Vol. 3The Seven-Year Return

Jiang Bai helped Fairy Tail survive the Edolas crisis and Grimoire Heart’s invasion, then spent seven years with Mavis inside Fairy Sphere. Fairy Tail returned to a changed world, rebuilt and trained for the Grand Magic Games, and arrived in Crocus facing rival guilds and Dragon Slayers.

  • Gildarts returned to Magnolia and told Natsu about the black dragon that had defeated him on the 100-Year Quest.
  • Jiang Bai resisted Anima, traveled to Edolas, found Lisanna, and helped Fairy Tail fight King Faust’s forces before kissing Erza Scarlet in front of Erza Knightwalker.
  • Jiang Bai defeated Jiang Bai Warren in a duel and urged him to reverse Anima, while Warren defeated Droma Anim and took the crown after killing Faust.
  • Lisanna reunited with Mirajane and Elfman, and Makarov began the S-Class exam, where Natsu and Happy found Jiang Bai at the end of passage E.
  • Jiang Bai found Zeref on Tenrou Island and sent him away before Grimoire Heart invaded and Fairy Tail fought its members.
  • Jiang Bai defeated Precht and then fought Acnologia, growing to the dragon’s size and telling Makarov to lead the others away.
  • Jiang Bai stayed with Mavis inside Fairy Sphere for seven years, and Fairy Tail returned to find its guildhall sold and the guild fallen into poverty.
  • Jiang Bai trained Fairy Tail for the Grand Magic Games and brought the guild to Crocus, where Gray faced Lyon and Natsu and Lucy met Sting and Rogue.
Chapters 201–300 Read from Ch. 201

Arc 9The Edolas Conflict

Jiang Bai traveled to Edolas with Natsu and the others to bring Fairy Tail home, reunite Lisanna with her family, and stop Anima. After the Dragon Slayers freed Erza and Gray from the Magic Crystal, Jiang Bai confronted King Faust and fought his counterpart, while the reunited Fairy Tail arrived to join him.

  • Gildarts returned to Magnolia, told Natsu about the black dragon that had defeated him on the 100-Year Quest, and agreed to tell Cana about his injuries.
  • Anima pulled Mirajane, Elfman, and the rest of Fairy Tail toward Edolas, but Jiang Bai resisted its pull and then joined Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla in entering the vortex.
  • Jiang Bai found Lisanna in Edolas and explained how she had vanished from Earth-land, and Edolas Mirajane and Elfman urged her to return to her family.
  • After Levy relocated the guild, Jiang Bai replenished its Magic Crystal, defeated Queen Lucy in a fight, and set out for the royal capital with her and the others.
  • Jiang Bai declared war on Edolas after learning the Magic Crystals would be drained in five days, while King Faust ordered Erza Knightwalker and Jiang Bai Warren to guard the capital’s crystal.
  • Jiang Bai rescued Earth-land Lucy from pursuing soldiers, then Gajeel restored the Dragon Slayers’ magic and Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy shattered the palace’s giant Magic Crystal, freeing Erza and Gray.
  • Jiang Bai confronted Faust, Knightwalker, and Warren in the throne room, defeated Hughes, and fought Warren while holding back his strength.
  • Natsu, Gray, Erza Scarlet, Wendy, Gajeel, and Happy arrived to support Jiang Bai, who explained that destroying Anima would return everyone home, then kissed Erza Scarlet in front of Knightwalker.
Chapters 201–22525 summaries Read

Arc 10The Tenrou Island Exam

Jiang Bai helped Warren defeat King Faust, reverse Anima, and begin rebuilding Edolas, then returned to Fairy Tail as the guild welcomed Lisanna home and prepared for the S-Class Mage exam. The exam began on Tenrou Island, where Natsu and Happy chose a path that led straight to Jiang Bai.

