Recaps

Jiang Bai confronted Jellal’s Thought Projection about Etherion and demanded the location of the captured people. Jellal revealed that they were being held on an uninhabited island twelve kilometers east, leaving Jiang Bai’s group with their whereabouts but Etherion still looming overhead.

• Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia, and Happy joined Jiang Bai at the tower, where he explained that Jellal and Siegrain were the same person and that Siegrain had been Jellal’s Thought Projection.
• Jellal’s Thought Projection arrived and admitted that his goal was nearly complete.
• Jiang Bai identified Etherion above them and threatened to destroy it unless Jellal disclosed where he had taken the captured people.
• Jellal agreed and revealed that the captives were on an uninhabited island twelve kilometers east.

Jiang Bai faced Etherion head-on and emerged unharmed, astonishing Fairy Tail and the Magic Council. Ultear fled the council chamber and used Arc of Time to reduce the headquarters to rubble, leaving the council in chaos.

• Jiang Bai restrained Jellal after his Thought Projection merged with his original body, then prepared to test the limits of Infinity against Etherion.
• Lucy feared for Jiang Bai, while Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Juvia watched as he rose to meet the attack.
• The Magic Council fired Etherion at the Tower of Heaven, but Jiang Bai survived the blast and the tower remained intact.
• The council members saw Jiang Bai unharmed in the crystal ball, and Ultear realized she must avoid becoming his enemy.
• Ultear slipped out of the chamber and used Arc of Time to age the council headquarters back to its ruined state.
• The council members panicked as their building crumbled, while Ultear left and bid them goodbye.

Jiang Bai stopped Jellal’s plan to activate the R-System, and Erza killed Jellal after he attacked Jiang Bai. The group left to rescue the villagers, while Jiang Bai erased the Tower of Heaven and its island.

• Jiang Bai explained that he had stopped Etherion from powering the R-System and told Jellal that Zeref was alive and ruling as an emperor.
• Jellal rejected Jiang Bai’s words and charged at him, but Erza intercepted and killed him with her sword.
• Jiang Bai confirmed to Lucy that Zeref was alive, teased her about Natsu, and led the group away to find the villagers.
• Jiang Bai carried Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia, Happy, and Simon through the air, then erased the Tower of Heaven and its island with Hollow Technique: Purple.
• Jiang Bai led the group east toward the deserted island where the villagers were being held.

Jiang Bai and Erza confronted the masked Black Magic Cult leader who had once attacked them and believed he had killed Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai easily defeated him and killed him, leaving the imprisoned civilians in the cave and the island’s guards under attack by the others.

• Jiang Bai sent Natsu, Gray, and the others to attack the guards around the island while he and Erza headed for the cave.
• The masked leader emerged, and Jiang Bai revealed that he remembered him as the man who had attacked him and Erza years earlier.
• The masked leader used Wind Magic: Thousand-Blade Strangulation, but the attack stopped before it could reach Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai let the leader unleash Wind Demon's Judgment, then dispelled the wind scythe with his hand.
• Jiang Bai struck the leader with Telekinesis and killed him after declaring that he was too weak to interest him in revenge.

Jiang Bai and the Fairy Tail mages rescued the enslaved villagers, including Grandpa Rob, from the cave and brought them back to Magnolia. After leaving Simon and the others to help the villagers atone, Jiang Bai returned to the guild with Grandpa Rob, where Makarov recognized the old man.

• Jiang Bai had Natsu break open the cage and freed the villagers, who were reunited with Simon and Grandpa Rob.
• Grandpa Rob asked about Makarov, and Jiang Bai promised to take him to see the Fairy Tail master.
• Jiang Bai flew the rescued villagers to Akane Beach and told Simon and the others to shelter them, feed them, and escort them home as a chance to atone.
• Jiang Bai teleported to Magnolia with Grandpa Rob and the others, and they entered Fairy Tail's rebuilt guildhall.
• Makarov began scolding Jiang Bai, then stopped when he saw Grandpa Rob.

Makarov reunited with his old friend Rob at Fairy Tail and celebrated his return with the guild. The next day, Yajima revealed that Jiang Bai had survived a direct hit from Etherion unharmed and might rival even the legendary Zeref.

