Recaps

After three months of intense training, Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, and Cana unlocked their Second Origin. Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal arrived as members of Crime Sorcière, asking the group to investigate a magic power linked to Zeref at the Grand Magic Games in exchange for Ultear helping them unlock their Second Origin.

• Wendy celebrated growing two centimeters while the group trained under Erza and Riyao.
• Ultear and Meredy arrived at the estate and reunited with Erza and the others.
• Jellal explained that he, Ultear, and Meredy had formed the independent guild Crime Sorcière to atone for their sins.
• Jellal said Crime Sorcière suspected the Grand Magic Games emitted magic power similar to Zeref's and asked the group to investigate.
• Ultear offered to use her evolved Arc of Time to unlock the group's Second Origin, but the others rejected Riyao's offer to ease the painful process.

Ultear opened the Second Origins of the Fairy Tail members and cats Riyao had brought to the manor, while he and Mirajane watched them endure the painful process. Afterward, Riyao put them to sleep and rolled them in blankets, leaving Mirajane and Erza to carry them back.

• Riyao brought the Fairy Tail members and cats to Ultear so she could open their Second Origins, and they writhed in pain as he and Mirajane watched.
• Riyao teased Levy, Erza, Mirajane, and the others while they endured the pain, and Happy suffered after Riyao stepped on his tail.
• Ultear went to find Ur, while Meredy stayed with Riyao and chatted as the others recovered from the Second Origin process.
• Riyao used green magic to soothe everyone to sleep, and Juvia clung to Gray before falling asleep beside him.
• Riyao wrapped the sleepers in blankets, tied extra loops around Natsu, and took a picture of Juvia and Gray rolled together.
• Erza and Mirajane agreed to carry the blanket rolls back to the guild while Riyao stayed behind.

Riyao, Mirajane, and Wendy traveled to the royal palace to visit Princess Hisui, where they reunited with her after seven years. Riyao noticed that Hisui and Arcadios seemed to know something about Rogue from another timeline.

• Riyao and Mirajane invited Wendy to visit Princess Hisui while Laxus and Cana stayed behind.
• Riyao caught a strange creature spying on them, then let it go after its unseen owner asked him to watch the games.
• Two gate guards stopped Riyao and his companions until Arcadios arrived and escorted them inside.
• Riyao teased Arcadios on the way to Princess Hisui's room, while Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla struggled to hold back their laughter.
• Mirajane embraced Princess Hisui, and Riyao explained that they had been frozen for seven years.
• Riyao noticed Princess Hisui and Arcadios exchange a knowing glance when he mentioned traveling from seven years ago, and suspected Rogue from another timeline had contacted Hisui.

Riyao told Princess Hisui and Arcadios that the Eclipse Gate could bring dragons from the past into the present, after they revealed a future traveler’s warning about ten thousand dragons. As Riyao left with Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla, he spotted a cloaked blond figure and tried to make sense of the future’s time paradoxes.

• Princess Hisui told Riyao that a man claiming to be from the future had predicted ten thousand dragons would attack after the Grand Magic Games and that the Eclipse Gate was nearly done storing magic.
• Riyao said Acnologia had hunted dragons to extinction and explained that the Eclipse Gate could allow ten thousand dragons from hundreds of years ago to travel through time.
• Princess Hisui left to deal with the revelation, while Riyao, Mirajane, Wendy, and Carla departed with a heap of snacks.
• Riyao gave two snacks to the guards and then ducked into an alley with Mirajane and Wendy when he saw Gray and the others, hoping to keep his surprise from being discovered.
• Riyao spotted a cloaked figure with blond hair and wondered how Future Rogue and Future Lucy had appeared despite the changes he had made to the future.

Riyao and the Fairy Tail Elite Team raced through the Grand Magic Games preliminary labyrinth and finished first. They left the course determined to reclaim Fairy Tail’s place as the kingdom’s top guild in the main tournament.

• Riyao left a mark on Future Lucy before returning to the inn with the group, where Wendy worried about holding everyone back and Mirajane reassured her.
• At midnight, Pumpkin Toma announced the labyrinth preliminary and its eight qualifying spots, and Cana used tarot cards to point the team toward a route.
• Riyao carried the five through the maze with his gravity magic while Cana and Mirajane improved their directions through divination.
• The team reached the finish first, and Riyao considered blocking the way to eliminate every other team, but Pumpkin Toma persuaded him to let the tournament continue.
• Riyao and the others crossed the finish as the Fairy Tail Elite Team, promising to defeat the other guilds in the main tournament.

