Recaps

Fairy Tail dominated the opening events as Jiang Bai won the Hidden contest and defeated Jura, while the guild’s other members fought to build their lead. The arc left Fairy Tail celebrating its strong start as the tournament’s next battles continued.

• Sting told Natsu that he and Rogue had killed their dragons, prompting Natsu to vow to prove his strength, and the teams began the race through the maze to Domus Flau Arena.
• Jiang Bai cleared a path through the maze and flew Fairy Tail Team A to first place, with Sting and Rogue second and Fairy Tail Team B third.
• Fairy Tail’s two teams were revealed as the first- and third-place preliminary finishers, and Lucy reunited with her supportive father Jude in the stands.
• Jiang Bai won the Hidden event after locating and humiliating Rufus, and the hosts revealed his status as a Ten Wizard Saints mage and Guardian Deity of the Kingdom.
• Jiang Bai defeated Jura by overwhelming his final attack with a gigantic Sky-Pillaring Sword, leaving Fairy Tail atop the first day’s standings.
• Natsu and Gajeel struggled with motion sickness during the Chariot event but finished sixth and seventh, helping Fairy Tail Team A retain the lead.
• Black Snake defeated Toby in the afternoon battle, and Toby revealed his embarrassing secret about losing a sock.
• Mirajane defeated Jenny after their swimsuit-themed match escalated into a wager over nude photos, earning Fairy Tail ten points.

Lucy defeated Yukino with a new Star Dress, and Erza and Wendy led Fairy Tail to major gains in the Grand Magic Games. After Raven Tail was disqualified and the guild’s teams merged, Natsu and Gajeel overwhelmed Sting and Rogue, leaving the pair to reconsider their pride and training.

• Lucy refused Yukino’s wager for her Zodiac keys, then defeated her with Star Dress: Leo Form and a blow that drove Ophiuchus back through its gate.
• Jiemma punished Yukino and threatened to expel Sting, but Minerva persuaded him to give Sting one last chance, and Sting and Rogue resolved to defeat Natsu and Gajeel.
• Erza defeated all one hundred monsters in Pandemonium, and Wendy’s MPF score placed her ahead of Orga as Fairy Tail claimed the event’s top positions.
• Laxus defeated every Raven Tail member, exposing their loss and causing the guild’s three-year disqualification, and Ivan warned him that Lumen Histoire was Fairy Darkness.
• Gray and Lyon fought to a draw, while Makarov, Laxus, and Jiang Bai discussed Lumen Histoire and comforted Mavis over her guilt about Precht.
• Makarov merged Fairy Tail’s teams and chose Jiang Bai, Laxus, Natsu, Gajeel, and Juvia, and Juvia tied with Minerva in Naval Battle, keeping Fairy Tail atop the standings.
• Natsu and Gajeel fought Sting and Rogue, repeatedly breaking through their combined attacks and Dragon Force until the Sabertooth pair were left beaten.
• Yajima explained that Fairy Tail’s dangerous battles had driven its members to grow, while Sting and Rogue’s comfortable success had fed their belief that they were invincible.

Fairy Tail won the Grand Magic Games, but Future Rogue’s deception opened the Eclipse Gate and brought nine dragons into Crocus. Jiang Bai and the guilds fought the dragons as Sting and the other Dragon Slayers rallied to join the battle.

• Natsu and Gajeel defeated Sting and Rogue, and Fairy Tail secured first place before the final citywide battle royale.
• Jiang Bai defeated Kagura, while Sabertooth overtook Fairy Tail until Jura withdrew and restored Fairy Tail’s lead.
• Jiang Bai defeated Sabertooth’s fighters, rescued Lector for Sting, and won Fairy Tail the Grand Magic Games.
• At the celebration, King Toma announced that ten thousand dragons would attack Fiore and explained the Eclipse Plan.
• Princess Hisui opened the Eclipse Gate, and Jiang Bai helped Lucy and Yukino close it after nine dragons entered Crocus.
• Future Rogue revealed that he had tricked Princess Hisui, then led the dragons toward the central plaza, where Jiang Bai stopped their attack.
• Jiang Bai released Atlas Flame and Zirconis for the guilds to fight and sealed seven other dragons inside an invisible enclosure.
• The Dragon Slayers wounded Atlas Flame, who broke free of Future Rogue’s control and turned the street into magma.
• Jiang Bai swung the Diamond Dragon into other dragons and slammed the Dragon of Darkness into the barrier, encouraging the mages to keep fighting.

Jiang Bai defeated the dragons threatening Fiore, ended the Eclipse Gate crisis, and returned to Magnolia with Fairy Tail. After the guild celebrated its restored home, he used dragon essence blood to strengthen its members, while Mavis learned that Zeref planned a coming war.

• Jiang Bai killed seven dragons with Unlimited Void, then helped Natsu and Atlas Flame defeat Zirconis before killing him and sparing Atlas Flame.
• Jiang Bai sent Future Rogue and Atlas Flame four hundred years into the past, closed and destroyed the Eclipse Gate, and refined the nine dragon corpses into essence blood and valuable remains.
• King Toma rewarded Jiang Bai with 1.3 billion J, and Jiang Bai returned to Magnolia with Fairy Tail to find the townspeople had rebuilt the guildhall.
• Jiang Bai gave Fairy Tail money for repairs, then lost control of his Psychokinesis after a drinking contest and launched the guild members through the hall.
• Mavis met Zeref, who said Fairy Tail would clash with Tartaros before he acted and declared war on the world in hopes that Jiang Bai would eventually kill him.
• Jiang Bai used dragon essence blood in an outdoor pool to temper Fairy Tail’s members, who endured the pain and emerged stronger.