Chapter Summaries

The Fairy Tail members defeated most of Ifrit’s X Knights, but Ifrit escaped after declaring that he would stand above the heavens. As the guild prepared to pursue him to the royal palace, Number 1 warned that Princess Anita was the greatest obstacle to recovering their companion.

• Natsu coordinated with Gray, Lucy, and Juvia to defeat Number 3, while Gajeel and the others brought down Numbers 3 and 5.
• Ifrit flew away after proclaiming that he would stand above the heavens, then reviewed photos and footage of his dramatic exit with Aza and Miko.
• Mirajane exploited a weakness in Number 4’s slipperiness and defeated him after recalling how Ifrit used to take her skating.
• Erza’s resolve awakened evolving red armor and a red spear, allowing her to defeat Number 2.
• Number 1 admitted the X Knights had lost and warned that Princess Anita was the greatest obstacle to recovering their companion before leaving.
• Natsu urged the guild to move out toward the royal palace.

Gildarts, Makarov, and the Fairy Tail guild fought the escaped demons, while Ifrit used Lib to battle them. After Anita revealed her extraordinary swordsmanship and spoke of God watching people like them, the guild beat Lib and Natsu urged Ifrit to come home; Ifrit resolved to prove he was no threat to the world, and Miko promised to protect him.

• Gildarts and Makarov fought Lib as Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, and the others joined the battle, forcing the demons onto the defensive.
• Ifrit took command of Lib and taunted the guild, but Natsu rallied everyone to accept Ifrit’s flaws and fight together, prompting the guild to attack Lib in earnest.
• Anita returned carrying the Sword Saint’s blade and revealed she had killed him with a fruit knife, then offered to help Ifrit.
• Anita admitted she was being watched by God and wanted to see Ifrit’s ending; after he wounded her and then allowed her contracted demon to heal her, she left.
• Natsu and the guild overwhelmed Lib while calling for Ifrit to come home, and Ifrit decided to prove he was only protecting himself and posed no threat to the world.
• Miko told Ifrit she would protect him even if God stood against him.

After Fairy Tail rescued Ifrit and ended the kingdom’s crisis, Sidrina became queen and arranged to marry Anita, then tried to use Ifrit’s drunkenness to have a child with him. Mirajane stopped her, protected Ifrit, and left with him, while reaffirming that she would help him reach the future he wanted.

• Natsu welcomed Ifrit home after the demons were defeated, and Ifrit asked both sides to stop fighting rather than punish the kingdom further.
• The king accepted the truce, covered up the conflict, and hosted a banquet before Fairy Tail returned to Shirashi Town with Ifrit and Sidrina.
• Three years later, Sidrina became the kingdom’s new ruler and announced Anita as her queen, then invited Ifrit to their wedding celebrations.
• Sidrina and Anita lured Ifrit into the bridal chamber and splashed him with red wine, hoping his romantic drunkenness would help them conceive a child with him.
• Mirajane confronted Sidrina, insisted that Ifrit’s wishes had to be respected, and took the intoxicated Ifrit away; Anita withdrew from the plan.
• Mirajane promised to protect Ifrit and help him achieve the future he wanted, while Banjou decided to stay close to Mirajane.

After seven years away, Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia, where they learned Emily had become a renowned mage and Ultimate Magic user. Emily welcomed them with a powerful Deception Magic illusion before Ifrit broke it, and the guild reunited.

• Ifrit promised Sidrina that Fairy Tail would return to Edolas within two years, then led the guild through the Magic Circle back to their world.
• Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia, where Romeo greeted them and reported that Emily had made Deception Magic an Ultimate Magic and become an honored advisor to the Magic Council.
• Romeo led the guild to meet Emily, who challenged them to prove themselves before entering, while Tiffanya, Miss.1, Ultear, and Melt joined her.
• Emily's Endless Dream World made it seem that she had defeated the guild, but Ifrit broke the illusion and found Emily teasing them from outside Magnolia.
• Emily tearfully embraced Ifrit and Banjou, then explained that she had arranged a welcome ceremony after learning of their return.

