Chapter Summaries

Ren ordered an investigation into mysterious disappearances and deaths on the Northern Continent, then commanded Madara Uchiha and the others to invade the Alvarez Empire quickly. The war continued across the empire, where Tobirama Senju faced Sandstorm King in another battle that ended in a clash of water and gold dust.

• Ryder reported that Sting Eucliffe had successfully forced out the White Dragon Crystal and grown much stronger, so Ren sent him with Kizaru to the battlefield.
• Ryder told Ren that a mining unit had vanished, Fiore merchants were disappearing, and more than ten million Magical Beasts had died; Ren ordered Kayle to investigate.
• Ren told Ryder to have Madara Uchiha and the others invade the Alvarez Empire as quickly as possible.
• Fiore’s armies and guilds continued fighting the Alvarez Empire and profiting from captured magic, weapons, and cities.
• Tobirama Senju challenged Sandstorm King, who answered Tobirama’s Water Tsunami with Death Sand.

Tobirama revealed that he had used his duel with the Sandstorm King to distract him while his forces captured a city, then faced the Sandstorm King, Ice King, and Invel together. Kizaru arrived as a reinforcement and attacked Invel, leaving the confrontation underway.

• Tobirama fought the Sandstorm King while the Wolf Knights and other allied forces battled below.
• The Ice King arrived with Invel and revealed that Tobirama's forces had captured the undefended city.
• Tobirama admitted he had fought the Sandstorm King to lower his guard and create an opportunity to capture the city.
• The Ice King froze Tobirama's Water Dragons and sand, then warned that Tobirama might have another scheme.
• Kizaru appeared at Tobirama's call and fired a beam at Invel.

Tobirama and Kizaru fought Ice King, Invel, and Sandstorm King after their plan to seize the city was disrupted. Kizaru struck Ice King down and launched a Light-Speed Kick at Invel.

• Ice King blocked Kizaru’s surprise attack with a glacier while Sandstorm King sent Sand Rain at Tobirama and Kizaru.
• Tobirama raised a Water Wall to stop the sand and urged Kizaru to keep his speed hidden until it could be used as a killing move.
• Kizaru unleashed Yasaka Magatama, and Sandstorm King answered by turning the battlefield into a vast Sandstorm World.
• Tobirama used Water Ninja World to draw together the area’s moisture and clash with Sandstorm King’s storm.
• Kizaru used Yata Mirror to reach Ice King, shattered his ice shield with a kick, and sent him flying while coughing blood.
• Kizaru used Light-Speed Kick against Invel as Invel cried out to his grandfather.

Natsu saved Invel from Kizaru’s killing blow, then fainted, leaving Gildarts to carry him away and worry about Kizaru’s anger. Kizaru caught up with Ice King while Invel escaped to report what had happened, and their battle continued as Sandstorm King fought Tobirama elsewhere.

• Natsu blocked Kizaru’s attack on Invel with Fire Dragon’s Roar, then fainted and was caught by Gildarts.
• Gildarts identified Natsu as a Fairy Tail member, and Kizaru warned him that he would demand an explanation before pursuing Ice King and Invel.
• Gildarts carried Natsu from the battlefield and resolved to contact Makarov about the incident.
• Ice King used Ice-Sealing Divine Garment to fight Kizaru and ordered Invel to retreat and inform His Majesty.
• Invel recalled finding Natsu in Fiore and having his memories erased, then escaped across the ice while Ice King held Kizaru back.
• Sandstorm King battled Tobirama as his sandstorm formed a desert world against Tobirama’s water-based Ninja World.

Ren recognized Natsu as the Fairy Tail world's protagonist and ordered Ryder to capture him so he could investigate the Fire Dragon King within him. Meanwhile, as Ren and Zeref watched their year-long war from the sidelines, a mysterious young man spread deathly darkness through a forest.

• Tobirama and Kizaru fought Sandstorm King and Ice King while their forces and the guilds battled across the conquered cities.
• Ren discussed Natsu's ability to block Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick with Ryder and identified him as the world's protagonist.
• Ren ordered Ryder to capture Natsu and bring him back as a test subject to draw out the Fire Dragon King.
• Ren reflected on his year-long war with Zeref and burned the intelligence report, unaware that someone in the darkness was preparing to act.
• A young man in a silent forest spread black energy that killed creatures and withered plants, then absorbed the returning darkness.