  • Jiang Bai defeated Jiang Bai Warren in a full-power duel, then pushed him to confront King Faust and reverse Anima.
  • Faust unleashed Droma Anim and its Black Heaven form, but Warren defeated the machine and killed Faust while Jiang Bai stopped the Magic Crystal island from reaching Extalia.
  • Mystogan reversed Anima and returned Fairy Tail’s members to Earth-land, while Warren accepted the crown and began planning an electric power source for Edolas.
  • Jiang Bai and the others returned to Magnolia, where Lisanna reunited with Mirajane and Elfman, and the guild celebrated her homecoming.
  • Makarov announced the S-Class Mage exam and named eight candidates, while Carla foresaw Jiang Bai fighting a mysterious black-robed man.
  • Cana confessed her shame about failing the exam, and Gildarts reassured her that her safety mattered more than becoming strong.
  • Jiang Bai, Erza, and Mirajane reached Tenrou Island to prepare the exam, and Makarov explained the first test’s branching paths and challenges.
  • Makarov started the exam, the candidates raced toward the island, and Natsu and Happy chose passage E before finding Jiang Bai waiting at its end.
Chapters 226–25025 summaries Read

Arc 11Tenrou Island Under Siege

Fairy Tail faced Grimoire Heart’s invasion while Jiang Bai helped the guild defeat its members and confronted Zeref. Acnologia then arrived, and Jiang Bai began a massive battle with the dragon.

  • Natsu, Lucy, Cana, Gray, and the other candidates completed Jiang Bai’s trials, while Mest and Wendy passed by choosing the marked passage.
  • Makarov began the second trial to find Mavis Vermillion’s grave, but Jiang Bai discovered Zeref on Tenrou Island and sent him away after refusing to kill him.
  • Grimoire Heart invaded the island, and Gajeel defeated the monsters attacking him and Levy before Jiang Bai gathered the Fairy Tail mages to face their enemies.
  • Fairy Tail defeated Grimoire Heart’s fighters, while Cana awakened Fairy Glitter and Natsu overcame Zancrow’s god fire.
  • Jiang Bai defeated Precht by destroying the part of Grimoire Heart’s airship that contained his demon heart, and Makarov let the surviving guild members leave.
  • Zeref killed Hades and the others aboard the airship, then Acnologia arrived at Tenrou Island and threatened Fairy Tail.
  • Jiang Bai blocked Acnologia’s attack, wounded him with a giant energy sword, and prepared to fight him with Giant Magic.
  • Jiang Bai grew as large as Acnologia and told Makarov to take the others farther away.
Chapters 251–27525 summaries Read

Arc 12Fairy Tail Returns

Jiang Bai and Fairy Tail survived Acnologia’s attack inside Mavis’s seven-year Fairy Sphere, then returned to find their guild fallen into poverty. After rebuilding their bonds and training for the Grand Magic Games, Fairy Tail arrived in Crocus and faced rival guilds and Dragon Slayers.

  • Jiang Bai fought Acnologia until Etherion restored the dragon’s strength, and Makarov and Fairy Tail charged to buy Jiang Bai time before Mavis’s Fairy Sphere vanished Tenrou Island and froze its inhabitants.
  • Jiang Bai remained with Mavis on Tenrou Island for seven years, studying magic and playing games while Fairy Tail declined and sold its guildhall.
  • Jiang Bai and the others returned to Fairy Tail, drove off Twilight Ogre, and Jiang Bai punished the former Magic Council officials who had fired Etherion.
  • Fairy Tail reunited with Mavis and learned that the guild had fallen to last place, while Natsu challenged Marcus and proved how much he had grown.
  • Makarov entered Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games, and Jiang Bai agreed to compete as Natsu and Gajeel demanded places on the team.
  • Jiang Bai trained Fairy Tail, Lucy awakened Star Dress, and Ultear awakened the guild members’ Second Origins before the tournament.
  • Jiang Bai brought Fairy Tail to Crocus, where he used his Lord Infinity token to have two men who had mocked the guild arrested and their accusers expelled.
  • Gray faced Lyon’s challenge over Juvia, while Natsu and Lucy met Sting and Rogue, who claimed they could defeat Acnologia as Third Generation Dragon Slayers.
Chapters 276–30025 summaries Read
Volume 3 of 5
Volume 3 of 5