Chapter Summaries

Cain intimidated Jiemma with a glance, while Minerva resolved to reunite with him and change Sabertooth. Three days later, the Grand Magic Games began, and Fairy Tail prepared to face the newly arrived Raven Tail as Gray entered the first match.

• Cain's gaze froze Jiemma's magic and drove him back, so Jiemma left the hotel in a rage while Minerva paid for the damage and looked forward to meeting Cain again.
• Cain met Jellal in a dim corner to discuss their investigation, then left to join Erza, Ultear, and Mira.
• At the opening ceremony, Pumpkin introduced the Grand Magic Games and announced Jude and his wife as sponsors, with Small Communication Crystals offered as prizes.
• Cain spotted Kagura among Mermaid Heel's contestants, then saw Raven Tail enter and recognized Ivan as Makarov's son and Laxus's father.
• Fairy Tail selected Gray for the Hidden Battle, and Cain settled in with snacks while holding and feeding Asuka.

Gray competed in the Grand Magic Games’ crowded battle royale, scoring points against Raven Tail and Mermaid Heel before Rufus took first place with a memory-based attack. Gray and Lyon tied for second, and the chapter left the guild preparing for Lucy’s next match.

• Asuka watched the phantom-filled arena with the guild, while Juvia cheered Gray on with a flag she had made herself.
• Gray dodged Nab Pudding’s surprise attack, then froze Beth and defeated her to earn the match’s first point.
• Rufus attacked the contestants from a platform, scoring five points and explaining that he could track them by their breathing, heartbeats, and magical auras.
• Rufus finished first with ten points, while Gray and Lyon tied for second after using ice shards to locate opponents.
• Natsu mocked Gray, then eagerly asked whether he would fight next; Gajeel told him Lucy’s match was next, and Erza stopped the two from starting a fight.

Lucy defeated Freya in the first one-on-one battle of the Grand Magic Games, then Raven Tail’s armored leader ordered a secret attack under Plan B. Cain left the arena after Raven Tail’s team departed.

• Lucy entered the arena as Fairy Tail’s first fighter, and Layla and Jude cheered for her from the stands.
• Lucy summoned Taurus and Kesha to counter Freya’s hair magic, and Taurus forced Freya to admit defeat.
• Kesha restored Freya’s cut hair, and Lucy returned to the contestants’ room after winning.
• An armored Raven Tail member called Freya trash and ordered Obra to lure someone to a designated location so the team could attack him.
• Freya left with her teammates while worrying about Lucy and the others, and Cain handed Asuka to Ultear before leaving the arena.

Cain found no sign of trouble at the Grand Magic Games and watched Orga defeat Vokule before celebrating Lucy’s victory with Fairy Tail. The celebration ended with Lucy discovering Freya’s warning, leaving Makarov and Cain suspecting that Raven Tail was about to target someone, possibly Laxus.

• Cain searched the arena for anything unusual, then watched Orga defeat Vokule with Lightning God Slayer Magic.
• Cain and his companions celebrated Lucy’s victory at a tavern, where Pascal arrived and joined them for drinks.
• Cana challenged Pascal to a drinking contest and fell asleep in Cain’s arms after losing.
• Layla noticed red marks on Lucy’s shoe, and Lucy found the words “be careful” woven into it.
• Makarov suspected Raven Tail was preparing to act, while Cain wondered whether Ivan’s group would target Laxus.

Ivan Dreyar lured Laxus to the eastern outskirts and offered to help him become Fairy Tail’s guild master in exchange for Meteorite Radiance. Laxus rejected him and fought Raven Tail, revealing his strength despite Obra’s magic suppressing his magic.

• Ivan summoned Laxus to a deserted meeting place and offered to help him take Fairy Tail’s guild master position.
• Laxus rejected Ivan’s offer, explaining that protecting his guild family mattered more to him than becoming guild master.
• Ivan ordered Raven Tail to attack, and Nab Pudding, Black Snake, Freya, and Ivan used their magic against Laxus while Obra suppressed his magic.
• Laxus smashed Nab Pudding’s Spiked Chariot with a punch, cut through Black Snake’s sand, and charged toward Obra as Freya’s attack landed behind him.

Laxus defeated Ivan and Raven Tail’s fighters, then Cain healed his wounds and brought him and Freya back to the tavern. There, Laxus learned that Ivan had been after Fairy Tail’s Meteorite Radiance, leaving the question of how Ivan discovered it unanswered.

