Chapter Summaries

During Fairy Tail’s second assessment, Lucy persuaded Yun Feiyang to let every team advance, and the guild celebrated with a bonfire party. Yun Feiyang revealed that Kana was Gildarts’s daughter, leaving Gildarts to approach her for a long-awaited reunion.

• Yun Feiyang judged the teams’ captured Magic Beasts, and Lucy argued that Kana and her team’s rabbit should not count as a loss, so he advanced everyone.
• The guild held a bonfire party, where Mira sang and Gajeel’s performance prompted Yun Someone to kick him off the stage.
• Yun Feiyang told Gildarts that Kana was the daughter he had never met, and Gildarts realized she was his child.
• Yun Feiyang announced the reunion to the guild, and everyone gathered to watch as Gildarts nervously approached Kana.

Gildarts and Kana reunited as father and daughter, then Yun Feiyang prepared Fairy Tail for Grimoire Heart’s attack and assigned the Seven Kin of Purgatory as opponents for the third examination stage. He revealed details about Capricorn and Lucy’s mother before claiming he was Lucy’s father, leaving Lucy furious and ready to fight him.

• Gildarts apologized to Kana, and she accepted him as her father before asking about her late mother, Cornelia.
• Yun Feiyang warned Fairy Tail that Grimoire Heart would attack the next day, then assured the Guild he had already made preparations.
• Yun Feiyang presented the Seven Kin of Purgatory as opponents for the third stage of the examination, assigning Zancrow to Natsu.
• Yun Feiyang explained that Capricorn had been trapped in the Human World by Zoodiar and that Layla had arranged for three Celestial Spirit keys to eventually be returned to Lucy.
• Yun Feiyang claimed he was thirty-nine and Lucy’s father, prompting Lucy to tremble with rage and challenge him.

Yun Feiyang assigned Fairy Tail members to fight Grimoire Heart’s leaders and revealed that he had arranged the enemy’s operation through an undercover agent. He planned to confront Hades himself, but Erza and Laxus insisted on fighting too, so he agreed to let them face Hades first.

• Yun Feiyang assigned Lucy and Kana to free Capricorn and reclaim his key, then matched Fried, Elfman, Juvia, Levy, and Gajeel against Grimoire Heart’s other leaders.
• Yun Feiyang revealed that Ultear was Ur’s daughter, and Gray vowed to explain the truth to her despite the danger.
• Yun Feiyang assigned Bluenote Stinger to Gildarts and said he would handle Hades with a plan rather than a fair duel.
• Yun Feiyang revealed that he had arranged Grimoire Heart’s operation with help from an undercover agent in its upper ranks.
• Erza and Laxus demanded a chance to fight, and Yun Feiyang agreed to let them face Hades first.

Yun Feiyang revealed that Hades was Precht Gelberg, leaving Makarov devastated as Fairy Tail prepared for war. The Seven Kin of Purgatory landed on Tenrou Island and were trapped in separate battlefields, where Yun Feiyang dismissed Zancrow as too weak before leaving him to Natsu.

• Yun Feiyang told Makarov that Hades was Fairy Tail's Second Generation Guild Master, Precht Gelberg, and warned that Precht was now their enemy.
• Makarov accepted Yun Feiyang's battle plan despite his grief, while Laxus vowed to settle things with Precht for him.
• Ultear led the Seven Kin of Purgatory ashore on Tenrou Island and assigned Azuma to target the Sirius Tree.
• A prepared spell formation teleported the Seven Kin into separate battlefields, pairing them against Fairy Tail members.
• Yun Feiyang blocked Zancrow's Flame God's Fist effortlessly, judged him unqualified to become a true God, and left him to fight Natsu.

Ultear confronted Gray over Ur’s death, but his sincere words softened her anger even as she continued to punish him. Meanwhile, Lisanna’s fight against Melt gained an unexpected ally, and Lucy and her companions tried to awaken Capricorn’s true self, Zoodiar.

• Ultear bound Gray with Ice-Make: Rose Garden, and Gray insisted that Ur had loved and missed her before offering his life to help her forgive Ur.
• Ultear decided to keep beating Gray, but Melt’s Emotion Link made Gray experience Juvia’s overwhelming feelings, which left Melt confused and Lisanna frustrated.
• Lisanna called for Yun Feiyang, but Little White answered instead; Yun Feiyang assured her he had prepared for the fight, and Little White charged at Melt under rules allowing family and partners to join.
• Lucy, Loke, and Kana fought Capricorn, and Lucy identified him as Zoodiar, the Celestial Spirit who had been fused with him for seventeen years.
• Kana restrained Capricorn while Lucy urged Zoodiar to remember his promise to her mother, Layla, and encouraged Capricorn to return to the Spirit World.

