Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bai demonstrated his Infinity defensive magic to Erza during a spar, then decided to take jobs and went to the guild hall. The chapter ended with him telling Makarov he wanted to take a job.

• Erza stopped her first punch when Jiang Bai did not dodge, thinking he was looking down on her.
• Jiang Bai explained that he was testing his defensive magic, and Erza attacked again with all her strength.
• Erza's fist could not reach Jiang Bai because his Infinity magic stretched the space between them, leaving her amazed.
• Jiang Bai decided to experience a wizard's everyday life by taking jobs and making money.
• Jiang Bai found Makarov at the guild hall and told him he wanted to take a job.

Jiang Bai challenged Makarov to a spar to prove he was ready for a mission, and the guild gathered to bet on how many of Makarov’s punches he could withstand. The chapter ended as Jiang Bai insisted he would defend while Makarov attacked, prompting the guild master to prepare to test him.

• Makarov objected to Jiang Bai taking a mission, but Jiang Bai proposed a spar to prove he met Makarov’s standards.
• Makarov agreed and led Jiang Bai to the clearing outside the guild, where the guild members gathered to watch.
• Wakaba opened bets on how many punches Jiang Bai could take, and most guild members wagered that he would be defeated immediately.
• Jiang Bai bet a gold coin on himself surviving three or more punches and told the crowd to prepare his winnings.
• Makarov warned Jiang Bai against arrogance, but Jiang Bai said he would only defend while Makarov attacked, and Makarov readied himself to begin.

Jiang Bai stood unharmed as Makarov tested him with three attacks, each stopping just short of his chest and vanishing. Makarov and the guild members were left stunned by Jiang Bai’s strange defensive magic, while Makarov wondered how the six-year-old had developed it so quickly.

• Makarov enveloped his fist in golden magic and punched Jiang Bai, but the attack slowed to a halt just before reaching him.
• Makarov struck a second time with greater speed and force, but Jiang Bai’s unseen defense stopped his fist again.
• Makarov sent a ball of golden magic at Jiang Bai, and it slowed to a stop near his chest before disappearing.
• The crowd realized Jiang Bai had endured three attacks from Makarov without moving or being hurt, while Wakaba reacted to the bet’s outcome.
• Makarov praised Jiang Bai and considered how the boy’s spatial barrier had swallowed his attacks.

Makarov granted Jiang Bai permission to take B-rank jobs after seeing how well his defensive magic withstood the master's attacks. The guild members crowded around Jiang Bai to question him after he revealed that maintaining the magic had exhausted his magic power.

• Makarov warned Jiang Bai that Space Cutting would be ineffective against powerful opponents, and Jiang Bai accepted the advice politely.
• Makarov gave Jiang Bai special permission to take jobs ranked B or below, arguing that his defense and Space Transfer made him suited to them.
• Makarov realized Jiang Bai had run out of magic power, and Jiang Bai admitted he had tested how long he could maintain Limitless.
• Wakaba and Macao crowded around Jiang Bai, and Macao asked what kind of magic had blocked Makarov's attacks.

Jiang Bai explained that his defense stopped attacks by making them cross an infinite series of shrinking distances, leaving the guild members stunned by the power and implications of his magic. Makarov realized Jiang Bai was manipulating the laws of the world, while Erza watched him with pride.

• Erza brought Jiang Bai water and shielded him from the guild members’ questions as Makarov secretly listened from nearby.
• Jiang Bai drew lines in the dirt and explained to Wakaba and the others how infinitely dividing the distance kept attacks from reaching him.
• The guild members struggled to understand the idea and concluded that Jiang Bai’s magic could provide absolute defense.
• Erza watched Jiang Bai with growing pride, while Makarov recognized that his magic redefined space and distance.

After recovering some magic, Jiang Bai chose a dangerous B-rank Vulcan subjugation job, and Makarov forbade Erza from joining him. Erza accepted that she was not yet strong enough and left to train, determined to stand beside Jiang Bai as an equal.

