Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu saved Lucy from a Phantom Lord assassin and revealed that the guild was also under attack. With Gajeel intercepting Levy and her team, Bai Yu and Erza faced a race to break through the attackers.

• Lucy woke to find that Bai Yu had left without touching her, and Aquarius teased her before ending their magical connection.
• A Phantom Lord assassin broke into Lucy’s apartment and attacked her, but Bai Yu appeared and stopped the dagger with his ink-black hand.
• Bai Yu revealed that seven or eight assassins and twenty or thirty dark puppets had gathered outside, while Erza recognized them as Phantom Lord forces.
• Bai Yu told Erza that over a hundred enemies had appeared at Fairy Tail’s guild, and Erza realized the attacks were meant to keep them occupied while Levy and her team were targeted.
• The assassin taunted Bai Yu that Gajeel had gone to intercept Levy’s team and challenged him to break through before they were harmed.

Bai Yu stayed behind to protect Erza and Lucy while Erza planned to reach Levy and the others, then wiped out Phantom Lord’s attackers with a single sword strike. A lookout fled to warn Gajeel after seeing Bai Yu cut through an iron statue, hoping he would arrive before Gajeel faced him.

• Erza recognized Gajeel as an S-Class Mage and urged Bai Yu to hold off the attackers while she went to find Levy and her companions.
• Bai Yu refused to leave, telling Erza and Lucy to stay back as he used Soru to appear in the middle of the Phantom Lord assassins.
• Bai Yu drew his sword and killed the attackers and severed dozens of dark puppets with one slash, leaving Erza and Lucy stunned.
• Erza saw that Bai Yu had also cut an iron statue in half and realized he could cut iron with an ordinary weapon.
• A Phantom Lord lookout fled to warn Gajeel, fearing what Bai Yu’s sword could do to the Iron Dragon Slayer.

Levy, Jet, and Droy were ambushed by Phantom Lord puppets outside Magnolia and defeated them with coordinated magic. Gajeel then struck Jet down and faced Levy and Droy as they tried to restrain him.

• Levy noticed the town gate was unusually quiet and shielded Jet and Droy when dark puppets attacked.
• Jet distracted the puppets, Droy bound them with plants, and Levy destroyed them with lightning.
• Gajeel appeared and smashed Jet into a tree with his Iron Dragon Club.
• Levy and Droy attacked Gajeel with chains and vines, hoping to restrain him and escape as he mocked them as Fairy Tail weaklings.

Gajeel defeated Droy and Jet and cornered Levy, but Bai Yu arrived in time to block his attack. After sending Levy to help her injured comrades, Bai Yu challenged Gajeel to stand still and let him slash him, and Gajeel agreed.

• Gajeel broke free of Levy and Droy's restraints, defeated Droy, and taunted Levy while Jet and Droy urged her to run.
• Levy refused to abandon her comrades and attacked Gajeel with Solid Script: Thunder, but he shattered the spell and struck at her.
• Bai Yu appeared before Levy and caught Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Club with one hand.
• Bai Yu told Levy to tend to the injured and challenged Gajeel to stand still while he slashed him.
• Gajeel agreed to Bai Yu's bizarre challenge, stunning Levy.

Bai Yu’s Draw Sword slash broke through Gajeel’s Iron Dragon Mode and forced him to retreat. After stopping Erza from chasing him, Bai Yu advised her to train her body alongside her Requip Magic.

• Gajeel activated Iron Dragon Mode and dismissed Bai Yu’s challenge as harmless.
• Bai Yu used Draw Sword, slashing Gajeel’s abdomen and sending him crashing through a city wall.
• Gajeel accused Bai Yu of arrogance, then fled as his dark puppets scattered.
• Bai Yu stopped Erza from pursuing Gajeel and explained that the wounded Dragon Slayer could recover by eating iron.
• Bai Yu told Erza to improve her physical abilities alongside her magic equipment.

Bai Yu stopped Gajeel from harming Levy and the others, while Makarov arrived ready to confront Phantom Lord. At Phantom Lord’s guild hall, Gajeel returned wounded and kicked open the doors, shocking the assembled guild with his broken defenses.