Erza’s team finished the preliminary in eighth place, and the Grand Magic Games began with eight teams entering the arena. Riyao’s Fairy Tail Elite Team took first place with a display of magic that stunned the crowd, while Mavis appeared among the guild members watching.

• Erza, Lucy, Gray, Natsu, and Juvia reached the preliminary finish line, where Pumpkin Toma announced that they had placed eighth.
• After the teams settled in for the night, the Grand Magic Games opened in a packed arena, and Chapati Lola introduced the contestants in order of their preliminary rankings.
• Fairy Tail’s main team entered in eighth place and faced boos, while Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Raven Tail, and Sabertooth followed.
• Riyao, Mirajane, Cana, Laxus, and Wendy entered as the Fairy Tail Elite Team in first place, and Riyao’s magic filled the arena with a vision of an Azure Dragon, silencing the crowd before it erupted in cheers.
• Makarov discovered that Mavis was watching with the guild members, and she explained that only people with the guild emblem could see her.

Riyao and the other Fairy Tail contestants entered the Grand Magic Games, where the first event was revealed as a town-wide game of finding and attacking real contestants among magical dolls. Riyao used his ability to distinguish living people from the dolls as the hunt began.

• Chapati announced that Riyao had once been the kingdom's number one healing wizard, prompting guild representatives to crowd around him for treatment appointments.
• Fairy Tail members reunited with old friends, while Lyon reminded Gray of their bet involving Juvia joining his guild.
• Pumpkin Toma revealed that the first event was called “Hidden,” and Erza chose Gray to compete alongside Riyao.
• Eight contestants entered the event, and magic transformed the arena into a town filled with dolls identical to them.
• Chapati explained that contestants earned points by attacking real opponents and lost points for attacking dolls; Riyao saw the seven living contestants and prepared to hunt.

Riyao dominated the Grand Magic Games match, relentlessly attacking Raven Tail's Nullpudding while also striking contestants from other guilds. He left Raven Tail deep in negative points and shut down Rufus's attempt to show off.

• Riyao transformed with Life Mimicry: Azure Dragon, but Nullpudding's opening attack landed and cost Fairy Tail a point.
• Riyao chased down Nullpudding and kicked him through walls, costing Raven Tail 22 points and earning Fairy Tail Elite Team a point.
• Riyao raced through town, hitting contestants from several guilds and accidentally striking Gray before focusing his attacks on Nullpudding.
• Riyao repeatedly chased and beat Nullpudding while healing him between blows, driving Raven Tail's score into the negative thousands even after Fairy Tail Elite Team reached its 20-point maximum.
• Rufus used Memory Make: Night of Falling Stars, but Riyao caught him in a five-meter field of lightning and sent him away with the match's teleportation effect.
• The spectators cheered for Riyao as Mirajane shouted her support, and Cana pulled her back from the railing.

Riyao dominated the Hidden showdown, helping the Fairy Tail Elite Team take the lead before Lucy was drawn to face Freya in the first one-on-one duel. Lucy revealed her Star Dress magic and began fighting Freya, leaving the match underway.

• Riyao continued battering the purple sweet potato spirit while Gray froze two streets and used ice spikes to earn points.
• The Hidden showdown ended with Fairy Tail Elite Team scoring 20 points, while Raven Tail lost 365 points.
• Riyao returned to the stands, where Mirajane hugged him, and Chapati announced the one-on-one duels.
• Yajima drew Lucy of Fairy Tail and Freya of Raven Tail as the first contestants, and Lucy entered the arena.
• Lucy summoned Sagittarius and Scorpio, then changed into her Sagittarius Star Dress and attacked Freya with arrows that Freya blocked with her hair.
• Lucy switched to her Cancer Star Dress and summoned Caelum, prompting Yajima to explain that her Star Dress let her borrow Celestial Spirits’ abilities.

Lucy defeated Freya in a one-sided duel, and Wendy then fought Sherria, a Sky God's God Slayer, in a fierce battle of wind magic. Wendy lost after their strongest attacks collided, but Riyao healed her and encouraged her as Sherria won and reached out to be friends.

• Lucy and Caelum overwhelmed Freya with scissors, and Lucy knocked her unconscious with Cancer: Brilliant Galaxy.
• Makarov and Macao laughed together in the Fairy Tail stands after Macao confirmed he had handled Makarov’s request.
• Wendy and Sherria met in the arena, discovered they both used wind magic, and began exchanging attacks and techniques.
• Wendy’s Sky Dragon’s Roar and Sherria’s Sky God’s Bellow collided, and Sherria healed her injuries by eating air.
• Sherria’s Sky God’s Boreas clashed with Wendy’s Sky Piercer, leaving Wendy defeated; Riyao healed her and forfeited the match.
• Chapati declared Sherria the winner, and Sherria took Wendy’s hand to ask to be friends.

