Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail with Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna, hoping to have them join the guild, while Makarov and Laxus also brought new children. The chapter ended with Freed Justine, Evergreen, and Bickslow declaring that they wanted to join and follow Laxus.

• Jiang Bai brought Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna to Fairy Tail, where the guild’s chaotic atmosphere frightened the newcomers.
• Jiang Bai told Macao and Wakaba that Mirajane could become powerful with Take Over Magic, then called for Makarov to register the children.
• Makarov arrived with Gray Fullbuster and explained that Gray wanted to join Fairy Tail.
• Laxus returned with Freed Justine, Evergreen, and Bickslow, who had followed him after he met them on a job.
• Freed Justine, Evergreen, and Bickslow announced that they wanted to join Fairy Tail and follow Laxus.

Makarov began admitting Jiang Bai and the other newcomers to Fairy Tail, while Jiang Bai explained Mirajane’s demonic arm and the villagers’ persecution to him. When Mirajane revealed the arm, the guild greeted it with excitement and admiration, leaving her feeling accepted and safe.

• Makarov led the newcomers to the bar to complete their guild admissions.
• Jiang Bai told Makarov that Mirajane’s arm had changed after she took over the demon Satan and explained what had happened in Kardia Village.
• Makarov approved Jiang Bai’s actions and gently asked Mirajane to show him her arm so he could understand how to help her.
• Mirajane revealed her scaled, clawed arm, and Natsu excitedly praised it instead of reacting with fear.
• The guild crowded around Mirajane’s arm with curiosity and admiration, and she cried with relief as she realized Fairy Tail accepted her.

Laxus challenged Jiang Bai to meet him in one year, while Natsu and Gray quickly became rivals until Erza stopped their fight and returned from her mission. Mirajane mastered basic Take Over Magic and, upon meeting Erza, felt an immediate urge to compete with her.

• Laxus told Jiang Bai that one year remained before leading Freed and his other followers upstairs.
• Natsu and Gray argued over their fire and ice magic and prepared to fight, while Makarov hoped their quarrel would help Gray recover from Ur's sacrifice.
• Erza returned from an escort mission, knocked Natsu and Gray unconscious, and scolded the guild members for their behavior.
• Erza greeted Makarov and asked Jiang Bai to go shopping with her for strawberry cake.
• Mirajane showed Jiang Bai that she could control her transformed arm, then felt a sudden desire to test herself against Erza.

Erza and Mirajane competed for Jiang Bai’s attention, each insisting he come with her. Jiang Bai settled the dispute by taking both of them to the dessert shop, where Erza could eat cake and Mirajane could show him her magic.

• Erza grabbed Jiang Bai’s arm and invited him to eat strawberry cake before the shop closed.
• Mirajane seized Jiang Bai’s other arm, transformed hers into a demon claw and back, and asked to show him the magic she had learned.
• Erza called Mirajane a newbie and told her to wait, while Mirajane argued that Jiang Bai was responsible for checking her progress.
• Jiang Bai freed himself from both girls and announced that they would all go to the dessert shop together, with him paying.
• Erza and Mirajane reluctantly agreed and left the guild beside Jiang Bai as Makarov watched them go.

A year after joining the guild, Mirajane had become a bold, powerful mage and her rivalry with Erza had grown into frequent clashes. Their latest fight ended when Jiang Bai stopped them with Telekinesis and sent them off to do a job, leaving the guild relieved that he alone could keep the two in check.

• Over the year, Mirajane transformed from a timid girl into a defiant mage, while Erza became an even more imposing guild disciplinarian.
• Natsu and Gray started another fight, and Erza moved to stop them before Mirajane mocked her and provoked a quarrel over Jiang Bai.
• Erza and Mirajane summoned their magic and prepared to fight, but Jiang Bai seized them both with Telekinesis after they woke him.
• Jiang Bai told Erza and Mirajane to go do a job, then dropped them onto the floor when they refused to listen.
• Erza and Mirajane walked away in opposite directions, and Macao and Wakaba remarked that Jiang Bai was the only one who could keep them in line.

