Recaps

Fairy Tail celebrated its return to normal after the S-Class Exam, while Gildarts proudly doted on Cana and the guild members spent time together. Zorn reflected on what he had protected, then grew suspicious of the Magic Council after noticing a surge in job requests.

• Gildarts repeatedly showed off Cana as his daughter, embarrassing her with his affection.
• Romeo wished to learn fire magic, and Gajeel offered to connect him with Totomaru, who knew Fire Maker Magic.
• Meredy teased Juvia about Gray and brought her over to join Gray and Ultear.
• The First Master praised Makarov for his work as Guild Master while the guild celebrated together.
• Laxus confronted Zorn about keeping his knowledge to himself, and Zorn told him they could rely on each other.
• Zorn noticed a sudden rise in job requests and suspected the Magic Council was up to something.

Zorn and Cana enjoyed breakfast with Gildarts before helping Lucy after she became invisible and fled from a group of children. At the Magic Council, Zorn learned that the Grand Magic Games would begin next year and found a challenge letter bearing Raven Tail’s seal among complaints from other guilds.

• Zorn cooked breakfast for Gildarts, Cana, and Ximi while Gildarts kept watch over him and Cana.
• Lucy, invisible and naked after bathing in her magic potion, fled from children who had run into her.
• Zorn noticed Lucy hiding in an alley, and Cana used Observation Haki to find her and cover her with a cloak.
• At the guild, Lucy slapped Natsu after he pressed his face against her while trying to identify her by smell.
• Zorn received the Grand Magic Games notice and learned that Fairy Tail’s work assignments had angered other guilds.
• Zorn found a challenge letter from Raven Tail among the complaints and reacted with a sneer.

Zorn confronted the Magic Council over its scheme involving Fairy Tail, the Grand Magic Games, and the Eclipse Gate, then destroyed the Council’s meeting building. At Fairy Tail, Lucy’s potion made her vanish from everyone’s memory until Natsu and the others remembered her, while the Chairman sought help from the Four Gods of Ishgar.

• Zorn revealed that the Magic Council planned to use Fairy Tail against Tartaros, stir up guild rivalry through the Grand Magic Games, and gather magic power for the Eclipse Gate.
• Zorn detonated his golden orbs and reduced the Magic Council’s meeting building to rubble after the Chairman threatened him.
• Lucy’s potion made her body and clothes glow pink and turn transparent as Freed tried to counter its effect.
• Lucy vanished from the guild members’ awareness, and they forgot her while discussing the Grand Magic Games notice.
• Natsu remembered Lucy, prompting the others to recall her and their attempt to undo the potion’s magic.
• The Chairman told the commander to notify the Four Gods of Ishgar and ask how to handle Zorn.

Guild Master Makarov punished Zorn for destroying the Magic Council’s meeting building, and Zorn later told Laxus he planned to leave on a job before the Grand Magic Games. After sparring with Laxus and spending time with Cana, Zorn discovered that his departure had been exposed and a familiar group was waiting for him.

• Guild Master Makarov confronted Zorn at Fairy Tail, restrained him with the Three Pillar Gods spell, and punched him through the roof while Ultear prepared to repair the guild.
• Erza reassured Meredy that Fairy Tail members could act unconventionally, while Guild Master Makarov returned to his usual manner and asked Ultear and Mirajane for help.
• Zorn met Laxus while fishing in the East Forest, told him he planned to take a job, and asked him to keep the departure secret from Natsu and the others.
• Laxus challenged Zorn to a fight because he wanted to understand the gap between their strength, and they fought through the afternoon.
• Zorn relaxed with Cana at home, unaware that Ximi had revealed his plans, then saw a familiar group waiting for him when he set out.

Zorn’s planned honeymoon turned into a group trip when Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Lucy, and others joined him, and the party took on a job to capture Kees and his thieves. The Fairy Tail mages ambushed the thieves in their town and began tearing through them, while Éclair watched in shock at their strength.

• Zorn discovered that Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Lucy, Cana, and their companions had joined his trip, while Erza, Gajeel, Juvia, and Levy had been summoned to the Magic Council.
• Lucy revealed that she had planned to capture the thief Kees for a reward, so the group headed to his hideout on an island.
• Wendy noticed the town was unusually quiet, and Cana sensed the thieves waiting in ambush.
• Cana warned Natsu and Gray, who scattered as the thieves poured out and chased them.
• Wendy, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Cana attacked the thieves with their magic, destroying houses and sending many opponents flying.
• Éclair watched the mages overwhelm the thieves and wondered at Fairy Tail’s power.

