Chapter Summaries

Natsu learned that Igneel had been taken and was likely dead, while Zeref explained his defeat by Ren and warned that the third Eclipse could bring a world-ending crisis. After putting Invel in charge of Natsu, Zeref ordered August to infiltrate Fairy Tail and retrieve Fairy Heart.

• Natsu erupted with Devil power over Igneel’s loss, and Zeref calmed him with a spell from a book.
• Zeref named Natsu, as E.N.D., the king of the Devils and ordered Brainman to put them under Natsu’s command.
• Zeref admitted Ren had defeated him and warned that the third Eclipse, linked to the Death God, could bring the world to an end or trigger Nirvana.
• Zeref entrusted Natsu to Invel, and Natsu warned his brother not to harm Fairy Tail.
• After Natsu left, Zeref ordered August to infiltrate Fairy Tail in Fiore and bring him Fairy Heart.

Zeref ordered August to seize Fairy Heart, but Larcade resisted after revealing it was his mother’s body, and Zeref struck him down. Meanwhile, Ren searched for information about the Death God and prepared Shigekuni Yamamoto to take action, leaving the nature of the threat unknown.

• Zeref ordered August to bring him Fairy Heart and destroy Fairy Tail if necessary.
• Larcade defied Zeref, explaining that Fairy Tail was created by his mother and Fairy Heart was her body.
• Zeref attacked Larcade twice, then assigned August to seize Fairy Heart and left the palace.
• August asked Ice King to care for the unconscious Larcade, then recruited Irene to accompany him to Fiore.
• Zeref gave Dragon nine cities as compensation, while Ren reviewed records about the Death God and found little useful information.
• Ren told Shigekuni Yamamoto to go out and stretch his legs, and Yamamoto looked toward Ryder for a sparring match.

Ren sent Yamamoto and Hogue to retrieve Fairy Heart, while the Death God advanced a plan to build the Eclipse Gate and ordered Bluenote Stinger to stir up war. At the Tower of Heaven, Ren discovered that the God Tree had produced a Time-Time Fruit after absorbing time energy.

• Ren told Yamamoto to obtain Fairy Heart and ordered him to destroy the Magic Council if it interfered, while Hogue accompanied him as a guide.
• Ryder warned Ren that pursuing Fairy Heart could attract Zeref, but Ren insisted on claiming its infinite magic power.
• In the River of Death, Bluenote Stinger reported that the Black Dragon was slaughtering millions and that Zeref had gone quiet and yielded resources to the Dimensional Guild.
• The Death God ordered Bluenote Stinger to reignite war and continued building the Eclipse Gate, which he believed would let him transcend.
• At the Tower of Heaven, Ren explained to Morgana that the God Tree had absorbed time energy and produced a Time-Time Fruit.

Ren investigated Zeref’s unexplained retreat and ordered Dragon to resume the war while he traveled to Fiore to target Mavis and the Fairy Heart. A Death God emerged nearby, preparing a blood-soaked gate, as Fairy Tail struggled with the revelation that Natsu was Zeref’s younger brother.

• Kayle reported that Zeref was withdrawing his forces and surrendering resources, while informants said Larcade had rebelled and Zeref had placed Natsu in command of the demon legion.
• Ren suspected Zeref’s behavior was a deception, asked whether there was news from Hogue, and decided to travel to Fiore.
• Ren ordered Dragon to launch an immediate war of slaughter and send special resources back to awaken more experts in the Demon Hall.
• A Death God emerged from darkness in a forest, revealed an unfinished gate, and vowed to stain the earth with blood once it was complete.
• Makarov and Gildarts discussed Natsu’s identity as Zeref’s younger brother and his new role commanding the demons.

After Irene and August attacked Fairy Tail to take Mavis back as Zeref’s wife, Makarov fought to protect the guild while Gildarts went to call for reinforcements. The clash of their copied Fairy Laws devastated the city, leaving Makarov wounded and many guild members dead.

• Makarov and Gildarts mourned Natsu and the other guild members who had left or died in the war.
• Gildarts sensed an attack, and Makarov raised the Three Pillar Gods defensive array as Irene and August struck Fairy Tail.
• Irene revealed that they had come to take Mavis, then used Gravity Enchantment to break the guild’s defenses and injure its members.
• Makarov cast Fairy Law, but August copied the spell and unleashed it against him, devastating Fairy Tail and the surrounding city.
• Makarov ordered Gildarts to call for reinforcements, while August wounded Makarov with a laser beam and the attack killed many guild members.

