Chapter Summaries

Lu Qiming, Anna, and Tang Luo'e discovered that the Abyss of Demons held an Elemental Pool that could create Magic Beasts and elemental crystals. After Lu Qiming claimed its core and crystals for himself, the three plunged into the abyss to stop the black dragon from devouring them.

• Lu Qiming invited Tang Luo'e to join Fairy Tail, and Tang Luo'e agreed to consider it after they destroyed the Abyss of Demons.
• Lu Qiming and Anna learned from Tang Luo'e that the Elemental Pool had created the Magic Beasts in the abyss, then Lu Qiming sensed the pool and found the wounded black dragon devouring its crystals.
• Lu Qiming decided to seize the Elemental Pool's core to make new Fairy Hearts, while Tang Luo'e explained that its elemental crystals could forge weapons that grew with their wielders.
• Lu Qiming promised Anna a forty-meter battle-axe and jumped into the abyss with her and Tang Luo'e to stop the black dragon from consuming the crystals.

Lu Qiming, Anna, and Tang Luo'e descended to the bottom of the Abyss of Demons to confront the black dragon and secure the elemental crystal. After defeating the dragon and demanding that it summon Acnologia, Lu Qiming healed it when it revealed it could contact its father.

• Lu Qiming and Anna fought through the Magic Beasts while Tang Luo'e opened a path toward the Abyss of Demons’ depths with a powerful shot.
• Lu Qiming, Anna, and Tang Luo'e reached the bottom and found the black dragon beside the ruined elemental lake and the gnawed elemental crystal.
• The black dragon evolved into a true dragon and challenged Lu Qiming, who swiftly overpowered it and severed its wings.
• Lu Qiming asked whether the black dragon could summon Acnologia, and the terrified dragon admitted it could contact him through its bloodline.
• Lu Qiming restored the black dragon’s wounds and wings, then approached it with a gentle smile.

Lu Qiming and Tang Luo'e forged weapons for Anna, Mavis, and Zera using the Black Dragon’s blood, scales, and bones. After beating the Black Dragon when it protested, Lu Qiming learned that Acnologia had not answered its call but was heading their way.

• Tang Luo'e began forging Anna’s battle axe and suggested strengthening it with the Black Dragon’s materials.
• Lu Qiming and Anna restrained the Black Dragon and collected its blood while Lu Qiming extracted its scales and bones, then healed it.
• Tang Luo'e forged Anna’s Dragon Blood Battle Axe with dragon materials and Anna’s Blood Night magic.
• The Black Dragon woke and attacked Lu Qiming, who struck it down and healed it again.
• Lu Qiming asked whether Acnologia had arrived, and the Black Dragon said its father had not replied but was rushing toward them.

Lu Qiming subdued the Black Dragon, learned that Acnologia was coming to kill her, and decided to keep her as a source of dragon materials while protecting her from her father. After the Black Dragon transformed into a girl, Lu Qiming named her Kanna Kamui, and resolved to make Acnologia pay for the dragon bones he still needed.

• The Black Dragon revealed that Acnologia was coming to kill her for becoming a true dragon, and Lu Qiming refused to let her flee.
• Lu Qiming promised to deal with Acnologia and persuaded the Black Dragon to stay with him as his “good friend.”
• The Black Dragon shrank into a young girl, and Lu Qiming agreed to stop directly extracting her dragon bones and blood if she remained in that form outside of battle.
• Lu Qiming brought the Black Dragon to Tang Luo'e, who accepted Lu Qiming’s decision to keep her, then asked her name.
• When the Black Dragon said she had no name, Lu Qiming named her Kanna Kamui, and she embraced him in gratitude.
• Lu Qiming decided he would collect Kanna’s blood and scales but make Acnologia pay for the dragon bones he needed.

Lu Qiming learned that Divine Judgment and A-Yin had gained elemental-enhancing traits, then prepared to face Acnologia and protect Kanna. After half a month of waiting, Acnologia arrived and told Kanna he had to kill her.

• Anna fed Kanna roasted magic beast meat while Tang Luo'e sat nearby after finishing the longsword.
• Divine Judgment and A-Yin evolved after devouring Elemental Crystals, gaining traits that enhanced elemental attacks and magic recovery.
• Lu Qiming checked his status and the weapons’ new abilities, then promised Kanna he would defeat her father and keep her alive.
• Lu Qiming’s group retrieved two Elemental Cores, left the Abyss of Demons, and waited on the plains for Acnologia.
• Acnologia recalled Kanna’s choice to become a true dragon and resolved to kill her, then arrived half a month later.
• Lu Qiming handed Kanna to Anna and faced Acnologia, who told Kanna he had to kill her.