Hades secretly gathered Death Energy while evading Kayle, then returned to his hidden laboratory beneath a lake to begin the next stage of his experiment. He contacted Bluenote Stinger, who reported capturing a city through Tobirama’s strategy.

• Hades absorbed Death Energy and escaped Kayle, who found dead Magical Beasts and withered plants but could not trace him.
• Kayle burned the scene to ash, while Hades used armor designed to counter her electric-wave perception and slipped away.
• Hades revealed a hidden laboratory beneath a lake, where he ordered the next stage of his experiment using the Death Energy he had collected.
• Hades asked whether Bluenote Stinger had sent news, then killed a mechanical humanoid for delaying the connection to him.
• Bluenote Stinger appeared on the screen and told Hades that he had captured a city in a siege battle, largely through Tobirama’s strategy.

Hades planned to use Death Energy to perfect his deathly aura and obtain the Ankhseram God's Curse, while Ren learned of a similar aura on the Northern Continent and headed to the battlefield. There, Kizaru shattered Ice King's defenses and unleashed Solar Sword.

• Bluenote Stinger told Hades that Kizaru had joined Ren's forces and was fighting alongside Tobirama against Sandstorm King and Ice King.
• Hades revealed that he had created a body from Mavis's genes, Black Dragon's genes, and deathly aura, and planned to use the collected Death Energy to obtain the Ankhseram God's Curse.
• Kayle told Ren that dead Magical Beasts on the Northern Continent had left behind an aura resembling Death God's Curse, and Ren decided to let whoever was hiding reveal themselves.
• Ren left for the battlefield, prompting Kayle to wonder whether Zeref would respond to his move.
• Kizaru shattered Ice King's icy defense, rose into the sky, and unleashed Light Magic—Solar Sword.

Kizaru’s Sun Sword nearly killed the Ice King, but Zeref appeared and saved him. As Tobirama and Kizaru moved to attack Zeref, the Sandstorm King remained in danger amid the clash.

• Kizaru formed the Sun Sword and sent it crashing down toward the Ice King.
• The Ice King invoked Winter Magic, but his freezing wind could not stop Kizaru’s attack.
• The Sandstorm King tried to rescue the Ice King, but Tobirama blocked him and struck with surging water.
• Zeref appeared and shielded the Ice King from the Sun Sword’s explosion with darkness.
• Tobirama charged the distracted Sandstorm King while Zeref declared that neither king could die.
• Kizaru fired a pillar of light at Zeref after Tobirama called for him to stop Zeref.

Ren intervened when Zeref tried to save the Ice King, and the two emperors clashed over the rules of their war. The chapter ended with Ren charging into Zeref’s meteor attack to test his strengthened body.

• Zeref unleashed darkness at Kizaru, but Ren appeared and shattered it with a punch before Zeref used Position Transfer to divert Ren’s shockwave.
• Ren confronted Zeref for interfering in the war, but Zeref insisted that the Ice King could not die.
• Ren pointed out that Zeref had abandoned the captured Sandstorm King, then ordered Tobirama to extract his Divine Blood and take him to the laboratory.
• Zeref protested as Tobirama extracted the Sandstorm King’s Divine Blood, and Ren declared that Zeref had to be punished for breaking the rules.
• Ren charged Zeref, who answered with Lost Magic—Meteor Fall, and Ren met the fiery meteors head-on with a punch.

Ren fought Zeref in a fierce battle of Lost Magic against Ren’s fists and Sword Aura while the allied forces withdrew to the captured city. Invel explained that Zeref had intervened to save the Ice King because Natsu was his younger brother, and a Time Explosion Wave struck at Kizaru as he prepared to attack.

• Ren shattered Zeref’s elemental magic and Ares’s Claw with the Zhu Xian Sword, then fought off Zeref’s many Lost Magic spells with his fists and Sword Aura.
• Tobirama extracted the Sandstorm King’s Divine Blood and ordered the magic corps to retreat into the captured city’s defensive barrier.
• Invel returned to the Ice King and urged him to retreat, then explained that Zeref had saved him after Natsu’s actions reminded Zeref of their connection.
• The Ice King learned that Natsu was Etherious Natsu Dragneel, Zeref’s younger brother, and that Invel had once sent Natsu to Fairy Tail after erasing his memories.
• Kizaru prepared to attack Invel and the Ice King, but a Time Explosion Wave surged toward him.

