Chapter Summaries

Wendy unlocked her Second Magic Source and fought Sherry to a draw, earning her respect and friendship. Chen Fan gave up Fairy Tail S-Team’s chance to challenge another team and sent Lili to face Gajeel, beginning their long-awaited battle.

• Wendy opened her Second Magic Source and fought Sherry until time ran out, making their match a draw.
• Sherry healed Wendy, and the two became friends as the crowd applauded them.
• The commentator announced that Fairy Tail S-Team could choose an opponent for the day’s final match.
• Chen Fan declined to fight and sent Lili into the arena instead.
• Lili challenged Gajeel to finish their earlier unfinished battle, and Gajeel accepted.

Lili revealed his strength as he fought Gajeel in the arena, repeatedly outmaneuvering and overpowering him with his weapon and transformations. The guild members were left stunned by Lili’s combat skill, which Erza said surpassed her own.

• Lili transformed and struck Gajeel with his enlarged blade, sending him crashing into the arena wall.
• Gajeel charged with his Iron Dragon’s Club, but Lili dodged, countered his sword, and kicked him away.
• Lili evaded Gajeel’s Iron Dragon’s Roar by shrinking, then returned to full size and knocked him into the wall again.
• Erza told Natsu and the others that Lili’s battle sense and swordsmanship surpassed her own.

Gajeel and Lili fought to a timed draw, with Lili’s combat awareness and strength impressing the arena. Afterward, Laxus asked Makarov about Starlight Lumina, and Mavis revealed that it was Fairy Tail’s “Myth of Light” and a secret reserved for guild masters.

• Gajeel fought Lili with growing agility, but Lili repeatedly outmaneuvered and injured him.
• Gajeel tried to use a Dragon Slayer Secret Art, but Lili stopped him before he could finish casting it.
• Gajeel grabbed Lili’s greatsword, but Lili kicked him away as time ran out and the match was declared a draw.
• Lili returned to his original form, retrieved his weapon, and left with Gajeel as the arena applauded them.
• Laxus asked Makarov what Starlight Lumina was, and Makarov said Ivan had asked about it too.
• Mavis told Laxus and Makarov that Starlight Lumina was Fairy Tail’s Myth of Light and asked Laxus whether he wanted to know more.

On the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games, Chen Fan entered a naval battle where the other contestants immediately targeted him. Lucy summoned Aquarius, but Aquarius and Juvia began fighting over their own grudges, leaving the arena in chaos.

• The naval battle began with Lucy, Juvia, Jenny, Sherry, Riesly, and Minerva competing, while Chen Fan entered the water fully clothed.
• Chen Fan realized the contestants had surrounded him and planned to eliminate him first, while Fairy Tail’s members loudly cheered against him.
• Lucy summoned Aquarius and told her to attack Chen Fan, but Aquarius instead unleashed a whirlpool at the young women around her.
• Juvia countered Aquarius’s whirlpool with Water Cyclone, and the announcer suggested their clash stemmed from a romantic dispute.
• Jenny tried to kick Juvia from behind, but Juvia turned into water and reformed as the contestants began fighting among themselves.

Juvia’s water attack eliminated several competitors, but she accidentally left the arena, leaving Chen Fan and Minerva to face each other. After Minerva evaded him until time ran out, Chen Fan joined Gildarts in a two-on-two match and their overwhelming presence made Four Beasts concede.

• Juvia unleashed Wings of Love, swept away five competitors, and then fell out of the water sphere, eliminating herself.
• Chen Fan confronted Minerva as the last two contestants, but her spatial magic let her evade his attacks until the five-minute timer expired.
• The day’s first two-on-two match began with Fairy Tail S-Team facing Four Beasts.
• Chen Fan and Gildarts intimidated Bacchus and Rocker so severely that both dropped to their knees and admitted defeat.

Natsu and Gray faced Sabertooth’s Twin Dragons, but Natsu asked to take on Sting and Rogue alone. Natsu dominated the opening exchange, though Sting and Rogue rose again and prepared to unleash more power.

• Goldman thanked Chen Fan for showing Bacchus the difference between his strength and that of true powerhouses.
• The next match began between Fairy Tail A-Team’s Natsu and Gray and Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue.
• Natsu asked Gray to leave Sting and Rogue to him, and Gray stepped aside.
• Natsu slammed Sting and Rogue into the ground, then dodged Sting’s White Dragon’s Roar and used Rogue to crash into Sting.
• Natsu struck the Twin Dragons with Fire Dragon’s Wing Attack and sent them flying, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Sting and Rogue got back up, praised Natsu’s strength, and charged as white light and black shadows rose behind them.

Natsu overwhelmed Sting and Rogue until the Sabertooth Twin Dragons activated Dragon Power and turned the battle around. The chapter ended with Sting blasting Natsu and destroying the arena floor.

• Sting struck Natsu with White Holy Punishment and Holy Nova while Rogue attacked with Shadow Dragon's Slash, but Natsu caught Sting's fist and grabbed Rogue's leg.
• Natsu burned away Sting's mark and battered Sting and Rogue until they retreated, exhausted.
• Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Power, increasing their speed and magic power.
• Sting and Rogue attacked Natsu together, knocking him down before Sting used White Dragon's Holy Breath to destroy the arena floor around him.

