Chapter Summaries

Ren fought Hades across Galuna Island, using the island’s abundant fire elements to sustain his Susanoo and overcome Hades’s disbelief. After Ren destroyed Hades’s Super Gravity Sphere with a gray beam from his Golden Double Pupils, Hades unleashed his Super Magic, Devil’s Law.

• Ren’s crimson Susanoo clashed with Hades’s dragon, flattening mountains across Galuna Island and astonishing Ulu with the power of Make Magic.
• Hades struggled to understand how Ren could sustain Susanoo with only one Magic Source, while Ren drew on Galuna Island’s fire elements and his two sacred flames.
• Hades cast Gravity Magic—Super Gravity Sphere, creating a black hole that dragged in nearby matter.
• Ren fired a gray beam from his Golden Double Pupils and made the black hole explode, leaving Hades shocked.
• Hades raged at Ren and unleashed Devil’s Law, darkening the sky.

Ren unleashed his Wine God World ultimate technique, Sun Moon Yin Yang Realm, against Hades’s Devil’s Law on Galuna Island. Their spells collided with catastrophic force, and God Serena set off to investigate the disturbance.

• Ren drew fire elements from Galuna Island into the Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Nether Yin Spirit Fire, forming enormous magic circles.
• Ren summoned the Sun Moon Yin Yang Realm, combining the golden sun and dark moon into a blazing Yin-Yang Taiji that tore through Hades’s darkness.
• Hades poured power from all eight of his Magic Power Sources into Devil’s Law and attacked Ren with overwhelming darkness.
• Ren’s ultimate technique collided with Hades’s spell, unleashing shock waves that cracked Galuna Island and sent tsunamis and waterspouts toward the coastline.
• Warrod Sequen, Draculos Hyberion, Wolfheim, and God Serena sensed the clash at the Magic Council, and God Serena left to investigate.

Ren defeated Hades with a devastating magical attack, but Hades survived and revealed that his heart kept him alive and allowed him to regenerate. Ren and his companions confronted Hades, who remained confident he could not be killed.

• Draiguluse Hiberia and Warrod Sequen discussed God Serena's arrogance and rapid rise before leaving to investigate the magical clash.
• Ren's attack devastated Galuna Island but left Hades alive, and Ren pierced Hades's chest before Hades continued toward the temple.
• Morgana, Ulu, and Qing Zhi arrived by airship, and Ren explained that he had exhausted Galuna Island's fire elements.
• Ren cut off Hades's head, but Hades laughed and said his beating heart would keep reviving him.
• Ren challenged Hades's claim of immortality, while Qing Zhi compared him to Orochimaru and Ulu asked who Orochimaru was.

Ren confronted Hades, whose body could revive and whose soul was hidden, and learned that Hades had orchestrated the research institute that harmed Ulu’s daughter. Hades burned away before Ren could stop him from reviving, leaving Ren and Ulu to prepare for a future fight.

• Ren attacked Hades’s soul with Spiritual Pressure, but Hades explained that he had hidden his soul and made his body capable of rebuilding itself.
• Ren burned Hades’s body to ash, and Hades vowed to revive and face him again.
• Ulu suggested keeping Hades alive to prevent his revival, but Hades mocked her and revealed that he had run the research institute and deliberately exposed her daughter to darkness.
• Hades’s head ignited and turned to ash, leaving his Devil’s Eye for Qing Zhi to collect.
• Ren told Ulu that Hades and Brad were behind the Council’s research institutes, and Ulu vowed to grow stronger and seek revenge.

Ren explored the Fire God's temple, captured the living God Slayer Flame, and learned how God Slayer Magic depended on absorbing a god's power. He left with ancient magic books and the flame secured, though he showed little interest in creating a God Slayer Mage.

• Ren entered the exhausted temple with Ulu, Morgana, and Aokiji and began searching it for treasures and records.
• Ren stored the statue, chariot, and armor in his Amethyst Ring, but the black-flamed axe resisted and transformed into a blaze around him.
• Ren's Bingwu Yang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Nether Yin Spirit Fire overpowered the Fire God's Flame, and he imprisoned it in a flaming cage.
• Morgana brought Ren books containing Fire Demon God Magic and Wood God Slayer Magic.
• Ren read the Fire God Slayer Magic book and learned that a mage needed to absorb the Fire God's Flame to obtain God's Power before they could master the magic.

