Recaps

Riyao healed the gravely wounded Ultear after rescuing her from Hades, who then attacked Meredy to kill the Fairy Tail members linked to her. Ultear shielded Meredy and was wounded again, leaving Makarov to confront Hades over what he had done to his own child.

• Erza captured Meredy with Edgeless and revealed that Meredy's magic had linked everyone on the island.
• Riyao arrived at the beach, evaded Hades's dark chains, and carried the badly injured Ultear to safety.
• Riyao used healing magic to close Ultear's wounds while Meredy crawled toward her, calling her name.
• Hades launched a dark spiral spike at Meredy, and Ultear shielded her by taking the attack in her back.
• Makarov angrily demanded to know what Hades had done to his own child.

Fairy Tail confronted Hades after Riyao healed Ultear and Makarov regained his youth. The guild fought Grimoire Heart, while Makarov continued battling Hades and refused to let Riyao and Gildarts take over.

• Fairy Tail gathered around the healed Ultear as Ur reunited with her, and Meredy undid Sense Link after Riyao revealed he had been patting everyone's heads.
• Ultear told the guild that the heart aboard Grimoire Heart's airship powered Hades and had to be destroyed to defeat him.
• Hades empowered Blunote and Hughes and ordered them to stop Fairy Tail from reaching the airship.
• Riyao and Gildarts sent Blunote and Hughes crashing into the mountainside, while Makarov fought Hades to a standstill.
• Riyao and Gildarts asked Makarov if he could handle Hades, and Makarov angrily told them not to steal his opponent.

Riyao brutally subdued Blunote while Fairy Tail's members overwhelmed Hades. After Blunote destroyed Grimoire Heart, Makarov revealed that Hades was Precht, Fairy Tail's second guild master.

• Riyao repeatedly healed and beat Blunote until he broke free with repulsive force, but Riyao restrained him and continued the assault.
• Gildarts kicked Hughes across the sea, while Cana ignored her father's attempt to impress her.
• With Hades's gravity field gone, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, Elfman, Cana, Erza, and Mirajane joined the others in attacking him.
• Riyao hurled Blunote through the airship's Grimoire Heart, destroying it and causing Hades to collapse in pain.
• Makarov addressed Hades as Precht, revealing he was Fairy Tail's second guild master, and Natsu tried to help him up before Makarov struck Natsu on the forehead.

Makarov spared Hades and sent him away, while Ultear and Meredy left Tenrou Island to avoid the Magic Council. With the battle over, Fairy Tail’s members relaxed together on the island, and Riyao and Mirajane watched the sunset.

• Makarov could not bring himself to kill Hades and let him leave Tenrou Island aboard the airship.
• Riyao warned Ultear and Meredy to leave before the Magic Council arrived, and Ur said goodbye to Ultear.
• Juvia blocked Gray from looking at Ultear, while Ur theatrically invited Ultear to visit her at Fairy Tail.
• Ultear and Meredy departed by boat, and Makarov’s medicine wore off, returning him to his elderly form.
• Cana showed off Fairy Glitter, while Fairy Tail’s members teased one another and welcomed Laxus back.
• Riyao leaned on Mirajane as they watched the evening sky over the sea.

Zeref used the original Fairy Law to erase Hades and everyone aboard Grimoire Heart’s airship, then sensed Acnologia approaching Tenrou Island. As Makarov tried to hold the Black Dragon back and send the others away, the Fairy Tail mages stayed and prepared to fight.

• Zeref revealed he had been awake all along and used the original Fairy Law to obliterate Hades and the others aboard the airship.
• Zeref sensed Natsu as Acnologia approached Tenrou Island, where Gildarts recognized the dragon that had nearly killed him during the 100-Year Quest.
• Acnologia landed on the shore, and Makarov enlarged himself to seize the dragon while ordering everyone to run.
• Makarov told Gildarts to escape and become the next guild master, but Gildarts, Natsu, Riyao, and the rest of the mages refused to leave.
• The Fairy Tail mages took their battle stances and readied their magic as Makarov looked back at them, moved that none had fled.