Gildarts Clive returned to Fairy Tail, and Makarov announced the guild’s S-Class Mage Promotion Exam. Jiang Bai and Laxus Dreyar were the only candidates, leaving the other guild members stunned.

• Jiang Bai found the guild unusually quiet and saw Gildarts Clive back from his Ten-Year Quest.
• Makarov scolded Jiang Bai for sleeping through Gildarts’s return and explained that Magnolia had activated the Gildarts Shift.
• Gildarts praised Jiang Bai’s improved magic power and told Makarov to begin the gathering.
• Makarov announced that Fairy Tail’s annual S-Class Mage Promotion Exam had begun and named Laxus Dreyar and Jiang Bai as its only candidates.
• Erza congratulated Jiang Bai, while Mirajane quietly wished him luck.

Makarov announced that each S-Class Exam candidate could choose one guildmate as a teammate, and Erza and Mirajane both insisted on joining Jiang Bai. As the two went outside to fight over the choice, Laxus challenged Jiang Bai to show his strength in the exam.

• Makarov announced that the S-Class Exam would begin in an hour and that candidates could each choose one guildmate as a teammate.
• Jiang Bai saw Cana watching Gildarts leave and decided he would talk to her about their relationship after the exam.
• Erza and Mirajane argued over who would team up with Jiang Bai, knocked Natsu unconscious when he volunteered, and went outside to settle the dispute in a fight.
• Laxus confronted Jiang Bai and challenged him to show how much he had improved, and Jiang Bai answered that Laxus might lose too quickly.
• The guild members celebrated the coming clash between Jiang Bai and Laxus while Jiang Bai worried more about Erza and Mirajane's rivalry.

Erza won the contest to team with Jiang Bai, and the candidates traveled with Makarov and Gildarts to Huonia Forest for the S-Class Exam. Makarov started the exam with a paired challenge, while Gildarts announced that the first-round winner would have to endure thirty minutes against him to pass the second round.

• Erza defeated Mirajane and joined Jiang Bai's team, while Mirajane vowed to beat her next time.
• Makarov and Gildarts led Jiang Bai, Erza, Laxus, and Freed to Huonia Forest, where Jiang Bai rested his head on Erza's lap during the carriage ride.
• Makarov announced the first round, 'King and Knight': Jiang Bai and Laxus would fight along the King's Path, while Erza and Freed would clear magic beasts and power devices on the Knight's Path.
• Makarov explained that each king's teammate had to power a device before the king won, or the king could not advance.
• Gildarts announced that the first-round winner would face him and pass by lasting thirty minutes without falling.

Jiang Bai defeated Laxus in their trial battle, countering his attacks with Infinity, Blue, and Red. After Laxus exhausted himself on one final secret art, Jiang Bai continued to the mountaintop and stood alone at the ancient King's Altar.

• Freed and Erza entered the Knight's Path as their race began.
• Laxus attacked Jiang Bai with lightning, but Infinity stopped every strike.
• Laxus used Blue's pull to accelerate a point-blank Lightning Dragon Crushing Fist, but Jiang Bai repelled him with Red and sent him crashing into the mountainside.
• Laxus rose and unleashed Narumikazuchi, but Jiang Bai devoured it with Blue, leaving Laxus unable to continue.
• Jiang Bai praised Laxus, explained that most magic could not overcome him, and reached the ancient King's Altar alone.

Erza defeated Freed on the Knight's Path, but the two set aside their conflict to activate the Trial Platform's devices. At the summit, Jiang Bai entered the second round of the test and faced Gildarts, who challenged him to survive for thirty minutes.

• Erza used her Heaven's Wheel Armor to destroy Freed's rune traps, then broke through his Absolute Domain with her Adamantine Armor and defeated him.
• Erza and Freed reached the Trial Platform, cleared its magical beasts, and each channeled magic into one of the devices.
• The devices sent two pillars of light into the sky, activating the ancient altar beneath Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai appeared on a barren plain, where Gildarts announced the second round: Jiang Bai had to last thirty minutes without falling.
• Jiang Bai said thirty minutes was too long, challenged Gildarts to finish quickly, and vanished from his spot.

