Recaps

Blanc and the others discovered Deliora sealed in ice beneath the island, and Gray revealed that the demon had destroyed his hometown and that his teacher, Ur, had sealed it at the cost of her life. Blanc explained that Moon Drop could undo any magic, and the group realized someone on the island was gathering it to free Deliora.

• Blanc and Happy descended into the underground chamber, where they and the others discovered a gigantic monster sealed in ice.
• Gray identified the monster as Deliora, the demon that had destroyed his hometown Isban ten years earlier.
• Gray explained that his teacher, Ur, had sacrificed herself to seal Deliora with Iced Shell.
• Gray panicked when Natsu approached the ice and warned that fire could melt the seal, but Blanc said Iced Shell could be undone.
• Blanc identified Moon Drop as magic capable of undoing any magic and concluded that someone on the island planned to use it to free Deliora.

Gray learned that Deliora had died after ten years sealed in Iced Shell, and he resolved to stop anyone from melting the ice and dishonoring Ur. As the others waited for night, Gray relived Ur’s sacrifice and blamed himself for her fate.

• Blanc told Gray that Deliora was already dead and that melting the ice would only reveal its corpse.
• Gray declared that he would stop anyone trying to melt Iced Shell, while Blanc, Natsu, and Lucy settled in to wait for night.
• As the others slept, Gray remembered how he had disobeyed Ur and rushed toward Deliora, only to be rescued by her.
• Ur protected Gray and Lyon from Deliora, then used Iced Shell to seal the demon at the cost of her life, asking Gray to tell Lyon she was dead.
• Gray emerged from the memory in tears and resolved never to let anyone tarnish Ur’s final legacy.

Gray and his companions discovered that Lyon’s group was using Moon Drop to revive Deliora. After Gray confronted Lyon, an old masked man exposed the group’s hiding place, and the two sides faced off.

• A hole opened in the temple ceiling, and the group saw purple moonlight pouring onto Deliora.
• Blanc identified the cloaked figures’ chant as the Moon Drop incantation.
• Lyon arrived with Sherry, Yuka, and Toby and learned that Deliora’s revival would be ready within two days.
• An old masked man found Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Blanc, and Happy behind a wall, alerting Lyon’s group.
• Gray and Lyon’s ice spells clashed, and the groups confronted each other beneath the moonlight.
• Gray recognized Lyon and demanded to know what he was doing, but Lyon mocked him instead of answering.

Lyon accused Gray of killing Ur and ordered his followers to destroy the village while Zarut continued the ritual. Blanc confronted Lyon and unleashed Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees, transforming the island around the Temple into a vast forest.

• Lyon blamed Gray for Ur's death, and Gray froze in guilt as Lyon attacked him until Blanc blocked the ice spike with a wooden wall.
• Yuka recognized Blanc as a renowned Fairy Tail S-Class Mage, but Lyon dismissed the warning and ordered Yuka, Sherry, and Toby to destroy the village.
• Lyon told Zarut to keep the ritual going while Natsu and Gray prepared to oppose him.
• Blanc challenged Lyon and released Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees, causing enormous trees to rise across the island and cover the Temple in a towering forest.

Blanc used enormous plant magic to overwhelm Lyon, Zarut, and their allies on the Temple dome, leaving Gray to confront his former fellow student. Lyon explained that he wanted to defeat Deliora to surpass Ur, then accused Gray of causing Ur’s death.

• The villagers saw the forest rise into a vast wall of trees and Mocha wondered whether the Wizards they had hired were responsible.
• Blanc’s trees and vines captured Yuka, Toby, Sherry, Zarut, Lyon, and the black-robed figures, ending the battle at the Temple.
• Lucy and her companions saw that Blanc’s magic had transformed the island’s terrain, and Blanc taunted the bound Lyon before letting Gray speak with him.
• Gray demanded to know why Lyon was releasing Deliora, and Lyon said defeating the monster was his only way to surpass Ur.
• Lyon accused Gray of killing Ur by insisting on challenging Deliora in the past.

