Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan headed alone toward the royal capital to draw the kingdom’s attention while Lucy led Natsu, Wendy, Charle, and Happy through a town to buy magic tools. After they stopped at a tea restaurant, Wendy accidentally brought out her tool in public, and Lucy warned her that magic was forbidden.

• Chen Fan assigned tasks to the guild members and set off alone for the royal capital, knowing his limited power could not protect everyone.
• Natsu, Wendy, Charle, and Happy entered a town with Lucy, who explained that the kingdom had banned magic trading and treated possession of magic as a crime.
• Charle reasoned that magic in this world was contained in objects such as magic crystals, and Lucy led the group to an underground black market to buy travel supplies.
• After shopping, Lucy took the group to a tea restaurant, where they talked about the other Lucy and Lucy laughed at the differences between them.
• Wendy fiddled with her newly bought magic tool in public, and Lucy shouted at her to put it away because magic use was banned.

Charle, Lucy, Natsu, Happy, and Wendy discussed the kingdom’s control of magic and wondered whether Chen Fan had come to this world. The Kingdom Army found them, and Natsu’s newly acquired magic weapon failed to defeat its soldiers.

• Charle agreed that magic had once been part of everyday life, and Lucy said the kingdom had stolen magic from the people.
• Natsu proposed defeating the kingdom, while Lucy insisted she had only wanted to guide the group to the capital.
• Happy and Wendy asked about Chen Fan, and Lucy reacted excitedly when Natsu wondered if Chen Fan had come too.
• The Kingdom Army found the group and ordered the Fairy Tail wizards to surrender.
• Natsu fired a Flame Attack at the soldiers, but their magical shield blocked it, and the weapon ran out of uses.

Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Charle, and Wendy fled the Kingdom Army, then encountered another Lucy who was being arrested. Their Lucy discovered she could summon Celestial Spirits in this world and helped them escape, while Natsu urged her to use magic against their pursuers.

• Wendy broke her magical weapon, creating a hurricane that swept Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Charle into a nearby building.
• The group hid in a house but found the Kingdom Army closing in and saw soldiers arresting another Lucy.
• Natsu ran out to rescue the captive Lucy, and their Lucy summoned Scorpio, who used a sand tornado to sweep away the soldiers.
• As the Kingdom Army pursued them again, Natsu told Lucy to use magic, and she opened the Gate of Aries.

After escaping the Kingdom Army, the group learned that Lucy from Azeroth had been childhood friends with Chen Fan, who had become Fairy Tail’s guild master there. She revealed that Chen Fan had disappeared more than two years earlier, and the conversation ended with her asking Lucy to have Keisha cut her hair.

• Aries held back the Kingdom Army soldiers while the group fled and found a place to hide.
• Lucy from Azeroth told Natsu, Wendy, Happy, Charle, and Lucy that Chen Fan was her childhood friend and the guild master of Fairy Tail in Azeroth.
• Lucy from Azeroth recalled that Chen Fan had always helped her, then said he was engaged to Mira.
• Lucy from Azeroth revealed that Chen Fan had disappeared more than two years earlier and might be dead, bringing her to tears.
• After Lucy comforted her, Lucy from Azeroth asked her to have Keisha cut her hair.

Lucy and the others prepared to continue toward the royal capital after Azeroth's Lucy left to search for Chen Fan. Meanwhile, Chen Fan got lost and accidentally startled the Kingdom Army with his amplified voice.

• Azeroth's Lucy helped Lucy cut her hair short, and Lucy admitted she wanted Chen Fan to see her old appearance.
• The group rested after escaping the Kingdom Army, each preoccupied with their companions and the future.
• The next morning, Lucy discovered that Azeroth's Lucy had left a note saying to head east for three days to reach the royal capital.
• Azeroth's Lucy headed back toward the guild because she wanted to find out whether Chen Fan was someone she knew.
• Chen Fan realized he was lost, called out for directions using vector manipulation, and made a Kingdom Army soldier fall from the sky.