Jiang Bai’s fight with Gildarts intensified when Gildarts used Disassembly to erode Infinity and force Jiang Bai to spend magic power maintaining it. Jiang Bai answered with an unfinished Hollow Technique: Purple as Gildarts unleashed his full strength, and their attacks collided over the plain.

• Jiang Bai attacked Gildarts from behind, but Gildarts blocked the blow and praised his speed and strength.
• Gildarts used Disassembly to break down Infinity’s magical structure, forcing Jiang Bai to actively repair the barrier and drain his magic reserves.
• Jiang Bai used Blue to collapse the ground beneath Gildarts, who stopped maintaining Disassembly to neutralize the gravitational pull with Crush.
• Jiang Bai appeared high above the battlefield and brought Blue and Red together to form an unfinished attack, warning Gildarts not to underestimate it.
• Gildarts gathered his full strength into a golden fist blast as Jiang Bai unleashed Purple, and the two attacks collided above the barren plain.

Jiang Bai and Gildarts ended their trial with a devastating clash, and Jiang Bai’s attempt to use Unlimited Void backfired. Gildarts declared the match a draw and confirmed that Jiang Bai had earned S-Class qualifications.

• Jiang Bai’s and Gildarts’s attacks fused into a black sphere before erupting in a blast that carved a huge crater into the plain.
• Makarov, Erza, Freed, and Laxus watched the distant destruction and realized how powerful the battle had become.
• Jiang Bai and Gildarts recovered from the blast, with both badly injured and Gildarts praising Jiang Bai for matching his Crush.
• Jiang Bai tried to activate Domain Expansion, but his magic power went out of control and left him gravely weakened.
• Gildarts stopped fighting, called the match a draw, and told Jiang Bai that he had earned the qualifications for S-Class.

Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail after drawing with Gildarts and was announced as the guild’s newest S-Class Mage. As the guild celebrated, Laxus left to train, vowing to defeat Jiang Bai next time, while Jiang Bai resolved to bring him back from whatever path he took.

• Jiang Bai returned to the guild hall with Erza, Makarov, and bandaged Gildarts, startling the waiting guild members.
• Erza announced that Jiang Bai had fought Gildarts to a draw, and the guild reacted with awe as Natsu challenged him.
• Mirajane congratulated Jiang Bai while pretending not to care, but Lisanna exposed her blush and set off a chase through the guild hall.
• Makarov declared Jiang Bai Fairy Tail’s newest S-Class Mage and called for a celebration.
• Laxus left the party to train, promising Jiang Bai that he would not lose their next fight.
• Jiang Bai watched Laxus depart and vowed to drag him back no matter how far he went.

Jiang Bai confronted Cana about her hidden connection to Gildarts, and she confessed that he was her father. She had still not told Gildarts, and Jiang Bai questioned why she kept her distance from him.

• Jiang Bai left the guild’s celebration and found Cana drinking alone outside.
• Cana teased Jiang Bai about Erza and Mirajane, and he explained why he was afraid to drink again.
• Jiang Bai asked Cana whether Gildarts had a special connection to her, and she denied it before he challenged her explanation.
• Jiang Bai described how Cana watched Gildarts, exposing the feelings she had tried to conceal.
• Cana admitted that Gildarts was her father.
• Jiang Bai asked why Cana did not tell Gildarts the truth and suggested she might be holding back because she thought she was too weak.

Jiang Bai encouraged Cana to overcome her fear of disappointing Gildarts and arranged for them to meet at the river. Cana finally called Gildarts her father, and he embraced her as Jiang Bai watched from hiding.

• Cana confessed that she feared Gildarts would be ashamed of her because she was weak, and Jiang Bai assured her he would welcome her as his daughter.
• Jiang Bai told Cana to meet Gildarts at the riverside clearing the next morning and warned her not to back out.
• Jiang Bai woke Gildarts by tricking him with a story about a female mage swimming, then led him to the river.
• Cana emerged from the woods and called Gildarts her father, leaving him stunned before he pulled her into a tight embrace.
• Jiang Bai watched them reunite from a tree and thought he needed to pick up the pace.

