Chapter Summaries

Ifrit rescued Hani, but Wade broke free of his restraints and used his magic to absorb Reed and Gade’s power at a terrible cost. Ifrit revealed his indestructible Red Thread Magic, and Wade opened a third eye to expose Ifrit’s true appearance and locate his hidden assistant.

• Reed rushed toward Wade and tore off the band on his wrist, freeing Wade from his iron collars as Ifrit arrived with Hani.
• Reed and Gade bit Wade, allowing him to imprison their souls and magic while they died and he transformed into a powerful adult.
• Wade used his intuition and speed to attack Ifrit, whose Red Thread Magic blocked Wade’s blows and cut off part of his palm.
• Wade declared that he had understood Reed’s magic, then opened a third eye to see through Ifrit’s deception and find his assistant.
• Ifrit warned Wade not to use his new eye, but Wade prepared to reveal Ifrit’s true appearance.

Ifrit killed Wade with a devastating burst of magic, then argued with an unseen companion about his private life and a woman who mocked him. When Erza, Lucy, Happy, and Gray arrived, they found the enormous crater and asked Ifrit what had happened.

• Wade tried to see through Ifrit's Deep Realm Magic, and Ifrit's attack erased Wade and everything across a vast fan-shaped area.
• Ifrit reassured an unseen companion that they would not have to fight and could return to their peaceful routine together.
• Ifrit argued with the companion about a woman he called a violent scallion-headed she-ape, then angrily discarded her sock and blasted a rat that approached it.
• Erza, Lucy, Happy, and Gray arrived after sensing Ifrit's magic and saw the enormous crater.
• Erza and Gray asked who Ifrit had fought, while Lucy joked that only a legendary god could have caused such destruction.

Ifrit rejoined Erza, Lucy, and Happy, then secretly helped Gray get past the enemies so he could take over Natsu’s fight with Leo. While Natsu battled Sardi, Deliora began to awaken, and Ifrit waited nearby to photograph the demon.

• Ifrit told Happy that he could find him a flying white cat, then admitted he had fought another group of enemies and urged everyone to hurry to Natsu.
• Sardi fled toward the temple, frightened by Ifrit’s strength and determined to keep him from interfering with his plan.
• Black-robed attackers blocked Erza, Lucy, Happy, and Ifrit, so Ifrit claimed he had nearly exhausted his magic and took Gray around them.
• Gray reached the temple and took over Natsu’s fight with Leo, while Sardi drew Natsu away and Ifrit watched from the sidelines.
• Natsu tracked Sardi by smell and fought him as the Magic Circle activated and Deliora’s ice began to crack.
• Ifrit stood near Deliora, photographed the demon, and watched it roar as cracks spread across the iceberg.

Gray defeated Leo in their duel over Ur and Deliora, while Erza arrived in time to save Leo from falling. After taking Ifrit's potions, Gray joined Erza, Lucy, and Ifrit as they hurried downstairs to help Natsu.

• Erza defeated the last enemy above the temple, but Toby claimed the ritual was already complete before passing out.
• Gray tried to stop Leo from reviving Deliora and explained that Ur had become the ice he wanted to melt, but Leo said he knew and continued fighting.
• Gray and Leo clashed with Ice-Make Magic, and Gray argued that Leo's one-handed casting strayed from Ur's teachings and that family mattered more than surpassing her.
• Gray's Ice Snow Cannon overpowered Leo's Great Eagle and sent him through a shattered wall, but Erza caught him before he fell.
• Ifrit gave Gray potions and showed him a photograph of his victory; Gray recovered enough to join Erza, Lucy, and Ifrit as they rushed downstairs to help Natsu.

Natsu and his companions joined forces to fight Deliora, while Gray chose to stand with them instead of using Absolute Zero. Deliora crumbled as its life, drained by Ur’s ice, finally ran out, and Gray found peace with his master’s sacrifice.

• Natsu defeated Sardi, then apologized to Gray for failing to stop Deliora’s revival as Erza confronted Ifrit about not intervening.
• Gray prepared to use Absolute Zero, but Natsu insisted that they fight Deliora together, and Erza, Lucy, Happy, and Ifrit joined him.
• When Deliora awakened and attacked, Natsu, Erza, Taurus, Ifrit, and Gray combined their magic to drive it back.
• Erza spotted cracks across Deliora’s body, and Leo realized the demon had been dying throughout the years Ur had kept it frozen.
• Gray rejected Leo’s despair and remembered Ur’s hopes for them as Deliora disintegrated; Ifrit asked Miko to hold a funeral and concealed what he had done.