After Fairy Tail celebrated its first-place finish, Riyao found Future Lucy alone and learned that she had come back to stop the Eclipse Gate from being opened. He brought her to Makarov, leaving her with the guild as they resumed their familiar bickering.

• Makarov led Fairy Tail's members in a rowdy tavern celebration after their competition results, while Riyao escaped a crowd of admirers.
• Riyao tracked down Future Lucy in an alley and comforted her after she revealed that she had been the only survivor of her future.
• Riyao learned that dragons had been released through the Eclipse Gate and reasoned that another time traveler had persuaded Princess Hisui to open it.
• Riyao told Future Lucy that he believed her and led her to Makarov, despite her concern that changing events would make the future unpredictable.
• Riyao and Future Lucy climbed through Makarov's window, where Makarov mistook them for intruders and then accused Riyao of having an affair.
• Riyao fought Makarov over his accusation, and Future Lucy smiled as she watched their familiar antics.

Riyao and Makarov teased Future Lucy before deciding she needed a safe place and a cover identity. Riyao brought Present Lucy to the room so Future Lucy could disguise herself as Gemini, but the others arrived and misunderstood what had happened.

• Makarov and Riyao questioned Future Lucy about her future, then admitted they had been teasing her to cheer her up.
• Riyao and Makarov debated where to hide Future Lucy and decided to bring her away from the palace and her mother, Layla.
• When they could not think of a suitable identity for Future Lucy, Riyao left and returned with Present Lucy stuffed in a sack.
• Riyao explained that Future Lucy could pose as Gemini and stay with them openly, and the group agreed to the plan.
• Natsu and the others arrived outside Makarov's room, mistook the situation for something sinister, and Makarov questioned Riyao about how he had brought Present Lucy there.

Riyao told the guild about Future Lucy and the dragons, then visited Princess Hisui to arrange palace rooms for himself and Mirajane while they investigated the threat. The princess agreed to help and learned that Future Lucy had confirmed the dragons came through the Eclipse Gate.

• Riyao explained Future Lucy’s arrival and the dragons to the guild, warning everyone to keep the information secret and watch for a suspicious person.
• Riyao and Mirajane decided to stay at the palace, while the others gathered around Future Lucy and the girls took her to the bathhouse.
• Riyao went to Princess Hisui’s room through the window and explained that the dragons had come through the Eclipse Gate to kill or take revenge on the Black Dragon.
• Riyao asked Princess Hisui to arrange rooms for him and Mirajane so they could investigate the future visitor and protect her.
• Princess Hisui agreed and learned from Riyao that their information came from Future Lucy.

Riyao and Mirajane returned to the palace together, then joined Fairy Tail for the second day of the competition. Gajeel struggled with motion sickness during the Chariot event, while Riyao exposed Laxus’s similar weakness and later recalled how Mirajane had dealt with Bacchus years earlier.

• Riyao climbed out a window, then later entered the palace with Mirajane and spent the night with her in their room.
• Princess Hisui glared at Riyao and Mirajane the next morning, while they hurried to the arena for the second day of the competition.
• Gajeel begged Wendy for a chance to enter the Chariot event, and the team agreed after Cana extorted two barrels of liquor from him.
• Gajeel, Natsu, and Sting suffered motion sickness and crawled along the course as other contestants passed them.
• Riyao revealed that Laxus also suffered motion sickness, prompting Fairy Tail to laugh while Laxus hid in embarrassment.
• Riyao returned Cana’s confiscated liquor after Mirajane stopped her from drinking, then explained that Bacchus had once drunkenly flirted with Mirajane and paid for it.

The second day of the Grand Magic Games began with Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting collapsing near the finish line, followed by Mirajane’s victory over Jenny. Erza’s duel with Bacchus began next, and Bacchus used his Drunken Fist to redirect her sword strikes.

• Natsu finished sixth, Gajeel seventh, and Sting eighth as the three Dragon Slayers collapsed just short of the finish line.
• Mirajane refused Jenny’s photo shoot challenge, transformed into Satan Soul, and defeated her with a punch that sent her crashing into a wall.
• Jenny surrendered, and Chapati announced Erza’s match against Bacchus.
• Erza attacked Bacchus with Edgeless, but he smoothly dodged and redirected her strikes with his Drunken Fist.

Erza defeated Bacchus in a close martial contest, earning Fairy Tail the crowd’s acclaim. Riyao collected Zeref’s reward and learned that the coming war was near, while Zeref placed his hopes on him.