Shigekuni Yamamoto arrived at Fairy Tail’s ruins on Lord Ren’s orders to seize Fairy Heart, joining August and Irene against Makarov. Makarov vowed to defend the guild’s legacy, and as the battle began, August’s attempt to attack Yamamoto was met with flames his copy magic could not reproduce.

• August sensed an unknown presence and called for it to reveal itself, and Shigekuni Yamamoto appeared before Makarov, Irene, and August.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto said he had come on Lord Ren’s command to seize Fairy Heart, then raised the temperature with his cane and ignited flames.
• Makarov vowed to protect Fairy Heart even if it cost him his life, while hoping Gildarts could get help from the Magic Council.
• August launched Lightning Thrust at Shigekuni Yamamoto, but Yamamoto blocked it with a barrier of fire.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto countered with Gentle Slash—Torch, forming a fiery tornado that August could not copy.

August and Shigekuni Yamamoto fought while Irene battled Makarov, until Gildarts revealed that the Magic Council and the Three Heavenly Kings had been destroyed. Yamamoto admitted he had destroyed the Council on Ren’s orders, and Makarov offered Fairy Heart to August and Irene if they helped him kill Yamamoto.

• August failed to copy Shigekuni Yamamoto’s fire magic and countered his flames with his own spells.
• Irene transformed into a dragon and attacked Makarov, who fought back with Giant Magic and Giant Armor.
• Gildarts told Makarov that the Magic Council had been destroyed and the Three Heavenly Kings were dead.
• Yamamoto admitted that he had destroyed the Magic Council on Ren’s orders.
• Makarov, enraged over Warrod Sequen’s death, offered Fairy Heart to August and Irene in exchange for their help killing Yamamoto.

Makarov, Irene, Gildarts, and August attacked Shigekuni Yamamoto together, but his Bankai overwhelmed them and killed August. Ren arrived in Fiore, provoked Irene, and restrained her with a lightning chain.

• Makarov, Irene, Gildarts, and August joined forces against Shigekuni Yamamoto, who unleashed his Bankai, Zanka no Tachi.
• Makarov’s Giant’s Sword turned to ash, Yamamoto engulfed Irene in flames, and Gildarts was burned when he tried to approach.
• August cast Ars Magia, but Yamamoto appeared before him and cut him in half, burning him to ash with a strike that damaged his soul.
• Ren arrived in Fiore by spaceship and recognized Irene as the Dragon Madara Uchiha had mentioned.
• Ren called Irene a suitable mount, provoking her to attack, then restrained her with a lightning chain around her neck.

Ren found Fairy Heart beneath the ruins and took the crystal containing Mavis, prompting Zeref to arrive and challenge him for it. Elsewhere, the Death God completed the Eclipse Gate and unleashed streams of light across the world to awaken the Dragon Clan.

• Irene struggled against Thunder's restraints until darkness weakened her, while Ren praised Shigekuni Yamamoto for his help.
• Ren cut through the ruins and revealed Fairy Heart, then drew the crystal containing Mavis into his hand.
• Zeref emerged through a tear in space and demanded that Ren surrender Mavis, but Ren refused.
• Zeref attacked Ren with Time Magic—Time Blade, and Ren countered with Sword Aura that split space.
• The Death God activated the completed Eclipse Gate, intending to awaken the Dragon Clan and use ten thousand dragons' blood for transcendent magic.
• Streams of light burst from the Eclipse Gate and shot toward every corner of the world.

Countless dragons emerged from streaks of light and overwhelmed the world, leaving Ren and Zeref puzzled about their source. Ren denied summoning them, then began slaughtering dragons to gather Dragon Crystals for his subordinates while Zeref struggled with memories of the age when dragons ruled.

• Dragons descended across the world, spreading destruction and throwing human settlements into chaos.
• Zeref asked Ren whether he had used the Eclipse Gate to summon the dragons, but Ren denied bringing out so many at once.
• Ren welcomed the dragons as a source of Dragon Crystals and killed one with his Zhu Xian Sword Aura.
• Ren ordered Yamamoto, Morgana, and Kayle to kill dragons and collect their Dragon Crystals, while Irene was forced back into human form and locked away.
• Zeref watched the dragons and, overwhelmed by memories of the age when dragons ruled, clutched his head and roared in confusion.

Death God’s influence drove Zeref and Acnologia into murderous rampages as dragons descended and devastated the world. As Fiore and the Alvarez battlefield fell into chaos, Madara Uchiha joined the fight against the dragons.

