Chapter Summaries

Gray fought Rufus’s Memory Make magic and broke free after Rufus froze him. Marcus faced Lyon and overwhelmed him with his World of Sand, leaving the battle’s outcome undecided.

• Rufus used Memory Make to create a black lightning sword that burst into ice, and Gray explained that magic depended on its user’s magical power.
• Rufus erased Gray’s ice shield, struck him with black lightning, and sealed him in ice, but Gray shattered the ice by eating a piece of it.
• Lyon recognized Marcus from the Tenrou Island incident, and the two exchanged greetings before Lyon attacked with ice birds.
• Marcus destroyed Lyon’s ice birds with a sandstorm, then used World of Sand to engulf the area and bury Lyon’s ice apes and nearby buildings.

Marcus revealed how much he had trained during Fairy Tail’s seven-year absence and fought Lyon with his command over the sand. Elsewhere, Erza clashed with Kagura, while Gajeel defeated Rogue, who began to understand why Gajeel had joined Fairy Tail.

• Marcus told Fairy Tail’s remaining members that they had endured and trained in secret, and they praised his hard work.
• Marcus used his sand to destroy Lyon’s ice Griffins, while Lyon spread ice across the battlefield and attacked with White Tigers.
• Marcus outmaneuvered Lyon with sand decoys and struck him with sand fists, leaving Lyon struggling against the Sand Sea.
• Erza and Kagura began a spectacular weapons duel that drew the crowd’s attention.
• Gajeel beat Rogue until he was kneeling, and Rogue said he was beginning to understand why Gajeel had joined Fairy Tail.

Rogue reflected on his past admiration for Gajeel and realized Frosch was his comrade, but an evil voice in his shadow took control and drove him to attack Gajeel. Rogue defeated Gajeel with Shadow Dragon magic and emerged from Gajeel’s shadow, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Rogue told Gajeel he had once admired Phantom Lord and explained that Sabertooth’s lack of comrades had made him question what a guild meant.
• Gajeel urged Rogue to stand up and pointed out that Frosch was his comrade, prompting Rogue to recognize their bond.
• A voice from Rogue’s shadow commanded him to kill Gajeel, and Rogue transformed under the shadow’s influence.
• Rogue struck Gajeel with Shadow Dragon’s Sparrow Flash, then vanished as Gajeel rose to his feet.
• Rogue emerged from Gajeel’s shadow and confronted him again.

Gajeel defeated Rogue after discovering he could consume and manipulate shadows, earning a point for Fairy Tail B-Team. Minerva then ambushed the exhausted Gajeel, giving Sabertooth another point, and Mavis realized she had marked every Sabertooth member with coordinates.

• Rogue attacked Gajeel with intangible shadows and began to overwhelm him.
• Gajeel swallowed the shadows, recognized Rogue as his former underling Raios, and fought back by turning into a shadow himself.
• Gajeel struck Rogue with Shadow Iron Dragon's Roar, winning the match and earning Fairy Tail B-Team a point.
• A shadow slipped away from the unconscious Rogue, and Minerva appeared and knocked down the exhausted Gajeel, earning Sabertooth a point.
• Mavis said Minerva had placed coordinates on every member of Sabertooth.

As the Grand Magic Games battles neared their end, Marcus and Lyon fought to exhaustion while Gildarts and Jura prepared a decisive strike. Minerva suddenly attacked both weakened fighters, threatening to give Sabertooth the final victory.

• First Generation realized Gray had been eliminated after Minerva used her teammates to weaken opponents, and Makarov remained confident that Fairy Tail would take first place.
• Gildarts and Jura agreed to settle their battle with one final strike, while Marcus and Lyon also decided to finish their match quickly.
• Marcus and Lyon unleashed their strongest attacks, and Lyon conceded after recognizing Marcus's devotion to his guild; Fairy Tail S-Team gained a point, bringing its total to 49.
• Marcus and Lyon both collapsed from exhaustion, and Jura admitted defeat to Gildarts after their battle.
• Minerva suddenly reached through a magic sphere to attack the exhausted Gildarts and Jura, aiming to secure six points for Sabertooth.

Natsu interrupted Minerva's attack and challenged Sabertooth, while Chen Fan defeated Mira in their first official fight and earned 50 points. The remaining team members faced opponents from other guilds as the tournament battles continued.

• Natsu attacked Minerva with Fire Dragon's Roar and declared that Sabertooth did not deserve to win because it failed to respect its companions.
• Chen Fan bet Mira that she would marry him if he won, and she accepted despite his shameless confidence.
• Chen Fan countered Mira's Dark Stream by manipulating her magic, then touched her and made her lose consciousness, earning his team 50 points.
• Lucy faced Juvia, who wanted to settle their rivalry over Gray, while Wendy faced Milliana and Elfman faced Sherry.
• Laxus faced Orga of Sabertooth, who wielded black lightning.

Chen Fan defeated Lucy, Juvia, Elfman, Sherry, Wendy, Milliana, Erza, Kagura, and Laxus, taking first place in the Grand Magic Games as Fairy Tail cheered. Meanwhile, Lili defeated Sting, and Natsu’s intense fight with Minerva continued as Chen Fan approached.

