Chapter Summaries

Natsu and the others defeated the Dire Wolf Knights in Naraku Palace, where Natsu reunited with a tearful Lucy from another time. Meanwhile, Princess Emerald faced Minister Danton’s accusation that she had betrayed her friends by pursuing the Eclipse Plan.

• Natsu attacked the Dire Wolf Knights, and Fairy Tail’s mages overwhelmed the kingdom’s supposed strongest executioners.
• Gajeel caught and ate one of the captain’s scythes, while Natsu destroyed the other and knocked the captain out.
• Wendy and Charle defeated their opponents, and Leo appeared to help Lily defeat the last enemy before giving Lucy a Celestial Spirit Key.
• Natsu and the group reached the palace exit, where a hooded Lucy appeared; Natsu tackled her, and she cried as they reunited.
• A messenger reported the Dire Wolf Knights’ defeat to Princess Emerald, who was relieved that Fairy Tail had succeeded.
• Minister Danton confronted Princess Emerald over her use of Fairy Tail and warned her that the Eclipse Plan was dangerous and time must not be toyed with.

Princess Emerald hardened her resolve to save Ifrit despite the cost to her friendships, while the Grand Magic Games battles intensified and Future Lucy warned that the country was about to be destroyed. The chapter left Laxus facing Jura as Future Lucy lay unconscious, unable to explain Ifrit’s worsening condition.

• Princess Emerald regretted breaking the Rattle Drum and resolved to carry out her plan for the country and the world, even if everyone turned against her, so Ifrit would not die.
• Erza defeated Alice, then Kagura attacked her and Minerva joined their fight; meanwhile, Gray and Leo agreed to team up against Sting and Rogue.
• Future Lucy told Natsu and the others that the country was about to be destroyed and that Ifrit’s illness was not a cold, then collapsed before she could explain further.
• Orga Nanagear challenged Laxus with his lightning and Quantum Transmission magic, but Laxus countered his attacks with ease.
• Jura arrived and released his overwhelming magic power, prompting Laxus to turn his full attention to him.

Emily used Deception Magic and Wish Magic to overwhelm Erza, Kagura, and Minerva, then revealed that their apparent deaths had been part of an illusion. Meanwhile, Sting and Rogue joined Fairy Tail after Gray and Leo helped Rogue break free from a strange power, and the chapter ended with Emily worrying about Ifrit’s illness.

• Emily joined Erza, Kagura, and Minerva’s battle, used attacks that could turn believed illusions into reality, and trapped the three women in her Endless Dream World.
• A strange presence took control of Rogue and amplified his power, but Sting joined Gray and Leo in stopping him and used Light Dragon Slayer Magic to drive the shadows away.
• Ifrit told Sting and Rogue that Lector would be rescued, and both Dragon Slayer Mages agreed to join Fairy Tail.
• Emily’s dream made Erza, Kagura, and Minerva believe they had been killed, but Erza broke free, defeated Emily, and forced her to surrender.
• Emily explained that her Deception Magic and Wish Magic had made the town-splitting slash real, then expressed concern that Ifrit’s illness was worsening.

Gray and Laxus defeated Leo and Jura, securing Fairy Tail’s victory in the Grand Magic Games. Meanwhile, Future Lucy revealed that Ifrit faced a god’s curse and warned that tens of thousands of dragons would destroy the world, prompting Natsu and the others to seek Ifrit’s help.

• Orga challenged Jura but was knocked unconscious with a single strike, and Laxus then began fighting Jura seriously.
• Gray and Leo exhausted their magic and strength, while Laxus and Jura also neared their limits.
• Gray defeated Leo and Laxus defeated Jura with their final attacks, and Chapati announced Fairy Tail as the Grand Magic Games champion.
• Natsu and the others heard the celebration after emerging from Naraku Palace, and Future Lucy woke up.
• Future Lucy revealed that Ifrit’s illness was a god’s curse and said that tens of thousands of dragons would destroy the world, leaving only her and Levy alive.
• Natsu decided to tell Ifrit about the future, confident that Ifrit would find a way to stop the disaster.

Fairy Tail confronted Future Rogue, who claimed he had returned to open the Eclipse Gate and summon ten thousand dragons to fight Zeref and Acnologia. Gajeel and Charle exposed his hidden connection to Hermes and argued that preventing Ifrit’s death was the real way to avert the world’s destruction, while Natsu prepared to force Rogue aside and return to the guild.

• Natsu unleashed Dragon Power and promised to protect both Lucys before his Fire Dragon’s Roar blasted through the castle; Lucy then discovered that Future Lucy had lost her right arm.
• A black spear pierced Algaidius as he ran to stop the Eclipse Gate, and an unidentified attacker killed him.
• Future Rogue emerged from the darkness, admitted he had returned from seven years in the future, and explained his plan to open the Eclipse Gate and control ten thousand dragons against Zeref and Acnologia.
• Gajeel and Charle deduced that Future Rogue had concealed Hermes’s role and was acting under her influence to obtain the dragons’ help after Ifrit’s death.
• Natsu rejected Future Rogue’s plan and demanded that Rogue get out of their way so they could hurry back.