At sixteen, Jiang Bai returned to Fairy Tail after completing another Ten-Year Quest and found Laxus growing increasingly resentful of the guild and his strength. Laxus stormed out after declaring that only he and Jiang Bai could lead Fairy Tail, leaving Jiang Bai frustrated by his rival’s stubbornness.

• Gildarts announced that Cana was his biological daughter and thanked Jiang Bai for helping him discover her, then warned Jiang Bai not to pursue Cana because of Erza and Mirajane.
• Two years later, Jiang Bai returned to the guild at sixteen, where Erza scolded him for keeping an unlit cigarette in his mouth and Macao praised him for completing a Ten-Year Quest.
• Jiang Bai dismissed the ancient dragon as an easy opponent and was praised for completing numerous S-Class Missions and two Ten-Year Quests.
• Laxus insulted the guild and claimed that only he and Jiang Bai could lead it to true strength, provoking Natsu and angering the guild.
• Jiang Bai tried to reason with Laxus, but Laxus declared he would prove his way was right and stormed out; Jiang Bai wondered why he remained so stubborn.

Makarov appointed Jiang Bai to examine this year's S-Class Mage candidates, Erza and Mirajane, and Jiang Bai objected to being caught between them. He agreed to have both women fight him, with whoever lasted longer earning the promotion.

• Makarov told Jiang Bai he would examine the S-Class Mage candidates again because Gildarts was away on a 100-Year Quest and Laxus was unsuitable.
• Jiang Bai guessed Erza and Mirajane were the candidates and protested that he would be trapped between them.
• Makarov blamed Jiang Bai for his romantic entanglements, then cried with envy over Jiang Bai's youth and the two women.
• Jiang Bai threatened to cancel the exam, prompting Makarov to stop crying and listen to his proposal.
• Jiang Bai suggested Erza and Mirajane fight him together, with the one who lasted longer becoming an S-Class Mage, and Makarov accepted.

Makarov announced that Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss were the candidates for the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam. On an uninhabited island, Jiang Bai set the exam as a team fight against him, with both women passing if they defeated him.

• Makarov announced Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss as this year's exam candidates.
• Natsu offered to help them, but Makarov said they would not have partners; Natsu then vowed to qualify next year and argued with Gray.
• Makarov, Jiang Bai, Erza, and Mirajane traveled to an uninhabited island for the exam.
• Jiang Bai confirmed he was the examiner and ordered Erza and Mirajane to team up against him.
• Jiang Bai said both women would become S-Class if they defeated him, and Makarov approved the rules.

Jiang Bai faced Erza and Mirajane in a battle on the island and effortlessly countered their strongest attacks with Infinity and his cursed techniques. Erza and Mirajane were left overwhelmed and despairing, while Jiang Bai had not moved from his starting position.

• Erza used Heaven's Wheel Armor and Mirajane transformed with Satan Soul, then they launched a combined ranged attack at Jiang Bai.
• Jiang Bai's Infinity stopped their swords and dark energy just short of his body, and their attacks faded as their magic ran out.
• Erza and Mirajane tried to attack Jiang Bai at close range, but Infinity slowed them; Jiang Bai used Red to repel them across the clearing.
• Erza charged in Giant Armor while Mirajane hurled Soul Extinction, but Jiang Bai pinned Erza with Blue and made Mirajane's energy spheres collide harmlessly behind Infinity.
• Erza and Mirajane stood panting and despairing as they realized Jiang Bai had defeated them without moving, and he had not used Hollow Technique Purple.

Jiang Bai tested Erza and Mirajane for Fairy Tail’s S-Class Exam with overwhelming Spiritual Pressure, and Erza endured it longer to win. After Porlyusica confirmed the pressure had only put them into a beneficial deep sleep, Makarov announced Erza Scarlet as the new S-Class Mage.

• Jiang Bai ended the battle and used Spiritual Pressure to test Erza and Mirajane’s wills.
• Mirajane collapsed first, and Jiang Bai caught her before she hit the ground.
• Erza held on longer, so Jiang Bai declared her the winner before catching her as she fainted.
• Jiang Bai brought both girls to Porlyusica, who said they were unharmed and their magic power would grow after they recovered.
• Erza and Mirajane woke up, and Makarov announced Erza Scarlet as the new S-Class Mage.