• Erza asked Bai Yu if he could help her grow stronger without magic armor, and he told her she would understand in time.
• Makarov approached with Natsu and Gray after Gajeel attacked Levy, Jet, and Droy, and Bai Yu said war with Phantom Lord was finally beginning.
• Bai Yu collected an Attribute Fragment dropped where Gajeel had stood and received a new skill.
• Jose gathered Phantom Lord’s members and the Element 4, explaining that he expected Makarov to retaliate after Gajeel’s attack.
• Gajeel reached Phantom Lord’s hall, heard Jose mock Fairy Tail, then kicked open the doors and revealed the wound across his abdomen.

Bai Yu led Fairy Tail into Phantom Lord’s guild hall and declared war, prompting Jose to launch an attack and spring his trap for Makarov. Aria used Airspace Magic against Makarov, leaving Jose confident that he could defeat Fairy Tail without its master.

• Jose questioned Gajeel about his defeat, and a lackey revealed that a newcomer from Fairy Tail had wounded him.
• Bai Yu arrived with Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy and declared war on Phantom Lord.
• Jose accused Bai Yu of ruining his plans, then unleashed Darkness Impact and blasted everyone in the guild hall.
• Jose revealed that he had anticipated Makarov’s arrival and ordered Aria to attack him.
• Aria thrust his magic-draining Airspace sphere at Makarov as Jose counted on it to leave Fairy Tail helpless.

Bai Yu intercepted Aria’s surprise attack on Makarov and wounded him with a swift sword strike. Aria claimed Bai Yu had still taken the magic-draining attack, leaving everyone watching to learn what had happened to him.

• Jose launched his plan against Makarov, but Bai Yu appeared between Makarov and Aria’s attack.
• Aria hurled Airspace: Extinction toward Bai Yu and retreated, but Bai Yu cut his abdomen.
• Aria said Bai Yu had received enough of the attack to lose his magic power and warned that Bai Yu’s swordsmanship made him dangerous.
• The Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord mages fell silent and stared at Bai Yu, waiting to see the attack’s effect.

Bai Yu challenged Gajeel to fight despite claiming Aria’s Airspace Magic had dispersed his magic power, wagering that Gajeel would join Fairy Tail if he lost. As Gajeel braced for the duel, Bai Yu surged forward with golden power and drew his katana for a lightning-fast slash.

• Makarov thanked Bai Yu for protecting him, and Bai Yu insisted he could still fight after drinking rum.
• Bai Yu told Jose that Aria’s magic had dispersed his power but claimed nobody could kill him even without magic.
• Bai Yu challenged Gajeel and wagered that Gajeel would leave Phantom Lord and join Fairy Tail if he lost.
• Jose and Aria urged Gajeel to accept, and Gajeel agreed to fight Bai Yu.
• Gajeel activated Iron Dragon Mode, but Bai Yu charged at him with golden power and unleashed a swift reverse-grip katana slash.

Bai Yu one-shot Gajeel, but Jose unleashed his life-draining Shades and forced Fairy Tail into a battle against Phantom Lord’s forces. As Jose prepared to attack Gajeel, Bai Yu saved him and stood against Jose.

• Bai Yu used Sky-Splitting Rising Dragon Strike to launch Gajeel through the guild hall and leave him gravely wounded.
• Jose unleashed Death Breath, collapsing the guild hall and creating a growing swarm of Shades that drained life force from anyone they touched.
• Makarov warned Erza, Natsu, and Gray about the Shades and moved to confront Jose while they tried to clear a path.
• Jose revealed the Element 4 and used them and the Shades to block Makarov’s advance.
• Bai Yu emerged carrying the unconscious Gajeel, cut down the Shades attacking him, and declared that Jose would have to kill him first.

Bai Yu gained Gajeel’s Raging Dragon Dankū Slash and faced Juvia, whose rain magic covered the battlefield. Rather than attack her, he told her that rainy days could be romantic, leaving Juvia questioning how she viewed the rain.