Ren used the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Fire God's Flame to revive Madara Uchiha, who awakened in the temple and immediately sought a battle. The chapter ended with Madara restored and asking Ren whether any powerful enemies awaited him.

• Ren gave the Flame-Flame Fruit the Fire God's Flame, hoping it would awaken Madara Uchiha, and Aokiji handed him the Sagittarius Golden Key.
• The fruit absorbed the black flames and the temple's fire energy, while Ren summoned a Fire God statue to provide more energy for Madara's revival.
• The Flame-Flame Fruit vanished as Madara formed from the flames, clad in black armor and carrying his Fire God Fan.
• Madara greeted Ren and Aokiji, then asked whether there were any powerful enemies he could fight.

Ren’s group plundered the Fire God’s temple, where Madara Uchiha awakened with Fire God Slayer Magic and Ren found a relic that might help awaken Hashirama Senju. Ren let Madara Uchiha and Qing Zhi travel independently to promote his planned guild, while Morgana and Ulu searched the temple for valuables.

• Madara Uchiha awakened from the Flame-Flame Fruit after absorbing the Fire God’s flame and discovered that he had gained Fire God Slayer Magic.
• Ren found a book on Wood God Slayer Magic and learned from Morgana that the Wood God’s black seed had lost its life, but he kept it in his Amethyst Ring.
• Ren ordered Morgana and Ulu to plunder the temple quickly and destroy anything they could not carry before the clash attracted attention.
• Madara Uchiha chose to travel with Qing Zhi and seek strong opponents instead of joining Ren at the castle on the Northern Continent.
• Ren agreed to let Madara Uchiha and Qing Zhi travel, asked them to promote a new guild, and offered them authority to establish guilds under its main organization.

Ulu urged Ren to unite the Northern Continent and establish a guild rooted across the continent, and Ren agreed to begin preparations. Meanwhile, an extravagantly dressed stranger arrived at the ruined Galuna Island and sensed that Ren and the others were nearby.

• Ulu told Ren that the Northern Continent suffered from Magical Beast attacks, exploitation, and neglect by the Magic Council and inland guilds.
• Ulu asked Ren to unite the Northern Continent and build a guild with the entire continent as its foundation.
• Ren agreed to start preparing once they returned, while Ulu warned that they would face resistance.
• A raging wind struck the ruined Galuna Island, and an extravagantly dressed figure emerged.
• The stranger sensed the lingering scent of the magical clash and concluded that Ren and the others were not far away.

Madara Uchiha fought God Serena after the powerful wizard arrived looking for the source of the magic that had leveled Galuna Island. Qing Zhi contacted Ren and explained the clash, while Madara and God Serena continued trading attacks.

• God Serena tracked the source of the Galuna Island battle out to sea, where Qing Zhi froze the water so he and Madara Uchiha could cross it.
• Madara sensed God Serena approaching, and God Serena attacked them by shattering the ice with a gale.
• Madara answered God Serena's fire magic with a black-flame Fire Fist, and God Serena countered with Purgatory Dragon's Scorching Hell.
• Qing Zhi recognized God Serena as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar and contacted Ren through his Magic Crystal.
• Ren and Ulu saw Madara and God Serena fighting as Qing Zhi explained that God Serena had charged at them and Madara had gladly fought back.

Ren let Madara Uchiha continue fighting God Serena and sent the airship toward the Northern Continent to establish the Dimensional Guild. There, young Layla sensed a Golden Key aboard the airship and set out north to search for it and the other Celestial Spirit keys.

• Aokiji asked Ren whether to stop Madara Uchiha's fight with God Serena, and Ren told him to let Madara fight while using ice to trigger an undersea volcano and provide fire magic.
• Ren reassured Ulu that the newly awakened fighters would not be easy to defeat, then ordered Morgana to speed the airship toward the Northern Continent.
• Young Layla sensed a Golden Key's aura aboard Ren's airship and summoned Capricorn to confirm it.
• Caprico identified the aura as a Golden Key, while Layla and Rayleigh resolved to search the Northern Continent for the airship and more keys.
• Layla set out north, hoping to gather all twelve Golden Keys before she turned twenty.

Qing Zhi triggered Galuna Island’s underwater volcanoes, and Madara Uchiha fought God Serena amid the eruptions. Madara wounded God Serena, who used wind magic to escape the collapsing ice and vowed to kill him.

