Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan attacked the invisible-capable Demon’s Heart airship twice with coin shots, but Urutia restored it each time and Hades made it vanish. Chen Fan asked Makarov for help finding the hidden ship, but Makarov knew no suitable detection magic.

• Chen Fan fired a coin through Demon’s Heart’s airship, and Urutia restored the destroyed vessel with Time Arc.
• Urutia explained that Chen Fan’s devastating attack had come from an ordinary coin, frightening Zancrow and the others.
• Chen Fan struck the airship again, but Urutia restored it once more after several crew members were thrown out.
• Hades activated the airship’s invisibility magic and prepared to redeploy while the guild members recovered from Chen Fan’s attacks.
• Chen Fan asked Makarov for detection magic to locate the hidden airship, but Makarov said he could not help.

Chen Fan explained his Vector Manipulation ability to Makarov, while Hades rallied Demon's Heart after Chen Fan's attacks frightened its members. Hades ordered his forces to disrupt Fairy Tail from within, as the S-Class exam participants on Tenrou Island remained unaware of the clash.

• Chen Fan told Makarov that his esper ability was Vector Manipulation and demonstrated how he concentrated force to launch a coin with destructive power.
• Demon's Heart's members recovered from Chen Fan's attacks, and Zancrow, Kain Hikaru, Meredy, Rustyrose, and Goat Head Caprico reacted with fear or unease.
• Hades urged his guild to avoid fighting Chen Fan directly and ordered the Seven Kin of Purgatory to target the other Fairy Tail members.
• Hades told Urutia to notify Azuma and the others to disrupt Fairy Tail from within and keep Chen Fan occupied.
• On Tenrou Island, the exam participants continued thinking about the second stage, while Lucy sat on a rock and pondered.

Lucy realized the words in the exam’s clue pointed her and Kana toward the First Generation Guild Master’s grave, while Gray and Loke followed them. Gajeel and Levy were attacked by members of the dark guild Demon’s Heart on the island.

• Lucy interpreted the clue about the grave and led Kana toward the graveyard.
• Gray and Loke, unable to find the grave, decided to follow Lucy and Kana.
• Gajeel complained about the exam while Levy urged him to stop shouting.
• A samurai-armored attacker from Demon’s Heart slashed at Levy, and Gajeel blocked the strike.
• Gajeel and Levy recognized the attackers as members of a dark guild and questioned why they were on the island.

Levy and Gajeel fought two Demon's Heart invaders, Yumaz and Kawaz, and defeated them through coordinated magic. They rested after the battle, reflecting that Chen Fan's involvement had changed how the encounter played out.

• Levy identified the strangers as foreign invaders, and Gajeel welcomed the chance to fight them.
• Yumaz used Solid Script to deafen the guild members, while Kawaz attacked Gajeel from behind; Levy pulled Gajeel clear and canceled the sound spell with Silence.
• Levy burned Kawaz's eggs and created iron for Gajeel to eat, then attacked Kawaz with Snow as Gajeel fought Yumaz.
• Levy and Gajeel combined Fire and Iron Dragon's Club to knock both enemies back, and Gajeel finished them with Iron God Sword.
• Gajeel praised Levy's strength, and the two sat down to recover after their first battle together.

Erza, Juvia, Levy, and Gajeel learned that Demon's Heart had infiltrated Tenrou Island to find Zeref, and Erza suspended the exam to protect the guild members. After a warning flare alerted the island, Chen Fan told Makarov that Demon's Heart's master, Hades, was actually Fairy Tail's second master, Precht.

• Levy told Gajeel that Fairy Tail's members were training to become stronger so they would not burden Chen Fan, and Gajeel insisted he would defeat him someday.
• Erza and Juvia arrived and learned from Levy that members of Demon's Heart had attacked them.
• After Erza questioned Yumaz, he revealed that Demon's Heart was searching for Zeref, who was asleep on the island, and Erza knocked him unconscious.
• Erza suspended the exam and fired a red signal flare to warn the island that enemies had infiltrated.
• Makarov and Chen Fan saw the flare, and Chen Fan revealed that Hades was Precht, Fairy Tail's second master.