• Laxus swiftly defeated Obra and Black Snake, leaving only Ivan and Freya standing.
• Ivan attacked Laxus with paper dolls, but Cain stopped Freya from joining the fight and challenged Ivan’s claim that their conflict was private.
• Laxus insisted on confronting his father himself and knocked Ivan out with a lightning-powered punch.
• Cain healed Laxus, and the city guards arrested Ivan and the other Raven Tail fighters; a black monkey-like creature escaped from Obra’s body into the forest.
• At the tavern, Laxus told Cain that Ivan had sought Meteorite Radiance, and they wondered how Ivan had learned about it.

The second day of the Grand Magic Games began with a chariot race, where Natsu took first place after Cain’s motion sickness medicine let him and Sting race at full strength. The first one-on-one battle, between Elfman and Pascal, began.

• Pumpkin announced that Raven Tail had been disqualified for attacking members of other guilds, then explained the chariot race.
• Natsu and Sting struggled with motion sickness until Natsu took Cain’s medicine and gave a pill to Sting.
• Natsu and Sting overtook the other racers, while Pascal destroyed his chariot and Risley transformed by burning her fat for power.
• Natsu beat Sting to the finish line, and Jiemma reprimanded Sting for losing after accepting help from an enemy.
• Elfman and Pascal faced each other for the first one-on-one match, and charged as Pumpkin called for the battle to start.

Elfman defeated Pascal by using the Thorn Lizard's scales to punish his attacks before overwhelming him with the Beast King's Soul. After Jenny and Sherria drew, Yukino began her match against Kagura by summoning Pisces, revealing she was a Celestial Spirit Mage.

• Elfman endured Pascal's rapid attacks with the Thorn Lizard's scales, causing Pascal's hands to bleed from the backlash.
• Elfman transformed into the Beast King's Soul and defeated Pascal with relentless punches while Pascal evaded.
• Jenny and Sherria's match ended in a draw.
• Erza cheered for Kagura before Yukino and Kagura's match began, and Yukino summoned Pisces with a golden key.

Kagura defeated Yukino in the Grand Magic Games after cutting down her Ophiuchus summon without drawing her sword. At Sabertooth's base, Minerva led Sting and Rogue in attacking Jiemma, who fled, and named Sting the guild's acting master.

• Yukino summoned Pisces and Libra to attack Kagura, but Kagura resisted their assaults and explained that her gravity magic made Libra's power ineffective.
• Yukino summoned Ophiuchus, but Kagura used Archenemy: Katana Form to cut the Celestial Spirit apart and defeat Yukino.
• Jiemma berated Sting and Yukino at Sabertooth's base, then grabbed Yukino by the throat and threatened to kill her.
• Minerva rescued Yukino and declared that Jiemma's era was over, then ordered Sting and Rogue to attack him.
• Jiemma blocked Sting and Rogue's attacks, but Minerva struck him from behind, forcing him to flee after one final attack.
• Minerva told Sting he would become Sabertooth's acting master because the guild master could not compete in the Grand Magic Games.

Gajeel defeated Sabertooth's Orga, while Cain met Minerva and learned that Sting had become Sabertooth's guild master after Jiemma was ousted. The chapter ended with Sting and Rogue preparing to face Natsu and Gajeel in the next day's two-man battle.

• Gajeel split Orga's black lightning attack and defeated him with Iron Dragon's Rupture.
• Cain walked with Jellal as Jellal searched for the strange aura, then met Minerva, who had come to see him.
• Minerva told Cain that she and the guild members had removed Jiemma as guild master, and that Sting had taken the position.
• Cain learned that Minerva planned to send Sting and Rogue into the two-man battle against Fairy Tail.
• Minerva told Sting and Rogue that Natsu and Gajeel would compete, and both volunteered to fight them.

Mermaid Heel and Lamia Scale won their matches before Fairy Tail faced Sabertooth in a battle between four Dragon Slayers. After Gajeel and Natsu landed powerful opening attacks, Sting and Rogue prepared to use their special modes.

• Kagura and Millianna defeated Blue Pegasus's Nichiya and his Exceed partner, winning the two-on-two match for Mermaid Heel.
• Jura instantly defeated Four Hounds with his rock magic, securing another victory for Lamia Scale.
• Fairy Tail sent Natsu and Gajeel to face Sabertooth's Sting and Rogue, and all four Dragon Slayers clashed as the match began.
• Sting's White Dragon's Roar collided with Natsu's Fire Dragon's Roar while Rogue attacked Gajeel from the shadows.
• Gajeel blocked Rogue's Shadow Dragon's Slash with Iron Dragon's Sword and sent him flying, while Natsu also knocked Sting down.
• Sting and Rogue activated White Light Mode and Shadow Mode.

