Recaps

Zorn fought Erza and Sugarboy while trying to understand how he had come to Edolas and why Erza seemed hostile toward him. He captured Sugarboy and the Kingdom Army, leaving himself to face Erza alone.

• Erza attacked Zorn with her Energy Cannon and Sonic Spear, but he blocked and reflected her attacks before parrying her at close range.
• Erza blasted Zorn into the sky with her Vacuum Spear, but Sugarboy’s attempt to strike him ended with Zorn kicking him into a crater.
• Zorn considered whether an identical version of him had appeared in this world or whether he had lost his memories before arriving in Edolas, while Erza charged him again.
• Erza told Sugarboy to retreat and alert the Capital, but Zorn surrounded the Kingdom Army with Light Swords to stop them from escaping.
• Erza unleashed her Holy Lance, Holy Stone World, while Sugarboy tried to soften Zorn’s giant Light Sword with the Rose Sword.
• Zorn transformed the Light Sword into chains, disarmed and bound Sugarboy and the Kingdom Army, then turned to face Erza alone.

Erza fought Zorn in the sky but, after he praised her, remembered their childhood meeting and training together. She put away the Holy Lance and stopped fighting, while Zorn wondered what important thing he had forgotten.

• Erza and Zorn clashed above the former Fairy Tail site, while their battle currents left the soldiers and Sugarboy dangling from chains in nearby trees.
• Zorn noticed Erza’s hurt and longing, concluded they were not enemies, and told her she was strong.
• A flashback showed Zorn rescuing young Erza from pursuers in a forest and helping her escape to another town.
• Zorn defeated a giant bear and taught Erza his power and Physical Arts, which she mastered with remarkable speed.
• Back in the present, Erza recalled Zorn’s praise, put away the Holy Lance, and stopped fighting.
• Zorn watched Erza lower her weapon and felt he had forgotten something important.

King Faust learned that magic crystal supplies were dwindling and that contact with Erza and Sugarboy’s units had been lost, prompting him to mobilize the kingdom and summon a powerful ally. Meanwhile, Mystogan decided to overthrow the kingdom with Laxus and Gajeel, while Fairy Tail discussed learning a new power system before Zorn arrived with a large group.

• Byro warned King Faust that magic crystal conversion had fallen and the kingdom had less than six months of magic power remaining.
• Coco reported that contact with Erza and Sugarboy’s units had been lost, so Faust ordered Hughes and Panther Lily to search the capital and investigate their last known location.
• After the others left, Faust gave Byro a token and approved his request to summon a powerful person.
• Laxus and Gajeel agreed to help Mystogan overthrow the kingdom and pursue a revolution that would replace reliance on magic with technology.
• Lucy and the Fairy Tail guild members discussed training in a new power system, and Zorn appeared at the guild entrance with three companions and a large crowd behind them.

Zorn and his companions returned to Fairy Tail’s guildhall with the soldiers defeated, and he revealed that Erza had secretly been helping them escape. In the Capital, Laxus and Mystogan confronted a cloaked man who looked exactly like Gildarts and prepared to fight him.

• Zorn brought the defeated soldiers to Fairy Tail’s guildhall, where Erza knocked Natsu down with one blow.
• Zorn explained that Erza had repeatedly let the guild escape unharmed, and she did not deny that she was on their side.
• Panther Lily inspected the ruined forest, learned that the enemy had disappeared, and ordered his soldiers to return to the Capital.
• Laxus and Mystogan encountered a cloaked figure in the Capital, who revealed a face identical to Gildarts’s and challenged them with an ancient-looking sword.
• Laxus gathered lightning in his hand and accepted the fight against the man.

A scarred Dark Guild boss learned that the Edolas prince had returned and ordered his men to prepare for battle. At Fairy Tail, Zorn led the group toward a confrontation with the kingdom, while Gajeel faced Panther Lily in battle.

• A subordinate told the scarred guild boss that someone had arrived from Another World and that the Edolas prince had returned, prompting the boss to order his men to prepare for battle.
• At Fairy Tail, Natsu urged Zorn to take him to fight the kingdom, and Erza said she trusted Zorn to succeed.
• Zorn agreed to leave, and Lisanna insisted on joining him; Mirajane and Elfman supported her decision.
• Panther Lily sent his soldiers back to the kingdom, then attacked Gajeel with his enlarged sword.
• Gajeel blocked Panther Lily's strike and praised his strength.

Laxus and Gildarts Est fought their way out of the Capital, while Mystogan left to respond to a new move by the kingdom. Elsewhere, Faust and Byro prepared to send the floating Magic Crystal toward the Exceed kingdom, and Hughes waited in the amusement park as someone approached.