Lucy and Natsu captured bandits while Éclair and Zorn found people to help with their wish. Erza learned that the dangerous Dragon Cry staff had been stolen, while Prince Cream hired Ruby Fairy Tail to retrieve the other half of the Phoenix Stone from Fairy Tail.

• Lucy summoned Taurus and Loke to fight the bandits, then questioned a survivor about their leader, Kees.
• Kees escaped through a narrow gap using Paper Magic, but Natsu caught him, and Lucy celebrated the mission's success.
• Éclair, Mengmeng, and Zorn decided they had found good people to help fulfill their wish.
• The king told Erza, Gajeel, Juvia, and Lily that Zash Caine had stolen Dragon Cry, a staff powerful enough to destroy a country, and Erza agreed to help recover it.
• Prince Cream hired Ruby Fairy Tail for four hundred million to obtain the other half of the Phoenix Stone, and the guild accepted the mission despite facing Fairy Tail.

Natsu and the Fairy Tail group traveled to Magic Town, where they explored before regrouping at their hotel. Cana told Zorn that Erza had reported the Kingdom’s staff was stolen and that the Magic Council wanted his help, leaving Zorn wondering if the Dragon Cry storyline had begun.

• Natsu suffered motion sickness on the train until Zorn remembered he could teleport and transported the group to the Rose Garden transfer station.
• The group explored Magic Town, then split up to visit its different streets and attractions.
• Natsu and Happy ate without paying and worked off their debt until Gray rescued them, while Gray was also detained by patrolling police officers for stripping.
• Wendy said she had seen Zorn and Cana coming out of a bridal shop, prompting Natsu and Gray to exchange a knowing look.
• Cana told Zorn that Erza had reported the Kingdom’s staff was stolen and the Magic Council wanted him to intervene.
• Zorn wondered whether the Dragon Cry storyline had started.

Zorn rescued Lucy and Éclair from an attack, captured the Ruby Fairy Tail assailants, and left to help Erza's group. In Altair City, Erza's plan to steal Minister Zexiu's ring was underway, with Juvia dancing to distract him as Zorn arrived.

• Zorn rescued Lucy and Éclair from the cloaked attackers and captured the assailants with his Chains.
• The cloaked leader recognized Zorn as one of the Ten Wizard Saints and fainted after Zorn identified his guild as Ruby Fairy Tail.
• Zorn left the captured attackers with Cana, Gray, Natsu, and Wendy and hurried to help Erza's group.
• In Altair City, Erza, Juvia, and Levy carried out their plan to obtain Minister Zexiu's ring by distracting him.
• Zorn arrived outside the tavern and saw Juvia dancing while Zexiu watched her intently.

Fairy Tail stole the Dragon Cry scepter from the tower, where Zorn awakened its power and transformed it into a sword. After Zexiu learned the scepter was missing, the guild regrouped and celebrated the successful mission, while Zorn planned to sleep.

• Gajeel had Juvia distract Zexiu while Erza passed the ring to Ultear, who copied it; Zorn took the replica and told the others to withdraw.
• Zorn reached the tower, sent Levy and Meredy away, put the guards to sleep, and used the ring to enter the vault.
• When Zorn touched Dragon Cry, its power answered his Dragon Slayer aura and transformed the scepter into a blade; he swung it and split the tower in two before escaping.
• Zexiu learned the scepter had been stolen and headed to the Royal Palace, suspecting the Fiore Kingdom was responsible.
• Zorn reunited the guild, declared the mission a success, and said he would send everyone back to Fiore the next morning.
• The guild members went off to relax while Zorn decided to sleep.

King Janimus ordered Zexiu to retrieve the scepter and kill Zorn’s group, while Éclair and Fairy Tail found a message from her late father in a ruined workshop. The chapter ended with Zexiu and Ruby Fairy Tail agreeing to cooperate against their common enemies.

• King Janimus crushed Zexiu with an invisible force, then ordered him to recover the scepter and leave no survivors if he encountered Zorn’s group.
• Zorn, Éclair, and the Fairy Tail mages traveled into the forest, where Zorn’s magic and the others’ spells defeated the attacking monsters.
• Éclair recognized a ruined house, and the group found a basement workshop where her father’s recording revealed that he had completed the magic needed to dispel the Phoenix Stone’s enchantment.
• Éclair heard her father call her his beloved daughter before the crystal ball shattered, and the group later discussed the ominous magic in the Phoenix Stone around a campfire.
• Zexiu and Ruby Fairy Tail clasped hands and agreed to cooperate.