After returning to Magnolia, Lucy reunited with her father, Jude, and learned how he had been saved during the seven years she was away. Ifrit also returned home to reunite with Mirarite and settled in as Banjou cared for him.

• Alice told Ifrit that Emily had become a celebrated novelist and healer, while Ultear described how Emily's stories had helped her fulfill childhood dreams.
• Emily acted hurt when Ifrit told her to mind her boundaries, then teased Lisanna and the others about being seventeen.
• Lucy returned to her room and found Jude, Natsu, and Happy; Jude explained that he had kept her room maintained, then questioned whether she and Natsu were together.
• Lucy clarified that she and Natsu had not slept together, and Jude agreed to stay for dinner after hearing more about their situation.
• Emily told Ifrit that Raid had summoned her when Jude fell ill, allowing her to cure him.
• Ifrit reunited with Mirarite at home, and Banjou prepared his bath and cared for him as an official maid of House of Valier.

Lucy used a seven-year-old potion that made her invisible, but its effects began erasing her existence until Natsu instinctively remembered her and restored her. After the magic was lifted, Natsu invited Lucy to a movie, while Happy and Charle transformed into humanlike forms and left together.

• Lucy used an old potion and became invisible, then went to the guild to prank its members.
• Lucy pulled Natsu's chair out from under him, but Natsu eventually detected her by her voice and scent and revealed that she was invisible.
• Fried tried to dispel the potion, but Lucy began disappearing and the guild members started forgetting her.
• Natsu felt Lucy's absence, called her name, and restored her existence; he then invited her to a movie.
• Ifrit offered Happy a fishing contest, but Happy found two movie tickets and persuaded Charle to go with him.
• Happy and Charle transformed into humanlike forms and left for the movie together.

Ifrit returned to Femina Town with his companions to visit his father Francis’s grave and the neglected home where he grew up. After they cleaned the house and he spoke with Francis at the cemetery, Ifrit vowed to restore House of Valier.

• Ifrit agreed to let Emily, Banjou, Ultear, Melt, Mirajane, and Alice accompany him on his visit home.
• On the train, Ifrit told his companions about his modest childhood and recalled the advice his father had given him.
• The group reached Ifrit’s overgrown family home, entered by climbing over the wall, and cleaned it together.
• The next day, Ifrit brought flowers and Francis’s favorite candy to his grave while his companions waited nearby.
• Ifrit held Mirajane’s hand and promised Francis that he would make House of Valier rise again.

Fairy Tail prepared for the Grand Magic Games by completing special training and selecting two teams, while Emily joined the event as a guest captain of another guild. After arriving in the royal capital, the guild members settled into their hotel and explored the city, while Ifrit headed to the market with Banjou to perform magic tricks.

• Laxus announced that Fairy Tail would enter the Grand Magic Games and ordered the guild to train for the competition.
• After several months of training, Laxus selected the teams and named Lisanna as Team A's substitute after Evergreen withdrew because she was pregnant.
• Laxus selected himself, Ifrit, Mirajane, Wendy, and Gajeel for Team B, with Cana as their substitute, while Emily revealed she would lead another guild team as a special guest.
• Fairy Tail traveled to the royal capital, where passersby searched for the famous Saintess Emily and Makarov told the guild to rest before the games began.
• Ifrit took Banjou to the market to perform magic tricks for free.

Natsu and the Fairy Tail mages clashed with Sabertooth's Twin Dragons, Sting and Rogue, after the pair insulted their guild and revealed they had killed the dragons who raised them. At midnight, the Grand Magic Games began its Sky Labyrinth preliminary, and Fairy Tail's teams set off toward the finish.

