Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan defeated Vidarudas and rescued Natsu from Owl, then told Lucy and Juvia to flee while he continued searching for Erza. He told Gray that Erza had gone to die with Jellal.

• Chen Fan silenced Vidarudas, beat him severely, and took a card from his body.
• Chen Fan ordered Lucy and Juvia to return to the ship, warning that he could not protect everyone, and promised to bring Erza back safely.
• Juvia persuaded Lucy that they should not get in Chen Fan's way, and they left.
• Chen Fan intercepted Owl's Fire Dragon's Roar, kicked Natsu out of Owl's stomach, and sent Owl crashing through the Tower of Paradise before finishing him with a flaming pebble.
• Gray asked Chen Fan where Erza was, and Chen Fan said she had gone to die together with Jellal.

Chen Fan sent Natsu and Gray away, then found Ikaruga dead and buried her before hiding to watch Erza confront Jellal. Jellal revealed the Tower of Paradise’s true form and the completed R System, while Jigrein appeared and admitted his connection to Jellal, leaving Erza to accuse them of colluding.

• Chen Fan told Happy to take Natsu and Gray to the ship with Lucy and Juvia, then went to find Erza.
• Chen Fan found Ikaruga dead, buried her, and continued toward Erza and Jellal.
• Chen Fan watched Erza prepare to die alongside Jellal as the Tower of Paradise revealed itself as a massive lacrima powered by Etherion.
• Jellal announced that the R System was complete while the Magic Council fell into chaos after Urutia used Arc of Time on its buildings.
• Jigrein appeared before Erza and explained his past with her and Jellal, and Erza accused the brothers of colluding.

Chen Fan rescued Erza from Jellal and confronted him over the danger he had put her in. He fought Jellal, who used his speed and magic to evade him, as Chen Fan prepared to try another approach.

• Jellal and his other self merged, bound Erza with Constricting Snake, and pushed her into a magic crystal.
• Chen Fan shattered the crystal, rescued Erza, and knocked Jellal away when he attacked from behind.
• Chen Fan rebuked Erza for not calling for help, then turned his anger toward Jellal.
• Jellal blamed Chen Fan for threatening his position in the Magic Council, and Chen Fan charged at him.
• Jellal evaded Chen Fan's attacks and deflected his Seven Star Sword, Gransalio, into the magic crystals.
• Chen Fan said there was an easier way to catch Jellal.

Chen Fan defeated Jellal and rescued Erza as the Tower of Paradise exploded, but the effort left him unconscious. He woke beside Erza, and Natsu came to check on him.

• Chen Fan struck Jellal with shattered lacrima, and Jellal confessed that he had been possessed by Zeref's ghost before threatening to die with them in the explosion.
• Erza apologized for dragging Chen Fan into danger, and Chen Fan comforted her before carrying her away from the Tower of Paradise.
• Chen Fan reached Natsu and the others aboard their ship just as the Tower of Paradise exploded, then redirected the storm and waves before fainting.
• Chen Fan woke in bed holding Erza's hand, and she asked whether he felt all right.
• Natsu opened the door and called out to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan woke up to find Erza flustered, then learned her siblings had left and Simon had entrusted her to him. The group visited the rebuilt Fairy Tail guild, where they found Max running a café and shop.

• Chen Fan woke up, and Happy noticed Erza's flushed face, prompting the others to tease her until she fled after punching Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan learned that Erza's younger brothers and sisters had left and read Simon's note entrusting Erza to him.
• Chen Fan and the others admired the rebuilt guild before Erza led them inside.
• The group found an open-air café and shop, where Max welcomed them and explained that the guild master had trained him in business.
• Max showed the group the shop's merchandise, including Lucy figurines, which Lucy objected to.

Chen Fan and the others returned to Fairy Tail and explored the rebuilt guild hall, while Natsu sensed that it felt different. Makarov introduced Juvia as the guild’s new member.