Lucy and the other women comforted Éclair by promising to be her companions, while Makarov persuaded the Magic Council to act against the plot to resurrect the phoenix. As Fairy Tail was ambushed by controlled soldiers, Ruby Fairy Tail, and the Three Stars, Zorn recognized King Animus within Sonia and launched into battle.

• Lucy and the other women embraced Éclair and promised she would never be alone.
• Makarov warned the Magic Council that the Veronica Duke's Kingdom and its allies planned to resurrect the phoenix, and he demanded action under the national security order.
• A green-haired woman told the Council to trust Fairy Tail and follow the king's will, securing approval to bring out a weapon and stop the resurrection.
• Zorn stopped Fairy Tail as they entered Fiore, and soldiers, Ruby Fairy Tail, and the Three Stars surrounded the group and attacked.
• Zorn created Special Glasses for Fairy Tail and identified King Animus, the dragon inside Sonia, before charging toward her with Dragon Cry.
• Erza donned Heaven's Wheel Armor and charged the soldiers while the others prepared to fight.

King Animus took control of Sonia’s body and transformed into a crystal dragon, but Zorn forced the dragon out of her and faced it in battle. The dragon targeted the others with a powerful beam as Zorn prepared to stop it.

• King Animus clashed with Zorn’s sword, while Dist charged Éclair to seize the Phoenix Stone.
• Natsu and Gray attacked Dist with fire and ice, but his invisible force deflected their spells until Cana’s strike shook the ground and left him vulnerable.
• Cana sent Cotinita flying, while Gajeel fought Kanon and criticized his Doll Magic.
• Zorn arrived beside Éclair with Sonia and asked her to protect Sonia, then revealed he had driven the dragon out of her body with Dragon Cry.
• The freed Yamimus Dragon declared its freedom and attacked Zorn, who wounded its arm with a slash empowered by Dragon Slayer Power and holy light.
• The Yamimus Dragon gathered a high-energy beam and aimed it at the fighters still battling nearby.

Fairy Tail’s members defeated Ruby Fairy Tail’s Three Star Generals and trusted Zorn to stop the Crystal Dragon. Zorn restrained the dragon with the Light-Binding Dragon Lock Formation and deflected its Energy Cannon, then compared its strength to Acnologia’s.

• Cana knocked Cotinita away and caught up with her as she fled the Crystal Dragon’s attack.
• Wendy strengthened herself with enchantments, trapped Kaburi with air currents, and defeated him with her Sky Dragon’s Roar.
• Gajeel, Erza, Ultear, Meredy, Juvia, and Levy defeated the other Ruby Fairy Tail fighters, leaving Dist bound and unable to move.
• Éclair watched the Fairy Tail members’ faith in one another and hoped for Zorn to stop the Crystal Dragon.
• Zorn cast the Light-Binding Dragon Lock Formation and bound the Crystal Dragon as it fired its Energy Cannon.
• Zorn blocked the Energy Cannon and struck it toward the sky, saying the Crystal Dragon was far weaker than Acnologia.

Zorn restrained the Crystal Dragon as it rejected coexistence with humans and unleashed a life-burning attack. When Zorn’s golden dragon spell collided with the Crystal Dragon’s blast, its buried emotions and memories began to surface, leaving its past unresolved.

• Zorn tightened his chains of light and summoned a giant Thousand-Armed Buddha Form to contain the Crystal Dragon.
• Dist realized that Ruby Fairy Tail could not match Zorn’s power, while the Crystal Dragon insisted dragons could never submit to humans or live peacefully with them.
• The Crystal Dragon recalled how dragons who taught humans magic had contributed to their kind’s downfall and attacked Zorn, but his giant hands of light blocked its blasts.
• Sonia pleaded with the Crystal Dragon to remember its former gentleness, but it declared that it fought for the freedom and dignity of dragons.
• The Crystal Dragon burned through its life force to form a powerful red-and-blue attack, and Wendy sensed its sadness as Zorn summoned a golden dragon.
• The Crystal Dragon’s attack collided with Zorn’s spell, awakening vivid memories and emotions, and the Crystal Dragon questioned whether a dragon could truly have no feelings.

The Crystal Dragon’s memories showed his childhood in the Dragnof Kingdom and how war between dragons began, while Belserion fought to protect humans. As the memories revealed Dragon Slayer Magic’s dangers, Wendy, Natsu, Gajeel, and Erza watched, hoping to learn more about their pasts.