Acnologia shrugged off the Fairy Tail mages’ attacks and charged at them, leaving them unable to break his scales. Riyao drew on the Sacred Tree’s vitality and began transforming under an immense draconic pressure, as Natsu glimpsed a winding green figure in the light.

• Acnologia threw Makarov into the woods, then remained unhurt as the mages’ individual and combined attacks struck him.
• Makarov explained that a dragon’s scales negated ordinary magic, and Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Laxus, and Riyao unleashed their Dragon Slayer Secret Arts together.
• The five Dragon Slayer Secret Arts caused Acnologia slight pain but failed to break his scales, so he lunged at the mages to tear them apart.
• Makarov stood in Acnologia’s path while Riyao drew the Sacred Tree’s vitality from Tenrou Island, intent on driving Acnologia away so Fairy Sphere would activate as expected.
• Riyao erupted in green light and began to expand as a powerful draconic pressure descended, and Natsu glimpsed a winding green figure before the light swallowed everything.

Riyao transformed into an Azure Dragon and fought Acnologia, but exhausted himself before the Black Dragon unleashed his roar on Tenrou Island. As the island disappeared, Acnologia detected Zeref and flew after him, leaving the survivors’ fate uncertain.

• Riyao transformed into a gigantic Azure Dragon and attacked Acnologia, but the Black Dragon overwhelmed him and tore into his body.
• Riyao used Azure Dragon's Cang Roar and Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Dragon Fall to blast Acnologia into the seabed and unleash a tsunami.
• Riyao exhausted his strength and fell back into human form, and Mirajane caught him as Acnologia rose from the sea to prepare his roar.
• Mavis urged everyone to join hands, and the Fairy Tail members formed a circle as Acnologia's Black Dragon's Roar struck Tenrou Island.
• The blast erased Tenrou Island, and Acnologia searched the empty sea before sensing Zeref and flying after him.

Riyao spent the morning eating breakfast with Mirajane and Lisanna at Fiore Vocational and Technical College. Mirajane ordered him to change clothes before joining her shopping trip, and Lisanna insisted on coming too.

• Riyao sent his assignment to Instructor Ma, then joked with him over the phone about suspecting him of using AI.
• Riyao agreed to bring Wendy his old notes after she messaged him.
• Mirajane surprised Riyao at breakfast, and he accidentally sprayed soy milk across her face before she put him in a chokehold.
• Lisanna joined them, and Mirajane told Riyao that Lisanna had slept through a late-night phone call after her gaming plans fell through.
• Mirajane told Riyao to change before shopping, while Lisanna asked to join them and Riyao worried about walking in his flip-flops.

Riyao was dragged into a day of shopping with Mirajane and Lisanna, while Elfman shared the exhausting ordeal. At an ice cream shop, they spotted Juvia quietly watching Gray work, and Mirajane decided they should visit again.

• Riyao invited Elfman to the mall as a companion, but Elfman tried to leave when he saw Mirajane and Lisanna before Mirajane stopped him.
• Riyao and Elfman carried bags while Mirajane and Lisanna tried on outfit after outfit, and Mirajane teased Riyao when he gave automatic fashion verdicts.
• The group rested at a dessert shop, where Riyao pointed out Juvia watching Gray make fried ice cream.
• Gray and Lyon realized they were both shirtless, prompting Ur to give up trying to manage her disciples.
• Juvia watched Gray with a faint smile, and Mirajane suggested the group return to the shop.

Lyon tried to befriend Juvia, but Gray attacked him and their fight disrupted the shop until Ur stopped them. Ultear arrived with Meredy as Juvia secretly kept Gray’s shirt, while Riyao and Mirajane teased and pinched each other at their table.

• Lyon asked Juvia to add him as a friend, but Gray hit him with a tray and the two men wrestled through the shop.
• Juvia watched Gray fight until his shirt landed over her face, while Riyao, Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman took pictures.
• Ur broke up the fight, then welcomed Ultear and Meredy when they arrived at the shop.
• Gray discovered his shirt was missing, while Juvia quietly hid the white fabric in her bag.
• Riyao kissed Mirajane with an ice-cream-covered mouth, and she pinched his waist before easing up when she realized he was hurt.

