Recaps

Natsu learned that Sting and Rogue had killed their dragon teachers and angrily vowed to defeat them. At midnight, the Grand Magic Games organizers began a preliminary race through a deadly sky labyrinth, with only eight teams qualifying.

• Sting told Natsu that he and Rogue had killed their dragons and that the dragons' Dragon Crystals were inside them.
• Natsu erupted in anger and vowed to show Sting who the strongest Dragon Slayer was in the arena.
• Natsu and Lucy returned to the inn, where Jiang Bai was asleep after Erza and Mirajane refused his advances.
• At midnight, Pumpkin Man announced that only eight of the 113 teams would advance from a race to the Domus Flau Arena.
• The inns rose into the sky as a glowing labyrinth appeared, and Pumpkin Man started the preliminary round, warning that all five team members had to reach the finish and that the organizers were not liable for deaths.

Jiang Bai got Fairy Tail Team A through the Grand Magic Games preliminaries by blasting a direct path through the maze and flying to the finish. He left the other guilds wary of Fairy Tail and went to sleep before the official matches began.

• Jiang Bai agreed not to use Space Magic after the pumpkin-headed king reminded the teams that shortcuts were forbidden.
• Jiang Bai used Cursed Technique Reversal: Red to destroy a straight passage through the maze, then flew with Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Lucy to claim first place.
• Jiang Bai warned King Toma not to add more restrictions or overtime matches, then headed to the waiting room to sleep.
• Sting and Rogue arrived in second place, and Sting vowed to challenge Jiang Bai in the official matches.
• Mirajane, Laxus, and Juvia arrived with Fairy Tail Team B in third place as the preliminaries ended.

Fairy Tail Team A prepared to enter the Grand Magic Games, while the announcer introduced the competing guilds. Makarov was shocked to learn that Raven Tail, led by his son Ivan, had been officially recognized and was competing; Ivan watched from the arena passage, ready for his plan to unfold.

• Fairy Tail Team A put on their new tournament outfits, and Erza enthusiastically photographed Jiang Bai as Natsu wondered where Laxus and the others had gone.
• Chapati Lola, Yajima, and Jenny Realight welcomed the crowd and introduced the competing guilds in order, including Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale.
• The Lamia Scale team entered with Jura, while their master Obaba scolded them for placing fifth and a pink-haired girl apologized for holding them back.
• Chapati announced Raven Tail as the fourth-place team, and Makarov erupted in anger after recognizing it as the dark guild founded by his son Ivan.
• Chapati and Yajima explained that Raven Tail had been formally established seven years earlier and recently certified as an official guild, but Makarov suspected Ivan had used an underhanded trick.
• Ivan Dreyar smirked beneath his hood and told himself that he had followed the rules and waited for this day.

Fairy Tail stunned the arena as Team B placed third and Team A took first in the Grand Magic Games preliminaries, with Mavis cheering them on. Jiang Bai used music to energize the crowd, then joined the teams as the tournament prepared to continue.

• Chapati announced Fairy Tail Team B, led by Laxus, as the third-place team in the preliminaries, shocking the audience.
• Mavis appeared in the VIP seats and said she had come to cheer for Fairy Tail because the guild had been boring.
• Chapati revealed Sabertooth had placed second, and Jiemma insulted his team for failing to take first.
• Chapati announced Fairy Tail Team A, including Jiang Bai, as the first-place team, leaving the arena stunned.
• Jiang Bai snapped his fingers and used a trace of mental influence in Fairy Tail's theme music to stir the crowd into cheering.
• Mirajane and Erza noticed the women admiring Jiang Bai, who said he was already taken.

Fairy Tail’s two teams learned the Grand Magic Games’ rules and prepared to compete against each other. Lucy was embarrassed when her father Jude appeared in the stands to cheer for her, but she was moved by his support.

• Chapati and Yajima explained that tournament rules allowed guilds to enter one or two teams, while Makarov celebrated Fairy Tail’s first- and third-place preliminary results.
• Laxus and Gajeel revealed their determination to face Jiang Bai and Natsu, while Juvia and Gray prepared to compete against each other.
• Erza read the arena’s announcement, and Chapati explained that morning competitions awarded points by placement while organizers chose afternoon battle contestants partly based on audience votes.
• Lucy hoped the audience would overlook her and let Jiang Bai fight, but she heard someone cheering her name from the stands.
• Lucy recognized her father Jude, who had founded Lucky and brought his employees to support her, and she felt moved by his pride and care.