• Erza and Bacchus ended their rapid duel with one decisive strike, and Bacchus collapsed asleep while Erza remained standing.
• The crowd cheered Fairy Tail, and Makarov and Mavis celebrated their victory in the arena.
• Riyao left the city to collect his reward from Zeref, while Mavis followed and hung from his arm to reach his grilled squid.
• Zeref gave Riyao a vial of blood from a descendant of the god of time and notes on artificial demon technology.
• Zeref told Mavis that war was about to begin and said he would rather place his bet on Riyao, who warned him not to rely entirely on him.
• Riyao departed, and Zeref asked Mavis if she was still there; she answered that she was.

Riyao preserved the descendant of time’s blood, then spent the night with Mirajane and told Jellal that the strange magic came from Zeref’s Eclipse Gate. Princess Hisui decided to proceed with a secret plan that night, while Arcadios reluctantly agreed.

• Riyao sealed the descendant of time’s blood in a wooden box after preserving its vitality.
• Riyao and Mirajane teased Fairy Tail’s guild members, then encountered Jellal and Erza on a bridge.
• Riyao told Jellal that the strange magic came from the Eclipse Gate and suggested searching for someone from the future, possibly at the palace.
• Princess Hisui watched Riyao and Mirajane return and told Arcadios that her plan had to succeed that night.
• Riyao and Mirajane passed the palace guards and went inside, leaving Princess Hisui’s plan undisclosed.

Riyao learned that the missing visitor from the future was likely a much stronger Rogue with White Dragon Slayer Magic, while Lucy and the guild girls stayed up gossiping before the match. Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal searched the capital for the future Rogue as tensions grew around Natsu’s challenge to Sabertooth.

• Princess Hisui took Mirajane to her bedroom, leaving Riyao upset until Arcadios reminded him that he had kept the princess awake all night.
• Riyao asked Arcadios about the missing person from the future, and Arcadios identified him as a stronger future Rogue who seemed to possess Sting’s White Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Riyao said he would bring three helpers to the palace the next day, then went to his bedroom.
• Future Lucy hid her diary from present Lucy, and Levy joined the two Lucys as they gossiped with the guild girls late into the night.
• Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal searched the royal capital for the future Rogue.
• Yukino joined Arcadios’s protection after leaving Sabertooth, while Natsu’s challenge to the guild stirred discussion across Fiore.

Riyao teased the exhausted Princess Hisui, then went with Mirajane to the Grand Magic Games arena, where the competitors for the Pandemonium event were announced. Mirajane, Erza, Hibiki, Orga, Nobarly, Obra, Millianna, and Jura entered the competition as Riyao watched from the stands.

• Riyao teased Princess Hisui about her dark circles before using Healing Magic to relieve her fatigue at Mirajane's request.
• Riyao and Mirajane left the palace for the arena, where Riyao shocked Mest for staring at Wendy and warned him to stay away from Fairy Tail's stands.
• Chapati introduced Magic Council official Lahar as a guest commentator, and the day's competition was announced as Pandemonium.
• Riyao, Gajeel, Cana, Mirajane, and Laxus showed interest in competing, but Mirajane persuaded Riyao to let her take part.
• Fairy Tail's Mirajane and Erza, Blue Pegasus's Hibiki, Sabertooth's Orga, Quatro Cerberus's Nobarly, Raven Tail's Obra, Mermaid Heel's Millianna, and Lamia Scale's Jura entered Pandemonium.

The Grand Magic Games contestants began Pandemonium, a battle inside a palace full of magic beasts where teams competed for points. Erza and Mirajane teamed up after entering at opposite ends of the order, and they eliminated Obra before Mirajane summoned a Celestial Spirit.

• Pumpkin Toma explained Pandemonium's beast ranks and rules, then the eight contestants drew their entry order, with Erza first and Mirajane eighth.
• Mirajane asked permission to summon a Celestial Spirit, and Riyao entered the Celestial Spirit World to wait for her call.
• Erza entered first in Heaven's Wheel Armor and began fighting D-rank beasts; Millianna joined her, while the other contestants entered at fifteen-second intervals.
• Obra entered, and Erza and Millianna attacked him before Orga and Jura joined the fray and Hibiki dodged their attacks.
• Mirajane entered in Satan Soul, joined Erza, and helped her trap and defeat Obra of Raven Tail.
• Mirajane raised her crystal key and called, "Fairy Constellation! Open the gate!"

Riyao appeared as the newly confirmed Fairy Constellation Celestial Spirit and helped Mirajane gain Star Dress: Fairy Constellation. Mirajane combined it with Satan Soul and formed Pitch-Black Sun, a dense black sphere that began pulling in and consuming everything around it.

