Chapter Summaries

Serena and the other arriving mages joined Hashirama’s assault on the Black Dragon, but their attacks could not penetrate its extraordinary defenses. The Black Dragon vanished, then appeared as a cloaked man before Aokiji and attacked him with a dragon claw.

• Serena unleashed eight dragons formed from his Dragon Slayer Magic and charged the Black Dragon.
• Draculos Hyberion, Gildarts, Jura Neekis, and the others attacked, trapping the Black Dragon and allowing Hashirama to continue his barrage.
• Madara Uchiha noted that the Black Dragon’s magic resistance, physical defense, and healing made it difficult to defeat.
• The Black Dragon shrank and disappeared, leaving Hashirama’s fists to devastate the seabed.
• Aokiji warned that the Black Dragon could transform into a human, and a cloaked man appeared before him and struck with a giant dragon claw.

Hashirama, Madara Uchiha, and the wizards attacked Black Dragon as Etherion struck him from above. Zeref seized the chance to trap Black Dragon between Etherion and his Dark Magic, provoking a vow of revenge.

• Black Dragon shattered Madara Uchiha's Susanoo, then Hashirama caught his tail with Wood Release and hurled him into the sky.
• Black Dragon transformed parts of his body at will, noticed Zeref among the wizards, and threatened Hashirama, Qing Zhi, and Madara Uchiha.
• Etherion struck Black Dragon, while Serena's eight dragons, Makarov, the Ten Wizard Saints, and Madara's group attacked him.
• Zeref secretly formed a magic circle beneath Black Dragon and unleashed Eternal Darkness, trapping him between its black pillar and Etherion.
• Black Dragon cursed Zeref and swore to kill him.

Zeref’s magic joined Etherion against the Black Dragon, while Madara Uchiha’s trick caused the dragon to consume his own magic and suffer the backlash. The Black Dragon survived the explosion but was badly wounded, and Zeref vanished as the guild elites realized he was supposedly dead.

• Makarov and Gildarts recognized the black magic as a possible sign that Zeref had made his move, while Warrod Sequen identified Zeref’s magic aura from having once been his student.
• The guild elites attacked the Black Dragon as Zeref’s black pillar clashed with Etherion’s golden pillar.
• Madara Uchiha’s Planetary Devastation gathered the Black Dragon’s scattered magic, causing him to injure himself when he tried to consume it.
• The Black Dragon transformed into his dragon form and struck the pillars, triggering an enormous explosion that severely wounded him with his own Dragon Power.
• Zeref said the Black Dragon had badly wounded himself, then waved goodbye and vanished as the injured dragon accused him of plotting against him.
• The guild elites reacted to Zeref’s name, questioning how he could be involved when they believed he had died long ago.

The Black Dragon fled after Zeref’s attack weakened him, but his parting roar injured the guild elites who tried to stop it. Madara Uchiha, Hashirama, and Qing Zhi left while the other guilds kept their anger and fear to themselves.

• The Black Dragon threatened revenge, unleashed Black Dragon's Roar, and escaped into the sky.
• The guild elites combined their magic to resist Black Dragon's Roar, but many were injured and drained of magic power.
• The guild elites realized how powerful the Black Dragon was and regarded Madara Uchiha, Hashirama, and Qing Zhi with wariness and respect.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed the guild elites as trash and left with Hashirama and Qing Zhi.
• God Serena swallowed his anger toward Madara Uchiha and resolved to grow stronger before challenging him again.

Qing Zhi collected the Black Dragon’s fallen scales while the guilds turned to fighting and scheming over its Dragon Blood. At the Magic Council, Ren’s murderous aura awakened a strange sword magic that drew every sword into four towering figures.

• Qing Zhi gathered the Black Dragon’s scales and left with Madara Uchiha and the others on Hashirama’s Wood Dragon.
• Guild masters including Makarov, Bob, and Jose Porla set their sights on the Dragon Blood and considered how to claim it.
• Murderous intent spread from a sealed chamber in the Magic Council, and Hogue suspected it came from Ren.
• Swords across the Magic Council compound rose into the sky and gathered around four towering sword silhouettes.
• The four silhouettes solidified into enormous formations made of countless swords.

Ren awakened Zhu Xian Sword Magic and used its Super Magic to summon the Zhu Xian Sword Formation at the Magic Council. He recognized that his new formation was only a weak beginning, but believed its power could grow enormously.