After defeating Deliora, Erza led the team back to the village to investigate why the villagers were still transformed. On the way, Ifrit explained why he took photographs, then dodged Erza’s affection and was punched by her.

• Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy celebrated Deliora’s defeat until Erza reminded them that their punishment and the commission’s real objective remained.
• Erza said they needed to return to the village and check on the transformed villagers, and Ifrit warned Lucy that tired legs might become muscular before telling Natsu to carry her.
• Natsu carried Lucy toward the village while Ifrit took photographs, prompting Lucy and Gray to ask about his habit.
• Ifrit said he wanted to preserve precious moments in an album for everyone, and Erza gently stroked his head and asked if that was how he expressed love.
• Ifrit joked that he planned to use the photographs to laugh at everyone later, so Erza punched him in the stomach.
• The group returned to the village, where Erza remained wary that the situation was more complicated than it seemed.

Erza and the others uncovered the mystery of the purple moon and broke the magical membrane surrounding the island. Ifrit questioned Sardi about Reed’s group, then explained that the villagers were demons who had devolved into humans, while admitting he was still seeking the truth behind the transformation.

• Erza fell into Lucy’s pit trap, and Ifrit secretly photographed her and Gray’s reactions.
• The village chief told Erza that villagers who approached the ruins always ended up back in the village.
• Ifrit confronted Sardi and learned that Reed’s group had recruited him as a spy and come to research Deliora.
• Erza and Natsu launched the Evil-Slaying Spear, and Ifrit’s Void Flash shattered the membrane that had made the moon appear purple.
• Ifrit explained that the villagers were demons who had become human after the Moon Drop Ritual drained the nearby Moon Magic Power.

After celebrating their victory over Leo and the demon, Ifrit and the others left the village and stopped in Harujion Town, where they intervened when three men harassed a woman. A tearful old man tried to stop anyone from fighting, and the chapter ended with Ifrit capturing the offenders while the old man confronted him.

• The villagers held a banquet for Natsu's group and Leo's team, where Ifrit drew attention from the demon girls, Gray and Leo competed in drinking, and Lucy shared food with Natsu.
• The next morning, everyone said farewell to the village and traveled by boat to Harujion Town.
• At lunch, three men harassed a woman at a nearby table, and Ifrit prepared to stop them with his cards.
• A crying old man carrying a coffin intervened to prevent the woman's boyfriend from fighting, while Erza blocked the boyfriend's attack and Ifrit offered to catch the three men.
• Ifrit's cards knocked the three offenders down, bystanders tied them up, and the woman's boyfriend took them to the authorities as the old man tried to stop Ifrit.

After Phantom Lord destroyed Fairy Tail’s guildhall, Makarov ordered the members not to retaliate, citing the Council’s ban on guild violence. Ifrit signaled Natsu that he had another plan, but Cana knocked Ifrit unconscious on Makarov’s orders, leaving the guild’s response unresolved.

• Pudding condemned Fairy Tail as enemies of peace, and Erza dismissed his accusations before he left.
• The guild members returned to find their building wrecked, but Mirajane confirmed that everyone was safe and led them to the basement.
• Makarov explained that Phantom Lord had attacked while the guild was empty and ordered the members to let the matter end.
• Natsu protested and wanted to fight Phantom Lord, but Erza and Mirajane reminded him of Makarov’s order and the Council’s rules.
• Ifrit signaled Natsu that he would take him along, but Cana stuffed a liquor bottle into Ifrit’s mouth and knocked him out on Makarov’s orders.

After Fairy Tail discussed Phantom Lord’s attack and the danger of letting Ifrit fight while drunk, Ifrit dreamed that Mirajane dragged him into a job. He woke in the infirmary beside an injured Levy, while Mirajane looked as though she had been crying.

• Erza warned Lucy that Phantom Lord might be plotting something and asked her to stay with the others.
• Erza and Gray explained that a war with Phantom Lord would be dangerous, especially because its members included Gajeel and the Element Four.
• Mirajane confronted Ifrit about skipping a job and squeezed his head in his dream.
• Ifrit woke with a severe headache in Fairy Tail’s infirmary and blamed the Guild Master and Cana for giving him sleeping pills.
• Mirajane showed Ifrit the injured Levy lying in the neighboring bed.