• Chen Fan bought Max’s Lucy, Erza, and Mira figurines, then followed Erza and the others into the guild hall.
• Lucy, Happy, and Gray admired the rebuilt hall, while Natsu said it felt different from before.
• Levy welcomed the group and showed them the swimming pool, underground amusement park, and newly accessible second floor, where Elfman celebrated reaching it.
• Levy explained that S-Class jobs still required an S-Class Mage’s company.
• Makarov introduced Juvia to the returning guild members as Fairy Tail’s new member, and Juvia greeted them.

Gajeel joined Fairy Tail after Juvia brought him to the guild, though Natsu and Erza remained wary of him. The guild celebrated the returning team with Mira’s song, while Chen Fan was ignored when he asked to be included.

• Makarov introduced Gajeel as a new guild member, prompting Gray, Natsu, and Erza to question his presence.
• Juvia explained that she had brought Gajeel to the guild, and Makarov said Gajeel deserved a chance to change.
• Natsu confronted Gajeel, who said he had only come to find work and did not want to work with Natsu.
• Erza agreed to Makarov’s decision but suggested keeping an eye on Gajeel, then found Chen Fan asleep at a table.
• Mira announced a new song to celebrate Natsu, Gray, Erza, Happy, and Lucy’s safe return, while Chen Fan complained that she had left him out.
• Macao and Wakaba teased Chen Fan about Mira abandoning him, then quickly looked away when he glared at them.

Mira’s song gave way to Gajeel’s disastrous performance, which sparked a brawl that wrecked the rebuilt guild hall. After escaping the chaos, Chen Fan witnessed Laxus attack Gajeel, who did not fight back, until Draer and JET tried to stop Laxus.

• Makarov considered retiring, but Chen Fan taunted him until he insisted he could keep going for another ten years.
• Mira finished singing, and Gajeel performed his self-written song to the guild’s jeers, setting off a brawl that destroyed the guild hall again.
• Chen Fan egged on the fight from the second floor, escaped the crowd by substituting Macao for himself, and ran off in Macao’s clothes.
• Chen Fan spotted Levy hiding behind a tree as Draer and JET attacked Gajeel, then Laxus arrived and turned on Gajeel.
• Laxus blamed Gajeel for Fairy Tail’s poor reputation and attacked him with lightning and repeated kicks while Gajeel refused to fight back.
• Draer and JET suspected Gajeel had not resisted from the start and called for Laxus to stop.

Chen Fan intervened when Laxus threatened Levy, then joined Mira and Makarov as the guild prepared for the harvest festival. The chapter ended with Chen Fan struggling to decide whom to vote for in the festival parade.

• Chen Fan deflected Laxus's lightning and stopped the confrontation from escalating around Levy, Draer, and Gajeel.
• Laxus left after taunting Chen Fan and threatening that everyone in Fairy Tail would fight him someday.
• Chen Fan went shopping with Mira and Makarov, drawing attention from the townspeople and making Mira jealous.
• Makarov grew troubled after Mira mentioned that Laxus and his group had returned to town, but Chen Fan reassured him about the parade.
• On the day of the harvest festival, Chen Fan held a ballot and agonized over whom to vote for.

Chen Fan watched the Fairy Tail Miss Beauty Pageant until Evergreen petrified Lucy and the other contestants, then Laxus challenged the guild to defeat him and prove who deserved to become guild master. After the Raijinshuu vanished, Natsu charged at Laxus despite Makarov's warning.

• Chen Fan cheered for the pageant contestants, took pictures of Erza in her gothic outfit, and was kicked away when he crawled beneath her skirt.
• Evergreen interrupted the pageant, turned Lucy to stone, and revealed that the other contestants had also been petrified.
• Chen Fan pressured Evergreen to undo her magic, but Laxus threatened the statues and challenged him to a fight over who was strongest and fit to be guild master.
• The Raijinshuu vanished from the stage, and Natsu charged at Laxus despite Makarov calling for him to stop.
• Laxus prepared to teach Natsu a lesson as Natsu swung his flaming fist at him.