Chen Fan decided to let Fairy Tail face Demon's Heart rather than shield the guild from every danger, and announced that the S-Class examination would continue as a battle against the invading dark guild. He laid out a points system for defeating Demon's Heart members, but the chapter ended before the fighting began.

• Makarov asked Chen Fan whether he had made his decision, and Chen Fan resolved to trust the guild members to grow through hardship.
• Chen Fan fired his green signal flare, telling everyone on the island that the examination would continue despite Demon's Heart's presence.
• Chen Fan amplified his voice across the island, announcing the enemy invasion and rallying Fairy Tail to defeat Demon's Heart.
• Chen Fan declared the second stage over and the third stage underway, awarding points for defeating Demon's Heart members according to their rank.
• Chen Fan announced that defeating one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory was worth 100 points.

Chen Fan announced the S-Class examination rules and provoked Demon's Heart, while Fairy Tail’s candidates prepared to fight. Hades sent Caprico and the guild’s members after them, and Chen Fan noticed their move.

• Chen Fan announced that points would be tallied after the opponents were defeated, warned the candidates to avoid a black-haired lunatic, and declared his love for Erza and Mira.
• Lucy, Kana, Levy, Gajeel, Gray, Loke, Elfman, Evergreen, Natsu, and Happy prepared to continue the examination.
• Hades rallied Demon's Heart and ordered Caprico to take the guild’s members into battle, leaving the Seven Kin of Purgatory behind.
• Caprico clapped, making everyone aboard the aircraft except the Seven Kin of Purgatory vanish, then flew away with a glider.
• Chen Fan noticed Demon's Heart’s departure and flicked a coin into the air.

Chen Fan attacked Hades's aircraft despite claiming the confrontation was only a test, then urged Makarov and the Fairy Tail mages to hunt down Grimoire Heart. As Hades raged at Chen Fan's taunts, Gajeel and Levy hid to ambush weaker opponents, while Gray and Loke agreed to fight together.

• Chen Fan fired another laser at Hades's aircraft, prompting Rustyrose to complain about his shamelessness and Hades to seethe at the humiliation.
• Chen Fan told Makarov that he had never promised to leave the intruders alone, then headed inland to attack Grimoire Heart's members.
• Chen Fan summoned the mages and told them to ignore rules, use duels or group attacks, and claim credit for the final blow.
• Hades roared for Chen Fan's death, while his followers restrained him and urged him not to fall for a provocation.
• Gajeel and Levy, still recovering their magic, hid to ambush weaker enemies.
• Gray and Loke agreed to gang up on their opponents.

Wendy and Mest encountered Charle and Lili, who exposed Mest as an impostor before he saved Wendy from an attack. Azuma revealed himself as one of Demon's Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory, leaving the group facing an enemy on Tenrou Island.

• Natsu insisted on fighting one-on-one, then chased after Happy and apologized when Happy flew away.
• Wendy refused Mest's suggestion to hide and said she wanted to protect the guild.
• Charle and Lili challenged Mest, and Lili accused him of manipulating the guild members' memories.
• Mest teleported beside Wendy and pulled her out of the way of a spell that exploded where she had been standing.
• Azuma emerged from a tree and identified himself as one of Demon's Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory.

Chen Fan and Makarov arrived to help Wendy, Lili, Charle, and Mest fight Azuma, while Chen Fan’s Thought Bodies distracted Zeref by the sea. The fight continued as Azuma realized Hades had not told him about their arrival.

• Mest revealed that he belonged to the Magic Council, but Azuma destroyed the nearby gunboat.
• Lili charged Azuma, was hurt by his steam and explosive magic, and then fought on with Wendy’s support spell.
• Wendy asked Mest to help with a battle plan, and he teleported them behind Azuma before an explosion blasted them away.
• Chen Fan caught Wendy and revealed that he and Makarov had arrived; Makarov told Wendy to ask Chen Fan how they got there.
• Zeref realized the people by the sea were Chen Fan’s Thought Bodies, while Chen Fan’s real group had gone elsewhere.
• Azuma was shocked that Hades had not warned him about Chen Fan and Makarov’s arrival.