Riyao and Mirajane spotted Lucy Heartfilia’s advertisement at Heartfilia Mall, then hurried back to school when Mirajane learned Lucy was returning. While Mirajane prepared for her interview, Riyao bargained with Makarov for a blank leave slip and got permission to bring him inside.

• Lisanna and Elfman left after finishing their ice cream, and Riyao and Mirajane wandered through Heartfilia Mall.
• Riyao noticed Lucy Heartfilia featured in an advertisement for Heartfilia Real Estate, and he and Mirajane realized the mall shared her family name.
• Mirajane received a call that Lucy was returning to school, so she and Riyao took a taxi back to campus.
• Mirajane went into the multimedia classroom to prepare for her interview while Riyao waited in the corridor.
• Riyao helped Makarov peek through the classroom window, then agreed to get them inside in exchange for a blank leave slip.
• Riyao arranged with Mirajane to bring Makarov along, and Mirajane agreed after Riyao promised to have hot pot with her.

Riyao and Makarov attended a campus interview with Lucy Heartfilia, where Erza threw Makarov out for disrupting the audience. Lucy described wanting to write an adventure story about companions who always return home together, while Riyao waited outside for Mirajane after the interview.

• Riyao and Makarov met Levy, who introduced herself as Lucy's best friend and manager, while Riyao admitted he was a fan of Mirajane and Makarov said he was a fan of Lucy.
• Mirajane interviewed Lucy onstage as Riyao and Levy took photos, and Makarov secretly photographed a pair of white-stockinged calves.
• Erza reprimanded the trio for disrupting the interview and carried Makarov out of the classroom.
• Lucy told Mirajane she would like to write a story about companions who went on adventures and returned home together.
• Riyao left the classroom and found Makarov peering through its door window; after Makarov fell from his chair, Riyao waited in the hallway for Mirajane.

Riyao joined Mirajane, Lucy, Levy, and Erza for a planned hot pot dinner, trading jokes with them as they headed to Lucy’s van. The group left Riyao to drive, and his claim that he knew how because he had seen a movie about Bayanbulak left everyone alarmed.

• Mirajane teased Riyao in the hallway, and he messed up her newly styled hair in retaliation.
• Mirajane invited Lucy, Levy, and Erza to hot pot, while secretly messaging Lisanna and Elfman to join them.
• Lucy drove the group to the parking lot in her seven-seater van, and Riyao settled into a passenger seat.
• The others insisted Riyao take the driver’s seat, and he accidentally turned on the windshield wipers while adjusting the controls.
• Riyao claimed he knew how to drive because he had seen a movie about Bayanbulak, leaving Lucy, Levy, Erza, and Mirajane stunned.

Riyao and the others visited the Fire Dragon Hot Pot Restaurant, where Natsu and Zeref served them amid a series of misunderstandings involving Mavis. After the group finally placed their order, Igneel’s cough and the clatter of a spatula came from the kitchen.

• Natsu and Gray fought between the dessert shop and the hot pot restaurant until Ur and Igneel each dragged them inside.
• Riyao, Mirajane, Lucy, and Levy entered the restaurant, where Zeref apologized for Natsu’s rude service and Natsu promptly bowed to the customers.
• Mavis arrived with bags of ingredients and kissed Zeref on the cheek, leading Riyao and the others to mistake Zeref for a pervert until Mavis showed her ID.
• Lisanna rushed in, hugged Mavis, and mistook her for a child before Zeref hurriedly explained their relationship.
• Riyao teased Levy as the group laughed, and Lucy handed Zeref a menu covered with their order.

Riyao and his friends shared a hot pot meal while Natsu and Gray got teased by their families. The gathering ended with Happy, a blue kitten who spoke, settling beside the restaurant’s cash register.

• Natsu carried a wobbling stack of hot pot ingredients to the table, and Zeref dragged him away by the ear after apologizing to Riyao.
• Riyao fed Mirajane tripe, while Lisanna, Levy, and Lucy joined in the joking over the meal.
• Erza brought strawberry cakes and guarded them so fiercely that Lucy quietly withdrew her hand.
• Lisanna discovered a blue kitten rubbing against her ankle, and Natsu picked him up and introduced him as Happy.
• Riyao joked that he would not eat Happy, and Happy jumped onto the counter and sat beside the cash register.