Laxus began Fairy Tail's civil war by petrifying Natsu and trapping guild members with Freed's enchantment. Chen Fan and Makarov remained in the guild hall, where Chen Fan found himself barred by the enchantment and then calmly shared expensive tea with Makarov.

• Laxus knocked Natsu unconscious with a lightning bolt, announced that petrified guild members would turn to sand after three hours, and vanished.
• Fairy Tail's members rushed out to fight Laxus, but Makarov hit Freed's enchantment, which barred people over eighty and stone statues from crossing the guild hall's entrance.
• Chen Fan tried to leave and hit a second enchantment that barred people with filthy hearts, while Makarov and Happy backed away from him.
• Laxus hid behind a pillar and admitted he was scared of Laxus, so Makarov told him to seek Hyluushika in the eastern forest for medicine.
• Chen Fan served Makarov Longjing tea and gave him the tea leaves, which Makarov eagerly tucked away.

Chen Fan told Makarov he had no plan but insisted he would handle the Fairy Tail conflict himself. After Natsu woke up and tried to join the strongest determination match, he ran into a transparent wall, where the guild members saw the latest battle report.

• Makarov demanded to know Chen Fan's plan, and Chen Fan admitted he had none.
• Chen Fan reminded Makarov that he had promised to handle the incident and asked him to leave it to the next generation.
• Natsu woke up, learned the others had gone to the strongest determination match, and ran into a transparent wall.
• Makarov and Chen Fan read that Alzack had defeated Draer and Jet.
• Natsu said he wanted to fight Chen Fan, and Makarov smacked them both before asking Chen Fan why he thought the match was not a bad thing.

Chen Fan freed Erza from her statue, but accidentally groped her and was punched into the transparent barrier. Erza wondered whether her right eye had caused her petrification.

• Chen Fan explained that guild fights ended when opponents could no longer fight, and dodged questions about how he knew and what kind of magic he used.
• Makarov asked who would stop Laxus, and Gajeel volunteered before slamming into the transparent wall at the door.
• Chen Fan approached Erza's statue and reached toward it while Natsu and the others watched suspiciously.
• A crack appeared across the statue, and Erza returned to normal as Chen Fan's hand landed on her chest.
• Erza punched Chen Fan into the barrier, then told Makarov she was unsure what had happened but suspected her right eye was involved.

Chen Fan broke through Freed’s enchantment and set out to stop Laxus, who had activated the Raijinshuu and continued the Fairy Tail Civil War. Mystogan confronted Laxus, but Laxus attacked him with lightning.

• Erza joined the contest after the words in the air added her and Xiaogang as participants.
• Laxus announced that he had activated the Raijinshuu and gave the guild one hour and ten minutes to defeat them.
• Chen Fan promised Makarov he would bring Laxus back, then shattered Freed’s enchantment and walked through it.
• Laxus welcomed Chen Fan as the opponent he had been waiting for.
• Mystogan confronted Laxus and offered to ask Chen Fan to intervene, but Laxus fired a bolt of lightning at him.

Laxus and Mystogan fought in the church, trading powerful spells while Laxus taunted him about Chen Fan. Their duel ended with Laxus's lightning rebounding from Mystogan and being absorbed back into Laxus.

• Laxus provoked Mystogan by naming Chen Fan as Fairy Tail's strongest, and Mystogan attacked him with a spell.
• Laxus and Mystogan clashed spells, shattering the church windows as Erza approached.
• Mystogan used Skyscraper to trap Laxus in an illusion, but Laxus tore through it and countered Mystogan's Sacred Song.
• Laxus escaped Mystogan's spells and bound him in a net of lightning, but Mystogan vanished and reappeared on the ground.
• Erza called out from the doorway, distracting Mystogan as he covered his face, and Laxus fired lightning at him.
• The lightning rebounded from Mystogan, coursed around Laxus, and was absorbed back into him.