• A sudden killing intent unsettled the Magic Council, while Zeref sensed the new magic from a hidden hot spring and reflected on the danger of creating a new magic system.
• Ren emerged from the chamber with four illusory swords and explained that the Zhu Xian Sword within his soul had become Sword Magic.
• Ren formed a magic array beneath the ice mountain Ultear had created, then summoned the Zhu Xian Sword Formation and its four divine swords.
• Ren marveled at the formation's potential, reached toward it, and commanded it to grind its target to pieces.

Ren awakened the Sword Element, a new magic that created a devastating sword formation, while Zeref recognized its potential to kill the Black Dragon. Ren prepared to leave the Magic Council after ordering its treasury openly seized as compensation for the Northern Continent.

• Ren's Zhu Xian Sword Formation destroyed Iceburg and scattered the swords it had gathered around the Magic Council.
• Ren tested a miniature sword formation and explained to Hogue that he had created the Sword Element himself.
• Zeref sensed Ren's magic, concluded it could eventually slay the Black Dragon, and left the hot spring in his cruel personality.
• Morgana told Ren about Qing Zhi and the others, then Ren ordered her to have Layla and Ulu prepare the airship.
• Ren ordered Morgana to take the Magic Council's exposed treasury openly and declare it compensation from the Magic Council to the Northern Continent.

Ren ordered Hogue to turn the Grand Magic Games into an annual competition that would divide the guilds and drive magical innovation, hoping the new magic would lead him to Fairy Tail World's World Source. Ren and Morgana left after taking the Magic Council's treasury, while Fiore's guilds prepared to compete for Dragon Blood and the Magic Council discovered its losses.

• Hogue told Ren that the guilds had nearly fought over the Black Dragon's blood, so Uranus had arranged for the Grand Magic Games to distribute it according to guild rankings.
• Ren instructed Hogue to make the Games a major annual event, explaining that competition would keep the guilds divided and spur new magic that could help him find the World Source.
• Morgana reported that she had emptied the Magic Council's treasury and searched the Four Heavenly Kings' rooms, then Ren departed with her using Space Magic.
• Hogue destroyed traces of the secret chamber and wondered whether the Games might spark a war between the guilds.
• Fiore's people celebrated the Black Dragon's retreat as guild members returned home and prepared to compete for the Dragon Blood.
• The Magic Council's returning members found their headquarters damaged and treasury emptied, and angrily blamed the Dimensional Guild.

The Four Kings reflected on the Dimensional Guild’s strength while Ren tested his newly awakened Sword Magic. After Qing Zhi, Madara, and Hashirama returned from fighting the Black Dragon, they revealed that its near-impenetrable defense was the greatest obstacle to killing it.

• God Serena left to train in seclusion after feeling humiliated by his failure against the Black Dragon and Madara Uchiha.
• Wolfheim, Warrod Sequen, and Draculos Hyberion each went into seclusion to reflect on the battle and the Dimensional Guild’s fighting methods.
• Ren tested his new Sword Magic and sliced through a hill with Sword Aura before returning to the castle to meet Qing Zhi, Madara Uchiha, and Hashirama.
• Qing Zhi gave Ren a scale shed by the Black Dragon, and Ren could not crush it even with his great strength.
• Qing Zhi explained that the scale resisted physical force and reduced the power of spells striking it by ninety-nine percent, and Ren’s black flames failed to melt it.

Ren demonstrated that his Ultimate Twin Flames and newly awakened Sword Magic could damage the Black Dragon, but chose to postpone hunting him until their forces grew stronger. He assigned Aokiji to remove the Northern Continent’s remaining organizations and Madara Uchiha to clear out its Magical Beasts and search for Devils.

• Ren used his Ultimate Twin Flames to melt the Black Dragon’s scales and Sword Magic to leave a deep mark in them.
• Ren explained that the Black Dragon could be defeated later, while Aokiji warned that Hashirama’s Wood Magic might not absorb the dragon’s Dragon Power.
• Ren revealed that Serena possessed a Wood Dragon Crystal and gave Kayle a Poison Dragon Crystal to see whether it could awaken Magellan.
• Aokiji and Madara Uchiha showed interest in the Magic Games, but Ren told them to focus on the Northern Continent first.
• Ren ordered Aokiji to eliminate the remaining Magic Council organizations, guild industries, and research facilities while gathering information.
• Ren tasked Madara Uchiha with finding and controlling the Northern Continent’s Magical Beasts and locating Zeref’s Devils, preferably capturing them alive.