• Zeref succumbed to Death’s influence, killed dragons, and charged at the others while Makarov and Gildarts fought to reach Porlyusica.
• Death God celebrated the slaughter and asserted control over Zeref and Acnologia.
• Death God’s black flames drove Acnologia mad, and he killed dragons that pleaded for his mercy.
• Dragons devastated nations and besieged Fiore, while Dragon and the Ice King’s army stopped fighting each other to face them.
• Madara Uchiha used his strongest Susanoo and the Rinnegan’s Banshō Ten'in to seize a dragon.

Dragons devastated the world, overwhelming forces across the battlefields, while Ren’s allies in the Northern Continent used Dragon Crystals to awaken more experts and turn the tide. Ren and his subordinates continued killing dragons, though countless humans and nations had already been lost.

• Hashirama, Dragon, Toshiro, Akainu, Qing Zhi, Kizaru, Ice King, and the army fought the dragons but struggled against their numbers.
• Ryder had Dragon Crystals sent to the Demon Hall, awakening experts who joined the Northern Continent’s battle and helped suppress its dragons.
• World, Ichigo Kurosaki, Sengoku, Garp, Luffy, Ace, Kenpachi Zaraki, Aizen, and Orochimaru fought dragons, with Aizen and Orochimaru discussing them as research subjects.
• Dragons rampaged across the world, killing countless people and destroying nations, while Ren’s subordinates slaughtered dragons at a rapid pace.
• Ren cut through the dragons with Zhu Xian Sword Aura, severing their heads and spilling Dragon Blood across the continent.

Ren halted the Dragon Crystal hunt and returned to the Northern Continent after learning the Demon Hall had awakened, while Dragon and his allies withdrew from the Alvarez Empire’s battlefield. Left to face the dragon horde, Zeref descended into a Death God-driven frenzy, and Acnologia had also gone mad.

• Ren ordered Kayle to tell Dragon and the others to retreat, then sped toward the Northern Continent aboard the airship protected by the Zhu Xian Swords.
• Dragon led the withdrawal from the Alvarez Empire battlefield, and Whitebeard, Madara Uchiha, and the others followed, leaving the Twelve Shields to hold off the dragons.
• Ice King rallied the remaining fighters and urged them to endure until Zeref returned, as the dragon horde overwhelmed their defenses.
• Zeref unleashed darkness against the dragons while struggling against the Death God’s control, which drove him into a murderous frenzy.
• Zeref realized the Death God had controlled his life and could not escape his curse by killing himself, while Acnologia had also fallen into madness.

The Death God summoned beings from the past and future through the Eclipse Gate, plunging the world into a year of slaughter while Zeref and the Black Dragon rampaged. Ren ordered his awakened followers to stop fighting as he tried to uncover the Death God’s purpose, while the Death God studied a magical map at a blood-soaked altar.

• The Black Dragon slaughtered dragons as the Death God poured energy into the Eclipse Gate and summoned more beings into the present.
• The summoned humans, Magical Beasts, and dragons fought and killed one another, turning the world into a blood-soaked battlefield over the course of a year.
• Ryder told Ren that Demon Hall’s people had awakened and asked why the world was consumed by slaughter; Ren suspected the Death God was responsible.
• Ryder reported that Zeref and the Black Dragon continued killing and ignored attacks on Zeref’s empire, leading Ren to suspect the Death God controlled them.
• Ren ordered Ryder to halt the slaughter, fearing its consequences, and then wondered what the Death God was trying to achieve.
• The Death God stood at a blood-covered altar in a hidden space and examined a magical map resembling a miniature world.

Death God Ning Zheng turned the Northern Continent blood-red and tried to control Zeref, who was slaughtering across the Southern Continent. Zeref sent Natsu and the Devils to find Ren with a warning before Death God's will consumed his remaining reason.

• Death God Ning Zheng dyed the Northern Continent crimson on his map and vowed to spill more blood there.
• Zeref fought Death God's control by hurting himself and unleashing darkness, but remained in agony.
• Natsu found Zeref and urged him to explain what was wrong; Zeref instead begged Natsu to kill him before he lost control.
• Mard Geer attacked Zeref with Thorn Curse, but darkness blocked the thorns and formed a mask that declared Death God's control over him.
• Zeref told Natsu to flee to the Northern Continent, find Ren, and warn him that Death God planned to sacrifice the world.
• Zeref teleported Natsu and the Devils away, then lost his last trace of reason as darkness swallowed nearby living beings.