• Chen Fan defeated Lucy and Juvia, then Elfman and Sherry, raising his score to 54 points.
• Chen Fan defeated Wendy and Milliana, then Erza and Kagura, reaching 66 points and taking the lead.
• Chen Fan withstood Laxus’s Thunder God's Roar and defeated him, bringing his score to 71 points as Fairy Tail celebrated.
• Lili defeated Sting, who told her that the young lady had captured Lector, angering Lili.
• Natsu attacked Minerva with Fire Dragon's Roar, but she redirected it and then blasted him away with explosive magic.

Natsu defeated Minerva in the Grand Magic Games, helping Fairy Tail claim both first and second place and regain the title of strongest guild. During the guild’s celebration, King Toma E. Fiore summoned the wizards and warned that ten thousand dragons would arrive in Crocas in two hours.

• Natsu unleashed his Second Magic Source and defeated Minerva with his Dragon Slayer Secret Art, raising Fairy Tail A-Team’s score to sixty-seven points.
• Natsu ran toward Chen Fan to settle things, but a falling Lili knocked him unconscious, and Sting picked up the little cat and thanked Chen Fan.
• The Grand Magic Games ended with Fairy Tail taking first and second place, and the guild celebrated its return to the strongest guild title.
• Kingdom Army soldiers evacuated Crocas’s residents and summoned the wizards to the central square late that night.
• King Toma E. Fiore announced that ten thousand dragons would arrive on July 7th and asked the wizards to help fight those that survived the Eclipse Plan.

The guilds prepared to face the dragons expected to emerge from Eclipse, with Fairy Tail assigned to defend the central park. Makarov warned Chen Fan not to use his forbidden move again, and Chen Fan reassured him that his family gave him reasons to stay and fight.

• Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue agreed that the Dragon Slayers would confront the dragons.
• The king revealed that the Pumpkin Head referee had been him, then the guilds received their assignments.
• Makarov assigned Fairy Tail to guard the central park while the other guilds stood by in the streets.
• Chen Fan approached Makarov with two sleeping children, and Makarov cautioned him against using his forbidden move.
• Chen Fan told Makarov that he would not abandon his family and responsibilities.

Lucy realized Eclipse was a time-space gate connected to four hundred years ago, not a weapon, but Princess Emerald’s decision opened it and unleashed dragons on the royal capital. A man revealed that he had engineered the disaster to control the dragons and rule the world, while more dragons poured through the gate.

• Fried, Chen Fan, and the others discussed the eerie moon as Eclipse’s gates began to open, and Lucy urgently tried to stop them.
• Lucy warned Princess Emerald that Eclipse was a gate connecting to the past, but Emerald insisted it was the only way to fire the Eclipse Cannon.
• A gigantic dragon emerged, attacked the capital, and was followed by more dragons, while Emerald realized her decision had brought disaster.
• Princess Emerald identified the man who had predicted the dragon invasion, and he admitted he had arranged it to seize control of the dragons and rule the world.
• The man claimed Chen Fan would die fighting ten thousand dragons, while Lucy vowed Fairy Tail would stop him and dragons gathered to guard Eclipse.

Chen Fan confronted the ten thousand dragons over Crocas and demonstrated his overwhelming strength by crushing one dragon with a single punch. The remaining dragons were left questioning whether they should return to their own era as Chen Fan challenged them all to attack together.

• Makarov realized the dragons' arrival matched the mysterious person's warning, while Chen Fan entrusted the sleeping children to Mira and Erza.
• Chen Fan flew into the dragon horde and gave the dragons one hour to return to their era before he began a massacre.
• A dragon charged at Chen Fan, but he punched it into a compact mass and sent it crashing into two other dragons and a mountain.
• Princess Emerald, Argadius, and the guild members watched in shock as Chen Fan's strength surpassed their expectations.
• Chen Fan counted 9,997 dragons remaining and invited them to attack him together.

The dragons unleashed a massive barrage at Chen Fan, and the blast devastated Crocas as everyone believed he had died. As Fairy Tail vowed to avenge him, a beam shot from the gigantic sun and pierced a dragon.

• The dragons gathered magic and fired wave after wave of Dragon's Roar at Chen Fan.
• The explosions formed a gigantic sun above Crocas and tore through the city, sending people flying.
• The dragons mocked the humans, while Natsu and the other Fairy Tail members shouted that they would fight back for Chen Fan.
• A dragon aimed its magic at the people below, but a beam from the gigantic sun pierced its body.

Chen Fan survived the dragons’ attack, swallowed the sun he had created, and began slaughtering the dragons in the sky. As dragons fell to the ground, the humans below prepared to attack one together.

• Chen Fan declared that he would destroy every dragon who had harmed his guild and swallowed the shrinking sphere of sunlight.
• Chen Fan struck one dragon with a punch, sending it crashing into the ground.
• Chen Fan kicked a dragon that lunged at him, burying its head and upper body in the earth.
• Chen Fan continued defeating the dragons as they charged him, and their bodies fell from the sky.
• A dragon that had fallen to the ground noticed a group of humans gathering around it, and they decided to kill it together.