Gray revealed that Ur had become the ice sealing Deliora, but Lyon said he already knew and dismissed her as only a lump of ice. Gray fought Lyon after telling him Deliora was already dead, while Blanc and the others questioned Lyon’s captured subordinates and confronted the masked Zarut as Ultear.

• Gray told Lyon that Ur had transformed into the ice sealing Deliora and apologized for hiding the truth.
• Lyon admitted he had known Ur was the ice but insisted she was no longer alive, so Gray asked Blanc to release him and challenged him to a fight.
• Gray revealed that Ur’s ice had already drained Deliora’s life, and Lyon charged at him in furious disbelief.
• Blanc let Gray and Lyon settle their dispute while Lucy questioned Yuka and Toby, who said Deliora had killed their families but denied cursing the villagers.
• Blanc addressed the masked Zarut as Ultear and said her disguise and name were false.

Blanc exposed Ultear as Ur’s daughter and a Magic Council member, prompting Gray and Lyon to recount Ur’s love for her. Ultear insisted Ur had abandoned her and revealed that she had come to make Lyon suffer, while Gray and Lyon rejected her belief that Ur had chosen them over her.

• Blanc identified the disguised Ultear as Ur’s daughter and revealed that he recognized her as a Magic Council member.
• Ultear dropped her disguise, and Lyon and Gray reacted with shock at discovering who she was.
• Blanc explained that Ultear’s magic resembled the magic sealing Deliora, while Gray told Ultear how Ur had mourned and remembered her.
• Ultear broke down and declared that Ur had abandoned her, then admitted she had come to watch Lyon die after unsealing Deliora.
• Gray denied that Ur had abandoned Ultear, and Lyon said that he and Gray had been Ur’s replacements for her.

Ultear recounted why she believed Ur had abandoned her, but Gray, Lyon, and Blanc explained that the Magic Development Bureau had deceived both her and Ur. Blanc offered to show her the past, then used the card The Return to pull Ultear, Gray, and Lyon into the ice sealing Ur.

• Ultear told Gray and Lyon that she had endured experiments at the Magic Development Bureau and returned there to gain power for revenge after seeing Ur happily living with them.
• Gray and Lyon explained that Ur had sent Ultear to the bureau for treatment, then believed she had died when the bureau said the treatment failed.
• Blanc told Ultear that the bureau had lied to both her and Ur to keep her as a test subject, and offered to reveal what had happened.
• Blanc brought Ultear, Gray, and Lyon to the underground chamber where Deliora was sealed and showed them the card The Return.
• Blanc activated The Return, and its light dragged the three into the ice Ur had become without them feeling an impact.

Blanc used the Return Card to show Gray, Lyon, and Ultear scenes from Ur’s past, including the illness and supposed death of Ultear as a child. The chapter ended with Ur refusing Gildarts’s offer to team up, still grieving the daughter she believed she had lost.

• Blanc explained that the Return Card let them observe the past without changing history, then brought them to a medical examination room where Ur sought help for her sick daughter.
• A doctor told Ur that her daughter’s immense magic power overwhelmed her young body and suggested a research institute that might treat her.
• At the institute, a researcher told Ur that her daughter had died, and Ur broke down, pleading for her daughter Ultear to be returned.
• Ultear watched Ur grieve and said the scene differed from her memories.
• In a frozen wilderness, Gildarts invited Ur to team up, but Ur declined and said she would not leave the place where she had lived with her daughter.

Ultear learned that Ur had never abandoned her and broke down as her hatred gave way to grief and guilt. She resolved to rescue Meredy, confront Brain, and atone, while Blanc claimed he had found a way to solve the islanders’ curse and a tremor struck the temple.

• Ur held the newborn Ultear and called her proof of her life and her tears.
• Gray, Lyon, and Ultear returned from the vision, and Ultear collapsed in grief as she understood that her pursuit of power had begun with a lie.
• Lyon let go of his resentment and wondered whether he should join a guild after the crisis ended.
• Ultear resolved to get Meredy out of Grimoire Heart, kill Brain, and spend the rest of her life making amends.
• Gray asked Blanc how they would solve the islanders’ curse, and Blanc said he had already worked out a solution.
• At the temple, Natsu complained to Lucy about the mission before a powerful tremor shook the ground.