• Makarov recognized Rob, and the two old friends tearfully reunited after decades apart.
• Makarov thanked Jiang Bai and called for a guild-wide party to celebrate Rob's return.
• Yajima joined Makarov and Rob the next day, and Elfman said Jiang Bai had gone on a date with Erza and his sister.
• Makarov proudly recounted Jiang Bai's remarkable feats to Rob and Yajima.
• Yajima disclosed that Jiang Bai had taken Etherion's full force without a scratch and said even the Ten Wizard Saints might not match him.

Jiang Bai spent a shopping date in Magnolia with Erza and Mirajane, then watched a play with Mirajane. Inspired by her rapt attention to the lead singer, he planned to surprise her with a song that evening as they headed back to the guild.

• Jiang Bai carried Erza and Mirajane’s shopping bags until Erza spotted a limited-edition strawberry cake shop.
• Erza bought cakes, then made an excuse to leave Jiang Bai and Mirajane alone for the rest of the date.
• Jiang Bai and Mirajane ate at an upscale restaurant and went to see a play called “The Singer Under the Moonlight.”
• Jiang Bai fell asleep during the play, then woke to hear the female lead singing and noticed Mirajane watching with fascination.
• Jiang Bai decided to surprise Mirajane by singing for her that night, and the two left the theater to return to the guild.

Jiang Bai performed a love song for Mirajane in the guild, using Telekinesis to create an orchestra and a dramatic circle of light. After the performance, Mirajane threw herself into his arms and asked to go home with him.

• Jiang Bai returned to the guild with Mirajane and asked Makarov to let him sing for her.
• Jiang Bai extinguished the guild’s lights, created glowing instruments with Telekinesis, and sang a song promising Mirajane their happy ending.
• Mirajane wept as Jiang Bai sang, while Erza and the guild watched in silence.
• After the song, the guild members praised Jiang Bai, and Makarov proudly claimed him as his boy.
• Jiang Bai wiped Mirajane’s tears, and she hugged him and said she wanted to go home.

Mirajane revealed a bold, seductive side to Jiang Bai, and they spent the night together. The next morning, Jiang Bai backed Makarov’s decision to let Gajeel join Fairy Tail despite Natsu’s objections.

• Mirajane took Jiang Bai back to his room, kissed him passionately, and teased him with cream from their cake.
• Jiang Bai encouraged Mirajane to be naughtier, and they spent a passionate night together.
• The next morning, Jiang Bai and Mirajane arrived at the guild hall hand in hand and found Natsu protesting Gajeel’s admission.
• Makarov explained that Gajeel had followed his former master’s orders and argued that his strength would benefit the guild.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov to let Gajeel join and reminded Natsu that he had already beaten Gajeel before.

Jiang Bai followed Makarov into Fairy Tail’s hidden sanctuary, where Makarov revealed the guild’s first master, Mavis Vermillion, and the secret of Fairy Heart. Makarov sought Jiang Bai’s help protecting the secret, and Jiang Bai agreed to take responsibility if Gildarts was unavailable when Makarov could no longer lead.

• Natsu recognized Gajeel as the person Jiang Bai had beaten, and Gajeel taunted Natsu into challenging him to a fight.
• Makarov took Jiang Bai downstairs and scolded him for stopping Etherion, while Jiang Bai insisted he had been certain he could handle it.
• Makarov showed Jiang Bai the sealed Mavis Vermillion and explained that Fairy Heart was Fairy Tail’s ultimate secret and a source of infinite magic power.
• Makarov hinted that someone had targeted the sanctuary and sought a successor to protect it, but Jiang Bai said Gildarts should come before him.
• Jiang Bai promised to take over if Makarov could no longer lead and Gildarts was away, reassuring Makarov.

Makarov and Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail’s renovated guild, where Mirajane showed the members its new facilities and uniforms. After Makarov ordered everyone to clean the chaotic hall before a Weekly Sorcerer interview, Jiang Bai escaped with Mirajane by leaving the work to Elfman.