Riyao lured Elfman to a hot pot meal, then left with Mirajane while the others slipped away too. Elfman realized he had been abandoned when Zeref presented him with the bill.

• Riyao welcomed Elfman to the table and urged him to eat, while Elfman remained unsure whether the gathering was a trap.
• Riyao and Mirajane left the restaurant, claiming they were going next door for cold drinks.
• Lisanna, Erza, Lucy, and Levy each found excuses to leave, while Elfman stayed behind eating alone.
• After nearly twenty minutes, Elfman noticed that no one had returned and began to suspect the worst.
• Zeref gave Elfman the bill, and Elfman realized Riyao had trapped him into paying.

After tricking Elfman into eating hot pot alone, Riyao appeased him with three tubs of protein powder, and the group went for a walk in the mall plaza. They found Gajeel, Laxus, Freed, and Bickslow playing the Fairy Tail Main Theme, and Riyao’s teasing of Evergreen sparked an angry confrontation.

• Elfman discovered Riyao, Mirajane, Lisanna, Erza, Lucy, and Levy had been eating at the dessert shop next door, then accepted three tubs of protein powder from Riyao as compensation.
• The group left the mall and walked through the plaza to help their food settle.
• They heard a band playing the Fairy Tail Main Theme and saw Gajeel, Laxus, Freed, and Bickslow performing while Evergreen filmed them.
• Riyao introduced the band to Lucy and called Evergreen an auntie, prompting her to angrily call him a bastard.
• Laxus played a wrong note, Gajeel stopped playing, Freed frowned, and Bickslow laughed as they reacted to Riyao’s arrival.

Riyao and Mirajane left Gajeel’s disastrous singing performance with their friends, then met Cana and her father, Gildarts. As the group gradually went their separate ways, Riyao and Mirajane headed home together, leaving Elfman alone in the square.

• Riyao covered Mirajane’s ears when Gajeel began singing, then led her and the others away as the crowd fled.
• Lisanna reunited with Cana, who had stood her up the previous night, and Riyao learned Cana was her streaming partner and read tarot cards.
• Gildarts accused Riyao of hitting on Cana, but Cana corrected him, and Riyao declared his devotion to Mirajane.
• Cana took Lisanna shopping, Erza went home to save her strawberry cake, and Lucy and Levy said goodbye.
• Riyao and Mirajane embraced and prepared to leave, while Elfman lingered nearby; Mirajane told him to head home alone, and the couple walked away together.

Seven years after Fairy Tail’s main force disappeared, the guild struggled with dwindling members and funds while its remaining members wondered whether the missing wizards were alive. Ichiya and Hibiki reported rising magical activity near Tenrou Island, and Fairy Tail hurried to investigate the possibility that Riyao and the others had returned.

• Max read about the changes in Fiore over the past seven years and wondered whether Fairy Tail’s missing members were still alive, while Romeo insisted they were.
• Macao said the money Riyao had left was nearly gone, and Wakaba urged him to carry himself like a guild master.
• Ichiya arrived with his disciples and announced that unusual activity had been detected near Tenrou Island.
• Hibiki showed data indicating that magical fluctuations near the island were increasing and offered Blue Pegasus’s airship, the Christina, to take Fairy Tail there.
• Romeo rushed aboard the Christina, and the others prepared to investigate whether Riyao and the missing wizards were alive.

Fairy Tail’s surviving members arrived at Tenrou Island after Mavis revealed it had been protected by Fairy Sphere. They found their friends alive but unconscious, while Riyao and Mirajane were already awake, and the reunion ended in laughter.

• Asuka spotted a woman on the sea, and Alzack confirmed someone was there with a magic telescope.
• Mavis revealed Tenrou Island inside Fairy Sphere, and Macao realized Riyao and the others had survived.
• The Christina landed, and the guild members searched the island, finding Gray, Natsu, Erza, Gildarts, Laxus, Lucy, and many others asleep or buried in the wreckage.
• Macao and the others found Riyao and Mirajane awake beside Wendy, Carla, and Ur.
• Lucy woke up and scolded Max for expecting a dramatic reunion, and the Fairy Tail members burst out laughing.

