Recaps

Riyao joined Fairy Tail’s adventures across the Eisenwald, treasure hunt, and Galuna Island incidents while hiding the extent of his powers and pursuing his own experiments. After Phantom Lord attacked Fairy Tail, Riyao helped set retaliation in motion as its mobile headquarters approached Magnolia.

• Riyao helped Fairy Tail defeat Lullaby, gathered demon factors from its remains, and accompanied Erza to the Magic Council hearing.
• Riyao let the guild hunt for his planted treasure clues, then revealed that the chest held embarrassing recordings of Fairy Tail’s members.
• Riyao secretly followed Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy to Galuna Island, where he joined them in confronting Lyon’s followers and the awakening of Deliora.
• Riyao transformed into a demon and fought Natsu, Erza, and Mirajane before healing Natsu and returning with the group to Fairy Tail.
• Riyao’s experiment restored Ur to a wooden body, and he brought her to meet Gray and witness the guild’s lively chaos.
• After Phantom Lord damaged Fairy Tail’s hall, Riyao and Mirajane found Gajeel attacking Levy, Jet, and Troy, and Riyao arranged a plan to provoke retaliation.
• Riyao treated Gajeel and altered his memories while Makarov led Fairy Tail against Phantom Lord, whose mobile headquarters then advanced toward Magnolia.

Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord and rebuilt the guild before Riyao and his friends confronted Jellal at the Tower of Heaven. Riyao’s dragon-form battle destroyed the tower, leaving Mirajane calling out for him amid the blast and waves.

• Riyao redirected Phantom Lord’s Jupiter beam, and Fairy Tail refused to hand Lucy over before defeating Jose and celebrating their victory.
• The Magic Council disbanded Phantom Lord and awarded its confiscated assets to Fairy Tail, while Riyao was nominated for the Ten Wizard Saints and Laxus challenged his place in the guild.
• Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, and Happy formed the Strongest Team, endured a disastrous theater performance, and helped Lucy save Loke from disappearing by appealing to the Celestial Spirit King.
• Sho, Wally, Millianna, and Simon abducted Erza and trapped the vacationers in cards, leading Riyao and the others to pursue them to the Tower of Heaven.
• Erza revealed the suffering she had endured under Jellal, while Riyao and the others fought their way through the tower and Riyao killed Owl after rescuing Natsu.
• Jellal completed the R-System when Etherion struck the tower, and Riyao, Mirajane, Erza, and Natsu attacked him as the Magic Crystal grew unstable.
• Riyao transformed into his Azure Dragon form, devoured Jellal’s magic, and unleashed attacks that battered him and cracked the Magic Crystal.
• Riyao’s Yin Wood Divine Lightning storm shattered the Magic Crystal and destroyed the Tower of Heaven, while Mirajane watched the explosion and called out for him.

Riyao reunited with the guild, joined its celebrations, and helped defeat Laxus’s Battle of Fairy Tail while protecting Magnolia. After Laxus left, Ultear revealed her ties to Grimoire Heart and resolved to return undercover to stop Hades from awakening Zeref.

• Riyao survived the battle at the Tower of Heaven, and the Magic Council took Jellal into custody as the guild bade farewell to Simon, Sho, Wally, and Millianna.
• Fairy Tail moved into its new guildhall, welcomed Juvia and Gajeel, and celebrated Valentine’s Day and the Harvest Festival with Riyao among them.
• Riyao entered the Miss Fairy Tail Contest disguised as Qing Strauss, but Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe launched the Battle of Fairy Tail and petrified the women.
• Riyao freed the petrified women with Life Magic, then joined Mirajane and Erza in confronting the guild’s attackers as Laxus threatened Magnolia with Thunder Palace.
• Riyao destroyed the Thunder Palace while Natsu and Gajeel fought Laxus, and Natsu ultimately defeated Laxus after Riyao empowered him with cyan flames.
• Riyao helped heal the guild and Magnolia during Fantasia, while Laxus watched the parade and left after seeing the guild’s L gesture.
• Makarov agreed to remain guild master after Riyao promised to cover Magnolia’s compensation, then Ur revealed that Ultear was her daughter.
• Ultear told Riyao and Makarov that she served Grimoire Heart under Hades, explained its search for Zeref and Jellal’s abduction by Oración Seis, and planned to return undercover despite her grief over her past.

Riyao joined Fairy Tail’s alliance against Oración Seis, rescuing Wendy and helping defeat the dark guild while Nirvana threatened the region. The allied mages destroyed Nirvana’s cores, captured Oración Seis, and watched Jellal leave as Riyao considered how to increase his life energy reserves.

• Fairy Tail went on a guild outing, then Makarov selected Riyao, Erza, Natsu, Happy, Gray, and Lucy to join the alliance against Oración Seis.
• Riyao exposed Gemini’s disguise at the villa, but Brain and Oración Seis outmaneuvered the allied mages and abducted Wendy and Happy.
• Riyao found Wendy and Happy in the cave, sent them away with Carla, and fought Brain and Midnight before unleashing Demon Secret Art: Scorching Earth on the cave.
• Riyao reunited with Wendy, healed her, and encouraged her to fight dark guild lackeys as Nirvana rose from underground.
• Riyao restored Jellal’s memories and urged him to accept responsibility for his crimes, then healed the allied mages and helped Erza defeat Midnight.
• Riyao caught Cobra and repeatedly injured and healed him, while Erza organized the alliance to destroy Nirvana’s six cores at once.
• The allied mages destroyed five cores, and Riyao shattered the last one before evading Zero’s Genesis Zero and joining Natsu in the final fight.
• Riyao and Natsu defeated Zero as Nirvana collapsed, and the alliance captured Oración Seis while Jellal quietly disappeared into the woods.