Lu Qiming fought and killed Acnologia after the dragon attacked Kanna and the others. As Zeref learned of Acnologia’s death and questioned his plan to send Natsu and the others into the future, Lu Qiming returned with Acnologia’s skeleton.

• Acnologia rejected Kanna and prepared to kill her, but Lu Qiming attacked him first and drove him into the sky with a powerful punch.
• Lu Qiming countered Acnologia’s dragon attacks, wounded him, and forced him to transform into a massive dragon.
• Lu Qiming activated Musou and used Moon Dance to cut Acnologia down to bones, completing a Great Achievement that made his adventurer class eligible for an upgrade.
• Kanna grieved for Acnologia, and Anna comforted her while Tang Luo'e went to collect the dragon’s severed claw.
• Zeref sensed Acnologia’s death and wondered whether sending Natsu and the others from four hundred years ago into the future still mattered.
• Lu Qiming landed in front of Kanna and the others carrying Acnologia’s enormous skeleton.

After killing Acnologia, Lu Qiming comforted Kanna and unlocked the Dragon Slayer skill before taking her to clear the Abyss of Demons. With the Abyss emptied, the group left the mountains to travel toward Fairy Tail and the outside world.

• Lu Qiming held the grieving Kanna and promised to be her home, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Lu Qiming leveled up his adventurer profession and gained Dragon Slayer, which increased his damage against dragonkind and doubled experience from dragon-type kills.
• Lu Qiming agreed to clear the Abyss of Demons before taking Anna, Kanna, and Tang Luo'e on a slow journey back toward Orphis Kingdom.
• Over the next week, Lu Qiming and Kanna cleared the Abyss, and Kanna gradually recovered while becoming more attached to him.
• Tang Luo'e abandoned his plan to become an element, forged the Armor of Elements for a future inheritor, and decided to live on for his family and kingdom.
• Lu Qiming took Kanna's hand and flew out of the Endless Mountains with Anna and Tang Luo'e, while Tang Luo'e looked back at his kingdom's former capital.

After nine years of traveling, Lu Qiming returned to Fairy Tail with Kanna and Tang Luo'e and reunited with Mavis. He gave Mavis two Elemental Cores and told her to use them to create Fairy Heart.

• Lu Qiming reached Lv97 with Apocalypse, stopped pursuing another Great Achievement, and chose to keep traveling with his companions before returning to Fairy Tail.
• Lu Qiming and his companions arrived at Fairy Tail, where Mavis welcomed him after nine years apart.
• Kanna knocked out the rowdy guild members, and Lu Qiming introduced her as a young Black Dragon while asking Mavis to call her a Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Mavis told Lu Qiming that Zera and Loli were on a mission involving Deliora, Warrod and Yuri were adventuring, and Precht was repairing damage caused by Miko and Makarov.
• Lu Qiming gave Mavis two Elemental Cores and told her to turn them into a magic called Fairy Heart.

Lu Qiming reunited with Mavis, Precht, and old friends while preparing for Fairy Tail’s independent S-rank Mage Assessment on Tenrou Island. The examiners and candidates arrived on the island, where the assessment was set to begin the next day.

• Lu Qiming helped Mavis recognize the importance of the Elemental Core, then pointed out to Tamako that she truly loved Rory, prompting Rory to chase after her.
• Lu Qiming introduced Tang Luo'e to Mavis and gave her a new weapon before bringing Mavis and Kanna home.
• Makarov visited Lu Qiming at the Fairy Clinic, and Precht received the Element Control Grimoire and began studying the Elemental Core.
• Lu Qiming told Makarov that he, Mavis, and Precht would oversee the S-rank assessment, with Kanna and Tang Luo'e among the candidates.
• Lu Qiming, Mavis, Precht, Makarov, Kanna, and Tang Luo'e sailed to Tenrou Island, where Alisa greeted Lu Qiming and said the assessment would begin the next day.

Lu Qiming and Mavis tested Makarov, Kanna, and Tang Luo'e on Tenrou Island before declaring all three of them S-Class Mages. The chapter ended with Lu Qiming carrying Kanna toward the sea while the others left the mountain.

• Precht explained the forest trial, and Kanna, Tang Luo'e, and Makarov entered by separate paths while Lu Qiming and Mavis flew toward the exits.
• Makarov smashed his way through the demon-controlled forest, transformed into a giant, and destroyed Demon Bro before Lu Qiming stopped his attack.
• Mavis deflected Makarov's giant axe and disarmed him, while Lu Qiming accepted Kanna's honeycomb and told her she had already passed her assessment.
• Precht and Tang Luo'e discussed elemental-body modifications after Tang Luo'e defeated Precht's unfinished technique and bested him in combat.
• Lu Qiming announced that there would be no second assessment and made Makarov, Kanna, and Tang Luo'e S-Class Mages.