• Natsu, Lucy, and Happy found Sting and Rogue beating mages, and the Twin Dragons mocked Fairy Tail's Dragon Slayers and their past.
• Lector explained that Sting and Rogue were third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages who had killed dragons and implanted Dragon Crystals into their bodies, enraging Natsu.
• Laxus restrained Natsu, while Ifrit and Banjou swiftly subdued Sting and Rogue; Ifrit warned that Fairy Tail would make them pay if they met in the tournament.
• Ultear, Melt, and Alice met Wendy and Charle, and Wendy and Charle returned toward the hotel after Melt reminded them of the time.
• Pumpkin Man announced the Sky Labyrinth preliminary, where the first eight teams to reach the finish with all five members would qualify; Natsu charged out first, followed by the Fairy Tail teams.

Fairy Tail Team B reached the Grand Magic Games first, and the tournament began with the Hidden contest. Gray and Wendy competed for their teams, with Gray taking the lead as Wendy adapted to the challenge.

• Laxus used Ifrit’s Speedy Passage to reach the exit first, securing Fairy Tail Team B’s place in the preliminaries, while Natsu and the others qualified in fourth place.
• Emily’s appearance at the opening ceremony sparked cheers for Fairy Tail, and she enthusiastically praised Laxus and Ifrit as the teams were introduced.
• The contestants learned that the Grand Magic Games would award points through contests and battles, then began the first event, Hidden, where they had to find opponents among their replicas.
• Gray competed for Fairy Tail Team A and Wendy for Team B; Wendy used her heightened senses to avoid attacks and identify real contestants.
• Gray used mist to expose a Grвиmore mage targeting him, froze the opponent, and held first place as the contest continued.

Wendy helped Gray keep first place by using her amplified roar to turn Rufus’s attack against the copies, and Lucy defeated Freya decisively. Ifrit then faced Jura and revealed that his deception had made Jura forfeit before the match seemed to begin.

• Rufus used Memory-Make Magic against Gray, but Wendy amplified her roar and ruined Rufus’s score by hitting copies with the lava.
• The match ended with Gray retaining first place and Rufus hundreds of points in the negative, while Wendy won the spectators’ acclaim.
• Lucy used Gemini, Kesha, and her armor to defeat Freya and win Fairy Tail’s first combat match.
• Ifrit agreed to fight Jura after Mirajane threatened to ban him from fishing for a month if he lost.
• Ifrit revealed that Jura had already been standing below the stage for more than a minute, making him appear to have forfeited the match.

Ifrit won his match against Jura through Deception Magic, then got drunk from Cana’s lingering alcohol scent and missed the next day’s events. After Sabertooth expelled Yukino, she told Lucy what had happened, and Natsu launched himself toward Sabertooth’s guild in anger while Ifrit watched from a nearby bridge.

• Ifrit tricked the judges into awarding him victory over Jura by making Jura appear drunk, then passed out after Pankras hailed him as the God of Wine.
• Ultear told Ifrit he had missed the day’s matches, and Ifrit blamed Sabertooth for drugging his wine before setting off to confront them.
• Jiemma humiliated Yukino, removed her guild mark, and expelled her from Sabertooth.
• Rogue questioned Sabertooth’s ideals, while Sting and Lector tried to reassure themselves that the guild would not lose again.
• Yukino gave Lucy the keys of Pisces and Libra and explained her expulsion; Lucy comforted her as Natsu raced toward Sabertooth’s guild.
• Ifrit watched Natsu streak toward Sabertooth like a meteor and made a wish before sneezing.

Natsu attacked Sabertooth over its treatment of Yukino, challenging Guild Master Jiemma and nearly defeating him before Minerva intervened. Ifrit and the arriving Fairy Tail mages humiliated Sabertooth, then left the guild members furious and shaken.