• Mirajane gave Natsu, Lucy, and the others a tour of the expanded guild, including its pool, training ground, and new waitress uniforms.
• Jiang Bai teased Makarov about the uniforms, then refused Natsu’s request to accompany him on an S-Class Mission.
• Makarov told Jiang Bai that Weekly Sorcerer would interview him the next day and ordered the guild members to clean up.
• Makarov grabbed Natsu and used him to scrub the floor, prompting the others to start cleaning.
• Jiang Bai left with Mirajane, and Elfman agreed to clean for them as well as himself.

Makarov prepared Fairy Tail for a Weekly Sorcerer interview, but reporter Jason repeatedly ignored his planned questions in favor of the guild’s famous members. Jiang Bai arrived late in a stylish suit, charmed the guild and Jason, and left the interview confirming he was content with Erza and Mirajane as his girlfriends.

• Makarov told Mirajane to dress Jiang Bai properly for the interview, and the guild members dressed up for Jason’s arrival.
• Jason interviewed Makarov briefly, then asked Erza about her armor and whether she was Jiang Bai’s girlfriend; Erza confirmed it.
• Jason asked Lucy about her supposed training, then approached Natsu, who recognized him and punched him flying.
• Mirajane arrived without Jiang Bai and explained that he planned to make his entrance last so the others could be interviewed first.
• Jiang Bai entered in a black suit and sunglasses, stunning the guild and prompting Jason to photograph him and request an autograph.
• Jiang Bai told Jason he felt no different as one of the Ten Wizard Saints and was satisfied with Erza and Mirajane, after which Jason left delighted with the interview.

Mirajane encouraged Lucy to enter Fairy Tail’s Harvest Festival beauty pageant to earn rent money, while Laxus grew furious at insults toward the guild and decided it needed a purge. A week later, the festival pageant began with Jiang Bai and Makarov as judges, and Cana was introduced as the first contestant.

• Mirajane told Lucy that the Miss Fairy Tail pageant offered generous prize money, and Happy explained the Harvest Festival.
• Weekly Sorcerer featured Jiang Bai, drawing public admiration and prompting several wizards to mock him and Fairy Tail.
• Laxus struck the insulting wizards unconscious with lightning, then decided Fairy Tail needed a thorough purge.
• Magnolia celebrated the Harvest Festival, and Marcus opened Fairy Tail’s beauty pageant with Makarov and Jiang Bai as judges.
• Marcus introduced Cana Alberona as the pageant’s first contestant.

The Fairy Tail beauty contest continued as the contestants performed, until Jiang Bai vanished from the judges’ table after sensing a malicious magic surge backstage. He found Evergreen targeting the female contestants, and confronted Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe after Laxus intervened.

• Cana, Juvia, and Erza performed for the crowd, while Jiang Bai and Makarov scored their acts.
• Mirajane transformed into strange creatures instead of revealing a swimsuit, then said Jiang Bai had told her and Erza not to dress too revealingly.
• Jiang Bai admitted to having double standards and intimidated the audience into agreeing with him.
• As Lucy began her performance, Jiang Bai sensed hostile magic backstage and vanished from the judges’ table.
• Evergreen prepared to petrify the female contestants, but Laxus pulled her away as Blue appeared in her place.
• Jiang Bai confronted Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, accusing them of attacking Erza and Mirajane.

Laxus launched a battle to decide Fairy Tail’s strongest, threatening the guild members turned to stone to keep Jiang Bai from interfering. Makarov allowed Jiang Bai to fight, and the guild members rushed out to confront the Thunder God Tribe, but Freed’s enchantment trapped those over eighty and the statues in the guild hall.

• Jiang Bai confronted Laxus after he attacked Erza, Mirajane, and the other female contestants backstage.
• Laxus revealed the petrified guild members and announced that Magnolia would be the battlefield for a three-hour battle to decide Fairy Tail’s strongest.
• Jiang Bai warned Makarov he would hit Laxus hard, and Makarov gave him permission to fight as long as he left Laxus alive.
• Jiang Bai urged the guild members to settle their grievances, and Natsu, Gray, and the others rushed out to find opponents.
• Makarov tried to leave but struck Freed’s enchantment, which barred people over eighty and the statues from leaving the guild hall.

