Chapter Summaries

Ren tortured Laxien for information about Brain and Hades, then demanded that he reveal his magical training and spells. Elsewhere, Hades learned that the R-System improved magical aptitude and ordered children to be used in its construction, while his search for Ultear continued.

• Laxien told Ren that Hades had promised Brain a Dragon Crystal and Primordial Magic in exchange for completing the R-System.
• Ren decided to take Ultear under his protection and planned to confront Hades for his collected magic and treasures.
• Ren ordered Laxien to explain how he had cultivated magic and list every spell he knew.
• Hades learned that Brain’s search had failed and that one of the Six Generals had disappeared, so he ordered the search for Ultear to continue or a replacement to be found.
• Hades learned that building the R-System seemed to improve magical aptitude and ordered children to be captured and put to work on it.

Ren learned that his strong body had low affinity for magic and considered using a Logia Fruit to gain an elemental constitution. Ultear returned heartbroken after finding Ulu with two adopted children, and Ren left their misunderstanding unresolved as he took Ultear to rest.

• Hogue pledged loyalty to Ren, while Laxien explained elemental affinity and how rare Dragon blood, Elemental Crystals, and Dragon Crystals could improve it.
• Ren reflected that his body’s resistance to natural elements made magic difficult to absorb, though he already possessed a Dragon Crystal and Black Dragon remains.
• Laxien said Morgana had a Dark Body and Kayle had a Lightning Body, and Ren wondered whether Logia Devil Fruits gave people elemental constitutions.
• Ren produced a white fruit as he considered using a Logia Fruit, but Ultear rushed in crying that Ulu had abandoned her.
• Kayle explained that Ultear had found Ulu training and smiling with two adopted children, and Ren chose not to resolve the misunderstanding for them.
• Ren picked up Ultear and told Hogue to take Laxien to rest, ending the day’s magic training.

Ren comforted Ultear, secured Hogue and Laxien’s cooperation, and discovered Ulu’s method for creating an acquired Ice Constitution. He then entered the Trash Station to connect to a new world, which appeared to be a realm of still lava.

• Ren ordered Laxien to record Earth Softening magic for Hogue, then explained to Morgana why they could keep both men for their knowledge.
• Ren reassured Ultear that she would not be abandoned, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Kayle told Ren that Ulu’s behavior had been genuine and gave him Ulu’s notes on changing a person’s constitution.
• Ren read that Ulu’s method could create an acquired Ice Constitution and declined Kayle’s suggestion to use it on his Magic Resistance Constitution.
• Ren entered the Trash Station with Morgana and Kayle and asked it to connect to a world with magic.
• The Trash Station connected to a new world and showed Ren a vast expanse of motionless molten rock.

Ren recognized the Wine God World and opened a spatial passage to seize the twin monarchs’ inheritances and a fiery lotus. The invasion began with Ren, Kayle, and Morgana attacking Lie Yan and Jidong, who were left facing their assault.

• Ren recognized the scene as the moment Jidong condensed his Yin-Yang Crown and learned that Lie Yan planned to give him the twin monarchs’ inheritances.
• Ren ordered the Trash Station to prepare a spatial passage and told Kayle to target Jidong and Morgana to take a lotus from the magma.
• After Jidong succeeded in condensing his Yin-Yang Crown, Lie Yan raised the twin monarchs’ inheritances to give him, but Ren ordered the passage opened.
• A Distortion vortex appeared above Jidong and Lie Yan, and its pulling force threatened to drag Jidong inside.
• Ren sent a Fire Dragon through the passage as Kayle and Morgana attacked with Thunder and darkness; Lie Yan shielded Jidong from the flames.

Ren used the Trash Station’s spatial vortex to pull Jidong and the two Demon Spirits bearing Wine God World’s monarch legacies into his reach, while Lie Yan fought back from the other side. As Lie Yan’s Fire Lotus emerged through the vortex, Ren unleashed a Destruction Sword Aura to meet it.

• Ren expanded the spatial vortex and used a fiery Sword Aura tornado to drag Jidong and Lie Yan toward it.
• Kayle’s Thunder Dragon struck Lie Yan, and the two Demon Spirits bearing the monarchs’ legacies were swept into the vortex.
• Lie Yan hurled a Fire Lotus through the vortex at Ren after Jidong disappeared inside it.
• Ren gathered lingering Destruction Aura into his Sword Aura as the two Demon Spirits emerged and Kayle caught them.
• Ren shouted for Kayle to strike and sent his Destruction Sword Aura toward Lie Yan’s Fire Lotus.