Fairy Tail Team A chose Jiang Bai for the Grand Magic Games’ first event, “Hidden,” and his presence stirred unease among guilds that remembered his legendary strength. All eight teams selected their contestants, and the event was poised to begin.

• Jiang Bai volunteered for Fairy Tail Team A, and Kagura recognized him and Erza before asking to test his strength.
• Natsu insisted Jiang Bai had always been the strongest, drawing a boastful response from Sting.
• Yego, Beth, Nullpudding, Ivan, Toby, Wendy, and Rufus were chosen to represent the other teams; Toby volunteered to keep Sherria away from Jiang Bai.
• Yajima picked Jiang Bai to win, while Jenny backed Blue Pegasus’s Ivan as Chapati announced the contestants.

Jiang Bai and the other contestants began the Grand Magic Games event “Hidden,” where they had to find and hit one another in a magically created town. After Jiang Bai’s spatial aura disrupted the field’s teleportation, the event continued, but countless copies of all eight contestants appeared across the town.

• Nullpudding objected that Fairy Tail had an unfair advantage by entering two teams, but the host said the rules permitted it.
• Pumpkin Man created a town as the competition field, but Jiang Bai’s passive suppression of other spatial magic prevented the non-contestants from being teleported out.
• Jiang Bai sent the non-contestants to the spectators’ seats and adjusted his spatial suppression so the event could proceed.
• Chapati explained that each contestant had to find and hit the others to score, with only the first attacker scoring when contestants traded close-range blows.
• Countless copies of the eight contestants appeared throughout the town, startling Natsu and leaving Lucy concerned that finding the real targets would be difficult.

Jiang Bai used his mental magic to find Nullpudding and demonstrated that his Infinity technique prevented hostile opponents from touching him. His explanation left Sting despairing over the apparent unfairness of Jiang Bai's magic.

• Erza and Lucy realized Jiang Bai could use mental magic to locate the contestants, while Gray said the match seemed easy for him.
• After Chapati explained the rules, the eight contestants were transported to different parts of town and the Hidden event began.
• Jiang Bai located Nullpudding and appeared behind him, but Nullpudding's attack failed to score a point.
• Jiang Bai offered Nullpudding his hand, but Infinity stopped him from touching it and prevented him from scoring.
• Jiang Bai explained that Infinity blocked threats whenever he sensed hostility, and Sting's confidence collapsed as he watched.

Jiang Bai overpowered Nullpudding and exposed his knowledge of Raven Tail’s plan, while contestants across town earned points in the competition. Rufus attacked the arena with a wide-area spell, but Jiang Bai’s defense stopped it and revealed his next target atop the clock tower.

• Jiang Bai stopped the competition’s teleportation magic, punched Nullpudding, and slapped him unconscious after revealing that he knew Raven Tail had infiltrated the event.
• Jiang Bai earned only one point because the competition’s rules required opponents to be teleported away before further attacks counted.
• Ivan used snow magic to find and attack Yego, while Wendy sensed the air, avoided copies, and scored three points.
• Rufus cast Memory-Make: Starry Night from the tallest clock tower, striking most contestants with tracking lightning beams and teleporting them away.
• Wendy dispersed the beam aimed at her with Sky Dragon’s Wing Attack, and Jiang Bai’s Infinity erased the beam aimed at him.
• Jiang Bai sensed Rufus’s magic, located him atop the clock tower, and declared that he had found his next target.

Jiang Bai repeatedly beat and chased Rufus across the Hidden competition, proving Rufus could not copy Infinity well enough to defend against him. When Rufus still refused to surrender, Jiang Bai announced he had thought of a more entertaining way to deal with him.

• Jiang Bai appeared behind Rufus on the clock tower and punched him after Rufus claimed his Memory-Make magic had copied Infinity.
• Jiang Bai explained that he controlled whether Space Magic worked in the arena, then let the competition rules teleport Rufus away.
• Jiang Bai repeatedly tracked Rufus to new locations and knocked him out, earning points while the spectators watched and Sabertooth's team grew furious.
• After one final beating, Jiang Bai stopped chasing Rufus and remarked that Rufus still would not beg for mercy.
• Rufus respawned in front of Jiang Bai and declared that he would not submit, so Jiang Bai smiled and said he had devised a more entertaining idea that required Rufus's cooperation.