Fried and Bickslow fought Rustyrose while Haineko manipulated Elfman into attacking Evergreen, and Gajeel and Levy faced Azuma. Elfman broke free to protect Evergreen, while Gajeel shielded Levy and pressed his attack on Azuma.

• Fried weakened Rustyrose's manifested weapons with Word Magic, and Bickslow attacked him as they fought back against his summoned beasts.
• Haineko used Elfman's hair and a doll to force him to attack Evergreen, but Elfman resisted and declared his love for her.
• Elfman broke Haineko's control and charged at her to protect Evergreen.
• Azuma's chain explosions caught Gajeel and Levy among the trees, but Gajeel shielded Levy and survived.
• Gajeel cut through Azuma's trees, and Levy used Solid Script to supply him with iron and flame.
• Azuma attacked Levy with a Branch Sword, but Gajeel protected her and charged at Azuma in a fury.

Yun Feiyang revealed that Ultear had been spying for him, while the Fairy Tail members defeated the Seven Kin of Purgatory and regrouped. Elfman and Evergreen confessed their feelings and kissed, as Ultear returned to Grimoire Heart’s airship near Tenrou Island.

• Yun Feiyang freed Gray and explained that Ultear had agreed to spy for him in exchange for beating Gray up, and that she was acting for Ur.
• Natsu defeated Zancrow, Lucy separated Capricorn and Zoodiar, Fried and Bickslow killed Rustyrose, Elfman defeated Haineko, Juvia won Melt over, and Gajeel killed Azuma.
• Levy tried to get Gajeel to understand her feelings, but he missed the hint and she stormed off.
• Evergreen accepted Elfman’s declaration, and they embraced and kissed before the guild members applauded them.
• Ultear returned to Grimoire Heart’s airship as it approached Tenrou Island.

Ultear lured Hades and Grimoire Heart into attacking Tenrou Island, where Laxus’s Fairy Law crippled their forces. Hades then faced Makarov and Yun Feiyang, defending his pursuit of darkness as Yun challenged his belief in Zeref’s ideal world.

• Ultear told Hades that Fairy Tail had ambushed the Seven Kin of Purgatory, prompting Hades to send Bluenote and several hundred Grimoire Heart members into battle.
• Hades’s airship struck Tenrou Island’s barrier, and Bluenote led the troops down to the island.
• Laxus cast Fairy Law, draining the Magic Power and damaging the minds of nearly all the invading Grimoire Heart members.
• Gildarts confronted Bluenote while Yun Feiyang brought the others aboard the enemy airship.
• Makarov demanded to know why Precht had turned against Fairy Tail, and Precht defended his pursuit of darkness and Zeref’s Great Magic World.
• Yun Feiyang questioned whether Zeref could create the world Precht imagined and asked whether Precht was satisfied with the gift he had brought.

Fairy Tail overwhelmed Hades with a group assault, but he revealed his supposedly infinite Magic Power and summoned an army of Demons. Just as the Demons were about to attack, Ultear betrayed Hades and weakened him, allowing Yun Feiyang to strike him down.

• Yun Feiyang refused Hades's offer to join him, and the Fairy Tail members charged Hades together.
• Hades unleashed his full Magic Power, but Fairy Tail kept attacking until Gildarts joined the fight.
• Hades blasted everyone away and claimed his Magic Power was infinite before using Forbidden Magic to create an army of Demons.
• Yun Feiyang stopped the others from attacking head-on, and Hades ordered his Demons to tear them apart.
• Ultear revealed that she had betrayed Hades and weakened him, and Yun Feiyang passed through Hades as a Divine Dragon, leaving him wounded and collapsing.

Yun Feiyang stripped Hades of his Magic Power, and Mavis appeared to reunite with the Fairy Tail Guild before Hades died. As the Guild fled the approaching threat, Yun Feiyang stayed behind and faced the Black Dragon King.

• Yun Feiyang used Fairy Law to drain Hades of his Magic Power, leaving him aged and powerless, then Makarov sat with him as he approached death.
• Mavis appeared as a ghost, greeted the Guild, and praised Makarov and Yun Feiyang before asking Hades why he had left the Guild.
• Hades told Mavis that her death had driven him to pursue the essence of the magical path, then died after saying he was grateful to see her again.
• Yun Feiyang sensed a powerful presence approaching and ordered everyone to retreat to the island while he stayed behind.
• Ultear piloted the airship away with plans to collect Melt, and the approaching figure revealed itself as the Black Dragon King, the Dragon of Apocalypse.