As Laxus’s enchantment trapped the older Fairy Tail members inside the guild, Natsu defended the guild’s bonds while Laxus revealed his ambition to become guild master and challenged Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai tracked down Evergreen, but after overpowering her, he learned she had tied the lives of the people she petrified to her own.

• Natsu tried to leave the guild to fight Laxus but was blocked by the enchantment, and Jiang Bai told him to ask Levy to rewrite it.
• Laxus’s Thought Projection mocked Makarov and declared that he wanted the guild master position and intended to make Fairy Tail the strongest guild in Fiore.
• Natsu and Happy defended Jiang Bai’s strength, and Laxus vowed to defeat him before his projection vanished.
• Jiang Bai warned Fairy Tail’s fighters not to damage Magnolia’s property, then used Mental Detection to find Evergreen and trap her in an enchantment.
• Evergreen’s Fairy Machine Gun attack failed against Jiang Bai’s Infinity, and his spiritual pressure forced her to her knees.
• Evergreen threatened that the people she had petrified would die with her if Jiang Bai came closer.

Jiang Bai defeated Evergreen and made her faint without killing her, while the petrified guild members recovered. Freed then challenged Jiang Bai alone, determined to clear the way for Laxus's plan to purge the guild.

• Jiang Bai overwhelmed Evergreen, threatened her with a lethal spell, and stopped the spell before it struck when she fainted.
• Jiang Bai changed the spell-script to declare his victory over Evergreen, and the barrier was lifted.
• Freed learned Evergreen had lost and the Petrification Magic had been undone, but Laxus insisted on continuing his plan to transform and purge the guild.
• Freed resolved to face Jiang Bai himself, while Mirajane told Jiang Bai the petrified members had recovered.
• Freed confronted Jiang Bai and vowed to eliminate him as an obstacle to Laxus.

Mirajane unleashed Satan Soul to confront Freed after he threatened Jiang Bai, while Jiang Bai went to Magnolia Cathedral to face Laxus. Laxus activated Thunder Palace over Magnolia, and the chapter ended with Sarukusuke warning them that Makarov was in critical condition.

• Freed said he intended to kill Jiang Bai, and Mirajane transformed into Demon Mirajane with Take Over: Satan Soul.
• Jiang Bai left Mirajane to deal with Freed and went to Magnolia Cathedral to confront Laxus.
• Laxus activated Thunder Palace, summoning three hundred lightning-filled Magic Crystals over Magnolia.
• Makarov collapsed after learning Laxus had endangered the town, and the guild members rushed back as Granny Porlyusica treated him.
• Sarukusuke reached the cathedral and shouted that Makarov was in critical condition, telling Jiang Bai and Laxus to stop fighting.

Jiang Bai confronted Laxus over Makarov’s illness and the danger Laxus posed to the guild, then overwhelmed him with his immense magic power. The pressure reached the guild as Erza and Mirajane returned with defeated Bickslow and unconscious Freed.

• Jiang Bai urged Laxus to return to Makarov, but Laxus dismissed the news as a lie and claimed no one could stop him.
• Sarukusuke asked Jiang Bai about the Thunder Palace, and Jiang Bai sent him back to reassure Makarov and the guild.
• Jiang Bai criticized Laxus for taking the guild’s support for granted, dodged his attacks, and slapped him when he refused to consider the guild members’ feelings.
• Laxus unleashed his golden lightning, but Jiang Bai released overwhelming magic power that subdued the lightning and pressed down across Magnolia.
• At the guild, the members struggled under Jiang Bai’s pressure as Erza and Mirajane returned with wounded Bickslow and unconscious Freed.

Jiang Bai effortlessly defeated Laxus in the cathedral, overwhelming his magic and physical attacks. Laxus then invoked Fairy Law across Magnolia, declaring he would use it to judge Jiang Bai and the guild.

• Erza and Mirajane recognized Jiang Bai's magic pressure and reassured the guild members that everything would be fine with him there.
• Laxus charged Jiang Bai, but Jiang Bai caught his wrist and hurled him into the cathedral wall.
• Jiang Bai blocked Laxus's Lightning Dragon's Roar and casually evaded or deflected his Dragon Slayer attacks.
• Jiang Bai kicked Laxus through the cathedral wall and into the square, leaving him badly injured.
• Laxus admitted he could not match Jiang Bai's strength, then gathered magic power across Magnolia to prove his justice.
• Laxus cast Fairy Law, forming a golden sphere between his hands.