• Qing Zhi located a volcano beneath Galuna Island and triggered an eruption that set off the surrounding volcanoes.
• Madara Uchiha deflected falling molten rocks toward God Serena, who used his twelve-sword weapon to cut them apart and countered with Cavern Dragon’s Roar.
• Madara Uchiha answered with Flame God’s Roar, and Qing Zhi froze the shattered sea to create a new battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha struck God Serena in the abdomen, then hit his back with the Fire God Fan and sent him crashing toward the ice.
• God Serena used Storm Dragon’s Chant of Wind and Moon to break the ice and propel himself back into the sky, then vowed to kill Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed God Serena with Fire God Slayer Magic, then began forming Susanoo using his transformed Sharingan. The battle continued over a sea Aokiji struggled to keep frozen.

• Madara Uchiha taunted God Serena, who retaliated with a Tsunami attack fused with lightning.
• Madara Uchiha used Fire God Slayer Secret Art—Ragnarok, shattering the water and lightning and hurling God Serena into the frozen sea.
• God Serena used Frost Dragon Slayer Magic to resist the flames, while Aokiji wondered about the Dragon Slayer Magics on display.
• Madara Uchiha explained that his eye techniques now worked through magic power and invoked Susanoo.
• Aokiji refroze the sea as undersea magma surfaced, and Madara Uchiha drew in its heat while Susanoo formed around him.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed God Serena until the other three Heavenly Kings of Ishgar intervened and persuaded him to stop. Madara left God Serena with a humiliating defeat and a challenge to become stronger.

• Madara Uchiha manifested Susanoo and nearly crushed the stunned God Serena before Warrod Sequen restrained its foot with Nature Magic—Forest Vines.
• Qing Zhi identified Warrod Sequen, Draculos Hyberion, and Wolfheim as the other three Heavenly Kings of Ishgar, and they demanded an end to the fight.
• Madara Uchiha said the three newcomers were stronger than God Serena, and Warrod Sequen explained that Serena's borrowed power, lack of experience, and weak will left him vulnerable.
• Warrod Sequen asked Madara Uchiha to stop fighting, and Madara agreed because he had tested nearly all the techniques he wanted.
• Madara Uchiha mocked God Serena and told him to remember the humiliation and grow stronger before they fought again.

Madara Uchiha and Qing Zhi revealed the Dimensional Guild after defeating God Serena, leaving the Wizard Saints alarmed by the guild’s strength and unknown membership. As Serena flew off wounded and furious, the Saints ordered an investigation into the guild and the people gathered at Galuna Island.

• Madara Uchiha cut God Serena’s face with Limbo, and Qing Zhi relayed Lord Ren’s order to withdraw.
• Madara Uchiha told Warrod Sequen, Draculos Hyberion, and Wolfheim about the Dimensional Guild and its founder, Lord Ren.
• Qing Zhi claimed that many Dimensional Guild members could match or surpass Madara Uchiha, and Susanoo carried Madara and Qing Zhi away.
• Warrod Sequen, Draculos Hyberion, and Wolfheim agreed to investigate the guild and identify everyone drawn to the ruins on Galuna Island.
• God Serena flew away with his wound and anger, while the Wizard Saints decided to let him recover on his own.

After the battle on Galuna Island, Hogue secretly reflected on how Ren’s warning had prevented the Magic Council from using Etherion. Guilds across Fiore investigated the Dimensional Guild, while Fairy Tail and Lamia Scale discussed avoiding conflict and building ties with Aokiji.

• Hogue ordered the Magic Council’s intelligence officers to investigate the Dimensional Guild, Madara Uchiha, and Aokiji, then recalled that he had warned Ren about the councilors’ Etherion plans.
• Hogue learned the battle had ended and feared the resulting attention would bring a storm of trouble.
• Makarov and Gildarts reviewed reports about the Dimensional Guild, and Makarov advised Gildarts to stay in Fairy Tail and avoid becoming its enemy.
• Gildarts told Makarov he had met Aokiji before and admired him, while Makarov encouraged him to contact Aokiji if needed.
• Obaba Babasa worried that Lamia Scale could not withstand a conflict, and Jura Neekis said he would contact Aokiji because they had explored ruins together.

