life.
• Gray learned Sordil had staged Ulu’s apparent danger, sealed Deliora, and altered memories, and he joined Ultear in vowing not to forgive him.
• Sordil arrived while Gray and Ultear were still fuming about his schemes.

Lazy God’s Thought Bodies helped Ultear and Natsu during the battle against Grimoire Heart, and Natsu learned to consume Sankuro’s God Slayer flames and combine them with his own. After the fight, Lazy God sent his companions to handle separate tasks while Ultear was left with a job he had dumped on her.

• Ultear confronted Lazy God and handed him a scroll, but Gray froze him before he could sign it, so Lazy God fled with her toward the island’s center.
• Lazy God arrived at the cliff battle and reminded Natsu how to eat flames of a different attribute, allowing Natsu to consume Sankuro’s gray fireball.
• Natsu fused dragon flames with God Slayer flames and used Dragon God's Blazing Flame to overwhelm Sankuro’s attacks.
• The blast left Natsu charred but alive, and Lazy God sent Wendy to take him for treatment while he went to check on Sankuro.
• Lazy God gave Viola, Panther Lily, and Happy instructions, then his other Thought Body disappeared after leaving Ultear with an unspecified task.

Lazy God Number Three treated Lucy and left to help Erza, while Erza, Kana, and Leena worked together to capture Big White Ball. They subdued him and prepared oversized Magic Sealing Stone restraints, leaving him about to be locked up.

• Lazy God Number Three healed Lucy, told Pink Ball to treat Capri, and departed to help Erza and the others.
• Leena realized Big White Ball’s attention to a doll could be exploited, then attacked him from concealment and cut off his cape.
• Erza and Kana drew Big White Ball toward the northeast, where Leena struck him again and sent him crashing into the trees.
• Big White Ball charged at Erza and Kana, but Leena emerged with the doll and told them to seal him.
• Lazy God Number Three dropped enormous Magic Sealing Stone rings, and Erza and the others placed them around Big White Ball’s hands.

Black Long Straight Hair restored the Tenrou Tree, revealed her true guild emblem, and sent Thunder Dragon, Fried, Bickslow, and Evergreen back to base. At the Guild Master battlefield, Gildarts joined Makarov against Hades, whose past as Fairy Tail's Second Generation Guild Master was revealed, and Gildarts began to unseal a powerful form.

• Black Long Straight Hair used Reversal to restore the Tenrou Tree, causing the injured guild members nearby to regain magic power.
• Black Long Straight Hair revealed that her emblem was genuine, said Little Suo had entrusted her with the tree, and sent Thunder Dragon, Fried, Bickslow, and Evergreen toward base.
• Makarov resisted Hades's offer to rejoin him, and Gildarts arrived to break Hades's Light Chain attack.
• Makarov and Gildarts attacked Hades together, but Hades absorbed Makarov's Golden Light Beam with his Black Shield and returned it with greater force.
• Makarov explained that Hades had once been Fairy Tail's Second Generation Guild Master, while Hades continued fighting Gildarts and Makarov.
• After Hades's attacks forced him to act, Gildarts unsealed his power, revealing a Semi-mechanical Lifeform wrapped in Purple-Gold Armor.

Makarov and his allies fought Hades and Bluenote, but Hades escaped with Makarov during the confusion. Lazy God and Gildarts used a Space Disc to pursue him, while Mira, Elfman, Lisanna, and Gajeel faced several figures approaching the base.

• Orange-haired handsome uncle used the Purple-Gold Battle Armor to knock Hades down, then accidentally crashed into him while adjusting to its weight.
• Bluenote used gravity magic to send Orange-haired handsome uncle flying, but he returned in the Purple-Gold Rocket and narrowly missed Bluenote.
• Hades knocked out Makarov and left with him while Lazy God and Orange-haired handsome uncle argued, then continued their argument after realizing Makarov was gone.
• Lazy God found Makarov's location on the Space Disc and vanished with Gildarts to pursue him.
• Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna heard movement in the bushes and saw a large silhouette, while Gajeel and others noticed noises from other directions around the base.

Lazy God and Gildarts attacked Grimoire Heart’s cruiser to rescue Makarov as Hades continued his plan to create the Great Magic World. Lazy God transformed into a Black Great Dragon and destroyed the cruiser, while Jilia turned back toward Tenrou Island after hearing his roar.

• The injured long-ponytailed man limped toward the aerial cruiser, determined to help his Guild Master and build the Great Magic World.
• Lazy God and Gildarts arrived near Grimoire Heart’s cruiser, while Black Meow Meow, Viola, and Panther Lily planned to search it through a ventilation shaft.
• Hades ordered Makarov taken to Interrogation Room Number Seven, and Cole brought the injured Lucy to Fairy Tail’s temporary base as the guild members regrouped.
• Lazy God and Gildarts attacked the cruiser, and Hades seized Makarov while insisting he would continue his plan.
• Lazy God transformed into a Black Great Dragon and crushed the Purple Cloaks and cruiser, leaving Hades and Makarov stunned by the power he had achieved.
• After hearing Lazy God’s roar, Jilia turned back toward Tenrou Island, and Armored Dragon and Sticky Dragon followed her.

Fairy Tail’s allies were ambushed while the Black Great Dragon relentlessly attacked Hades and the others. With Makarov rescued, Hades realized the dragon could no longer be controlled and tried to retreat as the Pink-haired spiky head followed Sordil’s scent.