• Jiang Bai recovered enough magic to get up and chose a 700,000 J B-rank request to exterminate the Vulcans near Hargeon.
• Makarov warned Jiang Bai that the Vulcan population was dangerous and urged him to take an easier job, but Jiang Bai insisted he needed money and combat experience.
• Erza asked Makarov to let her accompany Jiang Bai, but Makarov refused, fearing she would put them both at risk.
• Jiang Bai agreed with Makarov and explained that he could escape alone but could not safely protect Erza while fighting the Vulcans.
• Erza left for the training ground, resolved to become strong enough to stand beside Jiang Bai without holding him back.

Jiang Bai traveled to the eastern mountains of Hargeon to deal with the violent Vulcans and demonstrated how he could use Limitless to withstand their attacks. After cutting down several of them with Space Cutting, he sensed a much stronger creature awakening in their cave.

• Makarov gave Jiang Bai a map and emergency food, warned him to put safety first, and watched him leave the guild.
• Jiang Bai arrived in the eastern mountains of Hargeon, where miners warned him that the Vulcans had killed miners and defeated a team of mages.
• Jiang Bai entered the Vulcans' territory and repeatedly activated Limitless to stop their boulders, lava, and punches without exhausting his magic.
• Jiang Bai used Space Cutting to dismember the largest Vulcan and then killed several others with invisible slashes.
• The surviving Vulcans fled as Jiang Bai turned toward their cave and sensed a much stronger creature awakening inside.

Jiang Bai defeated the Vulcan leader with ease, but the effortless victory made him realize his attacks were too limited. He left the mountain determined to develop Limitless’s Blue and Red techniques.

• The Vulcan leader attacked Jiang Bai with ground fissures and a lava blast, but Limitless left him unharmed.
• Jiang Bai trapped the leader in a spatial cage and cut it into countless blocks, completing the mission.
• Jiang Bai recovered the leader’s magical horn as proof of the mission and reflected on how little challenge the battle had offered.
• Jiang Bai considered how Space Cutting might fail against enemies with regeneration, fluid bodies, or spatial magic.
• Jiang Bai decided to prioritize developing Blue and Red, then left the mountain with renewed focus.

Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail after completing the Vulcan subjugation quest and stunned the guild by presenting the leader’s horn. Makarov recognized Jiang Bai’s extraordinary strength and wondered whether he might one day understand and befriend Laxus.

• Jiang Bai traveled back by train instead of using spatial transfer, wanting to experience ordinary life along the way.
• Macao, Wakaba, and other guild members assumed Jiang Bai had abandoned the quest and mocked his return without a reward.
• Jiang Bai produced the Vulcan leader’s horn from his space pouch and dropped it on the bar, proving that he had completed the quest.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov that the B-rank quest had been too easy, leaving the guild members shocked and envious of his spatial magic.
• Makarov compared Jiang Bai’s confidence to Laxus’s, then wondered whether the two powerful young mages could become friends.

Laxus confronted Jiang Bai after hearing rumors of his B-rank feat and challenged him to a fight. Laxus’s surprise attack stopped inches from Jiang Bai, who dismissed his strength and prepared to test his repulsive power.

• Laxus returned to the guild, heard about Jiang Bai’s feat, and challenged him to prove his strength.
• Jiang Bai agreed to go elsewhere, but Laxus attacked his back with a lightning-charged punch.
• Jiang Bai’s defense stopped Laxus’s fist less than an inch from his head.
• Jiang Bai mocked Laxus’s speed and strength as repulsive energy gathered in his eyes.

Jiang Bai and Laxus fought a fierce battle that left Magnolia’s street in ruins, with Jiang Bai’s spatial defense and invisible slashes overwhelming Laxus. As both fighters neared their limits, Laxus prepared a devastating final attack while the guild members feared someone would die.