Ifrit, in a terrible mood and worried for his injured guildmates, rushed to Phantom Lord’s headquarters as Makarov confronted Jose. He stopped Aria from draining Makarov’s magic, leaving the two guilds’ masters and their opponents facing off in an even fight.

• Ifrit left Mirajane behind and rode toward Phantom Lord’s headquarters while reflecting on the danger and hardship of becoming strong.
• Makarov confronted Jose over Phantom Lord’s attack on Fairy Tail and struck at him with giant magic fists.
• Jose showed Makarov an image of Lucy in danger, distracting him as Aria appeared behind him to drain his magic.
• Ifrit shot Aria in the hand, interrupting the ambush and giving Makarov a chance to recover.
• Ifrit joined Makarov and declared that the fight was now two against two.

Makarov stopped the fighting at Phantom Lord after Pudding intervened, then led Fairy Tail away while Ifrit revealed where Lucy was being held. Natsu and Happy slipped away to rescue her as Jose sensed a faint magical fluctuation.

• Pudding arrived during the standoff between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord and urged both sides to stop fighting.
• Pudding attacked Ifrit with an earthen spike, but Makarov blocked it and injured his hand protecting him.
• Makarov withdrew with Ifrit and ordered Fairy Tail to leave the rest to the Magic Council, while Ifrit said he had found Lucy's location.
• Ifrit told Natsu to head up the mountain, and Natsu and Happy quietly left the group to rescue Lucy.
• Jose watched Fairy Tail leave with Pudding, then sensed a faint magical fluctuation and covered himself and Aria in darkness.

Pudding declared Ifrit his next target after Ifrit severed his hand, while Fairy Tail prepared for the conflict with Phantom Lord. Lucy learned that her father had hired Phantom Lord to bring her home, but the guild rallied around her, and she chose to stay in Fairy Tail.

• Ifrit's attack cut off Pudding's hand, and the resulting magical blast destroyed the ceiling of Phantom Lord's top floor.
• Pudding wrote Ifrit's name in his book and declared that he would judge him in the name of peace.
• Makarov warned Ifrit that Pudding would likely retaliate and discussed contacting Laxus and Mystogan as Fairy Tail returned to the guild.
• Lucy revealed that her father had hired Phantom Lord to bring her home, apologized to the guild, and considered returning to him.
• Natsu and the guild reassured Lucy that Fairy Tail was her home, and Ifrit urged her to face Phantom Lord with resolve.
• Lucy hugged Natsu and declared that she wanted to stay in Fairy Tail, while Ifrit and Cana bickered about the beer that had knocked him out.

Ifrit rejected Laxus’s refusal to help Fairy Tail and provoked him by declaring he would defeat Jose Porla. Meanwhile, a mysterious group gathered around a statue of Ansa and discussed creating a magical tool to counter Ifrit’s magic.

• Ifrit teased Cana with photos, then revealed they showed her winning a drinking contest rather than wearing a wedding dress.
• Cana explained that she had tried on a wedding dress while considering endorsement work, but had turned the shop down.
• Mirajane contacted Laxus and urged him to return while Fairy Tail faced danger from Phantom Lord, but Laxus refused and insulted Lucy.
• Ifrit accused Laxus of waiting for Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord to weaken, then declared he would defeat Jose Porla and cut the communication crystal.
• Knight of Mercy told the underground group that Ifrit had injured him, and Knight of Honor said he could create a magical tool to counter Ifrit’s Deception Magic.
• The group gathered around a statue of Ansa and prayed for the deity’s protection.

As Phantom Lord prepared to attack Fairy Tail, Ifrit advised Makarov to appear to leave and helped the guild ready for battle. When Phantom Lord’s mobile fortress arrived and charged its Magic Cannon, Ifrit encouraged Lucy and led the guild to face the threat.

• Newspaper reports linked Fairy Tail to attacks on Phantom Lord’s guild and branches, while Makarov received a demand from the Magic Council for an explanation.
• Ifrit urged Makarov to pretend to leave, reasoning that Phantom Lord’s attack was expected and that Laxus could hold Jose off.
• At Phantom Lord’s headquarters, Jose learned Makarov had accepted the summons and believed Fairy Tail would be vulnerable without him.
• Phantom Lord’s mobile fortress arrived at Fairy Tail with its Magic Cannon aimed at the guild hall.
• Ifrit encouraged Lucy to find courage in the guild’s support, then stepped forward as Phantom Lord’s cannon began charging.