• Laxus and Mystogan combined their attacks against Est, but Est broke free and countered them with ease.
• Laxus stopped Mystogan from fighting and sent him away after sensing a new move by the kingdom.
• Laxus struck Est with a lightning-charged punch and drove him out of the Capital, then pursued him with more attacks.
• Est emerged from Laxus's barrage with charred marks and challenged him to a sword fight; their clash split the clouds overhead.
• Byro told Faust that sending the floating Magic Crystal into the Exceed kingdom would make Eternal Magic Power flow into their kingdom, and Faust celebrated.
• Hughes sat bored in the amusement park, unaware of the other captains' situations, as footsteps sounded from a passageway.

Mystogan confronted King Faust to stop him from activating the Dragon Lock Cannon, but a woman and Third ambushed him and seized the key. The woman activated the cannon despite Mystogan restraining her, sending energy surging into the sky.

• Mystogan slipped past Hughes after putting him to sleep and entered King Faust’s conference room.
• Byro gave King Faust the Dragon Lock Cannon’s key, and Mystogan demanded that his father stop the activation.
• King Faust rejected Mystogan’s plea and used his scepter to block Mystogan’s Sleep Magic before attacking with lightning.
• A woman held King Faust at knifepoint while Third fought Mystogan, and she took the key as Byro lay unconscious.
• Mystogan restrained the woman with Fivefold Magic Circle: Miko Kagura, but Third shattered his defense and knocked him back.
• The woman broke free, inserted the key into the Dragon Lock Cannon, and unleashed a surge of energy into the sky.

Zorn and the Fairy Tail members arrived as the Dragon Lock Cannon activated, and Zorn swiftly overwhelmed the Dark Guild and Kingdom Army forces. The Fairy Tail group split up to handle the unfolding battles while Zorn faced the cloaked guild master, as the cannon’s chain reached toward the Magic Crystal island.

• Mystogan realized his Miko Staffs were nearly out of magic power as the city shook and the central castle descended.
• Zorn sensed several battlefields and hidden magic signatures, then destroyed the Dark Guild members and knocked out the Kingdom Army soldiers with his Light Swords.
• Zorn sent the others information about the three battlefields and vanished, while Magic Flute began playing an invisible spell that turned the soldiers against Fairy Tail.
• Wendy spotted Magic Flute, and Natsu and Happy flew toward him as Erza rushed to help Mystogan, who was fighting two opponents while protecting Byro and his father.
• Zorn faced the cloaked guild master as the Dragon Lock Cannon sent a chain toward the Magic Crystal island, and Zorn launched one Light Sword into the sky and another at the ground.

The Fairy Tail members confronted their opponents across the kingdom while the Exceed kingdom learned that its princess had returned. Zorn rescued Ximi after a clash sent Tami flying, then turned back toward the cloaked man.

• Mystogan rescued King Faust and Byro as a Light Sword destroyed the dragon-shaped Chains, and the battles across the kingdom took shape.
• Erza faced Ecloria, while Natsu and Wendy fought Magic Flute, Laxus fought Gildarts, Gajeel fought Panther Lily, and Zorn faced the cloaked man.
• Minister Nade told the cat queen that the princess had returned to this world and was fighting alongside people from Another World.
• Tami and Ximi secretly jumped from their island to join the fighting, but a collision between the Chains and a giant golden sword sent Tami flying away.
• Zorn struck the cloaked man with his sword and magic, caught the falling Ximi, and placed the frightened cat in his hood.

Zorn fought the cloaked man, who revealed himself as Ith- Brain and claimed they had a past grudge. Zorn unleashed half his power and attacked Brain, while the kingdom’s other battles paused in response to his Magic Power.

• Zorn used golden Magic Circles and beams to attack the cloaked man, but the man countered with black energy and broke free.
• Zorn placed the golden cat inside a defensive sphere, then unleashed his Magic Power, drawing the attention of people fighting elsewhere in the kingdom.
• Zorn formed golden armor and a tachi, clashed swords with the cloaked man, and learned that he was Ith- Brain.
• Brain sent a black slash at Zorn, who blocked it and redirected it into an Energy Cannon before summoning a rain of Light Swords.
• Brain was shocked by Zorn’s strength but steadied himself by thinking of his arrangements elsewhere.

Brain struggled to defeat Zorn, whose Holy Light and seemingly inexhaustible Magic Power overwhelmed him, while a black Magic Circle spread across the Town. Earlier, Gajeel fought Panther Lily and decided to make him his cat; the chapter left them flying toward the Capital to investigate the circle.

