User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Fairy Tail Chapter 494: The Hill Extending Towards Tomorrow Review/@comment-130.105.225.146-20160716235523/@comment-5303512-20160717004026

Well not necessarily, there have been talks that th big news next chapter might be some sort of spin off or the Spriggan 12s back stories or something.

For me it is related to Alvarez Arc ending in 5 chapters.