Fairy Tail launched its assault on Phantom Lord after Laxus destroyed the Magic Cannon and crippled the headquarters. As Ifrit documented the battle, he rescued Mirajane from Sol and prepared to escort her away.

• Laxus's lightning destroyed the Magic Cannon and its movement mechanism, causing Phantom Lord headquarters to slump into the sea.
• Natsu, Gray, Erza, and the others charged toward Phantom Lord while Ifrit followed and photographed the battle.
• Natsu and Gajeel began a fierce fight as the two Dragon Slayer Mages clashed with fire and iron.
• Elfman fought Sol, who trapped Mirajane in sandstone and threatened to suffocate her.
• Ifrit cut through the sandstone, caught Mirajane, and offered to escort her out while Sol realized how dangerous Ifrit was.

Ifrit rescued Mirajane from Phantom Lord’s building and returned her safely to the open ground. As rain fell, Gray faced Juvia, whose infatuation with him gave way to a serious fight; the chapter ended with her powerful Water Blade forcing him to dodge.

• Ifrit rescued Mirajane from Sol and carried her outside the Phantom Lord building, where she thanked him and warned him about Guild Master Jose’s destructive magic.
• Rain began, and Juvia approached Gray and introduced herself as one of Phantom Lord’s Element Four.
• Juvia blushed at Gray’s appearance and tried to leave, but Gray pursued her, believing she was still a threat.
• Juvia trapped Gray in Water Lock, but he froze the sphere and broke free before attacking with Ice-Make: Lancer.
• Juvia let Gray’s ice lances pierce her while she spoke about their supposed romance, then attacked him with Water Stream.
• Gray dodged Juvia’s Water Blade as it cut through a reinforced concrete pillar, and the two began their battle.

Gray defeated Juvia, then saved her as the rain cleared and she saw a blue sky for the first time. After Gray left with the unconscious Juvia, Ifrit confronted the exhausted Laxus as Jose’s magic spread through the building.

• Ifrit photographed Gray and Juvia’s fierce battle as Gray froze Juvia’s final attack and won.
• Gray caught Juvia when she fell, and she fainted after seeing the clear sky and rainbow.
• Gray carried Juvia away after Ifrit warned him that Jose’s magic was growing stronger.
• Laxus crashed near Ifrit, and Ifrit offered to work with him, but Laxus refused.
• Ifrit revealed a photograph of Laxus’s old defeat by Gildarts, provoking Laxus’s fury.

Ifrit fought Jose with Deception Magic, but Jose repeatedly recognized the instant his attacks became real and countered with his overwhelming skill and experience. Jose said he had figured out Ifrit’s tricks and asked where darkness was most easily overlooked.

• Ifrit tricked Laxus into dodging Jose’s attack, then attacked Jose with Void Flash and Bombardment.
• Ifrit conjured Deliora to strike Jose, but Jose recognized the deception and narrowly dodged a real magic bullet.
• Jose unleashed Death Storm, while Ifrit kept moving to avoid the attack.
• Ifrit used a variety of sensory deceptions against Jose, but Jose repeatedly identified real attacks and countered them.
• Jose praised Ifrit’s magic, said he had figured out its tricks, and asked where darkness was most easily overlooked.

Ifrit and Laxus teamed up against Jose, using deception magic and coordinated attacks to exploit his weaknesses. Jose unleashed a vast field of black mist that disrupted their teamwork, and the battle continued with Laxus under pressure as they prepared for its decisive moments.

• Ifrit tried to fly away but was bound by dark magic, and Laxus freed him with a lightning strike before joining the fight.
• Ifrit deceived Jose while Laxus attacked, and their combined strikes sent Jose crashing down before he retaliated with dark magic.
• Jose teleported after Laxus, but Laxus suppressed his magic power and trusted Ifrit to deceive Jose and help him escape.
• Jose spread black mist through the guild, disrupting Ifrit's deception magic and using the darkness to sense movement and pursue Laxus.
• Laxus briefly shattered the black mist with lightning, allowing Ifrit to mislead Jose again and save him from danger.
• Laxus said the fight would be decided in three minutes, and Ifrit replied that the decisive moment would come in less than one.