Sting and Rogue unleashed their Dragon Force against Natsu and Gajeel, but the Fairy Tail pair quickly turned the fight in their favor. Natsu and Gajeel combined their attacks against Sting and Rogue, while an unseen force contained the blast after the arena’s defensive array shattered.

• Sting and Rogue revealed they could control Dragon Force and said they had killed the dragons who raised them.
• Sting struck Natsu with a Holy Mark and unleashed Holy Nova, but Natsu burned away the mark and blocked the attack unharmed.
• Natsu grabbed Sting and charged toward Gajeel and Rogue, prompting Gajeel to attack Sting with Iron Thorns.
• Natsu and Gajeel nearly fought each other until Erza ordered them to finish the match.
• Natsu and Gajeel combined their Dragon Slayer Secret Arts against Sting and Rogue, and the resulting blast shattered the arena’s defensive array.
• The spectators escaped injury as an unseen force confined the explosion’s power.

Rogue was overtaken by Future Rogue, who used fused Shadow and White Dragon Slayer Magic to overwhelm Natsu and Gajeel in the Grand Magic Games arena. Natsu and Gajeel endured his strongest attack and countered together, while Cain recognized that Future Lucy might also have arrived.

• A powerful presence took over Rogue, broke through Natsu and Gajeel’s combined attack, and knocked them and Sting unconscious.
• Minerva and Fairy Tail’s mages sensed that Rogue had changed, while Cain learned from Jellal that he had found an unusual presence and suspected Future Lucy had arrived.
• Future Rogue revealed that he had combined Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic with White Dragon Slayer Magic and challenged Natsu and Gajeel.
• Natsu awakened Dragon Force and Gajeel entered Iron Dragon Mode before Future Rogue fired Holy Shadow Dragon Fang Flash.
• Cain acted when the arena’s defensive magic array failed, and Natsu and Gajeel emerged from the blast to strike Future Rogue together.

Cain confronted Future Rogue, learned that he wanted Lucy and Yukino to open the Eclipse Gate to avert an unnamed future crisis, and then joined Fairy Tail’s leaders to exchange information. A tearful Lucy fell asleep in Cain’s arms, and the group prepared to discuss what they had learned.

• Present Rogue reclaimed his body from Future Rogue after Natsu and Gajeel struck him, and Future Rogue escaped into the shadows.
• Cain followed Future Rogue and heard that he had come from a future facing an unnamed crisis and wanted Lucy and Yukino to open the Eclipse Gate.
• Cain returned to Fairy Tail’s quarters and learned from Asuka that Erza and the others were meeting with two hooded visitors.
• A hooded Lucy recognized Cain, clung to him, and wept until she fell asleep in his arms.
• Cain soothed Lucy with Holy Light Magic and asked everyone in the crowded room to exchange information.

Jellal recounted Lucy’s account of a future in which dragons invaded after the Eclipse Gate opened, Fairy Tail suffered devastating losses, and Cain nearly destroyed the world. Cain revealed that Rogue had also come from the future and told him he had opened the Eclipse Gate, leaving everyone shocked by this new information.

• Jellal told Cain that Lucy had revealed she came from the future and described a war between humans, dragons, and Acnologia after the Eclipse Gate opened.
• Jellal recounted how Mira, Makarov, Laxus, and Erza died in the future, while Cain slew Acnologia and then turned to darkness and destroyed most of the dragons.
• Cain joked with Mira and Erza about his future actions, and Ultear explained that she had sent Lucy back through the Eclipse Gate to change history.
• Cain concluded that he had likely opened the Eclipse Gate and released the dragons, then revealed that he had also met Rogue from the future.
• Cain told the group what Rogue had said, shocking everyone with the revelation that Lucy was not the only person who had come from the future.

Cain explained that he planned to summon seven dragons to obtain materials and power for fighting Acnologia, while the guild worked out how to help Erza and Mira use their full forms. Future Lucy warned that overusing Cain’s Six-Winged Angel form could strip away his emotions, but Cain insisted he would proceed carefully.