Fairy Tail returned home aboard the Christina, where Riyao joked with the guild and revealed that nearly all of the 300 million he had left behind was gone. News of their return spread across the kingdom, exciting rival guilds and old friends ahead of the Grand Magic Games.

• Everyone from the Tenrou Island exam boarded the Christina, and Mirajane comforted Riyao as he recovered from his injuries.
• Makarov praised Macao for serving as acting master, while Riyao learned that almost all of the 300 million he had left the guild had been spent.
• Erza learned about the Grand Magic Games, and Riyao used Healing Magic on Natsu while sharing his motion sickness with him.
• Riyao fell asleep in Mirajane's lap as the guild laughed at Gajeel's claim that he never got motion sickness.
• The Magic Council and other groups heard that Fairy Tail had returned, prompting Jellal, Lyon, Kagura, Sting, and others to plan visits or look forward to competing with them.

The Tenrou Island group returned to Fairy Tail after seven years away and discovered their homes and the guild had changed. Erza, Levy, Juvia, and Evergreen decided to plan a new home beside Lisanna’s manor, intending to ask Mirajane rather than Riyao.

• The Christina landed, and the returning guild members found the hall deserted after Fairy Sphere had kept them away for seven years.
• Mirajane, Lisanna, Elfman, Wendy, and Carla headed back to clean up, while Romeo told Gildarts and Cana that Gildarts’s house had collapsed.
• Bisca gave Lucy a letter from her parents, which Lucy read privately, and told Erza, Levy, Evergreen, and Juvia that Fairy Hills had shut down.
• Bisca led the four women to the storeroom, where they found Erza’s weapons, Levy’s romance novels, and Juvia’s collection of Gray photos.
• Levy, Evergreen, Juvia, and Erza planned to build a new home beside Lisanna’s, and Erza said she would discuss it with Mirajane instead of Riyao.

Riyao remained unconscious while balancing the forces in his body, and his soul met Grandine and the other dragons in a mindscape within Wendy’s soul. The dragons suppressed his Dragon Force, and he woke to Porlyusica chasing him before he escaped with Mirajane.

• Mirajane brought Porlyusica to examine Riyao after he slept for days without waking.
• Porlyusica read Riyao’s magic book and determined that he was cultivating deeply while regulating two forces in his body.
• Grandine explained that Dragon Force could erode Riyao’s reason and, with Igneel, Metalicana, Weisslogia, and Skiadrum, offered to suppress it.
• Riyao agreed to the dragons’ help, and they used their magic to suppress his Dragon Force.
• Riyao woke and dodged Porlyusica’s slap before grabbing Mirajane and escaping through a window.

After waking, Riyao discovered that Mirajane had added a house to the estate and learned that Gildarts had moved nearby. He put Lucy, Erza, Juvia, and Levy to work clearing the fields while he and Mirajane planned a redesign of the estate.

• Riyao noticed an extra house on the estate and got Mirajane to admit she had built it for homeless girls.
• Mirajane told Riyao that Gildarts had moved his house near the estate, and reassured him that his seven-year-aged liquor was safe.
• Riyao learned that Bisca and Alzack had married and had a daughter, and he and Mirajane plotted to tease Erza.
• Lucy arrived with Erza, Juvia, and Levy, and Riyao sent the girls to clear the neglected fields as rent.
• Riyao and Mirajane reviewed a plan to reorganize the estate, discussing where to move the training ground and whether to build a pond or swimming pool.

During Riyao’s seven-year slumber, Gildarts became the fifth guild master before Makarov returned as the sixth. With the Grand Magic Games three months away, Makarov demonstrated how much Fairy Tail had fallen behind and Erza and Mirajane began forming competing training teams.

• Makarov explained that Fairy Tail had missed seven years of growth and challenged Max to fight Natsu.
• Max used his sand magic to counter Natsu’s fire, but Natsu eventually won, showing how much stronger Max had become.
• Erza volunteered to train the guild and dragged Natsu and Gray away, while Lucy was pulled into the training too.
• Mirajane formed a second team with Riyao, Cana, Laxus, and Wendy, and Makarov sent Gajeel to join Erza’s team.
• Juvia rushed to join Erza’s group, eager to train alongside Gray.