After Future Rogue killed Future Lucy and insisted that Ifrit must die to save humanity, Gajeel explained the curse and the prophecy to the guild. Ifrit appeared to die, but two versions of his soul revealed that he remained active and that Miko would not destroy the world.

• Natsu struck Future Rogue, and Future Lucy took a spear meant for Lucy before dying in Natsu's arms.
• The guild gathered at Ifrit's room, where Gajeel explained Future Rogue's account of the gods' curse, Hermes, and the Eclipse Gate.
• Ifrit woke long enough to calm Natsu, reject Future Rogue's account as a lie about the present, and tell the guild to stall while he handled matters.
• Ifrit's body stopped breathing and froze, so Emily and the others left to respond to the royal summons and prevent events from worsening.
• Present Ifrit and Future Ifrit appeared as souls and discussed how Miko had been controlled, concluding that she would follow Ifrit's words without needing control.

As dragons poured through the Eclipse Gate, Fairy Tail and the other guilds rallied around Lucy, who could potentially close it. Ifrit and Future Ifrit had identified their far-future self as the mastermind and set out for the God-forsaken Land to pursue a way to break the god's curse.

• Laxus and Erza reassured the gathered Fairy Tail mages that Ifrit had likely planned for the crisis, boosting their confidence.
• Ifrit and Future Ifrit concluded that their far-future self had created the evil Rogue, then decided to seek curse cancellation at the God-forsaken Land with Miko.
• The Eclipse Gate opened fully, releasing dragons whose overwhelming magic stunned the gathered mages, while Princess Emerald realized she had been deceived and regretted rejecting Ifrit's warnings.
• Laxus ordered Lucy to close the gate and called on the guilds to escort her there, explaining that her Celestial Spirit Magic might work.
• Jura, Pankras, and mages from across the guilds rallied to protect Lucy and charged the dragons together.

Ifrit and Miko entered Hermes's cursed homeland, where the demons revealed Hermes's ancient history and the origins of her punishment. As Miko began remembering Hermes's past, Ifrit reached her laboratory to study its knowledge and use the demons' curse to counterbalance his own.

• Ifrit offered to free the demons if they helped save his life, and Miko's appearance caused them to recognize her as Hermes and kneel.
• The demons explained that they were made of magic power and described Hermes's life more than seven hundred years earlier, including how she became a demon and created the God-forsaken Land.
• Miko said she had remembered about a hundred years of Hermes's memories, so Ifrit sent her to the Mirror World while he continued to the laboratory.
• Ifrit and Future Ifrit reached Hermes's central laboratory, where Future Ifrit began studying her knowledge and Ifrit prepared to counterbalance his curse with the demons' curse.
• Ifrit began inscribing the Demon Reversal Equation to turn the demons back into pure magic power and make their curse oppose his own.

Lucy and the allied mages shut the Eclipse Gate after Natsu and the Dragon Slayers defeated the dragon blocking it, but thirteen dragons had already escaped and continued attacking the city. Simon, Jellal, and Cobra arrived to help, while Emily healed Rogue as the mages struggled to hurt the remaining dragons.

• Makarov, Laxus, Jura, and Mirajane forced the dragon back through the Eclipse Gate while Lucy began closing it, and Rogue took a spear meant for her.
• Sting struck Future Rogue, Laxus shattered his shadow, and Natsu unleashed a powerful attack that blasted him away before Sting took the wounded Rogue for treatment.
• Lucy pushed the gate halfway shut, and Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel, Wendy, and Charle combined their attacks to kill the dragon holding it open; the mages then closed the Eclipse Gate.
• Algaidius warned that thirteen dragons had escaped, so Laxus sent Jura to hold them back while the Dragon Slayer Mages recovered their strength.
• Simon, Jellal, and Cobra arrived to join the battle, but the mages found that their attacks could not pierce the dragons' defenses.
• Emily explained that her Deception Magic could not reproduce Ifrit's ability to infect and control living beings, then used Deception and Wish Magic to heal Rogue.

Mavis organized the guilds into teams to fight the thirteen dragons, while the battle turned against humanity. Natsu rallied the mages, knocked down a dragon, and learned that Fervor was his father Igneel’s friend and would help him.