Natsu and the other Dragon Slayer Mages defeated a dragon together, and Jura crushed another with a mountain spell. The Dragon Slayers then set out to prove themselves against more dragons, with Laxus and the others choosing their targets.

• Natsu and the Dragon Slayer Mages combined their Roars to defeat a dragon and celebrated their first victory over one.
• Jura summoned a mountain and crushed a dragon that was trying to take flight again.
• Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue declared their intent to fight more dragons, while Happy teased Wendy and Charle struck him.
• Laxus told Fried and the Raijinshuu that he would fight a dragon alone and ordered them to take down another together.

Gray and Lyon coordinated with Juvia and Sherry to unleash a powerful, soul-freezing magic attack after the Raijinshuu charged a fallen dragon. The chapter left everyone staring at the four mages as their magic circle activated.

• Fried, Evergreen, and Bickslow charged toward a fallen dragon to carry out Laxus's orders.
• Gray told Lyon his idea for an attack, and Lyon agreed to try it.
• Gray called Juvia over and assigned her a task, while Lyon explained the plan to Sherry.
• Gray and Lyon took the front positions as Juvia and Sherry stood behind them, and the four activated a massive magic circle.
• The gathered mages sensed the attack's immense, freezing magic power and turned to watch Gray and Lyon.

Gray, Lyon, Juvia, and Sherry combined their magic to freeze three dragons with Absolute Zero. As Gray and the others collapsed from exhaustion, another dragon prepared to attack them.

• Natsu trusted Gray’s plan and turned back to face his own opponent.
• Juvia opened her Second Magic Source and raised a pillar of water to support Gray and Lyon’s spell.
• Gray and Lyon combined their magic into Absolute Zero, freezing three dragons solid.
• Gray explained that he and Lyon had each cast half the spell, with Juvia’s water vapor and Sherry’s recovery magic helping them succeed.
• Lyon declared that he would not give up on Juvia, and Gray angrily rebuked him.
• A dragon in the sky spotted the exhausted group and prepared to kill Gray, Lyon, Juvia, and Sherry.

Makarov arrived in time to save Fairy Tail’s exhausted fighters by overpowering a dragon. Gray, Lyon, Juvia, and Sherry withdrew to recover while Marcus, Alzack, and Bisca stayed to fight, and Marcus attacked a fallen dragon with Sand Sea.

• Makarov grabbed a dragon and pummeled its head, protecting the Fairy Tail members nearby.
• Gray asked Lyon if he could keep fighting, and Juvia and Sherry also insisted they were ready to battle.
• Marcus, Alzack, and Bisca arrived, and Marcus joked about being single while Alzack and Bisca offered to find him a girlfriend.
• Lisanna told Gray, Lyon, Juvia, and Sherry to retreat to the safe area and recover their magic power.
• Gray and Lyon agreed to leave the fight to Marcus, Alzack, and Bisca for now, then promised to return.
• When a dragon crashed nearby, Marcus charged at it and used Sand Sea.

Marcus, Alzack, and Bisca defeated a dragon with a coordinated attack, while Fairy Tail’s strength inspired other guild members. The chapter left Sting and Rogue launching their strongest attack against another dragon.

• Marcus turned the ground to sand, restrained a dragon, and struck it with giant sand fists.
• Alzack and Bisca fired their Longinus Gun, whose spear pierced the dragon and killed it.
• Jura said Fairy Tail’s strength came from trusting and protecting companions, prompting a guild member to tease his companion.
• Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Power’s strongest mode and unleashed Holy Shadow Dragon Fang Flash at a wounded dragon.

Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, and Laxus each defeated a dragon, while the remaining humans attacked wounded dragons together. When the dragons prepared to fire on the people below, Chen Fan flew down to protect them and killed the dragons blocking his way.

• Natsu used his Second Magic Source to defeat a mid-rank dragon and celebrated his victory.
• Wendy defeated a low-rank dragon, and Charle praised her as a true Sky Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Gajeel and Laxus each defeated a mid-rank dragon and shared a look of friendly rivalry with the others.
• The humans attacked injured dragons together as the dragons grew enraged at their losses.
• A dragon called for the others to kill the humans below, and the dragons gathered magic to attack Crocas.
• Chen Fan rushed down to shield the people, then used coins and his ability to kill the dragons that flew in his way.

Chen Fan protected Fairy Tail and the people of Fiore by destroying the dragons’ Roar of Ten Thousand Dragons with his God's Roar. The resulting explosion devastated the capital, and the survivors struggled to hold up a magic barrier against the shockwave.

• Chen Fan tore a high-ranking dragon in half with one punch and landed safely on the ground.
• The surviving mages gathered near Chen Fan as the dragons prepared an even stronger attack.
• Erza and Mira brought the sleeping children to Chen Fan, and he promised to protect them, Fairy Tail, and everyone else.
• Chen Fan unleashed God's Roar and shattered the dragons’ Roar of Ten Thousand Dragons.
• The resulting blast vaporized nearby dragons and injured others as the mages pooled their magic to protect themselves behind a barrier.