• Jiang Bai wounded Laxus with an invisible spatial slash, and Laxus excitedly challenged him to fight outside.
• Laxus unleashed repeated lightning attacks while Jiang Bai defended with Limitless and countered whenever Laxus briefly faltered.
• The battle devastated Magnolia’s street, leaving Laxus covered in cuts and Jiang Bai nearly drained of magic power.
• Laxus declared that he would concede if Jiang Bai survived his final move, then gathered immense lightning in his throat as Macao and Wakaba feared the attack would kill someone.
• Jiang Bai assured the onlookers that he was there.

Jiang Bai blocked Laxus’s Lightning Dragon’s Roar, and the two became close friends through six years of intense sparring. By X777, Jiang Bai and Erza had turned twelve, while Jiang Bai, Erza, and Laxus had grown into prominent young mages in Fairy Tail.

• Laxus unleashed Lightning Dragon’s Roar, but Jiang Bai used his spatial barrier to split the attack and withstand it.
• Laxus collapsed from exhaustion, learned Jiang Bai’s name, and vowed to break through his defense next time.
• Over the next six years, Laxus repeatedly sparred with Jiang Bai, who mastered Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue and Cursed Technique Reversal: Red but could not yet use Hollow Technique: Purple.
• Jiang Bai repaid Makarov, bought a two-story house, and Erza claimed its master bedroom after moving in.
• By X777, Erza could take on difficult B-rank missions alone, and Jiang Bai and Laxus were known as Jiang Bai the Infinity and Laxus the Thunder God.

Natsu Dragneel arrived at Fairy Tail searching for his father, the fire dragon Igneel, and the guild members mocked him when they did not believe his story. Jiang Bai recognized Natsu and his scarf but kept what he knew secret, while Makarov welcomed the boy as part of the guild’s future.

• Jiang Bai entered Fairy Tail and teased Macao about drinking too much before joining Erza at the bar.
• Makarov returned from a guild masters’ meeting with pink-haired Natsu, who asked the guild if anyone had seen Igneel and declared that the fire dragon was his father.
• The guild members laughed at Natsu’s claim, while Erza sympathized with him and Jiang Bai recognized him as Natsu Dragneel, a Dragon Slayer.
• Makarov explained that he had found Natsu in a nearby forest after sensing unusual magic and learned that the boy had become separated from his father.
• Jiang Bai teased Makarov for bringing another child into the guild and suggested he was relying on the younger generation to revitalize Fairy Tail.
• Makarov reflected on Jiang Bai, Laxus, Erza, and Natsu as the guild’s future, then declared that their era had begun.

Jiang Bai endured the physical strain of his rapidly growing magic power while Erza cared for him and Laxus challenged him to meet again at the S-Class Exam in two years. A year later, Jiang Bai had adapted to his power and began to question whether precise control still mattered.

• Macao and Wakaba joked with Makarov, and Jiang Bai promised to help make Fairy Tail the strongest guild in Fiore.
• Natsu burst into the guild demanding to fight Jiang Bai, but Erza knocked him unconscious before he could attack.
• Erza fed a tired Jiang Bai apple while the guild members complained jealously.
• Laxus returned from a mission, learned Makarov would let Jiang Bai take the S-Class Exam at fourteen, and vowed to challenge him there in two years.
• A year later, Jiang Bai had grown accustomed to his magic power and questioned the need for precise control.

Jiang Bai was sent on an urgent commission after a demon appeared in Kardia Village. He left Fairy Tail at once, though he could not recall why the village seemed important.

• Natsu challenged Jiang Bai, but his attack stopped at an invisible barrier, and Jiang Bai sent him crashing through a wall with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.
• Makarov gave Jiang Bai a commission that specifically named the guild and said a demon had appeared at its destination.
• Jiang Bai reluctantly agreed to go after Makarov said the emergency required his strength and speed.
• Jiang Bai recognized the name Kardia Village as possibly connected to an important event but could not remember the details.
• Jiang Bai vanished to begin the job and asked Makarov to pass a message to Erza when she returned.