Laxus’s Fairy Law failed to harm Jiang Bai, Erza, or anyone in the guild because he did not truly regard them as enemies, and Jiang Bai defeated him. Jiang Bai returned Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe to the guild, where Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen apologized and waited for Makarov to wake.

• Laxus unleashed Fairy Law over Magnolia, but Jiang Bai and Erza emerged unharmed, and no guild members disappeared.
• Jiang Bai explained that Fairy Law only judged people Laxus truly considered enemies, exposing his care for his comrades.
• Laxus insisted he could still fight, but Jiang Bai knocked him unconscious and learned from Erza that Makarov’s condition had stabilized.
• Jiang Bai brought Laxus back to the guild and told Erza that Makarov should deal with his grandson.
• Jiang Bai asked Elfman to fetch ointment for Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen, then the three apologized and said they would wait for Makarov.

Jiang Bai ensured Makarov was stable, subdued the guild’s unrest, and explained that Laxus’s Fairy Law had spared the guild because Laxus did not truly consider them enemies. Porlyusica said Makarov would wake soon but warned that another crisis could endanger his health.

• Jiang Bai took the unconscious Laxus to the infirmary, where Porlyusica said Makarov was stable and would recover after waking on his own.
• Jiang Bai silenced the guild, told members to settle their disputes and pay for damaged buildings, and deferred Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe’s punishment until Makarov woke.
• Jiang Bai told Natsu that Laxus had cast Fairy Law, and Levy explained that it had harmed no guild members because Laxus did not truly see them as enemies.
• Mirajane said that poor communication could make people act in ways they did not understand.
• Porlyusica said Laxus would recover after a few days and Makarov should wake soon, but warned the guild that another stressful incident could put Makarov in greater danger.

Makarov confronted Laxus in the infirmary after the Fairy Law trial and explained how Laxus had betrayed Fairy Tail by turning it into a battlefield. After Laxus admitted his jealousy of Jiang Bai, Makarov comforted him but formally expelled him from the guild.

• Makarov woke in the infirmary and called out Laxus, who had been pretending to remain unconscious.
• Makarov told Laxus that he had endangered Magnolia and made Fairy Tail’s members fight one another with Thunder Palace.
• Laxus admitted that he had been jealous of Jiang Bai and wanted to make the guild stronger.
• Makarov explained that Jiang Bai had created nearly all his techniques himself and urged Laxus to let go of his burdens and live happily.
• Makarov formally expelled Laxus from Fairy Tail.

Makarov expelled Laxus from Fairy Tail, and Laxus accepted the punishment and prepared to leave. Makarov then announced he would step down as guild master, but Jiang Bai redirected the discussion to the guild's losses from the Fantasia Parade, leaving Makarov focused on the compensation bill.

• Makarov formally expelled Laxus from Fairy Tail, and Laxus left the hospital room after saying goodbye to his grandfather.
• Jiang Bai told the guild members that Makarov had expelled Laxus, and Laxus accepted responsibility for his actions.
• Laxus told Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow to remain in the guild, then asked Jiang Bai to look after it.
• Makarov announced that he would leave the guild and suggested Jiang Bai as the next guild master.
• Jiang Bai reminded Makarov about the Fantasia Parade and the guild's losses, prompting Makarov to ask how much compensation would cost.

Jiang Bai persuaded Makarov and the guild to let Laxus stay in Fairy Tail and repay the damage through jobs. Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe thanked the guild, and everyone prepared for the Fantasia Parade.

• Jiang Bai told Makarov that repairing Cardia Cathedral would take about thirty years of his savings, and Makarov collapsed in despair.
• Jiang Bai proposed that Laxus stay in Fairy Tail and repay the debt by taking jobs.
• The guild members supported Laxus staying, and Jiang Bai reminded Makarov that the guild should help its family recover from mistakes.
• Makarov agreed, and Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe bowed and thanked the guild.
• Natsu teased Laxus for crying, and the guild celebrated before Jiang Bai sent everyone to prepare for the Fantasia Parade.