Chapter Summaries

Laxus returned to the Guild early and criticized its weaker members, then challenged Lin Yuan to a duel after easily knocking Natsu down with lightning. Lin Yuan agreed to fight outside the city, and they left despite Makarov’s objections, with Mira, Erza, and Makarov following.

• Laxus returned from a job early and mocked an injured member and his companions for retreating from mountain beasts.
• Laxus struck Natsu with lightning when Natsu rushed him, leaving Natsu temporarily paralyzed on the floor.
• Lin Yuan checked Natsu and rebuked Laxus for attacking and mocking a Guild companion.
• Laxus recognized Lin Yuan’s increased strength and challenged him to a fight, while Mira offered to fight Laxus instead.
• Lin Yuan agreed to spar outside the city, and he followed Laxus out despite Makarov forbidding the duel.

Lin Yuan and Laxus fought a sparring match in an abandoned quarry, with Lin Yuan using spatial magic to counter Laxus's lightning. As Laxus gathered more power, Makarov stepped in and ordered him to disperse the lightning.

• Laxus led Lin Yuan to an abandoned quarry, but Makarov objected to their fight.
• Laxus attacked at high speed, and Lin Yuan parried his strikes with Nameless and spatial magic.
• Laxus surrounded Lin Yuan with lightning arcs and attacked from shifting directions, but Lin Yuan deflected him and cut through a lightning bolt by slicing the space it crossed.
• Laxus gathered the lightning across the wasteland to increase his power, and Makarov ordered him to disperse it.

Makarov stopped Laxus and Lin Yuan's spar when Laxus prepared to detonate lightning scattered across the wasteland, putting the others at risk. Laxus gathered up the remaining currents and left, insisting the duel had not counted.

• Makarov pinned Laxus beneath his giant palm before the buried lightning could erupt, and the currents across the wasteland began to fade.
• Makarov ended the duel and warned Laxus and Lin Yuan not to fight again, while Lin Yuan explained he had stopped because Makarov intervened.
• Mira checked Lin Yuan for injuries and scolded him for joining the reckless spar, while Erza pointed out the lightning could have reached the spectators.
• Makarov ordered Laxus to retrieve the lightning left in the ground, and Laxus drew the scattered currents back into his palm.
• Natsu tried to challenge Laxus, but Erza dragged him back and declared the duel over.
• Laxus told Lin Yuan he had used the back of his sword, then left saying the fight had not counted.

Lin Yuan discovered and contained a spatial rift on Pine Needle Mountain, then evacuated the mountain and warned the village. He returned to Magnolia and told Makarov that the rift led beyond their world.

• Lin Yuan found a black rift on Pine Needle Mountain and discovered that anything touching its edge vanished into an unknown destination.
• Lin Yuan used Space Lockdown to stop the rift from expanding and warned two villagers to keep people away and recall everyone on the mountain.
• Lin Yuan marked the rift on a map, arranged for the village to seal off nearby paths, and placed spatial barriers at the entrances.
• After the herb gatherers and woodcutters left safely, Lin Yuan checked the rift and returned to Magnolia without entering it.
• Lin Yuan told Makarov that a spatial rift had appeared on Pine Needle Mountain, and Makarov realized its other end was outside their world.

Lin Yuan told Fairy Tail that the rift on Pine Needle Mountain led to an unknown world and explained that he planned to enter it alone. The chapter ended with Makarov arranging precautions in Fiore as Lin Yuan prepared to leave after daybreak, knowing he could not return until he found another passage.

• Lin Yuan explained that the rift’s spatial seal would last no longer than noon the next day and that closing it might only cause another rift to appear elsewhere.
• Mira offered to go with Lin Yuan, but he said the World Marker could not protect her across the world boundary and that maintaining her position could separate them.
• Lin Yuan said he needed to investigate the rift because he knew Yui’s world coordinates but did not know how to reach them, and another world might teach him more about spatial magic.
• Makarov said investigating was not Lin Yuan’s guild responsibility, but Lin Yuan decided to enter the rift anyway.
• Lin Yuan planned to reinforce the eight spatial traces after daybreak, then enter the rift; he warned that its entrance would close behind him and he could not send messages or return without finding another passage.
• Makarov arranged for nearby guilds to watch for spatial anomalies and for Pine Needle Mountain to be guarded, while Lin Yuan said that this time only he could go.