• Belserion saw dragons and humans living happily together in Dragnof, then told Irene that dragons in the west would attack humanity and war seemed unavoidable.
• Janimus overheard Belserion and Irene discuss the coming war, then watched Belserion leave the kingdom more often as the fighting worsened.
• Irene invented Enchantment to strengthen weapons and dragons, but many dragons went missing in battle and Belserion returned wounded.
• Belserion sent Janimus away before flying to the Royal Palace, and Janimus did not know it was the last time he would see his uncle.
• The memories showed that Dragon Slayer Magic could corrupt its users and turn them into dragons, while Wendy, Natsu, Gajeel, and Erza watched for answers about their own histories.

Janimus watched his uncle die defending humans, grew resentful of humanity, and eventually hid inside a little girl to survive the Black Dragon's pursuit. The guard corps witnessed the memories that shaped the Crystal Dragon's hatred, and Zorn and Wendy insisted that humans had good qualities too.

• Janimus waited for his uncle to return, but Irene told him that Belserion had died, and he broke down in grief.
• Janimus left home and traveled across the continents, where human wars and cruelty deepened his distrust of humanity.
• After the Black Dragon attacked the dragons, Janimus fled to the Stella Kingdom, was wounded, and hid inside a little girl he found near a cave.
• The guard corps regained consciousness after seeing the Crystal Dragon's memories of human violence and suffering.
• Zorn argued that humans had another side, and Wendy tearfully agreed that not everyone was bad.

Sonia reunited with Janimus after revealing the love between them, and Zorn freed the Crystal Dragon and helped him take human form. The group prepared to take the Phoenix Stone to the Magic Council, while Janimus reacted warily to his transformation.

• Janimus remembered his lost companions as Wendy and Zorn's loyalty reminded him of the Dragon Group's friendship.
• Sonia embraced Janimus, called him Father, and thanked him for raising her.
• Zorn released Janimus from his chains and confirmed that Dragon Cry had strengthened his magic and attacks.
• Zorn caught a crystal ball recording the enemy's attack and planned to deliver the Phoenix Stone to the Magic Council.
• Zorn used magic to transform Janimus into a blue-haired human, prompting him to shield Sonia and question Zorn's intentions.

After resolving the mission, Zorn and the others prepared to return to Fairy Tail, while the three dragons silently acknowledged his strength. Éclair looked forward to joining the guild, and the group left after saying goodbye to Sonia.

• Cana laughed at Zorn's serious remarks, and he told the group the mission was complete and they could return to the guild.
• Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel searched for the dragons they sensed, while Zorn exchanged a wordless confrontation with the three dragons and dispelled their pressure.
• The dragons recognized Zorn's power and grew interested in testing him in a future training session.
• Zorn used teleportation magic to take the group home, and Sonia thanked them for resolving the trouble.
• Lucy and Wendy said goodbye to Sonia, while Éclair decided that joining Fairy Tail might be a good choice.

Zorn learned that the Magic Council had barred him from competing in the Grand Magic Games, while Fairy Tail prepared to face the newly powerful Sabertooth. Makarov then led Zorn and Mavis into a secret basement chamber, where the chapter revealed Fairy Tail’s hidden weapon, Lumen Histoire, also known as Fairy Heart.

• Zorn learned that the Magic Council had forbidden him from entering the Grand Magic Games, leaving Fairy Tail without him, Makarov, or Gildarts as competitors.
• Makarov presented information about Sabertooth, explaining that its new Guild Master had recruited five powerful wizards and made them all S-Class.
• Makarov called Zorn to accompany him, and Zorn realized that the guild members supported him as a possible successor to the Guild Master.
• Makarov, Mavis, and Zorn descended into the guild’s secret basement chamber, where Zorn said he had sensed powerful magic underground.
• The chapter revealed that Fairy Tail’s secret weapon was Lumen Histoire, also known as Fairy Heart, with the First Master’s body sealed there.

Makarov and Mavis revealed Lumen Histoire to Zorn and named him Fairy Tail’s fourth Guild Master. Makarov announced his retirement to the guild, and the members celebrated Zorn’s appointment while Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel continued to ponder their parents.

• Makarov opened the protected chamber and showed Zorn Lumen Histoire, the guild’s greatest secret.
• Mavis and Makarov jointly chose Zorn as Fairy Tail’s next Guild Master, and Zorn vowed to protect the guild and its members.
• Lucy asked Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel why they had been acting strangely, and Erza guessed their thoughts concerned their parents and the dragons within them.
• Makarov announced he was retiring, while the guild members speculated that Zorn would take his place.
• Makarov explained that Gildarts had refused the position and left on a ten-year quest, then confirmed Zorn as the fourth Guild Master.
• The guild erupted into cheers and began celebrating Zorn’s appointment.