Jiang Bai humiliated Rufus by using Telekinesis to force him to dance, then eliminated the five remaining contestants with forehead flicks. The Hidden event ended with Jiang Bai of Fairy Tail Team A taking first place by an overwhelming margin.

• Jiang Bai restrained Rufus with Telekinesis and forced him to perform the Gokuraku Jodo dance before the arena crowd.
• Rufus surrendered and begged Jiang Bai to stop, but Jiang Bai sealed his mouth and made him finish the dance, leaving him emotionally shattered.
• Jiemma watched Rufus’s humiliation and vowed revenge against Fairy Tail and Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai flicked Ivan, Yego, Beth, Toby, and Wendy out of the event in turn.
• The bell ended the match, and Chapati announced Jiang Bai of Fairy Tail Team A as the winner of Hidden.

Jiang Bai overwhelmed Rufus in the Hidden event, prompting Chapati to reveal his status as a Wizard Saint and Fairy Tail’s strongest ace. Fairy Tail took first and second place in the event, while Sting resolved to grow stronger and challenge Fairy Tail’s Dragon Slayers.

• After spectators questioned Rufus’s loss, the king instructed Chapati to explain Jiang Bai’s strength to the crowd.
• Chapati introduced Jiang Bai as a Ten Wizard Saints mage, an S-Class Mage, and the Guardian Deity of the Kingdom, leaving the spectators stunned.
• Jura told Sherria that he was not remotely Jiang Bai’s equal, while Sting admitted he could not match Jiang Bai and vowed with Rogue to surpass him.
• Chapati announced Jiang Bai’s 36-point score and the Hidden event rankings, with Fairy Tail Team A first and Team B second.
• Makarov celebrated Fairy Tail’s results and urged Teams A and B to win the 50 million J in prize money.

After Jiang Bai took first place and Wendy came second in the opening event, the Grand Magic Games began its battle portion. Ren Akatsuki defeated Aranya Webb, and Jiang Bai revealed that Ichiya was Blue Pegasus's strongest mage when serious.

• Obaba furiously scolded Toby, while Fairy Tail celebrated Wendy's second-place finish and Jiang Bai's victory.
• Chapati announced that the battle portion was beginning, and the arena transformed into an open platform.
• Ren Akatsuki faced Aranya Webb, but Jenny distracted him by calling out that Sherry was watching.
• Sherry urged Ren to fight back, and he defeated Aranya with Air Explosion.
• Jiang Bai told Lucy that Ichiya was Blue Pegasus's strongest mage when serious, shocking Natsu and Gray.

Orga defeated Warcry in a single blast, then provoked Jiang Bai, who insisted he would fight Orga if they met later. After Gajeel won by Freya’s forfeit, the chapter ended with the announcement that Jiang Bai would face Jura in the final match.

• Orga knocked Warcry unconscious with one blast of Black Lightning Magic.
• Orga taunted Jiang Bai, who told Natsu to let him fight Orga if they met in a later match.
• Freya called Gajeel a traitor and forfeited, giving Gajeel the win by default.
• Chapati announced that Jiang Bai would face Jura in the day’s final match.

Jiang Bai faced Jura in the Grand Magic Games’ main event after the audience voted for their match. As he entered the arena, the crowd erupted in support, while Fairy Tail urged him to fight for the guild.

• The spectators voted for Jiang Bai and Jura to face each other, and the organizers scheduled their match for the first day.
• Jura entered the arena as Lamia Scale’s representative, while his guildmates encouraged him to give the match his all.
• Jiang Bai told his teammates that Jura had become strong enough to match Gildarts after seven years of training.
• Jiang Bai entered the arena, drawing an oppressive silence followed by cheers from the crowd.
• Mavis and Makarov cheered Jiang Bai on, and he raised a hand to acknowledge the stands.

Mavis reassured Makarov that Jiang Bai had grown far stronger since his battle with Acnologia, while Sting and Rogue dismissed Fairy Tail as remnants of an old era. Jiang Bai and Jura began their arena match, and Jura’s opening attack failed to touch Jiang Bai before the battle continued.