Chen Fan followed the Kingdom Army soldiers’ directions toward the royal capital, unaware they had sent him into danger, and rode there on a giant toad. Meanwhile, Natsu and the others reached the capital and learned Chen Fan had returned, but their ride suddenly took off again.

• The Kingdom Army soldiers chose to misdirect Chen Fan toward the royal capital, and he set off without suspecting them.
• Chen Fan caught a giant toad and rode it toward the capital.
• Azeroth’s Natsu brought Natsu, Wendy, Happy, Charle, and Lucy to the royal capital in a Magic Four-Wheeled Vehicle.
• Azeroth’s Natsu told the group that their Fairy Tail guild master, Chen Fan, had returned, and they welcomed the news.
• The Magic Four-Wheeled Vehicle started moving again, and Natsu called out to his Azeroth counterpart.

Natsu and the others entered the royal capital and discovered that the king was displaying the stolen magic power of Fairy Tail and Magnolia as a spectacle for his people. The king called for more magic power, while the group watched in anger as he shattered a piece of the crystal.

• Natsu left to pick up the missing guild master, while Charle questioned whether Chen Fan could handle the situation.
• Lucy and the others explored the lavish, magic-filled royal capital and followed a crowd to a plaza.
• The group found the Fairy Tail members and Magnolia’s magic power trapped inside an enormous crystal guarded by soldiers.
• The king claimed the magic power had been nurtured by his people and declared that only Azeroth’s subjects deserved to use it.
• The king smashed a piece of the crystal with his staff, delighting the crowd and enraging Natsu and the others.

Natsu and the others struggled to accept the citizens of Azeroth being turned into magic crystals and planned to confront the king to learn how to restore them. Charle revealed an escape tunnel that could let them enter the palace, while they still waited for Chen Fan to arrive.

• Natsu nearly charged into the royal city, but Lucy stopped him and the group retreated to an inn.
• Charle guessed that Chen Fan had been hindered outside Azeroth and might arrive weakened, while Wendy worried about him.
• Charle wondered how they could turn the crystalized citizens back, and Lucy proposed using Gemini to transform into the king and learn his thoughts.
• Natsu insisted they could not wait, but the group realized the king was protected by too many guards to approach directly.
• Charle revealed that a tunnel outside the city led to an escape passage in the palace.

Natsu and the others were betrayed and captured after entering the royal capital, where Erza revealed that Charle and Happy had helped lead them into a trap. Natsu and Wendy were imprisoned, and Shus left them believing Lucy would be killed.

• After nightfall, Natsu and the others entered an underground passage and were trapped by magical restraints and surrounded by Kingdom Army soldiers.
• Erza appeared, identified the group as intruders, and ordered the guards to take them away.
• Erza thanked Charle and Happy for escorting the intruders and welcomed Wendy back as a Transcender.
• Natsu and Wendy were locked in a room, where Shus said Charle and Happy would return to where they belonged and Lucy would be killed.
• Natsu struck the sealed iron door in anger but could not use magic to escape.
• Several leaders of the Kingdom of Azeroth discussed matters inside the royal palace.

Azeroth’s leaders learned that Lucy possessed magic and discussed the order to kill Fairy Tail members, then heard that Shuka had been killed by Fairy Tail’s Guild Master. Erza went to Lucy’s cell, where Lucy reflected on the Transcenders and Queen Shagott’s power.

• Bairo reported that Estland’s mages had magic power within them, though less than the Transcenders.
• King Fast said Queen Shagott had ordered all the intruders killed and asked Erza where Shu BOY was.
• A guard reported that Shuka had been killed by a Fairy Tail member called the Guild Master, who was heading toward the royal capital.
• Fast told the gathered captains that the attacker was an Estland Fairy Tail member, not Chen Fan, whom Fast claimed to have killed.
• Erza went to Lucy’s cell, and Lucy recalled that the Transcenders’ Queen Shagott was regarded as a god whose orders determined who lived or died.

Erza threatened Lucy after learning she was connected to Chen Fan, but Chen Fan arrived in the royal capital and caught Lucy as she fell. The two reunited, and Lucy confronted him about his wandering hand.