With six months left before the Grand Magic Games, Zorn began an intensive training program for Fairy Tail’s remaining members. He trapped them in a crushing gravity field and challenged them to strengthen their magic and mental power enough to break his Holy Shields.

• Laxus led members of the Thunder God Tribe to the Mysterious Valley to train with the Lightning Release Secret Technique, while Mirajane began a separate training journey with Elfman and Lisanna.
• Zorn gathered Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Gajeel, Erza, Ultear, Meredy, and Cana at Fairy Tail’s East Forest training ground and cast a powerful gravity field over them.
• Erza, Cana, and Ultear struggled to stand, so Zorn doubled the gravity and drove them back to the ground.
• Zorn placed a Holy Shield before each trainee and ordered them to break it with attack magic while enduring the gravity.
• Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel fought to lift themselves, while Lucy, Meredy, and the cats struggled under the pressure; Zorn urged them to calm their minds, connect with nature, and build their magic power.

Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Sabertooth, and Raven Tail prepared for the Grand Magic Games, while Fairy Tail trained against Zorn. Wendy’s enhanced magic and Cana’s attack showed the team’s progress, but Zorn revealed he had been fighting them with a clone and countered with a Gravity Field.

• Oba Babasama ordered Lyon and Jura to compete for Lamia Scale, and both agreed.
• At Blue Pegasus, Bob and Ichiya decided they would need to unleash someone to contend with Jura.
• Cobra and Hoteye were summoned by Sting and Rogue, who regretted being too young to compete in the Grand Magic Games.
• Ivan celebrated Zorn’s ban from the competition and Gildarts’s absence, believing Raven Tail could finally take revenge on Fairy Tail.
• Wendy cast a group enhancement enchantment as Fairy Tail attacked Zorn, and Cana’s kick sent his apparent body flying apart.
• Zorn reappeared after revealing the defeated figure had been a clone, then used a Gravity Field as Natsu charged at him despite Gray’s warning.

Zorn tested the Fairy Tail group’s progress in a sparring match, relying on physical arts and swordsmanship while they attacked together. As Erza and Lucy prepared dangerous attacks, Zorn drew Dragon Cry and braced himself for the next assault.

• Zorn praised Gray’s improved Ice-Make Magic and challenged the group to attack while he used only physical arts and swordsmanship.
• Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray attacked Zorn, but he cut through Natsu’s fire dragon and countered with sword beams and crescent slashes.
• Zorn rushed toward Wendy, evaded Ultear’s crystal-ball beams, and was blocked by Wendy’s air magic before Wendy and Juvia launched a Unison Raid.
• Erza prepared a strike with her demon sword while Lucy summoned Gemini and began casting powerful magic.
• Zorn drew Dragon Cry as an unfamiliar incantation sounded and the group prepared another attack.

Lucy cast Urano Metria at Zorn, but he destroyed the Super Magic with a single sword strike, forcing Erza and the others to defend against the attack’s aftermath. The clash devastated the training ground and drew attention from Magnolia’s residents, while Makarov watched in dismay.

• Lucy and her Celestial Spirit successfully cast Urano Metria, and Zorn praised her improved control and Magic Power.
• Zorn released his Great Swordsman aura and used One Sword Style: Iai Slash to shatter Lucy’s stars and break apart Urano Metria.
• Erza countered Zorn’s slash, and their attacks collided in a destructive storm of energy.
• Erza used Adamantine Armor to shield the group, while Gray, Ultear, and Meredy formed an ice wall behind her barrier.
• Residents of Magnolia noticed the strange weather, and Makarov lamented the damage to the training ground as Mavis tried to comfort him.

Erza broke through to the Great Swordsman realm and shattered Zorn’s weakened attack, while Cana landed the team’s planned hit and ended the training camp. Zorn then began to answer Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel’s question about their dragons, but the dragons appeared in his mind and told him it was not yet time.

• Erza’s Crimson-Black slash overcame Zorn’s weakened Black-Gold slash, revealing that she had advanced to the realm of a Great Swordsman.
• Zorn blocked Erza’s continuing attack with Holy Shield circles, but Cana used the opening to strike him and send him crashing into the ground.
• The group celebrated their successful attack, and Zorn announced that the training camp was over.
• Lucy, Ultear, and Meredy rested while Juvia fussed over Gray, and Erza thought about Jellal in prison.
• Zorn asked Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy whether they wanted to know where their dragons were, but Igneel, Grandine, and Metalicana appeared in his mind and said it was not time yet.