Lin Yuan prepared to cross the spatial rift to reach Aincrad and bring Yui home. After saying farewell to Fairy Tail, he entered the rift as its entrance began to close.

• Mira gave Lin Yuan a silver Fairy Tail pendant and told him to remember where he had set out from.
• Lin Yuan arrived at Pine Needle Mountain and found Makarov, Mira, and much of the Guild waiting to see him off.
• Lin Yuan repaired and compressed the spatial traces, then warned Makarov that everyone must stay clear until the entrance closed.
• Natsu, Lisanna, Elfman, Erza, Makarov, and Mira each urged Lin Yuan to return and bring Yui home.
• Lin Yuan promised Mira he would return, then stepped into the rift as the eight spatial traces collapsed.

Lin Yuan arrived in a cavern in a new world and marked the place where he entered so he could find it again. As he explored the cavern, horned monsters emerged from the walls and surrounded him.

• Lin Yuan landed in a vast cavern as the rift to the Fairy Tail world closed behind him.
• Lin Yuan hid a Magic Crystal in the rock wall and made spatial marks to preserve the coordinates of his arrival point.
• Lin Yuan examined the cavern and found human and beast tracks, dried blood, a broken spear, and strange debris.
• A horned, scale-covered monster emerged from the wall, followed by more monsters, and Lin Yuan drew Nameless.

Lin Yuan fought monsters in the strange cave and discovered that its walls contained shifting passages and could spawn creatures. Hearing a battle farther up the slope, he vanished toward it, while more monsters began forming inside the walls.

• Lin Yuan killed the monsters surrounding him with Nameless and Space God Slayer Magic, then confirmed that his magic worked normally in the cave.
• He collected purple energy crystals and monster parts, and discovered that the creatures’ corpses turned to black ash when their crystals were removed.
• Lin Yuan examined the self-repairing wall and sensed countless passages and moving presences within it.
• He followed human footprints and signs of battle up the sloping passage, then heard someone fighting monsters farther ahead.
• Lin Yuan vanished toward the distant battle as another wall bulged outward, spawning more monsters.

Lin Yuan encountered Finn’s adventuring party in the Dungeon and helped them fend off a monster before joining their retreat toward the surface. When Finn asked which familia Lin Yuan belonged to, Lin Yuan revealed he did not know what a familia was.

• Lin Yuan saw Finn’s party control a monster attack and used spatial magic to save a supply-carrying adventurer from a monster on the cavern ceiling.
• Finn introduced himself and questioned Lin Yuan, who said he had no party and had woken up in the cavern.
• Ais asked to test Nameless, and she and Lin Yuan exchanged blows before stopping with their swords at each other’s bodies.
• Finn invited Lin Yuan to return to the surface with the party and explain himself to the Orario Guild.
• Finn asked which familia Lin Yuan belonged to, and Lin Yuan asked what a familia was.

Lin Yuan learned about Familias and the gods while traveling with the Loki Familia from the Dungeon to Orario. At Twilight Manor, Loki sensed an inexplicable aversion to him but invited him to join her Familia.

• Finn explained that gods led Familias and introduced Lin Yuan to Riveria as the group made its way through the Dungeon.
• Lin Yuan traveled with the Loki Familia for several days, helping when monsters approached him or the supply team while Ais asked to try fighting Nameless again after they left the Dungeon.
• The group emerged from the Tower of Babel into Orario, where Lin Yuan sensed the presence of gods throughout the city.
• Finn took Lin Yuan to Twilight Manor so Loki could meet him before the Guild received their expedition records.
• Loki felt an unexplained aversion to Lin Yuan, learned he had no Familia, and asked whether he would like to join the Loki Familia.

Lin Yuan refused Loki’s invitation to join the Loki Familia because he did not yet understand Falna or trust its power, and he went with Finn and Ais to register at the Guild. On the way, he met the goddess Hestia, who invited him to become the first member of her Familia.

• Lin Yuan declined Loki’s offer to grant him Falna, and Loki left the invitation open while Finn arranged to take him to the Guild.
• Ais joined Finn and Lin Yuan because she had made a promise to Lin Yuan in the Dungeon.
• Finn explained Orario’s registration and Dungeon rules as they headed toward the Guild.
• Lin Yuan encountered Hestia after one of her recruitment flyers landed at his feet, and his silver pendant briefly grew warm.
• Hestia introduced herself and asked Lin Yuan to become her first child.