Chen Fan fought Laxus while Erza and Mystogan went to help the injured Fairy Tail members. After Laxus revealed his resentment toward Makarov and Chen Fan, he prepared an uncontrolled attack, leaving Chen Fan alarmed.

• Chen Fan deflected Laxus's lightning and sent Erza and Mystogan to deal with the Raijinshuu and bring the injured back to Fairy Tail.
• Laxus repeatedly charged Chen Fan, who eventually turned Laxus's own lightning against him and knocked him down.
• Laxus refused to surrender and said Makarov's legacy had overshadowed his achievements.
• Laxus accused Chen Fan of having looked down on him and said he had once trusted him.
• Chen Fan recognized that Laxus was about to use a move he could not control and warned that it would hurt people nearby, but Laxus flicked a coin.

Chen Fan defeated Laxus after surviving his Fairy Law, then left him with Makarov as the guild’s civil war began to wind down. Warren alerted everyone that Laxus’s magic was threatening the city, and the guild members prepared to destroy it.

• Chen Fan watched Laxus unleash destructive magic that shattered the church, then let him cast Fairy Law to confront the consequences of his defeat.
• Fairy Law failed to harm Chen Fan, who knocked out the exhausted Laxus and delivered him to Makarov.
• Chen Fan left Makarov and Laxus alone, then noticed the guild members had not yet returned and worried about damage to the town.
• Warren used Mind Transmission to tell the guild members to stop fighting and destroy the magic threatening the city.
• Erza and Gray exchanged greetings over the network, while Macao asked Erza whether the petrification magic had been undone.
• Chen Fan recalled touching Erza and indulged in lewd thoughts as passersby stared at him.

The guild members argued over telepathy until Lucy rallied everyone to protect Magnolia, prompting Chen Fan to let them fight for their home. Their scattered attacks on the Raijinshuu failed, and the group was scorched by lightning as Erza checked on them.

• Warren tried to warn everyone to take down the floating enemy, but the guild members interrupted him to argue about earlier grievances.
• Gray urged everyone to stop arguing and attack the things floating in the air, but the telepathic conversation descended into chaos again.
• Lucy called on the guild to work together to protect Magnolia and declared she would destroy every magic crystal herself if necessary.
• Chen Fan realized he had been taking too much responsibility and decided to let the guild members contribute to defending their home.
• The guild members launched attacks at the Raijinshuu, but their poorly coordinated assault ended with them scorched by lightning.
• Erza asked whether everyone was all right, and the others replied that she was no less reckless.

Chen Fan reported that he had brought Laxus back after their fight, then faced the guild’s anger and teasing over Erza. The next day, Mira and Erza forced him to wear cat ears and humiliated him before the guild.

• Chen Fan contacted the guild and said he had brought Laxus back safely after the battle.
• Erza’s remark about Chen Fan made the guild suspect he had made a move on her, and he shut off their telepathic conversation.
• Mira, elsewhere with Elfman, Juvia, and Kana, transformed into Satan Soul and vowed to deal with Chen Fan when she returned.
• The next day, Mira and Erza made Chen Fan wear cat ears, then subdued him and took photos after he begged them to stop.

Fairy Tail celebrated defending the city and discussed whether to hold Fantasia despite the recent turmoil. Laxus then descended from the second floor as the guild fell silent.

• Erza praised the guild for defending the city, and the members cheered.
• Lucy questioned whether Fantasia would still take place, and Mira explained that the Master had decided to hold it.
• Kana revealed that Juvia was among the Fantasia participants, while Happy said everyone able to move freely had to take part.
• Gray pointed out that the bandaged Natsu and Gajeel could not participate, and the two traded insults while Lucy and Happy joked about their conversation.
• Laxus walked down from the second floor, and the guild fell silent.