Yun Feiyang faced Acnologia on Tenrou Island and tested his strength against the Black Dragon King while explaining to the others that they could not help. After Acnologia dismantled the God of Knights’ attacks, Yun Feiyang unleashed his strongest technique, and Acnologia flew to meet it.

• Yun Feiyang blew back the Fairy Tail mages and Dragon Slayer Mages, warning them that Acnologia’s magic resistance made them too weak to help.
• Yun Feiyang confronted Acnologia and questioned why he had become an evil dragon after killing the dragons that preyed on humanity.
• Acnologia struck Yun Feiyang with a claw, but Yun Feiyang recovered and summoned the God of Knights to continue testing his strength.
• Acnologia destroyed the God of Knights’ shield, sword, spear, and sword-dragon attack, showing that the summon could not touch him.
• Yun Feiyang used the Divine Wind God Slayer Sword and Azure Dragon to form a black Divine Dragon, and Acnologia spread his wings to meet it.

Yun Feiyang and the Dragon Slayer Mages joined forces against Acnologia, but their attacks failed to defeat him. The chapter ended with Yun Feiyang summoning a gigantic Divine Dragon that wounded Acnologia and began battling him in the sky.

• Yun Feiyang’s Vermilion Bird and White Tiger attacks failed to harm Acnologia, who destroyed the summoned Vermilion Bird with his Black Dragon’s Roar.
• Acnologia struck Yun Feiyang down, but Yun Feiyang recovered and told Mavis he would attempt one final move.
• Yun Feiyang called on Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, and Laxus, and they combined their power through Union Magic—Four Symbols Descend.
• The Four Sacred Beasts trapped Acnologia and struck him with their attacks, but he emerged from the explosion largely unharmed and pursued them into the clouds.
• Yun Feiyang summoned a gigantic five-colored Divine Dragon, which battled Acnologia and repeatedly tore open his defenses.

Yun Feiyang stopped the dragons from joining the fight as the Divine Dragon weakened and Acnologia unleashed a full-strength attack on Tenrou Island. Mavis protected the island with Fairy Sphere, trapping its people in frozen time, while Fairy Tail’s disappearance left the guild to face grief, decline, and growing hostility.

• Yun Feiyang warned Igneel, Metallicana, and Grandine not to enter the battle, then explained that the Divine Dragon would run out of energy.
• Acnologia destroyed the weakened Divine Dragon and fired a full-strength attack at Tenrou Island.
• Mavis used Fairy Sphere, combining everyone’s Magic Power with the island’s, to protect Tenrou Island and freeze everyone inside it in time.
• Acnologia left, believing Tenrou Island and its people had been destroyed, while Mavis remained able to move but could not undo the spell.
• Fairy Tail, allied guilds, the Magic Council, and Fiore’s Royal Family searched for the missing people, but Fairy Tail dwindled to barely a dozen members and faced attacks from rival guilds.
• Ultear began to act as Fairy Tail struggled to survive.

After seven years trapped in Fairy Sphere, Yun Feiyang and Fairy Tail’s elite team returned to Magnolia and reunited with the few guild members who had kept Fairy Tail alive. The chapter ended with the group learning how close the guild had come to disbanding.

• Mavis told the awakened team that seven years had passed, and Makarov hurried to return to the guild.
• Yun Feiyang carried the group across the sea and straight to Magnolia, where residents recognized them despite their unchanged appearances.
• Makarov learned that only fifteen members remained in Fairy Tail, including Makao’s son Romeo and Bisca and Alzack’s daughter Asuka.
• The returning team apologized to the remaining members, who welcomed them home with tears and embraces.
• At the dilapidated guild, Makao and the others explained that they had searched for the missing team, lost most of their members, and nearly disbanded because jobs and money had dried up.

After returning to Magnolia, Yun Feiyang learned that masked allies had protected Fairy Tail and Jinanana for seven years. He found Ultear and the others preparing to leave, and they planned to atone for their past by establishing a Guild.

