Recaps

Jiang Bai awakened his magic while trying to save Erza and the children of Rosemary Village, but he and Erza were forced to flee after the village was destroyed. At Fairy Tail, Jiang Bai developed a spatial defense and earned permission to take lower-ranked jobs, while Erza became his closest protector.

• Jiang Bai died in his old world, woke as a child in a forest, and learned from system 9527 that his unusual aptitude had sent him to the world of Fairy Tail instead of One Piece.
• Jiang Bai killed a giant wolf with telekinetic power, then joined Erza, Simon, and Kagura in Rosemary Village and gave Erza the surname Scarlet.
• Jiang Bai returned from a hunting trip to find Rosemary Village attacked, and the Black Magic Cult leader killed Uncle Rob and the villagers who charged him.
• Jiang Bai overcame his reluctance to use magic and unleashed his power, but the masked leader captured Erza, defeated Jiang Bai, and sent the children toward the Tower of Heaven.
• Erza awakened Requip Magic while protecting the injured Jiang Bai, and Makarov found them and brought them to Fairy Tail after Kagura disappeared from the village.
• Jiang Bai and Erza joined Fairy Tail, received matching guild marks, and grew closer as Erza trained to protect him and Jiang Bai studied mental and spatial magic.
• Jiang Bai developed Space Pouch and Infinity, proving that Erza's attacks and Makarov's strikes could not reach him through his spatial defense.
• Makarov granted Jiang Bai permission to take jobs ranked B or below, and Jiang Bai explained his distance-dividing defense to the curious guild members while Erza watched proudly.

Jiang Bai took on dangerous missions, welcomed Mirajane and her siblings into Fairy Tail, and continued his rivalry with Laxus as the guild’s younger generation grew. At the S-Class Exam, Jiang Bai defeated Laxus in the first round and faced Gildarts in a thirty-minute survival trial.

• Jiang Bai completed a B-rank Vulcan extermination mission near Hargeon, then proved his success to the guild and fought Laxus to a standstill before mastering Blue and Red over the following years.
• Makarov brought Natsu Dragneel to Fairy Tail, and Jiang Bai later accepted an urgent commission in Kardia Village, where he found Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna in danger.
• Jiang Bai rescued the Strauss siblings, invited them to Fairy Tail, and reassured Mirajane that the guild would accept her demon arm.
• Makarov welcomed Mirajane, Elfman, Lisanna, Gray, Freed Justine, Evergreen, and Bickslow into the guild, where Mirajane found acceptance and grew into a confident mage.
• Makarov opened the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam with Jiang Bai and Laxus as the candidates, and Erza won the chance to team up with Jiang Bai.
• In the first round, Jiang Bai stopped Laxus’s lightning attacks and defeated him, while Erza overcame Freed’s traps and powered the device that activated the ancient altar.
• Gildarts began the second round by requiring Jiang Bai to last thirty minutes without falling, and Jiang Bai vanished from his starting point after challenging him to finish quickly.

Jiang Bai earns S-Class status, helps Cana reunite with Gildarts, and grows closer to Mirajane while becoming one of Fairy Tail’s strongest mages. After rescuing Mirajane and her siblings from a dark guild, he helps her through Lisanna’s disappearance, then joins Natsu and Lucy in stopping a human trafficker.

• Jiang Bai fought Gildarts to a draw, earned S-Class status, and helped Cana reveal to Gildarts that she was his daughter.
• Two years later, Jiang Bai arranged an exam where Erza and Mirajane fought him together, and Erza won the S-Class promotion.
• Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna were trapped by a dark guild seeking to lure Jiang Bai into a trap, so Jiang Bai went alone to rescue them.
• Jiang Bai broke Wayne’s magic circles, survived the reflected Purple attack, and used Unlimited Void to defeat the dark guild before Mirajane carried him home.
• Mirajane admitted her frustration at needing Jiang Bai’s help, and he encouraged her to pursue the life she wanted.
• Lisanna disappeared into Edolas while protecting Mirajane from Elfman’s rampaging Beast King, and Jiang Bai promised Mirajane he would bring her back.
• Jiang Bai met Natsu and Lucy in Hargeon, then helped them confront Bora, the fake Fire Dragon who had stolen Lucy’s keys and trafficked people.
• Jiang Bai erased Bora and dealt with the guards, while Natsu invited Lucy to join Fairy Tail and she accepted.

Jiang Bai joined Erza and the others in stopping Eisenwald from using Lullaby, then destroyed the demon before it could threaten Clover Town. The Magic Council covered the mountain’s restoration but summoned Jiang Bai, and its envoy’s attempted arrest ended with Jiang Bai agreeing to go with the Rune Knights after forcing them to back down.

• Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail, where Mirajane welcomed him and Lucy, and Makarov burned the Council’s complaints before urging the guild to follow its own path.
• Mirajane welcomed Lucy into the guild, while Natsu left to search for Macao and later returned with him, and Jiang Bai defeated Natsu in a sparring match and helped him improve.
• Erza returned to Magnolia and recruited Jiang Bai, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy to stop Erigor and Eisenwald from using the Lullaby flute.
• Jiang Bai and the group pursued Eisenwald, and Jiang Bai defeated many of its members before heading ahead to intercept Erigor while Erza, Natsu, and Gray fought the rest.
• At the guild masters’ meeting, Jiang Bai explained Eisenwald’s plan, then intercepted Erigor and hurled him and Lullaby away from Clover Town.
• Lullaby transformed into a demon and attacked, but Jiang Bai erased it and the mountain behind it with Hollow Technique: Purple while sparing Erigor.
• Makarov scolded Jiang Bai over the destroyed mountain, while the Magic Council credited him with preventing a disaster and agreed to cover restoration costs before summoning him for a reprimand.
• Back in Magnolia, a Council envoy arrived with Rune Knights to arrest Jiang Bai, but Jiang Bai forced the envoy and a knight to their knees before leaving with the captain.