• Erza told Lucy that everyone was fine but that the Queen had ordered Lucy killed on sight.
• Lucy said that Chen Fan liked Erza, and Erza angrily dragged her outside and declared that she would kill anyone named Chen Fan.
• Erza threw Lucy from a great height, and Lucy called for Chen Fan as she fell.
• Chen Fan swooped down on a giant frog and caught Lucy, explaining that he had accidentally jumped above the clouds.
• Lucy argued with Chen Fan and jumped from his arms after catching him groping her.

Chen Fan saved Lucy from the false Erza and faced a kingdom army surrounding them while Happy and Charle reported that Fairy Tail had been turned into magic crystals. King Fast ordered his troops to kill Chen Fan.

• The false Erza attacked Chen Fan, but her strike rebounded, and Lucy warned him that she was not the real Erza.
• Pansa Lili ordered the kingdom soldiers to surround Chen Fan and Lucy as Happy and Charle arrived with their clansmen pursuing them.
• Chen Fan broke Lucy’s magical restraints and learned that Natsu and Wendy had been captured and Fairy Tail’s members crystalized.
• Chen Fan reassured Happy and Charle that he had sent help for Natsu and Wendy, and Charle promised to protect Wendy.
• King Fast identified Chen Fan as a man from Estland and ordered the soldiers to kill him.

Chen Fan devastated the royal palace with Vector Manipulation while the Kingdom Army attacked, then stayed behind to fight Erza and Pansa Lili as Lucy, Happy, and Charle went to find Natsu and Wendy. Lucy and her companions reached the others, where Gray and Erza were already battling Azeroth’s forces.

• Chen Fan’s stomp cracked the ground and brought down buildings across the royal palace, forcing the Kingdom Army to flee.
• Erza attacked Chen Fan with a Sonic Spear, while Pansa Lili’s sneak attack was reflected and hurled him into a building.
• Chen Fan dodged Erza’s explosive spear and sent Lucy, Happy, and Charle to find Natsu and Wendy while he stayed to fight.
• Gray froze much of the Kingdom Army with Ice Make Ice Cannon, and Erza attacked them with Heavenly Wheel Sword Dance.
• Lucy, Happy, and Charle reached the battle and called out to Erza and Gray.

Lucy, Happy, and Charle reunited with Erza and Gray, who had been restored from magic crystals by Gajeel, and the group split up to rescue Natsu and Wendy and confront Azeroth’s Erza. Chen Fan continued to hold off Azeroth’s Erza effortlessly, and she walked toward him again after he sent her crashing through a wall.

• Lucy explained that she had reached Erza and Gray by hiding inside Horologium, and they said Gajeel had freed them by shattering their crystals with Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Happy told Erza and Gray that Chen Fan had brought down the palace with a kick, and Gray asked where Natsu and Wendy were.
• Lucy said Natsu and Wendy were imprisoned underground, so she, Gray, Happy, and Charle went to rescue them while Erza ran upstairs to confront her counterpart.
• Azeroth’s Erza attacked Chen Fan with her Spear of Light, but he redirected her blows and sent her flying through a wall.
• Azeroth’s Erza kicked away the rubble and walked toward Chen Fan again.

Chen Fan stopped Azeroth's Erza from exposing herself and let Erza Scarlet fight her counterpart. The two Erzas exchanged fierce blows and introduced themselves, leaving their duel underway.

• Azeroth's Erza began taking off her clothes, so Chen Fan used a cloud of dust to hide them from the onlookers.
• Erza Scarlet arrived, ordered Azeroth's Erza to dress and pick up her weapon, then took over the fight while Chen Fan went to help the others.
• Chen Fan kissed Erza Scarlet on the cheek before fleeing, and both Erzas charged at each other with their magic.
• The two Erzas wounded one another in a fierce clash, then calmed down and introduced themselves by their full names and affiliations.

Erza fought her Azeroth counterpart, who revealed the shifting forms of her Magic Spear, while Lucy and the others revived Natsu and Wendy. Wendy warned that the Kingdom Army planned to destroy Extalia by ramming it with the guild's Lacrima, leaving the group facing an urgent threat to Happy and Charle's people.