Makarov became Fairy Tail’s third guild master while Lu Qiming watched the guild’s younger members. Gildarts challenged Kanna again, mistook making her use magic for progress, and ran off determined to train for another rematch.

• Makarov took over as Fairy Tail’s guild master from Precht, with Lu Qiming and the guild members as witnesses.
• Gildarts challenged Kanna for honey, but she ate his jar and Makarov punched him into the floor.
• Ur refereed Gildarts’s 1,368th challenge, and Kanna knocked him aside before he could begin; Gildarts offered another jar of honey for a rematch.
• Gildarts unleashed his Super Magic, and Kanna blocked it with a golden barrier before defeating him with her Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Gildarts handed Kanna two more jars of honey and ran off to train, while Lu Qiming told Kanna to let Gildarts see some hope in future fights.

Precht and Mavis completed the Fairy Hearts, powerful crystals that could provide vast, rapidly recovering magic and alter magic’s elemental attributes. Makarov agreed to keep one hidden beneath the guild, while Lu Qiming gave the other to A-Yin and learned Ivan had gone with Yuri to seek a Thunder Dragon Magic Crystal.

• Precht brought Lu Qiming and Kanna to the basement, where they saw the completed Fairy Hearts.
• Mavis demonstrated that a Fairy Heart could power Super Magic and change its elemental attribute, then explained its limits and the danger of others learning about it.
• Mavis and Precht decided to restrict use of the Fairy Heart to Fairy Tail members and keep it in the basement for emergencies; Lu Qiming let A-Yin devour the other one.
• Mavis placed the remaining Fairy Heart in a newly created pool, and Makarov learned about its power and agreed to keep it secret as guild master.
• Lu Qiming asked about Ivan and learned that he had gone with Yuri to search ruins for a Thunder Dragon Magic Crystal, then left intending to continue correcting Ivan’s habits.

Yuri tried to awaken Ivan’s Lightning Magic by having him implant a Thunder Dragon Magic Crystal, but the attempt nearly killed him. Lu Qiming took Ivan in to train him in physical and Illusion Magic, and the chapter left Ivan repeatedly charging Kanna in their sparring sessions.

• Yuri brought Ivan to a thunderous mountain and gave him a Thunder Dragon Magic Crystal, but Ivan’s body rejected it and Yuri carried him away unconscious.
• Lu Qiming healed Ivan at Fairy Clinic, learned that Ivan had inherited only his mother’s Illusion talent, and agreed to train him.
• Ivan accepted Lu Qiming’s plan to develop his body and Illusion Magic, and Lu Qiming told him to keep the Thunder Dragon Magic Crystal for his future son.
• Over the next month, Ivan endured intense training and asked to learn boxing so he could defeat Gildarts with his fists.
• Ivan used an illusion of delicious food to distract Kanna during their sparring, but she sent him crashing through rocks and into a tree; he recovered and charged her again.

A year after Fairy Heart empowered A-Yin, Lu Qiming left Fairy Tail with Mavis, Zera, and Kanna to begin an adventure. They headed for the western continent to visit Zeref and see the Albares Empire.

• Mavis asked Lu Qiming to go adventuring, and he agreed, insisting that Kanna join them.
• A-Yin finished devouring Fairy Heart, doubling Lu Qiming's magic power and gaining the ability to boost his magic, restore it quickly, and freely transform elements.
• Lu Qiming handed Fairy Tail's care to Makarov and left with Mavis, Zera, and Kanna, while Ivan and Gildarts prepared to fight.
• Lu Qiming told Zera they were going to the western continent to meet Zeref, and Mavis eagerly anticipated seeing the Albares Empire.

Lu Qiming and his companions traveled across the West Continent toward Zeref, but stopped to raid a giant Magic Beast Bee hive for honey and Bee Pupae. After overpowering its Queen Bee and leaving a Spatial Mark, they settled in for a honey-glazed feast and continued their journey with Kanna eager to learn spatial magic.

• Lu Qiming reflected on Zeref’s plans for the Albares Empire as the group flew over the West Continent.
• Kanna spotted a giant Magic Beast Bee hive, and Lu Qiming told the group to let the bees carry them inside so they could take honey and Bee Pupae.
• Lu Qiming struck the Queen Bee, then negotiated access to its stores while Kanna threatened to eat it.
• Lu Qiming took a chunk of honeycomb and the Queen Bee’s severed claw, while Mavis marked the Queen Bee with spatial magic.
• The group collected honey, and Mavis agreed to teach Kanna spatial magic.
• That night, Lu Qiming and the others roasted the Queen Bee’s claw with honey beside a bonfire.