• Bai Yu taunted Gajeel and challenged Jose and the Phantom Lord members to fight him.
• Jose ordered Juvia to deal with Bai Yu, and she stepped forward as his opponent.
• Bai Yu collected a golden Attribute Fragment dropped by Gajeel and gained Raging Dragon Dankū Slash.
• Juvia summoned a downpour and warned Bai Yu that he would have to defeat her to pass.
• Gray offered to fight Juvia, but Bai Yu declined and wondered about her sorrow and the rain.
• Bai Yu told Juvia that someone would eventually find a rainy day romantic, leaving her stunned and questioning the rain.

Bai Yu comforted Juvia by showing her the romance of rainy days, prompting her to leave Phantom Lord and walk away from the battle. Jose, enraged by her departure and Bai Yu’s interference, prepared to retaliate.

• Jose angrily ordered Juvia to attack Bai Yu, while Makarov and the Fairy Tail guild members grew indignant at how Jose treated her.
• Bai Yu appeared beside Juvia, shared her umbrella, and spoke about the closeness and romance that rain could bring.
• Juvia remembered people finding comfort beneath umbrellas, smiled through her tears, and embraced Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu folded the umbrella as the rain stopped and sunlight revealed a rainbow, and Juvia thanked him, declared she was leaving Phantom Lord, and walked off the battlefield.
• Jose became furious that Bai Yu had disrupted his plans and persuaded Juvia to leave without fighting.

Bai Yu stopped Jose from attacking Juvia and unleashed Raging Dragon Dankū Slash, destroying Phantom Lord’s guild and driving Jose into the sea. Makarov praised Bai Yu, while Bai Yu sensed that someone had taken Jose away.

• Jose erupted in anger and attacked Juvia from behind with Darkness Shadow Sneak.
• Bai Yu intercepted Jose with Raging Dragon Dankū Slash, battering him through the guild ruins and into the sea.
• Phantom Lord’s remaining members fled as Fairy Tail’s forces saw the guild reduced to ruins.
• Makarov thanked Bai Yu for preventing Fairy Tail from suffering heavy losses and wondered about Jose’s fate.
• Bai Yu told Makarov that someone had taken Jose away.

Bai Yu defeated Phantom Lord single-handedly, and Jose fled while Laxus secretly rescued him. After gaining Phantom Sword Dance from the system, Bai Yu learned he had completed the first stage of the Fairy Tail Nightmare Dungeon and received the option to leave temporarily.

• Makarov, Erza, Natsu, and Gray left after Jose fled and Phantom Lord's defeat ended the battle.
• Levy thanked Bai Yu, who joked that closing her eyes would repay him, then flicked her forehead and rubbed her head instead.
• Bai Yu collected nearby Attribute Fragments and obtained Phantom Sword Dance from the system.
• Bai Yu suspected Laxus had secretly rescued Jose after witnessing Bai Yu's strength and deciding he was a threat to his plans.
• The system announced that Bai Yu had completed the first-stage mission and offered him a chance to leave the dungeon temporarily.

After Bai Yu completed the first stage of the dungeon quest, he chose to remain in the Fairy Tail world and prepare for the coming conflict. Laxus approached Jose and proposed a pact: Jose would keep Bai Yu occupied while Laxus launched a civil war to take control of Fairy Tail.

• Bai Yu learned that defeating Phantom Lord had completed the dungeon quest’s first stage, but he stayed in the Fairy Tail world and asked the system about a reward.
• The system told Bai Yu he would receive a random reward after leaving the dungeon, and Bai Yu decided to strengthen himself before Laxus’s planned conflict.
• Laxus confronted the battered Jose outside Magnolia, and Jose vowed revenge on Bai Yu and Fairy Tail.
• Laxus offered to start a civil war, take Makarov’s position, and give Jose a chance to kill Bai Yu in exchange for Jose keeping Bai Yu occupied.
• Jose questioned Laxus’s chances, and Laxus claimed he was certain he could seize the guild; Jose considered the deal necessary to save Phantom Lord.