• Natsu burst into Sabertooth, defeated its guards, and challenged Jiemma to leave the guild if he lost.
• Natsu knocked Dobengal aside and battered Jiemma with a barrage of punches before Minerva blocked his finishing attack.
• Ifrit appeared, exposed Minerva and Jiemma, and mocked Sabertooth as Laxus and Fairy Tail's main forces arrived.
• Laxus threatened war, but Makarov ordered Fairy Tail to leave, while Natsu challenged Sting and Rogue to reconsider their guild.
• Ifrit returned with a box of loose change and offered to buy the members' guild spots, then secretly photographed Sabertooth's furious members.

After helping Yukino join Fairy Tail and recovering from his illness, Ifrit watched as Laxus faced Grвиmore in the Grand Magic Games. Laxus exposed Ivan’s deception and defeated him and his guildmates, leaving Makarov disappointed in his son but relieved to have Laxus as his successor.

• Mirajane took Ifrit to see a doctor, and the Fairy Tail members invited Yukino to join their guild; Yukino accepted and thanked Natsu, while Lucy showed her affection for him.
• Erza won the third day’s Pandemonium competition for Team A, and Mirajane made Ifrit take his medicine before Laxus’s battle began.
• Chapati announced Laxus’s match against Grвиmore’s Alexei, while Makarov warned the guild that Ivan might resort to tricks.
• Ivan revealed himself as Alexei, demanded that Laxus tell him where Photon Reconfiguration was hidden, and boasted that he had built Grвиmore to counter Fairy Tail.
• Laxus dismissed Ivan’s threats and defeated his guildmates and Ivan, shattering the illusion that had made it appear he was losing.
• Makarov watched Ivan fall and gave up on him, while feeling grateful that Laxus could succeed him as guild master.

Wendy defeated Sherria in a grueling Sky Dragon Slayer versus Sky God Slayer battle by landing one final punch just as time expired. Later, Mavis explained that Photon Reconfiguration was Fairy Tail’s last hope, and the chapter ended with the fourth day’s competition beginning.

• After the previous match’s foul was reported, Wendy and Sherria began their bout by tripping over the same stone and then clashing over their appearances.
• Wendy and Sherria unleashed their enhanced Dragon Slayer and God Slayer magic, but neither could hit hard enough to overcome the other’s speed and power.
• As both mages ran out of strength, Wendy recalled advice to keep fighting while she could still throw a punch and refused Sherria’s offer to accept a draw.
• Wendy dispersed her magic to endure Sherria’s gale, propelled herself forward, and struck Sherria at the final bell, winning before collapsing into Erza’s arms.
• Laxus asked Makarov about Photon Reconfiguration, and Mavis explained that it had been Fairy Tail’s last hope while blaming herself for Precht’s fall into darkness.
• Ifrit comforted Mavis with cake, and the fourth day began with Lucy and Juvia placing in the middle ranks of the competition events.

Fairy Tail selected five fighters after the Grand Magic Games changed the combat rules, and Natsu and Gajeel faced Sabertooth’s Sting and Rogue in a destructive battle. Natsu and Gajeel proved their strength exceeded their opponents’ Dragon Power, and Natsu prepared to demonstrate it with a punch.

• Chapati announced that Fairy Tail’s A and B teams had to merge and choose five competitors, and Laxus selected Ifrit, Natsu, Gajeel, Erza, and himself, with Gray as the substitute.
• Ichiya defeated Pankras for Blue Pegasus, while Leo and Kagura drew in the next match.
• Natsu and Gajeel fought Sting and Rogue, trading powerful attacks that devastated the arena.
• Sting and Rogue activated Dragon Power and Disintegration, but Natsu wounded Sting while Gajeel shrugged off Rogue’s gravity and attacks.
• Natsu and Gajeel explained that Dragon Slayer strength did not depend on reaching a special stage, then Natsu kicked Gajeel onto a mine cart and began boasting that his punch could not be stopped.

Natsu defeated Sting and Rogue’s combined ultimate attack, and the two sought advice from Fairy Tail before Jiemma punished them and erased Lector. Sting retaliated against Jiemma while Rogue stood with him, as Gajeel led Natsu and the others to a Dragon Graveyard beneath the Grand Magic Games.