• Azeroth's Erza used changing spear forms to attack Erza, who switched armor to evade and withstand her strikes.
• Azeroth's Erza announced she would reveal the true power of the Ten Commandments Spear as the duel escalated.
• Lucy, Charle, Gray, and Happy found Natsu and Wendy unconscious, and Gray gave them medicine from Mystogan that restored their ability to use magic.
• Natsu woke, learned they had to stop the enemy, and ran off before Lucy could catch him.
• Wendy woke and revealed that the Kingdom Army planned to use the guild's Lacrima as a projectile to destroy Extalia, where Happy and Charle's people lived.

King Fast prepared to revive his son with Dragon Slayer Magic, while Chen Fan fought his way through the palace to reach the king. Chen Fan’s stomp shook the palace and alerted Lucy, Gray, Wendy, and Happy underground.

• Bairo told King Fast that Dragon Slayer Magic had been extracted, and Fast led him to a crystal coffin in a hidden hall.
• King Fast called on his son, the First Prince of Azeroth, to repay him as Dragon Slayer Magic flowed into the coffin.
• Chen Fan advanced through palace guards, whose attacks failed and who fled when he smiled and raised his foot.
• Chen Fan stomped hard enough to shake the entire palace while trying to force the king to reveal himself.
• Lucy recognized Chen Fan’s power, and Gray complained that the shaking might bury them underground.

Chen Fan reached King Fast’s palace and encountered Azeroth’s version of himself, who attacked him with a corrosive magic made from multiple Dragon Slayer powers. The chapter left Chen Fan facing the attack while his ability to calculate magic remained impaired.

• Natsu arrived in a Magic Four-Wheeled Vehicle and rescued Lucy, Gray, and the others from the collapsing area.
• King Fast spoke to Chen Fan through a magic device and revealed that Azeroth’s Chen Fan had come to him.
• Chen Fan destroyed the magic device with a coin, then saw Azeroth Chen Fan emerge from a passage behind the throne.
• Azeroth Chen Fan attacked Chen Fan with magic that melted the palace wall, and Chen Fan recognized traces of Natsu’s and Wendy’s Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Chen Fan avoided testing the composite magic directly because his computational capacity had not fully recovered.

Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, and Charle escaped the collapsing tunnel and continued toward the magic crystal threatening Extalia. After Azeroth's Natsu left them at Shus's magical amusement park, Natsu assigned his friends separate routes and prepared to lead the others through it.

• Azeroth's Natsu rescued Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Charle, and the vomiting Natsu from the collapsing tunnel and said he was taking them to stop the magic crystal from colliding with Extalia.
• Azeroth's Natsu explained that Chen Fan had sent him, then admitted he could take them only as far as Shus's amusement park because his Magic Four-Wheeled Vehicle could not fly.
• Gray thanked Azeroth's Natsu, who drove away to continue his own mission, while Natsu recovered from fainting and assessed the obstacle ahead.
• Natsu told Happy to find Gajeel and take him to the magic crystal, and sent Charle and Wendy to ask the Transcenders for help.
• Natsu said he, Gray, and Lucy would charge through the amusement park, surprising Gray and Lucy with his newfound calm and intelligence.

Chen Fan used Vector Manipulation to overwhelm his Azeroth counterpart, Black-Clad Chen Fan, and leave him broken against a wall. As Black-Clad Chen Fan’s severed limbs began regenerating as black paste, the fight remained unresolved.

• Chen Fan noticed that Black-Clad Chen Fan was already badly injured but still recovering from earlier damage.
• Chen Fan used coins as high-speed projectiles, wounded Black-Clad Chen Fan’s legs, and fractured his arms.
• Black-Clad Chen Fan tried to gather black magic for an attack, but Chen Fan struck his jaw and interrupted him.
• Black-Clad Chen Fan released dangerous black mist and rapidly healed his wounds, prompting Chen Fan to attack more forcefully.
• Chen Fan blasted off Black-Clad Chen Fan’s limbs and slammed him into a wall, where the severed parts began turning into black paste and gathering toward his body.