Chen Fan fought Azuma on Tenrou Island, but Azuma escaped into the giant tree. Hades sent out the other Seven Kin of Purgatory, and Natsu encountered Zancrow while hunting for opponents.

• Chen Fan protected Wendy, then confronted Azuma and deflected his leaf and branch attacks before surviving Azuma’s explosions unharmed.
• Chen Fan asked Makarov to help catch Azuma, but Azuma escaped into the giant tree.
• After receiving Azuma’s report, Hades sent out the other Seven Kin of Purgatory and focused on finding Zeref.
• Natsu and Happy defeated a group of Dark Guild members and counted their points.
• Zancrow introduced himself to Natsu and Happy as a God Slayer Mage and one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory.

Fairy Tail's mages fought Demon's Heart across the island while Hades sent a hidden ally to confront Chen Fan. Lucy and Kana defeated a group of grunts with a trap, then joked around as Virgo appeared.

• Natsu attacked a God Slayer Mage with Fire Dragon's Roar, while Gray and Loke froze Demon's Heart members with a combination of their magic.
• Elfman, Evergreen, Levy, and Gajeel hunted isolated grunts as they sought stronger opponents.
• A figure asked Hades for permission to act, and Hades said he would separate Makarov from Chen Fan and send the figure after Chen Fan.
• Lucy and Kana baited Demon's Heart grunts into charging them, then used a cave-in and Kana's lightning magic to defeat them.
• Kana teased Lucy about Chen Fan's charm and playfully squeezed her breasts before Virgo emerged from the ground and offered to train Lucy.

As the weather turned, Chen Fan explained how the Tenrou Tree protected Fairy Tail’s magic and stayed behind to defend it. Hades confronted Makarov at Mavis Vermillion’s grave while Chen Fan sensed Demon's Heart’s gravity-manipulating Vice President and went to face him.

• Lucy and Kana discussed their plan to secure the final blows and talked about Lucy wanting to learn more about Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan explained to Wendy, Charle, Mest, and Makarov that a member of the Seven Kin of Purgatory could weaken Fairy Tail by attacking the Tenrou Tree.
• Rain began, and Makarov silently prayed at Mavis Vermillion’s grave before Hades appeared and challenged him.
• Chen Fan sensed the Vice President altering the force field, told Wendy and Charle to stay with Makarov, and went to confront him.

Chen Fan learned that Makarov’s Thought Body had vanished and, furious that Hades had drawn the old man to the First Generation’s grave, confronted Blue Note. At the grave, Makarov faced Hades, who revealed he intended to capture the guild members and use them to pressure Chen Fan.

• Blue Note told Chen Fan that Hades had stayed away because Chen Fan and Makarov together would be too strong, but Chen Fan was now alone.
• Wendy watched Makarov’s Thought Body dissolve, and Chen Fan realized the old man had gone to the First Generation’s grave to stop Hades and protect Tenrou Island.
• Chen Fan ordered Blue Note to move, and his anger made all of Tenrou Island tremble without any visible surge of magic power.
• Urutia sensed the island shaking and feared Chen Fan’s fury while searching for Zeref.
• At the First Generation’s grave, Hades greeted Makarov, who confronted his former mentor and demanded that he leave Tenrou Island.
• Hades said he would capture Makarov and the other guild members to use their lives as leverage over Chen Fan, and Makarov attacked him with an enlarged fist.

Hades overpowered Makarov as he defended the First Generation's grave, but Laxus and Gildarts arrived to protect him. After Makarov revealed Hades was Fairy Tail's second master, Precht, the three prepared to fight him together.

• Hades blocked Makarov's attacks, sealed his magic, and battered him with powerful magic arrays as Makarov defended the First Generation's grave.
• Laxus and Gildarts appeared and broke apart Hades's blast before it could overwhelm Makarov's defenses.
• Gildarts explained that Chen Fan had asked him to watch the grave and that Chen Fan had also summoned Laxus.
• Makarov identified Hades as Precht, Fairy Tail's second master, shocking Laxus and Gildarts.
• Laxus declared that all three of them would fight Hades together.