• Gajeel asked Panther Lily why he had joined the Kingdom Army, and Panther Lily angrily said he had abandoned his homeland.
• Gajeel caught Panther Lily’s Buster Marm, shattered it, and punched him, declaring that Panther Lily would be his cat.
• Panther Lily got back up and resumed fighting Gajeel, but a black Magic Circle appeared and spread across the kingdom.
• Panther Lily grabbed Gajeel and flew toward the Capital to find out what the circle was.
• Brain fought Zorn, but Zorn’s Holy Light kept countering his Dark Energy and his strength did not wane.
• Brain prepared to activate a black Magic Circle across the Town as Zorn gathered light for a final attack.

Zorn remembered how he had stopped Brain’s attempt to sacrifice people to summon a demon years earlier, then used Fairy Glitter to destroy the Dark Guilds and Brain’s bracelets. After the light faded, the Capital fell silent as Zorn sensed that his Dragon Slayer Magic was nearly merged with his magic.

• Zorn recalled that Brain had used the bracelets to gather the Dark Guilds, sacrifice mages and villagers, and plot to seize the throne, until Zorn stopped him with a slash.
• Zorn remembered that the goddess had hidden his memories after sending him to the wrong world, and he told Brain that stopping the ground magic had cost him little Magic Power.
• Zorn rose into the sky and summoned Fairy Glitter as Brain and the Dark Guild members trembled before its power.
• Mystogan and Erza had already defeated Third Brother and Ecloria, while Natsu, Wendy, Happy, Lucy, Gildarts, and Laxus watched Zorn’s spell.
• Zorn’s Fairy Glitter enveloped the Capital, erased the black Magic Circle, destroyed the Dark Guild members, and broke down Brain’s bracelets, which were linked to Jellal.
• The people in the Capital stood silent after the attack, and Zorn sensed that his Dragon Slayer Magic was almost fully merged with his magic.

Zorn reunited Ximi with Tami and learned that Happy was their lost older brother, while Mystogan chose to reverse Amani and send Edolas's magic power to Earth-land. As the kingdom began to tremble and lose its magic, Mystogan's father silently accepted his decision.

• Zorn reunited with Gajeel and Panther Lily, then rescued Ximi and brought him together with Tami, whom Laxus had found.
• Tami recognized Happy as the lost child of his aunt and uncle, and Happy realized he had found his younger brothers.
• The ground shook as Edolas's magic power began to vanish, and Zorn suspected Mystogan had made his choice.
• In a secret chamber, Mystogan reversed Amani to send Edolas's magic to Earth-land, believing the kingdom had to be destroyed before it could be reborn.
• Mystogan's father watched the operation from afar and accepted his son's decision.

As magic power drained from their world, the queen of Extalia revealed that she was an ordinary Exceed and confessed how the elders had used Shagotte’s foresight to make humans believe their people were powerful. Carla urged the Exceeds to save their country together, and as everyone began glowing and floating toward Another World, Zorn watched Mystogan approach.

• The people of the kingdom and Fairy Tail discovered that magic power was disappearing from their world, and Zorn told Natsu that their king had chosen this outcome.
• The queen admitted to the Exceeds that she was an ordinary, weak Exceed who had deceived them, and an elder explained how their people had invented their supposed divine power to protect themselves.
• The queen declared that Extalia would perish, leaving the Exceeds despairing over their helplessness.
• Carla challenged the Exceeds to stop giving up and rebuild their country together, and they rallied around the queen with renewed resolve.
• The Exceeds and Zorn’s group began glowing and floating toward Another World, while Zorn watched Mystogan approach.

Zorn staged a villainous attack so Mystogan could defeat him publicly and take his place as a powerful prince, while delivering Fairy Tail’s farewell rules to him. Zorn and the others then returned to their own world, leaving Mystogan and the people of the kingdom behind.

• Zorn made the people of the Capital believe he was attacking Mystogan, while secretly speaking to Mystogan and Fairy Tail about their farewell.
• Zorn reminded Mystogan of Fairy Tail’s three rules, and Mystogan accepted his duty to protect the kingdom.
• Mystogan caught Zorn’s attack and struck him, convincing the people that their prince had won.
• Zorn said goodbye to Erza, and she pierced him with the Holy Lance so it could travel with him to Another World.
• Fairy Tail members and their companions exchanged farewells as Zorn and the others vanished from the world.

Zorn and the others returned to Magnolia, where Happy reunited with his parents and Carla reconciled with the queen. The Exceed planned to search for the children sent to Earth-land six years earlier, while Tami and Ximi joined Fairy Tail and Gajeel reunited with Panther Lily.