Blanc revealed that he intended to end the danger posed by Deliora and used a Time Magic card on the ice holding the demon. As the clock turned backward, time began reversing for the ice, leaving the fate of Ur and Deliora unresolved.

• Blanc emerged from beneath the Temple with Lyon, Ultear, Gray, and the others, then freed Lyon’s followers.
• Blanc explained that he wanted to grant the followers’ wishes by settling the threat of Deliora once and for all.
• Ultear offered to hide Deliora, but Blanc told her he could make her wish come true too.
• Blanc revealed a Time Magic card and poured his immense magic into it.
• A phantom clock appeared above the ice, and time began flowing backward for it.

Blanc used the Clock Illusion to restore Ur from Iced Shell, reuniting her with Ultear, Gray, and Lyon. Deliora also returned to its peak, and Ultear stepped forward to hold it off while the others escaped, believing Blanc had exhausted his magic.

• Blanc reversed time on the ice and restored Ur's body, including her missing leg.
• Ur reunited with Ultear, Gray, and Lyon, and reflected on what had happened to them while she was trapped in Iced Shell.
• Deliora roared and revealed its full strength after Blanc explained that restoring Ur had also turned back Deliora's time.
• Ultear moved in front of the others and told Gray and Lyon to evacuate Ur and everyone else while she held Deliora off.

Ur, Lyon, and Gray each tried to sacrifice themselves to seal Deliora, but Natsu stopped Gray and Blanc easily hurled Deliora into the Forest Sea. The group realized Blanc had made their apparent last stand a false alarm, while a small blue figure sneaked behind him.

• Ur knocked Ultear unconscious and prepared to use Iced Shell, but Lyon knocked Ur out before she could act.
• Lyon recalled Ur telling him he was her beloved pupil, then prepared to use Iced Shell himself until Gray knocked him unconscious.
• Gray declared that he would seal Deliora, but Natsu punched him and insisted that he stay alive while Natsu fought Deliora.
• As Deliora prepared to attack Natsu, Blanc struck Natsu and sent Deliora flying with a giant wooden fist, then bound Deliora with living trees.
• Blanc explained that he had smacked Natsu to follow the others' pattern, while a small blue figure crept behind him and smacked him.

Blanc revealed that he still had enough magic power to fight and summoned the enormous wooden Tormentor to battle Deliora. The chapter ended with the Tormentor striking Deliora with a magic-charged fist.

• Happy playfully chopped Blanc on the head, and Lucy shouted at the group to take the battle seriously.
• Blanc corrected his allies, explaining that he had never said he was out of magic power.
• Deliora blasted through the World of Trees and destroyed a huge stretch of forest with a concentrated magic attack.
• Blanc summoned the enormous Wooden Human, Obelisk the Tormentor, and used Color-Changing Magic to turn it indigo.
• The Tormentor knocked Deliora's next blast out to sea, then struck Deliora with a magic-charged fist.

Blanc and the others repeatedly battered Deliora until he finally crumbled to dust, allowing Lyon’s followers to avenge their losses. Blanc then announced that the mission’s next phase was to destroy the moon, but Ultear interrupted his explanation by revealing that the island’s villagers were demons.

• Deliora repeatedly regenerated after the Giant Soldier crushed him, but each blow weakened him further.
• Blanc invited Lyon’s followers and the others to attack Deliora, and they joined in until he finally crumbled to dust.
• After the followers celebrated their revenge, Blanc told Gray, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy that they would next destroy the moon.
• Blanc began explaining the purple moon, but Ultear interrupted to reveal that the island’s villagers were demons.
• Ultear explained that Moon Island gathered moonlight and its abundant moonlight magic made it an ideal habitat for demons.

Ultear explained that waste gas from the Moon Drop ritual had confused the demon villagers’ memories, and Natsu used Blanc’s Light Card to purify the film covering the island. After thanking Blanc and his companions, Ur encouraged Lyon to see the wider world, while Ultear hesitated over whether to reveal her later misdeeds.