Guilds across Fiore Kingdom and the royal family failed to uncover anything about the mysterious Dimensional Guild. Ren followed Ulu into a frozen valley to find a preserved Ice Dragon corpse, while promising to recover the Dragon Crystal Serena had taken from her.

• Bob warned Yoruichi that Azure Heavenly Horse members should treat the Dimensional Guild politely and avoid provoking its members.
• Guilds and Fiore Kingdom's royal family searched for the Dimensional Guild but found no information about it.
• Ulu told Ren how she had given Serena the Ice Dragon Crystal to help stop a beast tide, but Serena kept it and used it to gain Ice Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Ren promised Ulu he would seek justice and retrieve the Dragon Crystal from Serena.
• Ulu led Ren into Ice Valley, where Ren sensed a familiar dragon aura.

Ren discovered that the Ice Dragon’s scattered remains included a fragment of its soul, which he restored, and proposed that Ulu learn Take Over Magic with it. Meanwhile, Layla pursued two Golden Keys through a dangerous blizzard and approached a mysterious castle.

• Ren found the Ice Dragon’s frozen corpse and recognized scattered ice fragments as pieces of its soul.
• Ren used Spiritual Pressure to restore the Ice Dragon’s soul, explaining that its energy survived but its will had faded.
• Ren suggested Ulu use Take Over Magic to take the Ice Dragon’s soul, but Ulu argued that Tia would benefit more; Ren said he had already made arrangements for Tia.
• Layla continued through the blizzard after sensing that the Virgo and Sagittarius Keys were held by the same person, despite Capricorn warning her about the cold.
• Layla sensed danger around her as a castle emerged through the snow, where laughter rang out.

Kayle confronted Layla, who had come to the castle seeking Celestial Spirit Keys, and revealed that her master was collecting them. Layla tried to stand by Capricorn and summon Cancer, but her Golden Key vanished from her hand.

• Kayle struck Layla with lightning, forcing Horologium to retreat after one hit.
• Kayle appeared before Layla and said her master had collected two Golden Keys and several Silver Keys, and planned to gather them all.
• Layla clutched her own keys and argued that collecting keys would not let Kayle’s master form contracts with the Celestial Spirits.
• Kayle said her master collected keys for their novelty and value, then told Layla she would have to stay until he returned.
• Capricorn attacked Kayle’s lightning and urged Layla to escape, but Layla refused to abandon him and tried to summon Cancer.
• Layla sensed something was wrong and discovered that the Golden Key in her hand had vanished.

Layla searched for her missing Celestial Spirit keys but Morgana took them and brought her to Ren, who wanted to meet her. Layla reached Ren’s spring-filled castle and admitted she did not know who he was.

• Morgana appeared, revealed she had the Cancer key, and used darkness to defeat Capricorn when he charged to protect Layla.
• Morgana revealed that she had taken all of Layla’s keys while Layla was talking, and said Ren wanted to see her.
• Morgana told Kayle that Ren had returned with Ulu and that Ulu had changed, and Kayle inferred what had happened between them.
• Layla followed Kayle and Morgana to Ren’s castle, where a revived Wood God seed brought spring to the wintry surroundings.
• Ren questioned Layla in the grand hall, and Layla blushed before saying she did not know who he was.

Ren questioned Layla about why she was seeking the Golden Keys, and she explained that the Heartfilia Family was bound by a deadly, inherited Eclipse Plan. She revealed that the Fiore royal family guarded the Eclipse Gate and would inherit the curse if the Heartfilia line failed, leaving Ren with a fuller understanding of Layla’s burden and royal identity.

• Ren asked Layla how she had tracked the Celestial Spirit Keys, and she explained that her family’s bloodline could sense Celestial Spirits and constellations.
• Layla told Ren that the Heartfilia Family had inherited the Eclipse Plan and became connected to the Eclipse Gate after forming contracts with Celestial Spirits.
• Layla explained that the Gate’s energy strengthened her family but would eventually make them explode unless they found the keys and restrained it; attempts to drain the energy had caused deaths.
• Layla said the Eclipse Gate could not be destroyed or sealed, and that the curse would pass to collateral relatives if the direct line died out.
• Layla revealed that the Fiore Family guarded the Gate and would take over the mission if the Heartfilia Family failed, and that she herself was secretly a Fiore princess.