Laxus and Gildarts fought Hades after Laxus attacked him, but Hades proved far stronger and incapacitated Laxus. The battle continued with Gildarts still standing against Hades.

• Laxus charged Hades with lightning attacks, but Hades blocked and evaded them before striking back with magical chains.
• Gildarts cut apart Hades's chains, and he and Laxus exchanged taunts about fighting the much older wizard together.
• Hades angrily rebuked Makarov for Fairy Tail's behavior, and Makarov replied that he had not joined the fight yet.
• Hades formed giant fists from his chains and attacked Gildarts and Laxus, while Gildarts weakened the force and Laxus raced toward Hades.
• Hades pierced Laxus's collarbones with chains, cut off his magic, and hurled him toward Gildarts.

Chen Fan defeated Blue Note and crippled him before preparing to confront Azuma, while Gildarts and Laxus continued fighting Hades. The chapter left Natsu and Zancrow trading evenly matched blows as the battles across Tenrou Island continued.

• Gildarts and Laxus joined forces against Hades after Makarov rescued Laxus, and they challenged Hades’s advice about magic control.
• Chen Fan withstood Blue Note’s gravity magic, reflected a raindrop through Blue Note’s arm, and took control of his Super Gravity Sphere.
• Chen Fan damaged Blue Note’s brain and destroyed the Super Gravity Sphere, while Hades learned that Blue Note had been defeated.
• Chen Fan reassured Wendy and Charle, then called out Azuma and waited by a tree for him to appear.
• Natsu and Zancrow fought on nearly equal terms as Fairy Tail’s members cleared the island of their remaining opponents.

Natsu defeated Zancrow by swallowing his black flames and using Dragon God's Blazing Flame, then headed with Happy toward the tremor as the Fairy Tail wizards converged on Hades. The chapter then shifted to Cain Hikaru, who spotted Lucy and Kana and hid behind a tree while staring at Lucy.

• Natsu told Zancrow that his black flames had reached their limit and swallowed the attack after learning to merge with them.
• Natsu defeated Zancrow with Dragon God's Blazing Flame and asked Happy to go with him toward the tremor.
• Happy agreed to accompany Natsu, who said he would rely on Happy to carry him if they faced an enemy he could not beat.
• Hades called the Seven Kin of Purgatory for help as Fairy Tail's members rushed toward the intense magical battle.
• Cain Hikaru stared at Lucy and Kana, clarified that he meant Lucy when she teased him, and hid behind a tree.

Lucy and Kana chased Kain Hikaru after learning he was one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, while Loke confronted Caprico and uncovered the consequence of Caprico's forbidden magic. Caprico began to reveal how he had become fused with a goat.

• Kain Hikaru charged at Lucy and Kana, knocked Taurus away with one strike, and then fled after claiming Hades had summoned him.
• Kana urged Lucy to follow Kain Hikaru, and the two pursued him.
• Hades ordered the members of Demon's Heart to withdraw and gather at his location, but Caprico stayed to fight Loke.
• Loke questioned Caprico about his seventeen years in the Human World and reminded him that his contract should have made Lucy his master.
• Caprico said he had broken a taboo by using Human Enslavement Magic on a nonhuman species, causing him to fuse with it.

Caprico freed Loke from an unknown entity that had possessed him, and Loke urged Caprico to help Lucy. Urutia found Zeref, who ordered her to end the attack and leave the island, but she blocked his path when he set off to find Chen Fan.

• An unknown entity possessed Loke and declared its intent to kill Lucy, but Caprico struck Loke and forced it out.
• Caprico explained that Leo's King's Light had let him move, and the expelled entity dissolved into bubbles.
• Loke told Caprico to help Lucy because he sensed something major was about to happen.
• Urutia refused to abandon the island and called for Zeref, who emerged from the trees.
• Zeref ordered Urutia to stop the attack and leave, then said he wanted Chen Fan to kill him.
• Urutia stepped in front of Zeref and insisted he had not fully awakened, prompting him to ask if she was defying him.