• Natsu overwhelmed Sting and Rogue’s combined Dragon Force attack, and they later visited Fairy Tail to seek guidance and apologize to Yukino.
• Jiemma confronted Sting and Rogue for visiting Fairy Tail, beat them, and ordered them to remove their Sabertooth emblems.
• When Lector defended Sting and Rogue, Jiemma made him vanish with a magic attack, provoking Sting to punch through Jiemma’s abdomen.
• Rogue joined Sting against the Sabertooth members, and Sting declared that Sabertooth was never the strongest guild and was not a real guild.
• Gajeel led Natsu, Wendy, Lucy, Gray, and the cats through an underground passage to a Dragon Graveyard beneath the Grand Magic Games.
• Natsu recognized the remains as dragon bones and concluded they were too old to belong to Igneel and the other dragons who had left fourteen years earlier.

Wendy summoned the soul of Girudonis, who revealed the origins of Dragon Slayer Magic, Acnologia’s rise, and a warning about Hermes. Algaidius then explained the kingdom’s plan to use the Eclipse Gate to travel four hundred years into the past, but the Minister of Defense confronted him over changing history.

• Wendy used Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Galaxy to summon Girudonis, who told the group that dragons had split over whether to coexist with humans and that the resulting war led to the creation of Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Girudonis revealed that Dragon Slayer Mages turned against all dragons and that their strongest member, Acnologia, transformed into the Dragon King; before fading, he warned that Hermes would one day bring about a catastrophe.
• A middle-aged knight named Algaidius said Acnologia was a demon transformed by Zeref and invited the group to learn more at the Palace of Melchior.
• Algaidius revealed that the Grand Magic Games had gathered magic for a plan involving Lucy and the Eclipse Gate, which could send people four hundred years into the past to stop Zeref, Acnologia, and Hermes.
• On learning that the Eclipse Gate would open on July 7th, the group was surrounded by soldiers, and the Minister of Defense accused Algaidius of revealing state secrets and condemned his plan to alter history.

Fairy Tail entered the final day of the Grand Magic Games while trying to win Lucy’s freedom and carry out Mavis’s battle plan, despite Ifrit being seriously ill. The survival battle began with Fairy Tail moving against predicted opponents, while Natsu and the others infiltrated the palace to reach Lucy.

• The kingdom’s soldiers arrested Lucy and drained Natsu’s magic with the Eclipse Gate, and the Minister of Defense said Fairy Tail might meet the king if they won the Grand Magic Games.
• Fairy Tail discussed Lucy’s capture and Ifrit’s illness, then entered the final event with Laxus, Erza, Gray, Mirajane, and Ifrit as contestants.
• Chapati announced a citywide survival battle in Crocus, and Fairy Tail initially waited while Mavis explained that she had planned for the other guilds’ moves.
• Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Happy, Charle, and Lily infiltrated the palace to rescue Lucy while Mavis sent Fairy Tail’s contestants toward selected targets.
• Erza knocked out Jenny, Mirajane and Ifrit’s group eliminated Ivan, Hibiki, and Ren, and Jura defeated Ichiya with one slap.

Natsu and his companions were imprisoned in Naraku Palace after Princess Emerald refused to help them, while Gray defeated Rufus in twenty-seven seconds at the competition. As the group explored the underground prison, they encountered the Dire Wolf Knights, the kingdom’s elite executioners.

• Natsu rescued Lucy from her cell, but the group fell into Naraku Palace, where Princess Emerald refused to release them despite Ifrit and Emily’s connections.
• The companions headed deeper underground after Happy confirmed that the way back to the surface was sealed.
• Gray used water and ice to defeat Rufus, including his duplicate, in twenty-seven seconds.
• Natsu and the others squeezed through a narrow passage, freed Lucy when she got stuck, and found the wounded Algaidius.
• The Dire Wolf Knights attacked the group, and Algaidius warned them that the kingdom’s strongest executioners were nearly impossible to survive.