• Riyao entered Pandemonium carrying the Celestial Spirit King's greatsword, and the commentators confirmed the Fairy Constellation existed apart from the eighty-eight constellations.
• Riyao cut down monsters, then redirected Orga's lightning into Hibiki and sent him flying from the arena.
• Orga and Jura attacked the Fairy Tail members, while Millianna kicked Nobarly out of Pandemonium.
• Mirajane reminded Riyao that he had promised to let her fight, and he granted her Star Dress: Fairy Constellation.
• Mirajane combined Star Dress with Satan Soul and summoned Pitch-Black Sun, which drew in rubble and light and consumed whatever approached.

Mirajane and Erza dominated the Pandemonium event, defeating Orga and the final S-Class monster as Fairy Tail surged ahead in points. After the arena vanished, Riyao joined them in the arena and celebrated their strength.

• Orga's black lightning attack was absorbed by Mirajane's Pitch-Black Sun, and Jura tested it with Rumbling Mt. Fuji, causing a massive collision that destroyed much of Pandemonium.
• Mirajane, Erza, Jura, and Orga competed to defeat the remaining monsters, then Mirajane and Erza teamed up to launch Orga out of the arena.
• Jura jumped down to the arena, and the last monster transformed into a giant S-Class monster as Pandemonium rebuilt itself into an arena.
• Erza severed the S-Class monster's arm with her Black Wing Armor, and Mirajane destroyed it with her modified Pitch-Black Sun.
• Fairy Tail's score took a commanding lead, and Riyao returned to human form and raised Mirajane and Erza's hands, declaring that the three of them were strong.

Laxus fought Raven Tail’s Alexei in the arena, where an illusion concealed Ivan Dreyar and the rest of Raven Tail. Laxus defeated them and exposed their deception, leaving Lahar to question Raven Tail’s guild qualifications.

• Chapati announced that Mirajane’s Celestial Spirit summoning was valid and started the duel between Laxus and Alexei of Raven Tail.
• Alexei overwhelmed Laxus in the apparent arena fight, while Fairy Tail’s members and the crowd reacted in alarm.
• Laxus and Raven Tail’s five members faced off inside a hidden illusion, and Alexei revealed himself as Ivan Dreyar, who demanded information about Lumen Histoire.
• Laxus rejected Ivan’s demands and quickly defeated Freya, Black Snake, Obra, and the purple-haired Raven Tail member.
• Laxus unleashed Azure Lightning Dragon’s Roar, destroyed the illusion, and knocked Ivan unconscious, exposing Raven Tail’s contestants to the arena.
• Lahar said Raven Tail’s guild qualifications needed reexamination, while Riyao offered to interrogate and heal Ivan and Lahar refused.

Lahar ordered Raven Tail’s members arrested, and Gray faced Lyon in an Ice-Make duel. Their battle escalated as they traded ice constructs, and it ended with Gray unleashing Thousand Blades against Lyon’s Beast Legion.

• Lahar had Ivan and other Raven Tail members arrested and ordered their guild documents reexamined.
• Gray and Lyon began their match, each claiming confidence after training and exchanging teasing remarks about their stripping habits.
• Gray destroyed Lyon’s Great Doves with Ice-Make: Storm and pierced Lyon with tiny ice needles.
• Lyon attacked with ice feathers, but Gray used an ice decoy and countered with an Ice Ape and an ice saber.
• Lyon summoned an Ice-Make: Beast Legion, and Gray began his Ice-Make: Thousand Blades attack.

Gray defeated Lyon in the arena with Ice-Make: Vortex, securing another win for Fairy Tail. After celebrating, Riyao and Mirajane met Ultear, Jellal, and Meredy, who warned that the Magic Council had taken an interest in Ur, and Riyao went to find Makarov.

• Gray shattered Lyon’s ice beasts, and both mages prepared their finishing attacks.
• Lyon summoned a giant Deliora-shaped hand with Ice-Make: Calamity Descends, while Gray formed Ice-Make: Vortex.
• Gray’s vortex pierced the giant hand and sent Lyon flying, and Chapati declared Gray the winner.
• Juvia rushed to hug Gray, but Gray pushed her away and fled to the Fairy Tail stands, where he stopped Ur from telling an embarrassing story about him.
• Riyao and Mirajane met Ultear, Jellal, and Meredy, who told Riyao that the Magic Council had likely discovered Ur’s identity.
• Riyao said Makarov should handle the Council and then went with Mirajane to find him, while the witch trio searched the city for suspicious locations.