Lin Yuan refused Hestia’s offer to join her familia until he understood Falna, and the Guild issued him a temporary residence permit while investigating his identity. He planned to learn about Orario and the Dungeon as he searched for a way back to his own world.

• Lin Yuan told Hestia he would not accept Falna until he knew what effect it would have, and Hestia insisted on accompanying him to the Guild.
• Finn introduced Lin Yuan to Eina, who registered his details and learned that he could not name a birthplace in this world.
• Eina issued Lin Yuan a seven-day temporary residence permit and exchanged his magic stones for enough money to cover basic needs.
• Ais reminded Lin Yuan of their agreement to spar the next day, then left with Finn.
• Lin Yuan told Hestia he would find a place to stay and investigate the Dungeon and the gods because he had to return to his own world.

Lin Yuan learned that his silver pendant warmed in Hestia’s presence because it represented home and returning, but she could not use it to locate his world. Hestia offered to help him investigate divinity, and Lin Yuan agreed to give her Familia priority if he chose to accept Falna.

• Lin Yuan took Hestia to a nearby restaurant and showed her the pendant, which warmed when she touched it.
• Hestia explained that the pendant’s connection to home resonated with her hearth divinity, but it could not reveal the maker’s location across worlds.
• Lin Yuan told Hestia that he came from another world and hoped the thirty-seventh floor might lead him back to Fairy Tail.
• Hestia offered to help him learn about gods and divinity without forcing him to accept Falna, while asking him not to join the Loki Familia.
• Lin Yuan agreed to give the Hestia Familia priority if he considered accepting Falna, and they sealed the tentative agreement with a high five.

Lin Yuan sparred with Ais at the Loki Familia’s training ground, and neither round produced a winner before Finn stopped them. Loki renewed her invitation to join her Familia, but Lin Yuan said he would decide after learning more about the world, and Ais accepted that their match was over for now.

• Ais met Lin Yuan at the inn, and Hestia accompanied him to Twilight Manor to watch their spar.
• Lin Yuan and Ais fought with swords alone, but Finn stopped the round before either lost a weapon or conceded.
• Ais used Ariel while Lin Yuan wielded spatial magic, and Finn intervened when their escalating attacks threatened to damage the training ground further.
• Loki renewed her offer for Lin Yuan to join her Familia, but he said he would decide after understanding the world.
• Ais said they still had no winner, and Lin Yuan ended the spar for the day.

Lin Yuan researched the gods, Falna, the Dungeon, and spatial magic in Orario’s library while Hestia continued trying to recruit him. He found no way back to his world and ended by asking Hestia how she would treat a familia member who disobeyed her or wanted to leave.

• Lin Yuan and Hestia went to the library, where he found that Orario’s world map and records did not match the world he knew.
• Lin Yuan learned that gods had sealed their divine power to live in the Lower World, and Hestia said they came because its changing hardships made life more interesting.
• Over several days, Lin Yuan studied Falna and learned that it recorded a person’s growth, did not control their thoughts, and could be removed if they left a familia.
• Lin Yuan researched the Dungeon and spatial magic but found no explanation for the Dungeon’s existence or a way to travel between worlds.
• On the fifth day, Lin Yuan asked Hestia what kind of familia she wanted and how she would respond if a member rejected her orders or chose to leave.

Lin Yuan questioned Hestia about the kind of Familia she wanted, then agreed to join her. As Hestia inscribed his Falna, an abnormal skill appeared on his back, beginning with the name “Campione.”

• Lin Yuan asked Hestia how she would treat members who disobeyed, struggled to contribute, left, or went far away, and she explained that she wanted a Familia that stayed connected without forcing anyone to remain.
• Hestia said a home was not a cage and that she would wait for members to return, and Lin Yuan recognized the family-like bond she wanted to build.
• Lin Yuan told Hestia he would join her Familia, and she repeatedly confirmed that he meant it.
• At Lin Yuan's inn, Hestia inscribed his Falna with divine blood, and the text avoided his soul seal and World Marker.
• Hestia saw the Falna record Lin Yuan's basic attributes at their lowest values, then watched an abnormal skill appear as black-and-silver light flickered along the text.
• Hestia read the first name in the skill field: “Campione...”