• Mavis noticed that Future Rogue’s warning about a world-ending crisis conflicted with Future Lucy’s account, and the guild questioned whether Rogue had lied.
• Cain said he wanted to summon seven dragons, not ten thousand, so they could make Dragon Blood Potions and dragon gear to help defeat Acnologia.
• Cain outlined fighters for the seven dragons, including himself, Erza, Mira, Laxus, the Dragon Slayers, and the Dragon-Slaying Cannon.
• Erza raised concerns that she and Mira lacked the magic power to use their full forms, and Ultear proposed having Meldy connect the guild with Maguilty Sense so they could transfer power to them.
• Future Lucy woke and warned Cain that repeated use of his Six-Winged Angel form had stripped away his emotions in the future, but Cain said he knew the risk and would be careful.

Mavis and the others learned that Future Rogue and Future Lucy came from different timelines, and that ten thousand dragons would emerge when the Grand Magic Games ended in two or three days. Cain and Erza sought Sabertooth’s cooperation, then Cain explained the time travelers’ arrival to Minerva and Rogue, leaving Rogue encouraged to believe his future could change.

• Future Lucy said she knew when the dragons would be released but did not know about the World-Destroying Crisis, and Ultear concluded that she and Future Rogue came from different timelines.
• Cain planned to finish the Grand Magic Games, have Lucy and Yukino open the Eclipse Gate, close it after the seventh dragon appeared, and asked Meldy to secretly place Link Marks on every guild’s Mages.
• Cain and Erza visited Sabertooth, where Minerva welcomed Cain and Rogue joined them for a private discussion while Sting went to the Grand Magic Games arena.
• Cain told Minerva and Rogue about Future Rogue and Future Lucy, and Rogue realized that his future self had possessed him during the previous day’s battle.
• Cain struck Rogue to stop his dark thoughts and reminded him that the future could change, encouraging Rogue to believe his own fate was not fixed.

Lucy summoned the Deep-Sea King—Kyogre against Jura, but their clash destroyed the arena and left Lucy unconscious. The Dragon Grave appeared, and the story left the mages gathered before the Eclipse Gate as Layla realized the king had never destroyed it.

• Lucy summoned Leo and Virgo with Starlight Attraction, then used an unfamiliar aqua-blue key to summon the Deep-Sea King—Kyogre.
• Jura unleashed Immovable Wisdom King: Protection, and Kyogre's energy projection collided with the giant Buddha statue, prompting Cain to shield the arena with a golden magic array.
• The clash tore through the organizers' defenses and destroyed the arena floor; Cain rescued the unconscious Lucy and declared Lamia Scale the winner.
• Cain told Fairy Tail that the Dragon Grave had appeared, while the organizers sent spectators away and kept the guild mages behind.
• The guild masters returned after meeting the Fiore Royal Family, and Lucy and Yukino were brought to the Eclipse Gate.
• Layla recognized the gate and realized the king of the Fiore Kingdom had never destroyed it despite her and Jude's request.

Cain and the others opened the Eclipse Gate, and seven dragons emerged into the present. Cain injured the first dragon with a punch and ordered Lucy and Yukino to close the gate as the remaining dragons appeared.

• Lucy and Yukino poured their magic into the Eclipse Gate while Cain stayed alert and Erza, Mira, and the others searched for future Rogue.
• Jellal asked Lahar and Mest to bring Cobra to the site because he expected a battle and believed the Dragon Slayer could help.
• The Eclipse Gate opened, and Guleiya emerged and attacked the crowd before Cain struck his claw and shattered its scales.
• Six more dragons came through the gate, including a flame-covered dragon Cain recognized as an ally from the original story.
• Cain told Lucy and Yukino to close the Eclipse Gate and ordered everyone to stay alert while he watched for future Rogue.

Lucy and Yukino closed the Eclipse Gate after Cain blasted back a dragon trying to force its way through. Future Rogue then sent seven Giant Dragons to attack, and Cain transformed into his Six-Winged Angel form to empower the mages and begin the battle.

• Lucy and Yukino summoned the twelve Celestial Spirits to close the Eclipse Gate, but a tiger-like dragon forced it open.
• Cain struck the dragon with Heaven-Piercing Cannon, giving the Celestial Spirits time to shut the gate.
• Future Rogue appeared and revealed that he had planned to control seven dragons, then ordered them to attack Cain and the others.
• Cain rescued Lucy and Yukino, assigned the mages their targets, and transformed into his Six-Winged Angel form.
• Cain used Angel's Blessing to multiply the mages' strength, while Meldy linked her magic to Erza and Mira.
• Natsu and Wendy headed toward the fire-covered dragon as Erza donned Golden Dragon Armor and Mira took on Silver Dragon Soul.