After Zeref was fully controlled by the Death God, his followers gathered in Alvarez and prepared to take Natsu and their forces north to seek Ren. Zeref and Acnologia also marched north with a growing tide of bloodthirsty creatures, while Ren studied Fairy Heart in the Tower of Heaven until hurried footsteps interrupted him.

• Zeref teleported Natsu to Alvarez before losing his remaining resistance, and Mard Geer told the Devils that Zeref had ordered them to seek Ren in the Northern Continent.
• The Ice King decided to abandon Alvarez and lead its elites north, while Natsu agreed to follow his brother's final instructions.
• Zeref reached Acnologia, confirmed that they were both controlled, and left for the Northern Continent as Acnologia transformed and rallied Dragons to follow him.
• Zeref's magic drew creatures and people from across the world northward, where they slaughtered one another as they advanced.
• Ren Devoured the energy surrounding Fairy Heart in the Tower of Heaven and examined the crystal until hurried footsteps sounded outside.

Ren learned that Death God was using Zeref and Acnologia as puppets and intended to sacrifice the entire world. As a monstrous invasion struck the Northern Continent, Death God appeared in a body resembling Hades and revealed that Hades had created it.

• Kayle warned Ren that frenzied Magical Beasts were pouring into the Northern Continent, and Ryder reported that Natsu and Alvarez's elites had arrived.
• Ren assembled his troops and questioned Natsu, who relayed Zeref's warning that Death God's goal was to sacrifice the world.
• Ren used his power to see Zeref being controlled and concluded that the bloodshed was part of a ritual to offer up the world.
• Acnologia and Zeref led dragons and Magical Beasts in an assault on the Northern Continent while Ren's subordinates fought back.
• Death God appeared on a dark altar, declared that Zeref and Acnologia were puppets, and revealed that Hades had created the body he now inhabited.

The Death God revealed that he had turned the world into a magic array and needed the Northern Continent stained with blood to activate it and achieve Transcendence. Ren ordered his followers to stop blood from reaching the ground, and the battle against the Death God, Zeref, Acnologia, and their forces continued.

• The Death God explained that centuries of wars, bloodshed, and magic had transformed the five continents and the past and future into parts of his world-spanning array.
• The Death God demanded that Ren surrender the Northern Continent, but Ren refused and ordered his followers to kill the invaders without letting their blood spill onto the ground.
• Whitebeard destroyed a dragon while Ryder absorbed its blood, and Sengoku killed a Magical Beast as Ryder's sword drew in blood from the earth.
• The Death God attacked Ryder, but Ren intercepted him, prompting the Death God to send Zeref and Acnologia after Ren.
• Ren countered Zeref's Darkness River and Acnologia's Black Dragon's Roar with his Sword Magic as the battle intensified.
• Yamamoto's flames burned invading beasts and their blood, while Aizen trapped the Death God in a Black Coffin before escaping the Death God Spear through an illusion.

Aizen fought the Fairy Tail World's Death God while Ren and his allies battled the souls and magic unleashed by the Death God. Ren broke through Zeref and Acnologia's attacks with Sword Magic and struck Zeref with a powerful punch.

• Aizen guarded against the Death God's aura of death and held him at bay.
• The Death God summoned powerful souls from the River of Death, making the battle harder for Ren's subordinates and Ren.
• Acnologia bombarded Ren with elemental roars while Zeref attacked with Lost Magic.
• Ren used the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, the Seven Ferocious Swords of Longyuan, and other summoned sword forms to cut through their attacks.
• Ren appeared before Zeref and punched him in the abdomen, sending him flying.

Ren overwhelmed Zeref and the Black Dragon, but Death God sacrificed his followers and activated a magic formation spanning the entire world. Ren and his allies attacked the altar, only to learn it was linked to the world itself.

• Ren struck Zeref aside and kicked the Black Dragon into a mountain, shocking Death God with his strength.
• Death God ordered the figures from the River of Death to self-destruct, causing widespread destruction and losses among Ren's magic legion.
• Death God returned to the altar and began a blood sacrifice, turning the world crimson as continents, oceans, and islands formed a vast magic formation.
• Ren sensed the danger and called for everyone to attack the altar, combining the four Zhu Xian Swords into one while Madara Uchiha and the others charged.
• Death God claimed the altar was connected to the entire world, and Ren's and his allies' attacks struck it in a barrage of explosions.