• Ultear explained that the purple moon and the villagers’ mistaken memories came from a film of waste gas covering the island.
• Blanc gave Natsu the Light Card’s power, and Natsu shattered and purified the film with Happy carrying him into the sky.
• Ur told Lyon to stop obsessing over surpassing her and encouraged him to explore the wider world; Lyon accepted awkwardly and thought about visiting Lamia Scale.
• Ur thanked Blanc and his companions for saving her, helping Ultear, and stopping Lyon’s plan, and promised they would repay them.
• Ultear trembled as she considered whether to tell Ur and the others about the evil deeds she had committed after her childhood at the Magic Development Research Institute.

Ultear revealed that she was a Grimoire Heart spy and warned Fairy Tail about Jellal and another spy inside the guild. Her revelation left Natsu, Gray, and Blanc stunned when she accused someone in Fairy Tail of secretly serving Grimoire Heart.

• Ultear confessed that she was a core member of Grimoire Heart who had infiltrated the Magic Council.
• Blanc explained that Grimoire Heart, Oración Seis, and Tartaros formed the powerful Balam Alliance.
• Ultear revealed that Council Member Siegrain was Jellal, a spy seeking to seize Etherion, and warned that he was plotting against Blanc.
• Ultear announced that Grimoire Heart's Guild Master had placed a high-ranking spy inside Fairy Tail.
• Natsu and Gray angrily rejected Ultear's claim, while Blanc wondered why he had been dragged into it.

Ultear explained that Grimoire Heart planned to kill ordinary people and revealed that Zeref was still alive. She also said her investigation had uncovered a mysterious person who supposedly did not exist, and began explaining what the evidence showed.

• Ultear told the guild that Hades had recruited her with promises of a Great Magic World, but his plan was to eliminate everyone without magic.
• Ultear said Hades believed Zeref was alive and that she had joined Grimoire Heart intending to kill Hades and claim Zeref for herself.
• Ultear revealed that Hades drew power from the Devil's Heart, a nearly limitless magic source hidden in the guild's airship.
• Ultear explained that her investigation of Grimoire Heart's sealed records had exposed contradictions pointing to a person who did not exist.

Ultear revealed that Hades had erased the memories of a magically gifted child who was sent undercover to Fairy Tail nine years earlier. Natsu and Gray argued over whether to suspect their comrades, until Happy pointed out that Blanc had joined the guild at the same time.

• Ultear described how she uncovered a redacted Grimoire Heart mission record naming Fairy Tail as the target of an undercover operation.
• Ultear warned that the agent could have been hiding in Fairy Tail for years, while Blanc privately considered keeping his cover intact.
• Natsu refused to suspect his guildmates, and Gray argued that the alleged agent might never have made it into Fairy Tail.
• Gray admitted that anyone involved would have joined the guild years ago, prompting Natsu to accuse him of suspecting everyone.
• Happy noted that Blanc had joined Fairy Tail nine years earlier, and everyone turned to look at him.

Blanc and the others found no lead on the Grimoire Heart spy, but Ultear revealed where Jellal’s Tower of Heaven was and why she had manipulated him into building it. The group prepared to finish their current job while Ultear resolved to try to bring Jellal to his senses.

• Natsu punched Happy after mistaking his speculation about Blanc for an accusation, and then apologized when Happy clarified.
• Blanc and Gray said they knew of no suspicious guild members, while Lucy suggested the spy might have joined Fairy Tail years after leaving Grimoire Heart.
• Ultear asked Blanc for leads on the spy, and he claimed he had none while promising to stay alert.
• Blanc asked Ultear where Jellal’s Tower of Heaven was, and she told him it stood off the coast of Calrum.
• Ultear admitted she had manipulated Jellal into believing Zeref had chosen him so he would build the tower and help break Zeref’s seal.
• Ultear vowed to seek out Jellal and try to free him from her influence, while warning Blanc that Jellal remained dangerous.

Ultear refused Gray’s invitation to join Fairy Tail, choosing to return to Grimoire Heart and rescue Meredy, while Ur decided to support her from outside. Gray said goodbye to Ur, Ultear, and Lyon, then rejoined his friends as they headed back to the village, leaving Ultear longing for the lively guild.