Ren assigned Hashirama to turn the Northern Continent’s wasteland into a forest and build infrastructure, but a powerful intruder triggered the castle’s lightning traps and escaped. The intruder was revealed to be Hades, who had returned in a mechanical body and sought Tia’s blood to give it a talent for time.

• Ren told Hashirama to create a forest across the Northern Continent’s wasteland and then build its infrastructure.
• A powerful intruder triggered the castle’s lightning traps, and Kayle sensed dark magic but could not identify the visitor.
• Ren suspected several powerful dark mages and returned to the castle, expecting the intruder might come back.
• Hades escaped to his underground lair, where Crystal Creatures welcomed him and he replenished his magic by eating Magic Crystals and a creature.
• Hades asked about his body’s progress and explained that he needed Tia’s blood to add a talent for time, while rows of cultivation chambers stood nearby.

Hades planned to create a new body using Black Dragon blood and sent Bluenote Stinger to claim it at the Grand Magic Games. He then transferred his consciousness into a young man resembling his son, leaving the fate of his former mechanical body unclear.

• Hades learned that his new body lacked the time and space affinities he wanted, and a Crystal Creature proposed using Black Dragon blood to give it powerful traits.
• Hades ordered Bluenote Stinger to enter the Grand Magic Games, take over Sabertooth, and retrieve the Black Dragon blood; Bluenote said he would go alone.
• After Bluenote departed, Hades ordered the Crystal Creatures to continue their experiments and considered obtaining Zeref's or Mavis's genes to gain immortality.
• Hades had a frozen coffin brought out and used Consciousness Enchantment to transfer his consciousness into the young man inside.

Ren awakened Magellan by combining the Venom-Venom Fruit with a Poison Dragon Crystal and assigned him to represent their side in the Magic Games. While Ren continued cultivating, the royal family took over organizing the delayed competition.

• Ren used collected toxins and a Poison Dragon Crystal to awaken Magellan from the Venom-Venom Fruit.
• Magellan awoke in an unfamiliar world, pledged loyalty to Ren, and learned that he had awakened earlier than usual.
• Ren assigned Magellan to appear in the Magic Games, while Aokiji agreed to explain the world and the competition to him.
• Ren continued cultivating and postponed collecting a new piece of trash because he did not yet know what he needed.
• Fiore's royal family funded and organized the Magic Games after the Magic Council lost its treasures, giving guilds more time to prepare.

Makarov learned that a newcomer was overpowering Laxus and went to watch their fight. The newcomer revealed himself as Hades Gellberg, whose resemblance to Makarov’s Uncle Gellberg shocked Makarov and Gildarts; the duel continued as Hades urged Laxus to use his true strength.

• Makarov and Gildarts discussed Fairy Tail’s need for younger fighters to win the Magic Games.
• A guild member reported that Laxus was losing a fight against a young man who wanted to join Fairy Tail.
• Laxus attacked the young man with Crimson Imperial Thunder, but the newcomer countered with black poison.
• Makarov and Gildarts recognized the young man’s resemblance to the Second Hokage, whom Makarov called Uncle Gellberg.
• The young man introduced himself as Hades Gellberg and challenged Laxus to reveal his stronger magic.

Hades defeated Laxus in a clash of Dragon Slayer and Poison God Slayer Magic, then convinced Makarov that he was a descendant of Fairy Tail founder Gellberg. Makarov welcomed Hades into the guild, leaving Laxus to accept that he had to call him uncle.

• Laxus used Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic against Hades, who countered with Poison God Slayer Magic and overwhelmed him.
• Hades defeated Laxus and told him the battle was over, while Makarov rebuked Laxus for making excuses.
• Hades claimed he could use Fairy Glitter, prompting Makarov to believe he was Gellberg's descendant.
• Makarov asked Hades about Gellberg, and Hades said his grandfather was likely alive but that he had not seen him in years.
• Gildarts explained to Laxus that Gellberg had been Fairy Tail's second guild master and one of its founders.
• Hades said he had returned to experience the guild his grandfather founded, and Makarov gladly welcomed him into Fairy Tail.

Hades returned to Fairy Tail and stirred memories of his past, while Ren’s forces continued their campaign against the Magic Council and transformed the Northern Continent. The chapter ended with Magellan destroying guilds inland as Ren’s influence spread.