• The group discovered that Sordil had summoned multiple Thought Bodies, then Erza and the others were caught in an explosive ambush by the Red-Eyed Saiyan.
• Bluenote stopped ice and lightning attacks with gravity magic while Gray, Laxus, and their allies engaged the attackers and pursued Big White Ball.
• The Black Great Dragon stopped short of hitting Makarov, then turned its rage on the Purple Cloaks and Hades.
• After a shout revealed that Makarov had been rescued, Hades tried to flee, but the Black Great Dragon blasted him back and attacked with fists and Dragon Breath.
• The Pink-haired spiky head caught Sordil’s scent and hurried toward him.

Viola and the Exceeds escaped the wrecked air cruiser and spotted a Black Dragon performing a strange dance beside an enormous heart before approaching it to complete their mission. Meanwhile, battles raged across Tenrou Island: Gildarts learned about Pitiful Suo’s Dragon’s Demise, the Fairy Tail teams fought Hades’s allies, and Laxus unleashed his Lightning Dragon power against the long-ponytailed man.

• Viola, Happy, Purple Meow Meow, Blue Meow Meow, and Panther Lily survived the air cruiser’s collapse and saw the Black Dragon beside the enormous heart.
• Makarov told Gildarts that Pitiful Suo had developed Dragon’s Demise in Edolas and explained that Sordil’s strength increased in his transformed state.
• Erza and Gray’s group confronted the Flame Emperor, while Juvia joined Gray and Iron Block teamed up with Elfman, upsetting Blue-haired shorty.
• Big White Ball used Fried and Bickslow’s hair to target Evergreen and Fried, then struck a blonde figure who appeared between them.
• Laxus transformed with Lightning Dragon markings, blasted the long-ponytailed man, and used gravity to slam him back into the ground before attacking again with Raging Volt.

Erza and the others continued fighting the intruders while rescuing captives and countering ambushes around the ancient tree. Laxus unleashed a faster golden lightning form but felt the strain afterward, and the chapter ended with Mira and Erza facing the charging Wild Red-Eyed Saiyan.

• Vines crept toward Yumaz and Kawaz, who silently recognized the figure emerging from the ancient tree.
• Gajeel, Fried, and Bickslow fought their opponents as the rescued allies ambushed them with eggs and magic; Bickslow and his allies defeated Big White Ball and prepared to shackle him.
• Laxus transformed his lightning and struck Bluenote with an explosive flash-step attack, but his body quickly showed the strain.
• A vine tried to break the Magic Sealing Stone handcuffs, but Negus stopped it; Kana, Negus, and their allies then overwhelmed Azuma.
• Mira and Erza argued with Gray and others about their mishaps before turning to face the charging Wild Red-Eyed Saiyan.

Erza, Mira, and Gray drove Wild Red-Eyed Saiyan away while Fairy Tail’s allies fought Hades’s guards and destroyed the Dark Purple Heart that sustained him. With Hades unconscious and the heart gone, the Black Dragon form receded, and Lazy God collapsed into sleep.

• Erza and Mira blocked Wild Red-Eyed Saiyan’s attack, then Gray froze him long enough for the demon to blast him into the distance.
• Black Dragon battered Hades while Panther Lily, Viola, and Happy attacked the Purple Cloaks guarding the Dark Purple Heart.
• Thunder Dragon defeated the long-ponytailed opponent after overpowering his Super Gravity Ball with lightning.
• Panther Lily seized the captain’s Crimson Great Sword and used its enlarged form to break the heart’s protective barrier and split the Dark Purple Heart.
• Viola burned the heart’s remains, causing Hades to wither and fall unconscious.
• Black Dragon reverted to Lazy God, who collapsed and fell asleep.

Fairy Tail defeated the remaining demons as Gildarts returned, but Sordil sealed the guild behind barriers when a feared dragon approached. Makarov revealed that Sordil had long guarded against a pair of Black Wings that could bring despair.

• Purple Meow Meow and the others captured Lazy God and Hades while Gajeel and Fried defeated their opponents, leaving Gajeel exhausted.
• Gildarts returned to the guild’s makeshift base, and Kana began to approach the man she had kept in her heart for years.
• A dragon’s roar sounded, and Sordil ordered the Third Fleet to cover Fairy Tail’s retreat as allies rushed toward the approaching threat.
• Gildarts and the others found themselves trapped behind barriers, and Makarov explained that Sordil had kept Erza away from danger while guarding against a dragon.
• Makarov identified the approaching danger as a pair of Black Wings that blotted out the sky and brought despair.

Two Black Dragons fought while Colverman led the Princesses and Fairy Tail away, but Natsu recognized the red-eyed dragon as Sordil and rushed back into the battle. The Council troops then confronted Colverman, who denied having any Magic Council investigators with him as Mest was secretly silenced and hidden.

• Colverman ordered the evacuation of the Princesses and Fairy Tail, and the formation carried them away despite their protests.
• The red-eyed Black Dragon fought the blue-black dragon, and Natsu recognized the red-eyed one as Old Man Sordil.
• Natsu attacked the blue-black dragon, but Lazy God knocked him away and warned him that the dragon could not be trusted to reveal Igneel’s location.
• Lazy God and the blue-black dragon resumed their battle as Black Long Straight Hair shielded herself with ice and Sankuro hid in a trench.
• Lahar confronted Colverman and claimed he had come to welcome Magic Council investigators, but Colverman denied that any investigators were present while his soldiers concealed Mest.