• Gray invited Ur, Ultear, and Lyon to visit Fairy Tail, and Ur asked Ultear to leave Grimoire Heart and start over with her.
• Ultear refused to leave before rescuing Meredy and atoning for her crimes, so Ur agreed to wait outside and help them escape.
• Lyon declined Gray’s invitation, saying he had his own friends, and Gray’s group set off to check the mission and collect their reward.
• Gray exchanged farewells with Ur, Ultear, and Lyon, then caught up with his friends, who teased him about the cut on his forehead.
• Blanc reminded the group that the Guild Master had something waiting for them, frightening Natsu and Happy, while Gray looked forward to it.
• After the group left, Ur called Fairy Tail lively, and Ultear watched them go with a new trace of longing.

Years earlier, Hades sent a Grimoire Heart member to contact the guild’s sleeper agent in Fairy Tail, but the agent turned out to be the reclusive Mystogan. After returning to Magnolia from their mission, Blanc and the others noticed the townspeople watching them with pity and fear.

• Hades ordered a Grimoire Heart member to find the sleeper agent in Fairy Tail and seek information about Zeref.
• The member reported that the agent rarely appeared at the guild and was known around Magnolia as a person who concealed his entire body.
• The member identified the agent as Mystogan, who wore a green mask and bandages and used sleep magic to avoid being seen.
• Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Gray, and Blanc returned to Magnolia after helping a village of demons, and Lucy kept the Gold Key they had received as a reward.
• Blanc noticed that Magnolia’s residents watched the group with pity, fear, and concern, and he hurried toward the guild.

Blanc and the others returned to find Fairy Tail's guild hall destroyed by Phantom Lord, prompting the guild members to demand retaliation. Makarov restrained them from starting a war, while Blanc hinted that events might still take a different turn.

• Lucy and the others caught up with Blanc and saw that iron pillars had pierced and wrecked Fairy Tail's guild hall.
• Natsu broke down in grief and anger, and Blanc identified Phantom Lord as the culprit.
• At Fairy Tail's underground temporary base, Nab and the other guild members voiced their anger and called for revenge.
• Makarov punished Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Gray for taking an S-class mission without permission, then urged everyone to ignore Phantom Lord's attack.
• Natsu vowed to retaliate, but Blanc held him back and said Makarov was considering the consequences of a guild war.
• Blanc reassured Natsu while glancing at the furious Road Engine Team, then privately smiled and hinted that something might happen next.

After Makarov ended the guild meeting without authorizing a fight, Blanc planned to intercept Phantom Lord’s expected attack and change what would spark the guild war. As night fell, the Road Engine Team headed to Levy’s home together for safety, unaware that Blanc was preparing to confront the Iron Dragon.

• Makarov ended the meeting and ordered the guild to continue its regular work while the upstairs building was repaired, despite Natsu’s protests.
• Mira and Erza accepted Makarov’s decision, while Blanc decided to watch for Phantom Lord’s spies and alter the event that would start the guild war.
• Mira warned returning guild members not to travel alone, so Natsu, Gray, and Erza planned to stay with Lucy; Blanc declined, saying he had personal business.
• Levy, Troy, and Jet crossed South Gate Park toward Levy’s home, and Jet awkwardly asked whether it was all right for him and Troy to stay there.

Blanc caught Gajeel stalking Levy and her friends after Gajeel had destroyed Fairy Tail’s guildhall. He let Gajeel go, confronted him on a rooftop, and faced his challenge to fight.

• Levy reassured her two friends as they walked through the park, while Gajeel watched them from a rooftop and prepared to attack.
• Blanc appeared behind Gajeel and restrained him with the Force Card before the group could reach them.
• After Levy and the others had left safely, Blanc released Gajeel, who jumped down into the park.
• Blanc challenged Gajeel over destroying Fairy Tail’s guildhall and threatening his friends, while Gajeel said he intended to start a war.
• Gajeel overcame his fear and declared that he would offer Blanc’s blood to his war banner, while Blanc recalled promising Council Member Belno he would take care of Gajeel.