• Makarov recalled finding Jiang Bai and Erza as orphaned children, and Mavis said Jiang Bai’s strength had surpassed Acnologia’s growth over seven years.
• Sting and Rogue watched the cheers for Fairy Tail and claimed their own generation deserved to take the top ranks.
• The organizers raised a barrier around the arena before Jiang Bai and Jura’s match began.
• Jura attacked first by summoning stone pillars from beneath Jiang Bai, but they shattered against an unseen defense without touching him.
• Jura said he had trained for seven years hoping to measure how close he could get to Jiang Bai, while Sherria, Lyon, and Obaba watched from Lamia Scale’s rest area.

Jiang Bai and Jura fought a destructive battle in the arena, with Jiang Bai easily countering Jura’s earth magic while Makarov and the spectators watched. Jura acknowledged Jiang Bai had not yet used his true abilities and began his strongest secret technique.

• Jiang Bai used Red to repel Jura’s stone pillars and crush his falling boulder, leaving the arena wrecked.
• Natsu cheered for Jura, while Mavis and Makarov praised his strength and Obaba observed that Jiang Bai had barely moved.
• Jura summoned stone dragons, but Jiang Bai shattered them with punches and kicks alone.
• Jiang Bai praised Jura’s improved control and technique, and Jura said he needed to use his trump card to test his limits.
• Jura concentrated his magic, increased the arena’s gravity, and launched Rock Iron Sword, Heavenly Supremacy Sky Severance.

Jiang Bai countered Jura’s ultimate Rock Iron sword with a thousand-meter Sky-Pillaring Sword, overwhelming him while containing the destruction so the spectators remained safe. Jura conceded, and Jiang Bai was declared the winner as the arena erupted in cheers.

• Jura gathered the battlefield’s earth and stone into a thirty-meter Rock Iron sword for his final attack.
• Jiang Bai summoned a thousand-meter Sky-Pillaring Sword, stunning the spectators and frightening the Lamia Scale team.
• Jura’s Rock Iron sword shattered against Jiang Bai’s blade, and its broken tip cracked the arena’s defensive barrier before Jiang Bai’s power stopped it from reaching the crowd.
• Jiang Bai halted his sword above Jura, and the crushing pressure forced Jura to admit defeat.
• Jiang Bai dismissed the Sky-Pillaring Sword, and Chapati announced him as the winner before the spectators cheered.

Jura recognized the immense gap between himself and Jiang Bai after the match, while Fairy Tail celebrated its strong start to the Grand Magic Games. At Sabertooth’s headquarters, Jiemma spared Rufus for losing to Jiang Bai but ordered the guild to crush Fairy Tail in the next day’s battles.

• Jura examined the arena’s destruction and realized Jiang Bai had controlled his power so precisely that the ground near him remained untouched.
• Fairy Tail celebrated taking the top two places on the first day, and its members discussed who would compete next while accepting that Jiang Bai likely would not return to the regular matches.
• Jiang Bai said he had achieved his goal by ending the public ridicule of Fairy Tail, and Makarov urged the guild to repay its tormentors’ insults through their performances.
• Jiemma berated Rufus for his defeat but excused him because Jiang Bai was a monstrous opponent.
• Jiemma told Sabertooth’s members that Jiang Bai would likely be kept out of the upcoming one-on-one matches and ordered them to break Fairy Tail’s fighters in the next day’s battles.

King Toma warned Arcadios not to interfere with Jiang Bai or Fairy Tail, while the second day of the Grand Magic Games began with the Chariot event. Natsu and Gajeel entered the race but were overwhelmed by motion sickness, leaving Fairy Tail’s hopes of winning in jeopardy.

• King Toma told Arcadios that the royal family would stay out of Jiang Bai’s dispute with the Magic Council and ordered the knights to stop plotting against Fairy Tail.
• Natsu insisted on competing in the morning event, and Erza assigned him to represent Team A.
• Gajeel heard that Natsu was competing and joined him, despite being from Team B.
• Chapati announced the Chariot event, in which contestants had to keep their balance on a chain of moving chariots.
• Natsu and Gajeel became too sick to move quickly on the shaking chariots, while Lucy, Erza, Gray, Jiang Bai, and Makarov watched in dismay.

During the chariot race, Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting were incapacitated by motion sickness while the leading contestants fought for the win. Bacchus used a powerful stomp to overtake everyone and finish first, leaving Fairy Tail aware of Quatro Cerberus’s formidable ace.