Ryder captured the unconscious Natsu after revealing that Ren had ordered him to do so, and the Ice King disclosed that Natsu was Zeref’s biological younger brother. The revelation sparked fighting between the Twelve Shields and Madara Uchiha’s group, while guild members who worshipped Zeref rebelled to rescue Natsu.

• Kizaru, Qing Zhi, Toshiro, Madara Uchiha, and the others gathered as Ren’s and Zeref’s forces converged around the battle.
• Kizaru taunted the Ice King, but the Battle King urged him not to believe Kizaru’s attempt to sow discord.
• Ryder seized Natsu from Gildarts and said that Fairy Tail could not bear responsibility for the child.
• Ryder told Madara Uchiha to stop the others because Ren had ordered Natsu’s capture, and the Ice King revealed that Natsu was Zeref’s biological younger brother.
• The Twelve Shields charged to rescue Natsu, Madara Uchiha’s group moved to stop them, and Gildarts reacted in shock to Natsu’s identity.
• Zeref’s worshippers among the guild forces rebelled and began casting magic against their allies to rescue Natsu.

Ren fought Zeref while their forces clashed below, as both sides battled over Natsu. Zeref unleashed the Lost Magic Celestial Star Formation, and falling stars descended around Ren.

• Tobirama discovered Dark Guild members among the forces assembled by the Magic Council, while the rebels erupted into battle.
• Zeref accused Ren of trying to capture Natsu, and Ren confirmed he intended to take him back because Natsu had escaped through the Eclipse Gate.
• Battle King and the rebel Dark Guild members ordered their forces to save Natsu, while Ryder’s troops fought to capture him.
• Ren told Zeref that the Natsu before them was a demon carrying his brother’s memories and body, then countered Zeref’s Death God’s Curse with Purple-Gold Flame.
• Zeref declared that Ren had made an enemy of him and cast the Lost Magic Celestial Star Formation, bringing a magic circle and falling stars down around Ren.

Ren tested his transformed body against Zeref’s magical stars, shattering and batting them around before Zeref formed a stellar formation to keep him at a distance. Ren countered with the Zhu Immortal Sword Formation, and the two formations began to clash.

• Ren punched apart a magical star, astonishing Zeref with his immense physical strength.
• Ren treated Zeref’s summoned stars like toys, punching and kicking them toward Zeref as he controlled other stars to block them.
• Zeref kept Ren at a distance with magic, then cast Lost Magic—Star Magic—Star History Diagram to form a suppressive formation from the stars.
• Ren recognized the star trajectories as resembling the Zhoutian Star Formation and summoned the Zhu Immortal Sword Formation with his four swords.

Ren’s Sword Formation clashed with Zeref’s Starry Sky Scroll, devastating the battlefield before the Black Dragon attacked them during the aftermath. Ren and Zeref blocked his assault unharmed, revealing that they had anticipated his arrival and held back during their fight.

• Ren’s Sword Formation and Zeref’s Starry Sky Scroll collided as the fighters fled and a black shadow charged into the battlefield.
• The collision unleashed massive shockwaves, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and destruction that crushed those who had not escaped.
• The Black Dragon attacked Ren and Zeref while expecting them to be weakened by their clash.
• Ren’s sword light shattered the Black Dragon’s blast, and Zeref blocked it with starlight.
• Ren and Zeref stood nearly unharmed and explained that they had sensed the Black Dragon and remained vigilant, holding back during their battle.

Ryder tried to carry the captured Natsu away from the battlefield, but Igneel emerged from within Natsu and attacked him. As Madara Uchiha confronted Igneel, Hades began using the Death Energy gathered from the slaughter to perfect the Death God's Curse.

• Ryder left Madara Uchiha and the others to fight the Twelve Shields and flew away with the captured Natsu.
• Igneel emerged as a Fire Dragon and attacked Ryder with Fire Dragon's Roar, but Ryder escaped and returned Natsu to Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha charged at Igneel and clashed with the Fire Dragon's flames.
• Makarov worried about Gildarts, Natsu, and the others as news of the battle spread among Fiore's guilds.
• Hades entered an incubator filled with Death Energy collected by Bluenote Stinger and began an experiment to perfect the Death God's Curse.