• Yun Feiyang reunited with Romeo and met Bisca and Alzack’s daughter, Asuka, then heard how six masked newcomers had protected Fairy Tail until they left.
• Jinanana reunited with Yun Feiyang and explained that someone had secretly protected her and the Villa for seven years, but she could no longer sense him.
• Yun Feiyang promised to give everyone an explanation and contacted someone at the Church.
• Yun Feiyang found Ultear, Melt, Cobra, Angel, Midnight, and Racer, who revealed they had secretly protected Fairy Tail after Ultear rescued four members of Grimoire Heart.
• Ultear and the others discussed leaving their chosen family behind, and Yun Feiyang asked about their plans; they said they might establish a Guild to atone for their sins.

Yun Feiyang brought Ultear and the other six former enemies back to Fairy Tail, where the guild welcomed them after learning their identities. The guild celebrated its rebirth with a feast, while Makarov began scheming to pass on the Guild Master position to Yun Feiyang.

• Yun Feiyang convinced Ultear and the other six to return with him and face Fairy Tail together.
• Jinanana reunited with Cobra, and the six revealed they had once been members of Grimoire Heart and its Seven Kin.
• Makarov, Mavis, and the guild accepted the six as family and thanked them for protecting Fairy Tail during the Seven Years.
• Yun Feiyang learned Jinanana had kept the money he left at home, and the Tenrou Island Team returned to their unchanged house before going shopping.
• Fairy Tail held a chaotic feast to celebrate its rebirth, and Makarov decided he could retire by making Yun Feiyang the next Guild Master.

Yun Feiyang became Fairy Tail’s Fifth Guild Master, rewarded the members who guarded the guild, and welcomed Laxus back. He then appointed Makarov as Sixth Guild Master and disappeared to survey the changed city.

• Makarov passed the Fifth Guild Master position to Yun Feiyang, who accepted and announced that the guild’s guardians would each receive 10 million J.
• Yun Feiyang reinstated Laxus in Fairy Tail, while Ultear explained that Heiberion and other Holy Ten Great Mages had taken control of the Magic Council.
• Yun Feiyang said he had arranged the council takeover and promised to have the warrants against Ultear and her companions canceled.
• Yun Feiyang named Makarov Fairy Tail’s Sixth Guild Master, then vanished as Makarov angrily protested the appointment.
• Yun Feiyang sat atop a church bell tower and surveyed the city while the frightened Godfather urged people to take shelter.

Yun Feiyang returned to the Fairy Tail Guild, reunited with its members, and told them he would visit the Royal Capital the next day. As Lucy moved in with him because she had nowhere else to go, he left her fuming by joking that she could pay rent with her body.

• Yun Feiyang contacted Arcadius, learned that Princess Jade had missed him, and said he would go to the Royal Capital the next day.
• Yun Feiyang gave Makarov 100 million J after teasing him about the Guild's ruined state.
• Yun Feiyang encouraged Cobra to prepare a wedding with Jinanana and joked about marrying Elfman off to Evergreen.
• Yun Feiyang dodged questions about his own marriage, punched Gray into the sky, and announced that he would visit the Royal Capital.
• Lucy told Yun Feiyang that she had lost her home and had no money, so Yun Feiyang let her move in and teased her about paying rent with her body.

Yun Feiyang brought Mavis to the Royal Capital, where they reunited with Princess Jade and the royal household. The group entered the palace for a banquet, but King Toma and the others could not see Mavis because she was a ghost.

• Yun Feiyang refused Ultear's request to move in with Melt and gave her one billion J to buy her own house.
• Mavis agreed to visit her old friend Worod in the Royal Capital, and she taught Yun Feiyang Fairy Sphere during their train ride.
• Mavis explored the Royal Capital and secretly ate food from street stalls, starting a local legend about a Gluttonous Ghost.
• Princess Jade reunited with Yun Feiyang at the Royal Palace and confessed how much she had missed him.
• Yun Feiyang introduced Mavis to King Toma and the others, explaining that only Fairy members could see her because she was a ghost.

Yun Feiyang learned that Princess Jade had spent years gathering Magic Power for the Eclipse Gate, hoping to travel back in time and save her mother. Jade confessed that she still loved him and asked him for a child, and they kissed.

• Yun Feiyang told King Toma and the First Generation about the Black Dragon, alarming the king.
• Princess Jade pulled Yun Feiyang aside, confessed that she missed him, and asked him to marry her, but he declined.
• Princess Jade told Yun Feiyang that she had followed Ultear's plan to gather Magic Power for Eclipse, though future Rogue had never appeared.
• Princess Jade explained that the Eclipse Gate could allow travel to different points in time, but travelers would need to gather Magic Power again to return.
• Princess Jade revealed that she wanted to go back and save her mother, who died giving birth to her.
• Princess Jade asked Yun Feiyang to give her a child, and they kissed.