• Mavis assigned the Dragon Slayer Mages and their guilds to confront the dragons, with other teams tasked with holding the remaining dragons back.
• Erza and Mirajane’s group attacked a dragon, and Simon arrived with Jellal and Cobra as reinforcements; Mavis sent Cobra to fight Number 13 and Jellal to assist Jura.
• The dragons released mechanical dragonlings, overwhelming the supporting mages and pushing the main teams into a worsening situation.
• Natsu rallied the battlefield with a speech about humanity’s resolve and the Dragon Slayer Mages’ power, then knocked down the fire dragon with one punch.
• The fire dragon recognized Natsu as Igneel’s son, introduced himself as Fervor, and declared that he would help Natsu and oppose any dragon that kept fighting.

The Mages struggled against the dragons and mechanical dragonets as their support systems and fighters began to fail. Just before Ultear could sacrifice her life to buy more time, Ifrit returned to the battlefield.

• Fervor and Natsu fought Enos, but the human side suffered heavy casualties as the battle dragged on.
• Emily and Happy relied on Aya to manage the Mirror World and rescue fighters, but Aya eventually collapsed and Emily warned that they had only three minutes left.
• Ultear offered to use the forbidden End of Time magic at the cost of her life to restore Emily and Happy, while more Mages fell or withdrew from battle.
• Gray, Leo, Juvia, Erza, Mirajane, and Simon reached their limits as mechanical dragons overwhelmed their defenses.
• As Ultear began casting her magic, Ifrit's voice reached the battlefield and announced that he had arrived.

Ifrit returned to the Eclipse Gate and rallied Fairy Tail and the other fighters for a counterattack, while Princess Emerald turned to helping the displaced citizens. As the battle resumed, Future Ifrit departed for his parallel world, leaving the current Ifrit to destroy the gate and wonder about the unseen person behind another part of the script.

• Ifrit urged Princess Emerald to comfort the citizens and plan relief instead of joining the fight, and she went to support them.
• Ifrit appeared at the Eclipse Gate, explained that everyone’s combined strength was needed to destroy it, and distributed Magic Potion 2.0.
• Fairy Tail members drank the potion and charged back into battle as the city’s fighters and civilians cheered them on.
• The king considered securing Ifrit’s Deception Magic for the royal family by marrying him to Emerald, while Duke Nansidi stayed silent.
• Future Ifrit explained that his world had become a parallel universe, then vanished after exchanging farewells with Ifrit.
• Ifrit noted that Future Lucy and Future Rogue were in the same spacetime and wondered why another Ifrit had remained hidden.

Emily and the guild wizards defeated the dragons and destroyed the Eclipse Gate, while Ifrit revealed that he had used Deception Magic to soften Lucy’s memories of the crisis. After the royal capital’s destruction, Princess Emerald was stripped of her title and banished, and the guilds gathered for a victory banquet.

• Emily combined Deception Magic, Wish Magic, and Mugetsu Style to kill the dragon attacking Erza and Mirajane, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The wizards joined forces with Ifrit to drive the dragons into the Eclipse Gate, and their combined attack destroyed the gate and much of the royal capital.
• Lucy woke believing the battle and her journey into the past had been a nightmare, but she confronted Ifrit and realized he had deceived her about what happened after his apparent death.
• Ifrit told Lucy that he had sent the ten thousand dragons back and explained that he had traveled into the past to remove the curse from his former self.
• The royal family stripped Emerald E. Fiore of her title and banished her from the royal capital, and the king hosted a victory banquet for the magic guilds.

Ifrit confronted Emerald about her guilt and her attempt to repair their friendship through the broken Rattle Drum, then reassured her that their bond had never been lost. He gave her a mysterious card meant to help her regain confidence, and Emerald embraced him in relief.

• Emerald apologized to Ifrit and asked him to repair the Rattle Drum she had broken herself.
• Ifrit shattered the drum and explained that their friendship could not be restored by a token or by Emerald begging for it.
• Ifrit recalled how he and Emerald had first become friends after he performed magic for her at a banquet.
• Ifrit told Emerald that she and Emily had never lost his friendship and urged her to regain her confidence through her own efforts.
• Ifrit gave Emerald a purple-patterned card, and she hugged him, straddled his lap, and cried with relief.

At the banquet, the guild members celebrated with drinking, dancing, and romantic moments, while Ifrit danced with Mirajane and later with several women before falling asleep. The next morning, Ifrit woke with only a hazy memory of his first kiss with Mirajane and regretted forgetting how it felt.

• Evergreen allowed Elfman to drink for the night, while Gray and Leo stripped down to compare their bodies and were knocked unconscious by Erza after they argued over Juvia and Shirley.
• Happy used one of Ifrit's magic tools to play the piano for Charle, and Kagura asked Erza to become her big sister; Erza gladly agreed.
• Ifrit used a random choice to decide his dance partners, accidentally pointing at Old Woman Oba before naming Ultear, Melt, and Alice, while Jura escorted Old Woman Oba away.
• Ifrit danced with Mirajane, who kissed him while holding him close, and Ultear then took him for her turn as the other women waited.
• After Ifrit danced with the women, Banjou helped him back, but he fell asleep on the floor, so Emily took him to rest with Wendy.
• The next morning, Ifrit woke and remembered dancing with Mirajane and their first kiss, but he could no longer recall the kiss itself.