Ren used the spatial vortex to send Destruction Sword Aura into the Wine God World, where Lie Yan fought it with her Red Lotus Heavenly Fire. Morgana stole Lie Yan’s Fire Lotus offshoots before the vortex closed, leaving Ren with new treasures and a supply of pure fire element.

• After Jidong vanished into the spatial vortex, Lie Yan sensed danger and met Ren’s Destruction Sword Aura with her Red Lotus Heavenly Fire.
• Amid the clash, Morgana used darkness to seize a Ten-Petal Fire Lotus, smaller Fire Lotuses, and lotus seeds from the Earth Core Lava.
• Lie Yan sent more flames through the vortex, but the Trash Station converted them into pure fire element for Ren.
• Ren closed the spatial vortex as Lie Yan glared furiously at him from the Wine God World.
• Morgana showed Ren the stolen Fire Lotuses and seeds, and Ren admired their purity and value.

Ren began fusing the golden and black fire inheritances, but their flames threatened to destroy the palace, so he escaped into the Trash Station to endure the process. There, he absorbed fire elements as the two powers tempered his body, while the Ice-Ice Fruit began absorbing magic elements back in the palace.

• Ren created a lava lake in the Trash Station, where the Fire Lotuses took root and began absorbing fire elements.
• After returning to the palace, Ren ordered Kayle and Morgana to guard him while he fused the two gemstone inheritances in a secret chamber.
• Kayle and Morgana noticed the Ice-Ice Fruit absorbing ice elements from the palace, but they could not alert Ren while he cultivated.
• Ren used his blood to awaken the gemstones, and the resulting Yin-Yang flames engulfed his body and began melting the secret chamber.
• Ren fled into the Trash Station, where he Devoured surrounding fire elements as the golden and black flames formed a vortex and tempered his body.

Ren used the Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Nether Yin Spirit Fire to temper his body and received magic inheritances, including a new kind of Dragon Slayer Magic from a Dragon Crystal. Outside, Morgana and Kayle discovered that Brain’s Six Generals had tracked them down, and five of them approached the palace.

• Ren’s body shed impurities as the two flames tempered him, while he received magic techniques and formed a magic vortex in his chest.
• A Dragon Crystal flew into Ren’s magic vortex, absorbed the two flames, shattered, and released a tiny black-gold dragon that entered his magic source.
• Ren gained Dragon Slayer Magic combining Fire Dragon and Black Dragon techniques, but he did not fuse with the Dragon Crystal or gain the ability to transform into a dragon.
• Morgana and Kayle sensed that enemies had found their location after Ultear’s visit to her mother.
• Hogue reported that five of Brain’s Six Generals had arrived, and Morgana showed the approaching mages on a three-dimensional map.

Kayle and Morgana confronted the five remaining Great Generals outside the palace while guarding Ren, who was in seclusion. Kayle’s lightning magic overwhelmed their first attack, but the generals regrouped and launched a coordinated assault.

• Laxien identified the five remaining generals and warned that their teamwork made them dangerous, while Morgana and Kayle prepared to drive off the invaders.
• Kayle and Morgana left the palace to confront the five generals, and Morgana shielded the palace with darkness to protect Ren.
• The generals saw Laxien’s injuries and attacked Kayle in anger; Kayle trapped one of them in a lightning net, but another used Distortion to free him.
• Laxien recognized Kayle and Morgana’s power but could not warn his former companions because he feared the pain inflicted on his soul.
• The five generals scattered and attacked together; Kayle’s lightning swallowed the poison snakes, and another general began casting Angel Magic—Wings of Light.

Kayle and Morgana fought Brain’s Six Generals while protecting the palace, where Ren was secluded. A sudden surge of ice froze the palace and its surroundings, and Ultear rushed out warning them that an ice monster had appeared inside.

• Morgana trapped the Angel Magic user with darkness while Kayle struck the venom mage with lightning and sent a Thunder Beast against the swords of light.
• The Distortion mage realized Kayle and Morgana were protecting the palace and attacked it with Dimension Distortion.
• Kayle unleashed Thunderous Force, killing the venom mage and the speed mage as Morgana shielded the palace with darkness.
• A powerful wave of cold erupted from inside the palace, froze the building and its surroundings, and drew in ice elemental energy from far away.
• Morgana and Kayle wondered why ice was gathering instead of fire, and Ultear ran out of the palace in terror, warning them about an ice monster inside.