• Mystogan rallied the people of his world, and Zorn and the others returned safely to Magnolia.
• Happy reunited with his parents, White Cat and Blue Cat, and tearfully told them how much he had missed them.
• The ministers explained that the queen had sent the children to Another World six years earlier to save them from the island's destruction, and Carla forgave her.
• Natsu suggested that the Exceed search for the children who had been sent to Earth-land, and the cats eagerly embraced the new goal.
• The queen and the other Exceed said goodbye as they settled nearby; Tami and Ximi chose to join Fairy Tail and follow Laxus and Zorn.
• Panther Lily appeared and asked to join Fairy Tail, and Gajeel joyfully embraced his partner.

Mystogan became king of Edolas as the kingdom and Fairy Tail recovered, while Erza trained Natsu and Gray and considered Gildarts’s request to join. Zorn and the others returned to their Fairy Tail, where a banquet celebrated their safe return and ended with Zorn and Cana spending the night together; the Guild Master also reminded Zorn that the S-Class Exam was approaching.

• Mystogan united the kingdom’s forces, the former king retired, and Fairy Tail became the kingdom’s leading guild as Erza joined and trained Natsu and Gray.
• Gildarts arrived in Edolas with a Guild Emblem Necklace and asked to join Fairy Tail, so Erza took him to seek the guild’s approval.
• Zorn and the others returned to Fairy Tail, where the guild members welcomed them with a banquet and celebrated Lisanna’s reunion with her siblings.
• Gildarts asked Zorn about his counterpart, and Laxus pursued Gildarts through a wall to continue their fight.
• Erza greeted Panther Lily, while Cana dragged Zorn away to ask about his relationship with Edolas’s Erza.
• The Guild Master reminded Zorn that the S-Class Exam was near, and the banquet continued until the early morning as Zorn and Cana reconciled.

Zeref’s deadly power killed a pack of wolves and nearby birds, leaving him grieving and longing for Natsu, while the Fairy Tail guild prepared to announce its S-Class Mage exam candidates. The master named eight participants and revealed that the exam would take place on Tenrou Island, leaving Lucy stunned to learn the S-Class Mages would serve as examiners.

• Zeref accidentally killed the wolves that attacked him, and his power also drained the life from nearby birds as he mourned and missed Natsu.
• Zorn returned to the guild with Cana, where he found Natsu and Gray fighting, Lucy complaining about Natsu, and Laxus recovering from his injuries.
• Erza sparred with Panther Lily and demonstrated her strength and control, while Gajeel proudly praised Lily.
• Zorn encouraged Cana about facing the S-Class exam and her father, Gildarts, and she resolved to ask him directly what he thought.
• Three days later, the master announced Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Juvia Lockser, Elfman, Cana Alberona, Freed Justin, Levy McGarden, and Mest Glide as the exam candidates, with the exam set for Tenrou Island.
• Lisanna told Lucy that the candidates would face the people on stage as examiners: Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, Zorn, Ur, and Gildarts.

Makarov announced that the eight candidates had one week to choose Fairy Tail partners for the two-person S-Class Exam, which would take place on Tenrou Island and pit them against Zorn, Erza, Laxus, and the other examiners. After the examiners left to prepare, the guild members discussed partners, and Natsu chose Happy while Juvia asked to team up with Gray.

• Makarov explained that candidates had one week to choose Fairy Tail partners, but could not select S-Class Mages, and that the exam would test both strength and teamwork.
• Zorn noticed Carla’s shocked expression and remembered her Future Sight, while the examiners warned the candidates they would face a difficult test on Tenrou Island.
• Zorn and the other examiners departed to prepare the venue after telling the candidates to meet at Hargeon port in one week.
• Natsu chose Happy as his partner and ran off with him to begin training.
• Juvia asked to withdraw from the competition so she could team up with Gray, and Cana punched Gray after he failed to understand her hint.

Cana asked Lucy to partner with her for the S-Class Exam, and the guild members paired up for the test. Wendy accepted Mest’s invitation to be his partner, and Zorn announced that their weeklong special training would begin the next morning.

• Cana asked Lucy to be her partner, and Lucy agreed to help her become an S-Class Mage.
• Loke returned to the guild, explained that he would end his contract with Lucy during the exam, and left with Gray to train.
• Lisanna paired Juvia with herself and encouraged Elfman to ask Evergreen to be his partner.
• Gajeel reassured Levy that he would help her become stronger, while Wendy noticed Carla’s concern about the exam and Zorn.
• Mest asked Wendy to be his partner, and she agreed; Zorn then announced that training would begin in the East Forest the next morning.