Natsu defeated Sabertooth’s Twin Dragons, Sting and Rogue, after condemning them for failing to cherish their comrades. After the day’s remaining matches ended, Fairy Tail A-Team led the Grand Magic Games standings by one point over Mermaid Heel.

• Natsu used explosive fire attacks to defeat Sting and Rogue, winning the match for Fairy Tail A-Team.
• Kagura and Milliana fought Lyon and Yuka to a draw when time ran out.
• Mira and Elfman drew against Ichiya and Ren, surprising Fairy Tail’s members and impressing the audience.
• The scoreboard after the fourth day placed Fairy Tail A-Team first with 55 points, followed by Mermaid Heel with 54 and Fairy Tail B-Team with 53.

After Fairy Tail’s strong showing at the Grand Magic Games, Sabertooth’s guild master Jieman took out his anger on Sting and Rogue for losing to Natsu. When Lector defended them, Jieman attacked him too, leaving the guild hall in turmoil.

• Spectators praised Fairy Tail’s teams and mocked Sabertooth after Natsu defeated Sting and Rogue.
• At Sabertooth’s guild hall, Rogue admitted that Natsu had overwhelmed them without even using his black-and-red flames.
• Jieman berated Sting and Rogue, then knocked them down and beat them for disgracing Sabertooth.
• Lector pleaded with Jieman to spare Sting and Rogue, saying that failure could help them grow stronger.
• Jieman insulted Lector and struck him with a spell after seeing his Sabertooth guild mark.

Sting killed Jieman after Jieman insulted Lector and dismissed his death as meaningless. Natsu led his friends beneath the arena to investigate a scent and discovered a graveyard filled with dragon bones.

• After Lector vanished, Sting confronted Jieman over what he had done.
• Jieman called Lector a piece of trash and said he was just a cat, so Sting punched through his abdomen and dropped him.
• Minerva smiled as she watched her father fall.
• Natsu led Gajeel, Wendy, and the others into the passage beneath the arena, following a strange scent he had noticed during his match.
• Natsu and his companions found enormous dragon skeletons in a place they recognized as the Dragon's Graveyard.
• Happy wondered whether Igneel's bones might be among the remains.

Wendy used Milky Way to summon the soul of an ancient dragon, hoping to learn what happened to the dragons whose remains filled the area. The dragon, Gilconis, appeared as a ghost and began teasing the group.

• Natsu explained that the dragons in the ruins had been dead far longer than the dragons who disappeared fourteen years earlier.
• Wendy realized Milky Way could let her hear the voices of dragon souls and drew a magic circle to cast it.
• Wendy summoned a faint dragon soul, which gathered into the form of a massive dragon.
• Gilconis introduced himself as the Emerald Dragon and asked where the Sky Dragon Slayer was.
• Gilconis teased Wendy and Natsu, then showed that his ghostly body passed through them.

Gilconis told the group how Dragon Slayer Magic began and how Acnologia, originally human, became the Dragon King. He vanished before he could finish explaining what happened to him.

• Gilconis introduced himself as the Emerald Dragon and said the events he described had happened more than four hundred years earlier.
• Gilconis explained that dragons fought over whether humans and dragons should coexist, and that the coexistence faction gave humans Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Gilconis said the Dragon Slayer Mages turned on the dragons who supported coexistence, while one human who bathed in dragon blood transformed into a dragon.
• Gilconis revealed that the human became the Dragon King Acnologia and started the Dragon King Festival.
• Gilconis began to address the group, then vanished into motes of light.

Natsu and the others learned that Zeref might have turned a Dragon Slayer Mage into Acnologia, then encountered Yukino and a military commander with a secret plan involving Celestial Spirit Magic. Argadius asked them to follow him so he could explain further.

• Wendy said the thoughts they had encountered had disappeared, and Natsu wondered whether excessive Dragon Slayer Magic could turn its users into dragons.
• An unseen speaker said their investigation suggested Zeref had transformed a Dragon Slayer Mage into Acnologia, making Zeref their first target.
• Argadius introduced himself as a commander of the Sakura Holy Knights, and Yukino said she was temporarily serving in the same order.
• Argadius explained that his secret plan needed a Celestial Spirit Mage and that he had invited Yukino to help.
• Natsu demanded a clear explanation, and Argadius told the group to follow him.

Yukino and Argadius explained the Eclipse Plan to Lucy and the others, revealing that it could send them four hundred years into the past to defeat Zeref before he became immortal. After leaving the palace, the group questioned whether changing the past was wise but resolved to grow stronger and face their enemies themselves.

• Yukino asked Lucy to help with an operation that could defeat Zeref and Acnologia.
• Argadius led the group underground and revealed that the Grand Magic Games had gathered magic power to build the Eclipse gate.
• Argadius explained that Eclipse could send them four hundred years into the past and asked Lucy to help open it with her Celestial Spirit magic and twelve keys on July seventh.
• A hidden figure disappeared after the group left the palace.
• Wendy, Charle, and the others debated whether changing the past was right, and Natsu urged them to become strong enough to defeat Zeref and Acnologia.