Qing Zhi awakened and used Ice Magic to trap Brain's Six Great Generals, but heat from the palace melted his ice. Ren emerged surrounded by fire elements as the temperature rose.

• Qing Zhi woke from the Ice-Ice Fruit, and Brain's Six Great Generals decided to retreat from Morgana, Kayle, and him.
• Kayle challenged the fleeing generals, and Qing Zhi cast Ice Magic—Ice Age, freezing the surrounding area and trapping them.
• Qing Zhi complained that his spell was weaker than before, while Kayle explained that his ice was denser and colder.
• Heat poured from the palace, melted Qing Zhi's ice, and left the generals suffering in the rising temperature.
• Morgana and Kayle recognized the heat as Ren's, and Ren emerged from the palace surrounded by fire elements.

Ren absorbed the Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Nether Yin Spirit Fire, while Qing Zhi unexpectedly woke from his ice. Ren used his new Dragon Slayer Magic against Brain’s Six Great Generals, leaving several of them dead and Laxien in despair.

• Ren saw Qing Zhi awake and learned that Ultear had touched a strange fruit before Qing Zhi emerged from the ice.
• Qing Zhi explained that he had frozen Brain’s Six Great Generals after finding them attacking the palace.
• Ren unleashed Black Flame Dragon’s Roar, a powerful attack fueled by the two ultimate flames, and consumed more than half his magic power.
• Laxien pleaded with Ren to spare the fleeing generals, but Ren’s attack engulfed them and several collapsed into ash.

Ren defeated Brain’s forces and learned that Aokiji had awakened after Ultear touched the Ice-Ice Fruit. Hogue identified Aokiji as a rare Ice Elemental Spirit, while Brain discovered that all his subordinates had lost contact.

• Ren left the two surviving, gravely injured generals to Laxien and questioned Aokiji about his awakening.
• Aokiji explained that he absorbed ambient energy and then something from Ultear before taking human form.
• Ren set out several Devil Fruits containing souls and asked Aokiji whether his new body felt different.
• Hogue reported that the two generals had survived but were completely crippled.
• Aokiji told Ren that magical techniques had appeared in his mind and merged with his old moves into instinctive magic.
• Hogue described Elemental Spirits and concluded that Aokiji was an Ice Elemental Spirit, while Brain learned that his subordinates had all lost contact.

Brain secured information on Nirvana and a promise of six replacement geniuses from Hades after losing his Six Great Generals. Meanwhile, Ren investigated why the Devil Fruits awakened unevenly, then learned that Deliora was causing destruction nearby and that the Magic Council and guilds had left it unchecked.

• Brain demanded Nirvana as compensation for his lost Six Great Generals, and Hades agreed to provide the information in exchange for continued cooperation.
• Hades promised Brain six magical geniuses and discussed using Deliora's rampage to draw out the mysterious experts in the Northern Continent.
• Ren puzzled over why Logia Devil Fruits absorbed magical elements while the Zoan and Paramecia Fruits remained inactive, and why Madara Uchiha had not awakened.
• An earthquake interrupted Ren's investigation, and Hogue explained that Deliora was causing destruction again.
• Ren asked why the Magic Council had not killed Deliora, and Hogue said the guilds and Council had avoided confronting the Devil because it mostly stayed in the Northern Continent.

Ren and Qing Zhi investigated the aftermath of Deliora’s rampage and found two surviving sisters, Sherry and Sherria. Recognizing them as future members of Lamia Scale, Ren discovered that their mother had gone alone to draw Deliora away.

• Ren asked Qing Zhi and Hogue to lead him to the place Deliora had attacked, while Morgana and Kayle remained at the palace.
• Hogue tracked the smoke and magical energy to a ruined village, where Ren and Qing Zhi found that Deliora had already left.
• Ren heard crying beneath the rubble and uncovered two children hiding in a hole.
• Sherry told Ren that her mother had gone alone to draw Deliora away and protect her and her younger sister, Sherria.
• Ren recognized Sherry and Sherria as future Lamia Scale members and recalled their Doll Magic and Sky God Slayer Magic.