Jiang Bai investigated the reports of a demon in Kardia Village and found Mirajane Strauss alone in a cabin, her right arm transformed by demonic magic. He recognized her but turned away after accidentally startling her, and tried to think of a plausible way to explain his arrival.

• Jiang Bai arrived in Kardia Village to investigate a job and used his magic to overcome the village chief's doubts about his strength.
• The village chief told Jiang Bai that demonic noises had come from the church at night and that a girl who entered it had been possessed.
• Jiang Bai sensed a current of evil magic and used Space Transfer to reach its source in a wooden cabin.
• Jiang Bai found a silver-haired girl struggling to dress, and she screamed when she saw him appear.
• Jiang Bai recognized the girl as Mirajane Strauss, turned away, and decided to calm her without revealing that he knew who she was.

Jiang Bai found Mirajane Strauss in a cabin and explained that her demonized arm came from Take Over Magic, not possession. When he sensed villagers gathering in the center and Mirajane feared they had taken Elfman and Lisanna, she rushed there while Jiang Bai vanished using spatial magic.

• Jiang Bai introduced himself to Mirajane and explained that her arm was a rare form of Take Over Magic.
• Mirajane told Jiang Bai her name and became wary when he asked about her younger siblings, Elfman and Lisanna.
• Jiang Bai sensed villagers gathering in the village center and noticed the atmosphere seemed unusual.
• Mirajane remembered that Elfman and Lisanna had gone out to find food and feared the villagers had captured them.
• Mirajane raced toward the village center, and Jiang Bai vanished from the cabin using spatial magic.

Jiang Bai rescued Elfman and Lisanna from villagers who planned to burn them as demon spawn, then offered to take the siblings and Mirajane to Fairy Tail. Mirajane asked whether he minded her demon arm, and Jiang Bai told her he thought she was powerful.

• Jiang Bai used his magic to immobilize the villagers and free Elfman and Lisanna from the stakes.
• Jiang Bai told the frightened children he had come to help their sister, and Mirajane arrived and embraced them.
• Mirajane thanked Jiang Bai and forgave him for barging into her room earlier.
• Jiang Bai told the village chief that the demon had already been dealt with and offered to take Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna away.
• Jiang Bai invited them to Fairy Tail, and when Mirajane asked if he minded her demon arm, he said he thought she was powerful.

Mirajane left the village with Jiang Bai, Elfman, and Lisanna, then revealed that she had sensed an ancient seal beneath the church weakening and containing evil magic. Jiang Bai calmly told her he already knew, leaving the threat beneath the village unresolved.

• Mirajane chose to leave the village with Jiang Bai and her siblings, and the villagers let them go.
• As they walked through the woods, Mirajane told Jiang Bai that she had sensed a sealed source of magic beneath the church.
• Mirajane explained that Satan had been attacking the seal and that she had absorbed the demon to stop it.
• Mirajane warned that the seal was nearly broken and that the evil magic beneath it could escape.
• Jiang Bai showed no surprise or anger and told Mirajane that he already knew.

Jiang Bai explained that the village’s seal would gradually corrupt the villagers and shorten their lives, but he refused to intervene after they tried to burn Mirajane’s siblings. After Mirajane passed out from exhaustion, Jiang Bai took her and the children into the forest, where he reassured her about her arm and gave her a cloak to conceal it before they traveled to Fairy Tail.

• Jiang Bai told Mirajane that the sealed magic would cloud the villagers’ minds and shorten their lifespans by about a third, but he would leave them to face the consequences of their actions.
• Jiang Bai reassured Mirajane that protecting her family did not make her cruel, and she collapsed after her guilt and exhaustion overwhelmed her.
• Jiang Bai caught Mirajane, carried her with Elfman and Lisanna into the forest, and made them a meal after she woke.
• Mirajane asked whether her demonic arm could be restored at Fairy Tail, and Jiang Bai assured her that the guild master could handle it.
• Jiang Bai said they would take a train to Fairy Tail and gave Mirajane a hooded cloak to hide her arm from other people.