The S-Class Exam began as the candidates sailed toward Tenrou Island, where they learned the first test required them to reach the island and defeat the examiner guarding their chosen passage. Freed and Bickslow gained an early lead with a spell, but after the candidates broke through the barrier, everyone raced toward the island.

• The candidates sailed toward Tenrou Island, where the heat left Natsu and Gajeel seasick and the others spotted the island's enormous tree.
• Zorn and the other examiners entered their assigned passages while Zorn recalled Carla's warning about a shadow and a clash that could shatter heaven and earth.
• Makarov explained that the first exam required each team to reach the island, choose one of seven passages, and defeat the S-Class Mage guarding it.
• Freed and Bickslow used a spell formula to fly ahead, but an invisible barrier stopped Natsu and Happy from following them.
• Levy and Evergreen broke the formula enough to let their teams leave, and the remaining candidates waited until the spell wore off.
• The candidates raced toward Tenrou Island, with Cana running through the air while holding Lucy's hand, and Gildarts's daughter called after him.

The S-Class exam teams reached their routes and faced the examiners waiting to test them. Natsu confronted Zorn, while Juvia and Lisanna, Elfman and Evergreen, and Cana and Lucy each began facing powerful guildmates.

• Natsu and Happy entered Route E's neighboring passage, where Zorn challenged Natsu to show how much he had improved during training.
• Natsu fought through the pressure of Zorn's aura and broke free of its suppression with a surge of flames.
• Juvia and Lisanna encountered Erza, whose Sea King Armor countered Juvia's water attacks and whose Observation Haki helped her evade them.
• Lisanna used Cheetah Soul, Shave, and Armament Haki to attack Erza, but Erza blocked her and sent her flying before Juvia launched a follow-up attack.
• Elfman and Evergreen found Mirajane waiting for them, while Cana and Lucy encountered Gildarts; Cana prepared to fight as Gildarts remarked that she seemed familiar.

Cana and Lucy fought Gildarts during Cana’s S-Class Mage test, with Cana proving her strength while protecting Lucy from the battle’s aftermath. As their fight continued, tremors reached Zorn’s passage, where Natsu was struggling to rise from a huge pit.

• Cana and Lucy launched coordinated card attacks at Gildarts, and Lucy summoned Aquarius to unleash a waterspout that Cana froze into ice spikes.
• Cana attacked Gildarts with Painful Sky Leg, then protected Lucy with a Holy Shield when their clash shook the cave.
• Gildarts praised Cana after she put her attack aside to save Lucy, while Cana gave Lucy shield cards and said she wanted to earn S-Class rank through her own strength.
• Cana and Gildarts exchanged punches and magic attacks as Lucy watched from behind the shield.
• The tremors reached Zorn’s passage, where Zorn teased Natsu as he struggled to get up from a collapsed pit.

Gajeel and Levy, Gray and Loke, and Wendy and Mest fought their respective opponents in the S-Class exam, while three cats hurried to Tenrou Island to check on their friends. The battles remained unresolved as Freed began transforming into a demon form and Carla continued to worry about the visions involving Zorn.

• Laxus overwhelmed Gajeel until Levy gave him an iron block to eat, restoring his strength and enabling him to strike Laxus with Iron Dragon's Roar.
• Ur praised Gray's progress but warned that he still fell short of S-Class standards, then prepared to fight seriously against Gray and Loke.
• Mest used teleportation and physical attacks to help Wendy overpower Bickslow's puppets, while Freed began casting Darkness—Demon Form.
• Carla, Lily, Tami, and Ximi flew toward Tenrou Island after growing worried about their friends, and Carla remained troubled by her visions of Zorn.

Natsu fought Zorn during the S-Class Exam, first learning to stay calm and then pushing himself through a powerful attack. Zorn tested Natsu with overwhelming Magic Power, and Natsu passed after facing his fear and choosing to give up.

• Natsu charged Zorn without listening to his warning and was knocked into a crater, but he regained his composure and attacked again.
• Natsu traded blows with Zorn, endured a kick that buried him in rubble, and struck Zorn with his Dragon Slayer Secret Art.
• Zorn emerged unharmed and told Natsu his strength barely met the standard, but Natsu insisted that he needed to defeat Zorn to prove himself.
• Zorn released his Magic Power, overwhelming Natsu and disrupting the other examiners’ trials; Makarov feared that only one team would pass the first exam.
• Natsu faced Zorn’s murderous glare, admitted defeat, and heard Zorn explain that facing fear and recognizing weakness were requirements for becoming an S-Class Mage.
• Zorn confirmed that Natsu had passed and encouraged him to become an S-Class Mage and surpass him.