Ren took Sherry and Sherria away from the frozen ruins and arranged for them to be cared for at his palace. He sent Hogue back to the Magic Council to take control of its intelligence network and promised to give him a chance at Dragon Transformation.

• Ren decided to take Sherry and Sherria with him, while Qing Zhi froze the ruins to preserve them.
• Ren ordered Hogue to return to the Magic Council and take charge of its intelligence for him.
• Ren promised Hogue a chance at Dragon Transformation, leaving him stunned.
• Ren brought Sherry and Sherria to the palace and asked Kayle to clean them up and prepare food.
• Qing Zhi confirmed that the ruins were completely frozen and should remain unchanged for a hundred years.

Ren tested whether a Devil Fruit could grant magic in the Fairy Tail world by having Hogue eat an Earth Dragon-Dragon Fruit. Hogue gained a Dragon Soul Take Over form, but Ren’s experiment with a strange twig removed the soul and left Hogue unable to transform, ending with Hogue on the verge of tears.

• Ren gave Hogue the Earth Dragon-Dragon Fruit to test whether people in this world could gain its power.
• Hogue ate the fruit and discovered he had gained Take Over Magic, then transformed with Take Over—Dragon Soul and found his abilities greatly enhanced.
• Ren concluded that Devil Fruits contained fragments of souls that could recover through battle, while Hogue found that Seastone no longer weakened him.
• Ren touched Hogue with a strange twig, causing him intense pain and making the Dragon-Dragon Fruit reappear.
• Hogue tried to use Take Over—Earth Dragon Soul again but found that the Dragon Soul had vanished, and he could no longer transform.

Ren discovered that Devil Fruits could grant Fairy Tail magic and reclaim it, then used Hogue’s repeated transformations to test the ability. A year later, Ren’s castle had grown and Hogue had taken control of the Magic Council’s Intelligence Department, while Ren continued learning about the wider world.

• Ren reclaimed Hogue’s Dragon Transformation magic and made him eat the Earth Dragon-Dragon Fruit again, restoring his transformation more completely.
• Ren sent Hogue to familiarize himself with his Dragon Transformation and then report to the Magic Council.
• Aokiji explained how Devil Fruits could create mages with Zoan, Logia, and Paramecia abilities, and Ren recognized their value for conquering the world.
• A year passed as Ren’s ruined village became a castle staffed by servants and orphans from the Northern Continent.
• Hogue used his strength to gradually take control of the Magic Council’s Intelligence Department despite Brain’s obstruction.

Ren reviewed the intelligence Hogue had gathered about Fairy Tail’s magic system, learning how Magic Sources and magic ranks worked. He continued training in the frozen land and mastered his two powerful flames, while developing his Fire Magic and Dragon Slayer Magic.

• Hogue rose within the Magic Council, took control of its Intelligence Department, and sent Ren books and information about the Fairy Tail World.
• Ren learned that Magic Sources measured magic power and magical understanding, and that developing eight Sources enabled the realm of Dancing with Magic.
• Ren studied the broad categories of magic and concluded that a wizard’s ability mattered more than a magic’s rank alone.
• Over the year, Ren trained with fire-element magical elements and practiced techniques from the inheritances of the two kings.
• Ren perfectly controlled the Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Nether Yin Spirit Fire, though using them for magic consumed substantial magic power.
• Ren practiced Fire Magic and Dragon Slayer Magic, using techniques gained from a Dragon Crystal and ordinary fire spells supplied by Hogue.

Ren learned several kinds of magic but found that his two sacred fires consumed too much magic power, so he wanted to open another Magic Source. Hogue reported that he had narrowed down the Tower of Heaven’s location, but an alert from Kayle about Ulu, Deliora, Lyon, and Gray left Ren anticipating a pivotal moment.

• Ren demonstrated the Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and concluded that he needed another Magic Source to use his powerful fires in battle.
• Morgana told Ren that Hogue had found the approximate location of the Tower of Heaven by tracking missing children and human traffickers.
• Ren ordered Hogue to keep searching without acting rashly and to purge guild members from the Magic Council as he built it into Ren’s power base.
• Kayle reported that Ulu and Deliora had entered her monitored area, where Deliora was destroying a town.
• Kayle confirmed that Ulu’s disciples Lyon and Gray were also there, with Gray alone, and Ren realized that a significant moment had arrived.