Lu Qiming, Kanna, Zera, and Mavis traveled to the Leost Kingdom, where Bloodman and the Albares Empire were slaughtering its people despite the king’s offer to surrender. After Kanna swallowed Bloodman’s attacks and Mavis destroyed the invading army, Lu Qiming healed the capital and vowed to confront Zeref.

• Lu Qiming and his companions left for the Albares Empire after breakfast, carrying a Queen Bee Claw given to Kanna by the queen bee.
• Bloodman used his Plague Curse and Eternal Freeze to attack the Leost Kingdom’s capital and its people.
• Kanna swallowed Bloodman’s black ice and curses, then counterattacked with Black Dragon’s Roar.
• Mavis used Fairy Glitter to annihilate Bloodman and nearly all of the Albares Empire’s soldiers, leaving one soldier alive to carry Lu Qiming’s warning to Zeref.
• Lu Qiming healed the capital with Holy Light and decided to make Zeref spend the next few years in bed.

Lu Qiming healed and resurrected the people of the Leost Kingdom, then spent several days there before setting out with his companions for the Albares Empire. As they reached its capital, Kanna grew frightened after Lu Qiming described Zeref as a pervert who liked little girls.

• Lu Qiming's holy light healed the plague-stricken people and revived the dead, and the Leost king thanked him for saving his kingdom.
• Lu Qiming told the king to return to his people, while the Seed of Profession absorbed the citizens' faith as nourishment.
• Lu Qiming and his companions stayed in the kingdom for several days; Kanna sampled local food, Mavis and Zera studied in the library, and Lu Qiming observed his Seed of Profession while running a clinic.
• The group departed for the Albares Empire, and Sale began preparing statues of the heroes as the kingdom recovered.
• Mages along the way recognized Lu Qiming's group and let them pass under Zeref's orders.
• As the capital came into view, Lu Qiming described Zeref to Kanna, who recoiled in fear, and Lu Qiming sensed a dark magical aura within the city.

Lu Qiming confronted Zeref in the Albres Empire palace, then seized all eight Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals from Serena and gave two to Zera and Kanna. He warned Zeref not to target Fairy Tail and left the Orest Kingdom under his protection.

• Lu Qiming punched Zeref and sent him crashing through the palace hall.
• Zera stepped in against the Twelve Guardian Shields, but Zeref ordered them to stand down.
• Lu Qiming said he disliked Zeref and intended to rob Serena of his Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals.
• Lu Qiming pierced Serena's chest, removed all eight crystals, and gave the Fire Dragon crystal to Zera and the Black Dragon crystal to Kanna.
• Lu Qiming warned Zeref that he would protect the Orest Kingdom and kill him if he went after Fairy Tail.

Lu Qiming left the Albares Empire with the collected Lost Magic, while Zera and Kanna gained power from Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals. A year later, Kanna emerged from an egg after advancing to the hatchling stage and lamented the meals she had missed.

• Lu Qiming made Zeref promise not to hurt Natsu, then asked Val Icht to take him and the others to the library for the Lost Magic Grimoires.
• Mavis settled into a cabin to study the Lost Magic, while Zera began fusing with the Fire Dragon Magic Crystal.
• Kanna ate the Darkness Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal, fell asleep, and transformed into a patterned black egg as she advanced from the Young Dragon stage.
• After a year, Kanna hatched, ate her eggshell, and joined Lu Qiming and Zera for roasted magic beast bear.
• Kanna realized she had missed at least 1,855 meals during her sleep and corrected Lu Qiming when he underestimated the number.

After twenty years of traveling with Mavis, Zera, and Kanna, Lu Qiming revealed his origins and explained that he would eventually leave the Fairy Tail world. He promised to return, then accepted Mavis and Zera’s feelings before spending the night with them, while Kanna waited outside and was later cheered up.

• Lu Qiming told Mavis, Zera, and Kanna that he came from a world without magic and described his time in Orario and the Hestia Familia.
• Mavis realized Lu Qiming was preparing to leave, and he said he had about eighty years left in their world before promising to return.
• Lu Qiming kissed Mavis, then invited Zera to join them, while Zera took Kanna away from the house.
• Kanna waited angrily outside until morning, when Lu Qiming kissed her cheek and carried her inside.
• Lu Qiming prepared breakfast while Mavis and Zera slept after staying up with him all night.