After returning to Magnolia, Ifrit ended three days of lounging when Mirajane asked him to investigate a nighttime disturbance at the orphanage. He joined the guild’s antics, where Asuka defeated every Dragon Slayer Mage at target shooting, then invited Sting and Rogue to go fishing.

• Mirajane visited Ifrit and asked him to investigate the orphanage after its children reported something frightening in the courtyard at night.
• Ifrit agreed to help Mirajane that night, got dressed, and proposed taking Sting and Rogue fishing.
• At the guild, Asuka beat Natsu, Sting, Rogue, Gajeel, and Laxus at target shooting, then rode each of them around as her horse.
• Erza set off with Lily and others to search for the Golden Strawberry, while Natsu and Lucy took Asuka out to buy cake.
• Ifrit invited Sting and Rogue fishing, and Lector and Frosh joined despite Ifrit forbidding them from bringing fishing rods.

Ifrit, Mirajane, Sting, and Rogue spent the afternoon fishing, while Natsu and Lucy took Asuka around town. After Natsu kissed Lucy and Asuka’s family keepsake was stolen, the Dragon Slayers rescued it and the sky pirates were arrested.

• Sting and Rogue pretended to lose their fish so Ifrit would believe he had won their fishing contest, and Mirajane persuaded him to leave for the orphanage.
• Asuka used money from simple jobs to buy a crystal ball she recognized as a precious memory of Bisca and Alzack.
• Asuka urged Natsu to kiss Lucy, and Natsu kissed her before explaining that he regarded their relationship as like those of the guild’s couples.
• The Sky Pirate Crew Whale Bolt stole Asuka’s crystal ball, so Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue struck the bandits with Dragon Roars and recovered it.
• The bandits tried to escape, but they were sent to the enforcement office and arrested as sky pirates.

Asuka reunited Bisca and Alzack with a crystal ball they had sold to pay for her treatment, then revealed that Natsu and Lucy had kissed. Natsu made his feelings clear to Lucy, and later Ifrit questioned the orphanage children about a nightly monster and arranged to keep watch for it.

• Asuka gave Bisca and Alzack the crystal ball she had bought back, and they explained they had sold it to pay for her treatment when she was ill.
• After Asuka told her parents that Natsu and Lucy had kissed, the guild confronted the pair, and Natsu kissed Lucy again before taking her outside.
• Natsu told Lucy that he only wanted to kiss her and that she could only let him do so; Lucy understood his feelings and agreed that they had made a promise.
• Ifrit and Mirajane visited the orphanage, where Ifrit entertained the children with magic before asking them about the monster they had seen at night.
• Rirom described the monster and its route, and Ifrit arranged for himself, Mirajane, and the headmistress to take turns watching the hall that night.

Ifrit and Mirajane discussed Mirajane’s decision to accept Ifrit’s relationships with the women who cared for him, then investigated the orphanage’s alleged monster. The next morning, Ifrit exposed the director’s lie about the order in which the lights went out, leaving the children stunned as he continued unraveling the incident.

• Ifrit and Mirajane went outside after Rirom claimed he had seen a monster, and Mirajane realized the children’s report was a lie.
• Mirajane explained that she pitied the women who cared for Ifrit and had chosen to help them, while insisting that Ifrit marry her first and not touch Banjou.
• Ifrit and Mirajane searched the children’s dormitory, where Ifrit identified the tearful Eddie as the likely root cause of the incident.
• The next morning, Ifrit questioned Rirom, the children, and the director about when they had seen the monster and when the lights went out.
• Ifrit accused the director of lying, and the director admitted that the dormitory lights had gone out before the hall lights.

Ifrit and Mirajane learned why the orphanage children had staged a disturbance: Rirom hoped Eddie’s parents would return, unaware they had likely died. After leaving the orphanage, Juvia celebrated the anniversary of her prayer for perfect romance and wondered what gift to give Gray.

• Ifrit exposed the children’s lie, and Eddie admitted he only wanted his parents to come back.
• The director told Ifrit and Mirajane that Eddie’s merchant parents had been missing for two years, and Aza could not find them.
• Rirom explained that he had caused the disturbance because Eddie had been mocked for having parents who never returned.
• Rirom proposed sending Eddie forged letters in his parents’ handwriting until he was old enough to learn the truth, and Ifrit left the plan to the director and Rirom.
• Juvia told Erza and Wendy that it was the tenth anniversary of her prayer for perfect romance and considered giving Gray a commemorative gift.
• Juvia fantasized about giving Gray children and then an engagement ring, while Erza and Wendy listened; Ifrit knew Gray secretly enjoyed Juvia’s romantic fantasies.