• Fairy Tail members learned Hades was the Second Hokage’s grandson and welcomed him, while Hades reflected on his return and his pursuit of Mavis’s genes and immortality.
• Kayle reported that Qing Zhi had destroyed a Magic Council base, seized organizations and businesses, and imprisoned or killed those who resisted.
• Ren ordered Kayle to send Magellan to the Grand Magic Games to provoke the Magic Council, and Kayle explained how Haki had become magic in this world.
• Ren heard that Madara Uchiha was struggling to eliminate the Northern Continent’s many Magical Beasts, while Hashirama built a forest and cities with Wood Magic and Ulu relocated residents.
• Kayle told Ren that Magellan had arrived inland and was already destroying guilds that had opposed the Dimensional Guild or backed the Magic Council.

Ren oversaw plans to build a central city and strengthen the Northern Continent, while the Magic Council struggled to respond to the Dimensional Guild's growing influence. The council approved annual Magic Games to strengthen Fiore's guilds, but the Heavenly Kings remained troubled by the Dimensional Guild's unknown origins.

• Jose Porla withdrew Phantom Lord's forces and secretly pursued Black Dragon Blood and Blue Skull's legacy as a way to grow stronger and take revenge on the Dimensional Guild.
• Ren learned from Kayle that Hashirama was building a central city and that plans for a Magic Academy and magic army were underway.
• Magic Council members argued over the Dimensional Guild's attacks and feared its reported ability to sense people's thoughts, while the Three Heavenly Kings rejected calls to use Etherion.
• Hogue proposed annual Magic Games to strengthen guilds and eliminate weaker ones, and the Three Heavenly Kings approved the plan.
• Warrod Sequen, Draculos Hyberion, and Wolfheim worried over the Dimensional Guild's origins and powerful members, while Hogue privately praised Ren's influence.

Makarov told Warrod Sequen that Hades, who had joined Fairy Tail, was Gellberg’s grandson, and Warrod explained that Gellberg had fallen into darkness through his study of magic. The conversation left Makarov worrying that his son Ivan had been corrupted by Crimson Lightning, while Warrod arranged to meet Hades at the upcoming Magic Games.

• Makarov showed Warrod Sequen Hades and said blood tests and Hades’s ability to cast Fairy Glitter confirmed his connection to Gellberg.
• Warrod Sequen explained that Gellberg had discovered the darkness at the heart of the magic Zeref taught and had eventually given himself over to it.
• Makarov wondered whether Ivan had fallen into darkness through practicing Crimson Lightning, but Warrod said Laxus was likely protected by Dragon Slayer Magic and Fairy Law.
• Warrod learned that Hades practiced Poison God Slayer Magic and urged Makarov to teach him Fairy Law.
• Warrod invited Makarov to bring Hades to the upcoming Magic Games, where Makarov planned to have him compete.
• After ending the call, Makarov remained troubled by what Warrod had revealed about Ivan.

Magellan destroyed a Phantom Lord branch while searching for a Golden Celestial Spirit Key, convinced by Qing Zhi to seek it at the Magic Games. Jose Porla mistook Magellan for a Dimensional Guild member and ordered Phantom Lord to abandon its branches to protect its headquarters and pursue the Black Dragon Blood.

• Magellan demanded to know where the Golden Celestial Spirit Key was, then killed Phantom Lord members who claimed they did not have it.
• Magellan destroyed the branch and told Qing Zhi he had found no key; Qing Zhi said the key would likely be with Phantom Lord's leaders and directed him to the Magic Games.
• Magellan learned that Lord Ren was also heading inland and set off toward a location marked on his magic map.
• A Phantom Lord member reported the branch's destruction to Jose Porla, who blamed the Dimensional Guild and vowed revenge.
• Jose Porla ordered Phantom Lord to move its branch resources to headquarters but leave the branches in place, buying time to win the Magic Games and claim the Black Dragon Blood.

Fairy Tail and guilds across Fiore headed to the royal capital for the Magic Games as Phantom Lord suffered attacks from the Dimensional Guild. Ren learned that Hogue had located the R-System and continued pursuing its blueprints while the Magic Games approached.

• Jose Porla prepared Phantom Lord to attend the Magic Games after more than twenty of its branches were destroyed.
• Laxus set out with Fairy Tail after training with Hades, while Makarov and Gildarts discussed the Dimensional Guild and the coming turmoil.
• Guilds across Fiore traveled to the royal capital, driven by the Magic Council's order and the chance to win Dragon Blood and attract missions.
• Magellan headed for the royal capital to seize the Celestial Spirit Keys while the guilds' strongest members gathered there.
• Hogue told Ren that he had found the R-System's location but had not found its blueprints, and asked whether the Dimensional Guild would participate in the Magic Games.