• Chapati and Yajima explained that Dragon Slayers struggled with transportation as Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting lay sick on the rear carriage.
• Happy and Lucy joked about Gajeel competing with Natsu over motion sickness, while Rogue was relieved he had not volunteered and Lector and Frosch lamented Sting’s exposed weakness.
• Yuka accelerated with Wave Magic, Risley ran along the carriage’s side using Gravity Magic, and Ichiya overtook her with Speed Perfume.
• Bacchus stomped the carriage, throwing the other leaders off balance, then used the recoil to cross the finish line first and earn Quatro Cerberus ten points.
• Erza identified Bacchus as Quatro Cerberus’s S-Class Mage and recalled that their past sparring matches had ended without a clear winner.

Natsu and Gajeel pushed through their nausea to finish the Chariot event, while Natsu explained that he wanted to grow strong enough to fight beside Jiang Bai. Fairy Tail Team A kept first place in the standings, and Natsu and Gajeel passed out after crossing the line as the guild prepared for the afternoon battle event.

• Bacchus, Black Snake, Risley, Yuka, and Ichiya claimed the first five places in the Chariot event, while Natsu and Gajeel crawled toward the finish and Sting fell behind.
• Sting questioned why Natsu and Gajeel struggled in an event that was their weakness, and Natsu said he wanted to stop relying on Jiang Bai and become strong enough to fight beside him.
• Natsu crossed the line in sixth and Gajeel in seventh, while Sting withdrew; Fairy Tail members in the stands were moved by Natsu's determination.
• Chapati announced that Fairy Tail Team A led with 22 points, Fairy Tail Team B and Blue Pegasus tied for second with 19, and Lamia Scale stood last with 6.
• Natsu and Gajeel passed out at the finish, and Jiang Bai teleported them to Fairy Tail's rest room before urging the guild to prepare for the afternoon battle event.

Black Snake defeated Toby in the first one-on-one battle of the Grand Magic Games, using Mimic Magic to copy Marcus's sand abilities. After Toby lost their bet and revealed that he had misplaced a sock, Black Snake realized it was around Toby’s neck and tore it apart, leaving Toby devastated.

• Chapati announced that Black Snake of Raven Tail would face Toby of Lamia Scale, and Toby accepted Black Snake's bet about revealing a secret if he lost.
• Toby attacked Black Snake with his Poison Jellyfish Paralysis Claw, but Black Snake turned into sand and evaded the strike.
• Mavis explained that Black Snake used Mimic Magic, and Black Snake copied Marcus's sand technique to knock Toby unconscious with Sand Rebellion.
• Toby lost the match and shouted that his deepest secret was that he could not find one of his socks.
• Black Snake spotted the missing sock tied around Toby's neck and tore it apart, while Toby broke down in tears.

Mirajane and Jenny turned their battle into a fashion and swimsuit contest, while Mavis drew the other guilds’ women into the spectacle. Jenny then proposed a nude-photo wager, which Mirajane accepted, and Jiang Bai unnerved Lucy by saying he could eliminate everyone who learned of a loss.

• Chapati announced Mirajane and Jenny’s match, and the two showed off a succession of outfits instead of attacking.
• Mavis complained that too few people were participating and magically dressed the women in the stands in swimsuits.
• Granny Ooba entered the arena in a swimsuit and performed a provocative dance, silencing the crowd and horrifying the spectators.
• Jenny proposed that the loser publish a nude photo in Weekly Sorcerer, and Mirajane accepted the wager.
• Lucy asked Jiang Bai whether he feared Mirajane might lose, and he calmly suggested making everyone who knew disappear.

Mirajane defeated Jenny in the second one-on-one match of the Grand Magic Games, winning their wager and leaving Jenny to face the promised nude photos in Weekly Sorcerer. Fairy Tail celebrated the victory as the crowd learned that Mirajane had once been known as Mirajane the Demon.

• Jenny transformed with Take Over Magic: Machina Soul and charged Mirajane with a powerful mechanical punch.
• Mirajane transformed with Take Over: Satan Soul: Sitri, stopped Jenny’s fist with one hand, and shattered her armor with a single punch.
• The referee declared Mirajane the winner, and Jenny broke down when she remembered the wager over nude photos.
• Yajima explained that Mirajane had been one of Fairy Tail’s strongest S-Class Mages and was known as Mirajane the Demon.
• Fairy Tail celebrated its ten points as Lucy questioned Jiang Bai about his threat, and Makarov offered to pay for everyone’s drinks.