As the mages reflected on their goals and abilities, Natsu’s words made Gray consider a dangerous way to surpass Ur. The final day of the Grand Magic Games began, and the first teams entered the arena as Sabertooth faced a subdued reception.

• Natsu told Gray that surviving the move would let him surpass Ur, and Gray secretly considered the possibility despite calling it suicidal.
• Lucy said Celestial Spirit Mages had Super Magic, prompting the others to tease Gajeel as the weakest among them.
• Chen Fan went to sleep, planning to take the two children to the amusement park the next day.
• On July 6, Chapati, Azuma, and Pumpkin introduced the final day of the Grand Magic Games and its contestants.
• Four Beasts, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale entered the arena before Sabertooth arrived in fifth place to a quieter reception than usual.

Fairy Tail S-Team and the other teams entered the arena as the announcer introduced their rankings and members. The Fairy Tail teams prepared to prove their strength, while their guildmates cheered from the stands.

• The announcer introduced Fairy Tail S-Team, led by Chen Fan, and Macao shouted at Wakaba for joining without him.
• Wakaba waved to the audience while thinking that Macao should have reserved the next issue of Sorcerer Weekly for Chen Fan.
• Gajeel complained about Fairy Tail B-Team being expected to take second place, and Laxus urged them to aim for first.
• Laxus suggested that Mira could cry to convince Chen Fan to hand them the championship, leaving the others speechless.
• The announcer praised Mermaid Heel and introduced Fairy Tail A-Team, prompting Gray and Lucy to say they would show their strength.
• Fairy Tail's supporters cheered for Erza, Juvia, Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Laxus.

The Grand Magic Games’ final survival match began, and Sabertooth used its knowledge of opponents’ locations and the rules to rapidly gain points. Minerva then confronted Fairy Tail veteran Wakaba as the match continued.

• Makarov explained that Fairy Tail had entered three teams to claim all three cash prizes, and the final survival match began across Crocas Street.
• Minerva calculated that Sabertooth could win by collecting enough points, while the other guilds split up and Rufus used his memorized magic-power signatures to coordinate Sabertooth’s moves.
• Sting knocked out Bacchus and earned Sabertooth five points, then Rufus’s wide-area Memory Make attack eliminated Four Beasts and hit Jenny.
• Sting eliminated Toby and Yuka, raising Sabertooth’s score to forty-seven, while Wakaba evaded Rufus’s lightning attack by turning into smoke.
• Minerva appeared in front of Wakaba and challenged him.

Sabertooth surged into first place by defeating several competitors while Fairy Tail’s Chen Fan and Gildarts played chess. Jura’s magic power then challenged Gildarts, and both prepared to fight as the crowd eagerly awaited their clash.

• Wakaba collapsed after Minerva’s attack, and Sabertooth gained another point.
• Rogue, Sting, and Orga defeated six members of Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel, raising Sabertooth’s score to 54 points.
• Minerva defeated Ichiya and attacked Wakaba in the spectator section, pushing Sabertooth into first place with 59 points.
• Chen Fan and Gildarts continued their chess game while Fairy Tail’s other contestants searched for opponents.
• Jura released his magic power, prompting Gildarts to respond and prepare for their battle.

Gildarts and Jura began a fierce battle outside the Grand Magic Games arena, displaying power that dwarfed the tournament fights. The chapter ended with Jura blocking Gildarts's powerful punch with his Rock Mountain defense.

• Gildarts and Jura met face-to-face and exchanged respectful greetings before beginning their match.
• Jura raised stone pillars beneath Gildarts, who shattered them with Crush and hurled the pieces at him.
• Gildarts broke through Jura's Iron Rock Wall, but Jura's rock fist struck him and was then crushed by Gildarts's magic power.
• Jura sent a swarm of stone pillars after Gildarts, who leaped above them and disappeared amid falling dust.
• Gildarts attacked with One Soul, and Jura summoned Rock Mountain to block the punch, unleashing a shockwave that devastated the surrounding area.
• The spectators realized how destructive the strongest wizards were, and Gildarts stood near Jura after his attack was stopped.

Gildarts and Jura continued their closely matched battle in the arena while Gray confronted Rufus in Crocas's library. Gray attacked Rufus with Ice Modeling Magic, and his Ice Hammer shattered the library floor.

• Gildarts and Jura resumed their fierce fight, which Makarov and Mavis described as a clash between offense and defense.
• Alice and Wells praised Chen Fan's strength, while Makarov and Mavis launched Operation Take Down Chen Fan over his secret Mage Weekly booking.
• Gray met Rufus in the library and reminded him of his humiliating second-to-last placement.
• Rufus burned his book with magic and prepared to use Memory Make against Gray's Ice Modeling Magic.
• Gray fired Ice Lancer spears and then struck with a pointed Ice Hammer, smashing the library floor.