Hades survived the deathly aura and regained his youth as an Eclipse darkened the battlefield, revealing the presence of Ankhseram God. After the Eclipse passed, Zeref conceded defeat and left, while Natsu was handed to the Twelve Shields and the Fire Dragon King remained behind.

• Hades aged rapidly under the deathly aura, then recovered and grew young again as the world seemed to celebrate his success.
• The sun darkened, and Ren recognized a solar eclipse while Zeref identified it as the Eclipse and sensed Ankhseram God.
• Zeref told Ren that the aura had tormented him for four hundred years, while the Black Dragon went berserk and charged toward the sea.
• As the Eclipse faded and sunlight returned, Zeref conceded the battle and promised compensation for rescuing the Ice King, but refused to hand Natsu over to Ren.
• Ren ordered Ryder to hand Natsu to the Twelve Shields, and Zeref left without explanation, abandoning the Fire Dragon King.

Ren trapped the Fire Dragon King in the Zhu Xian Sword Formation to preserve the fire elements making up his body, then flew toward the Northern Continent. After the war, news that Zeref was alive and ruled the Alvarez Empire spread, prompting Dark Guilds across Fiore to pledge loyalty to him.

• The Fire Dragon King emerged from Natsu to protect him and felt betrayed when Zeref took Natsu away.
• Ren attacked the Fire Dragon King, and Madara Uchiha briefly clashed with him before Ren stopped the fight.
• Ren used the Four Zhu Xian Swords and the Zhu Xian Sword Formation to trap the Fire Dragon King in a separate space.
• Ren flew toward the Northern Continent with the formation while Dragon and the others stayed behind to gather the war's spoils.
• News of Zeref's identity and his rule over the Alvarez Empire spread, and Dark Guilds across Fiore emerged or traveled to pledge loyalty to him.

Hades awakened in the laboratory after receiving death aura, but rejected his name and declared himself the Death God. He killed Bluenote Stinger and left the robots terrified, convinced that Hades was gone.

• The robots watched Hades's incubator as it filled with death aura and discussed whether he would survive the experiment.
• Bluenote Stinger arrived badly wounded and asked to see Hades, then collapsed and requested treatment.
• The incubator cracked open, and the newly awakened figure killed a robot with decaying darkness before demanding to be called the Death God.
• The Death God killed Bluenote Stinger and ordered the remaining robots to address him by his new name.
• The Death God celebrated his new body while the robots sensed that Hades had disappeared and a different being had taken over his body.

Ren captured the Fire Dragon King’s fading elemental body and used it to awaken Crocodile and hasten Shigekuni Yamamoto’s return. He ordered the invasion of the Alvarez Empire to accelerate, while the Death God secretly revived Bluenote Stinger and began gathering materials for an unknown plan.

• The Death God used the History of Corpses to revive Bluenote Stinger and ordered him to gather materials.
• Ren explained to Tobirama that the Eclipse carried the Death God’s aura, but said they should focus on awakening the sleeping army and invading the Alvarez Empire.
• Ren poured the Sandstorm King’s bloodline onto a Logia Sand-Sand Fruit, awakening Crocodile, whom he assigned to Ryder.
• Ren revealed that the wooden staff was Shigekuni Yamamoto’s Zanpakuto and said Yamamoto would soon awaken as it absorbed the Fire Dragon King’s flames.

Ren awakened Shigekuni Yamamoto by having him absorb the Dragon King's Flame, and Yamamoto submitted to Ren after realizing his former world had been devoured. Meanwhile, Zeref restored Natsu's memories, and Natsu demanded to know where Igneel was.

• Ren told the awakened Shigekuni Yamamoto that his world had been devoured and asked him to serve; Yamamoto accepted Ren as his lord.
• Ren explained that the souls of people sacrificed in the Death God World rested within their Zanpakuto and could awaken with enough energy.
• Zeref entered the palace with his subordinates, ordered Invel to lay down the unconscious Natsu, and explained that removing the Fire Dragon King would help Natsu grasp Dragon Slayer Magic's ultimate profundity.
• Zeref restored Natsu's memories with a magic circle, causing Natsu to roar as his power surged.
• Natsu recovered his memories, looked at Zeref, and asked where Igneel was.