Jose agreed to cooperate with Laxus before leaving Magnolia, where the battle’s end sparked talk about Erza defeating Phantom Lord. At a weapons shop, Erza encountered two old men selling a blueprint for the legendary Heavenly One God Armor, and a merchant urged her to help buy it.

• Jose agreed to work with Laxus but warned him not to break his promise, then vanished as a swarm of bats.
• Less than half a day later, the battle ended, and Magnolia’s residents celebrated Phantom Lord’s defeat while rumors credited Erza with crushing the guild alone.
• Erza hurried to a weapons shop and saw two ragged old men retrieve a blueprint she recognized as the Heavenly One God Armor’s design.
• The East Garden Chamber of Commerce president tried to buy the blueprint for one and a half million, but could produce only eight hundred thousand.
• The president asked Erza to lend him five hundred thousand, promising to sell her a suit of armor at cost, and Erza was caught off guard by the offer.

Erza nearly bought a fake Heavenly One God Armor blueprint from three scammers, but Bai Yu stopped her and knocked them unconscious with his Conqueror's Haki. He offered Erza two ways to become stronger, leaving her to decide which one to choose.

• Erza decided the Heavenly One God Armor blueprint might help her become stronger and reached for her black card to buy it.
• Bai Yu stopped Erza and warned the sellers that he knew they were scammers, prompting them to attack him and Erza with daggers.
• Bai Yu released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out the three scammers, nearby pedestrians, and the weapon shop owner.
• Erza realized how far Bai Yu's strength exceeded her own, and Bai Yu asked her not to tell anyone about what had happened.
• Bai Yu offered Erza two methods to become stronger, one slower and one dependent on luck, and asked her to choose.

Bai Yu gave Erza weighted wrist guards and advice on balancing physical and magical training before preparing to leave the guild temporarily. Erza chose to focus on the wrist guards, then secretly wondered if they were tokens of love as she walked away.

• Erza asked Bai Yu if choosing both ways to grow stronger was greedy, and he encouraged her to pursue both.
• Bai Yu told Erza he would leave soon to handle something and might return in two or three days.
• Bai Yu gave Erza four weighted wrist guards and explained how they could strengthen her body and help her control her magic.
• Bai Yu offered Erza a red button that could grant a random surprise, but she returned it and chose to train with the wrist guards first.
• Erza walked back toward the guild in the heavy wrist guards and wondered if Bai Yu had given them to her as tokens of love.
• Bai Yu watched Erza leave and considered pressing the red button himself.

Bai Yu gambled on Erza’s luck refreshing the System Shop, found Mark 50 armor, and bought it for 10,000 system points. Before setting out, he met Mira, gave her gifts for the guild, and promised to prepare her desired birthday present while he was away.

• Bai Yu refreshed the System Shop, hoping Erza’s luck would produce a valuable item.
• Bai Yu found Mark 50 armor in the shop and exchanged 10,000 system points for it, leaving him with 200,000 points and a three-month cooldown.
• Mira found Bai Yu and gave him a backpack of liquor for his journey, asking him to return to the guild.
• Bai Yu gave Mira a bag of gifts for the guild, including a special item for her, and promised to try to prepare the birthday present she wanted.
• Bai Yu said he had to leave and vanished, leaving Mira frozen in surprise.

After Bai Yu left, Fairy Tail voted to accept Juvia and Gajeel into the guild, while Erza arrived and revealed that she had accepted a magic item from him. The guild celebrated as Erza admitted she had wondered whether the gift was a token of love.

• Mira examined the valuable magic-item wrist guards Bai Yu had given her and wondered what regret he meant to help her remedy.
• After the battle with Phantom Lord ended, Makarov proposed that the guild vote on accepting Juvia and Gajeel as members.
• Mira, Natsu, Jet, Droy, and the other gathered members voted in favor, and Makarov welcomed Juvia and Gajeel into Fairy Tail.
• Makarov announced that the party's bill would go under Bai Yu's name, and the guild continued celebrating.
• Erza arrived, voted in favor of Juvia and Gajeel joining, and revealed that she had accepted a magic item from Bai Yu because she thought it might be a token of love.