Recaps

Zorn used his Magic Power to let Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy reunite with their dragon parents in the spiritual space. After the three were brought back to the outside world, Zorn and the others took them toward Fairy Tail, while Ultear felt hopeful about her future.

• Zorn transformed into light and brought Igneel, Grandine, and Metalicana before Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel.
• Natsu ran to Igneel, Grandine embraced Wendy, and Metalicana teased Gajeel before praising him for finding worthy companions.
• Lucy, Lily, and Erza caught the three as they collapsed, and Zorn explained that they had met the parents they missed.
• Meredy sensed the three dragonslayers' happiness through her emotional connection Magic, and Zorn suggested taking them to Fairy Tail to rest.
• Ultear reflected that meeting Zorn had helped her leave her dark past behind and look forward to a brighter future.

Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy returned to Fairy Tail after three months of special training, and Zorn announced the guild’s two teams for the Grand Magic Games. Kinana noticed the name Erik on a list of participating mages and resolved to watch him during the competition.

• Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy returned to the guild exhausted after training with the dragons, where they reunited with the other guild members.
• Zorn announced the first team: Laxus, Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and Elfman.
• Zorn named Erza, Mirajane, Lucy, Wendy, and Juvia to the second team, reassuring Wendy that she was strong enough to compete.
• Kinana recognized the name Erik on a list of participating mages and decided to keep an eye on him during the competition.

Zorn brought Fairy Tail to Crocus for the Grand Magic Games, where the guild members explored the capital after registering. At the registration office, Laxus sensed Orga’s lightning magic, and Minerva confronted Zorn.

• Sting and Rogue argued that Sabertooth would win the Grand Magic Games, and Zorn answered their challenge with confidence.
• Zorn led Fairy Tail to their hotel and let the guild members explore Crocus while he handled competition registration.
• Zorn registered Fairy Tail and collected the competition rules with Laxus.
• Laxus sensed Orga’s lightning God Slayer Magic as Orga’s group blocked their path.
• Minerva arrogantly addressed Zorn, identifying him as one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

Zorn and Laxus left the hall after demonstrating their overwhelming power, and Minerva vowed to settle the matter during the competition. Later, Lyon challenged Gray over the Grand Magic Games while Juvia found herself caught between them.

• Zorn and Laxus left the hall after restraining Minerva and Orga, and Minerva ordered Orga to face the lightning mage during the competition.
• Gray went to meet Lyon, while Juvia secretly followed him and claimed she was hungry when he caught her.
• Lyon arrived and invited Juvia to dinner at a restaurant connected to an aquarium.
• Gray objected to Lyon taking Juvia away, and Lyon declared that Lamia Scale would win the Grand Magic Games.
• Lyon and Gray released their ice magic, and Gray said his magic power matched Lyon's.

Lucy and Sorano reunited and agreed to face each other in the competition, but their meeting was interrupted by Ivan of Raven Tail. Lucy summoned Leo and Caprico to confront him, leaving Sorano and Yukino stunned by her growth.

• Juvia saw Gray and Lyon arguing face-to-face and feared Gray might choose Lyon, so she demanded that Gray choose between them.
• Lucy searched for Natsu, then encountered Sorano and Yukino and learned that the sisters had reunited.
• Sorano thanked Lucy for helping her regain her freedom, then challenged her to show how well she worked with her Celestial Spirits in the competition.
• Lucy and Sorano shook hands and promised not to hold back against each other.
• Ivan approached Lucy, Sorano, and Yukino, and Lucy summoned Leo and Caprico to face him while Sorano and Yukino marveled at her strength.

Zorn watched Raven Tail depart and later sought out the white-bearded old man, revealed as the Magic King and head of the Twelve Holy Shield. The old man, moved by a child’s kindness and a taste of cake, met Zorn as the competition approached.

• Ivan led Raven Tail away after privately acknowledging Zorn’s power and thinking of his father.
• Sorano warned Lucy that Raven Tail was despicable, and Lucy promised not to show them mercy at the competition.
• Zorn and Laxus discussed watching over the others, the absent old Guild Master, and the competition beginning at midnight; Zorn then vanished.
• A white-bearded old man watched a family share a happy moment, then accepted cake from their young son and recalled his own lack of parental love.
• Zorn approached the old man and called him the head of the Twelve Holy Shield, the Magic King, while the old man questioned Zorn’s choice to call him senior.

Zorn met August, the Magic King of Alvarez, and invited him to watch the Grand Magic Games, hinting that he knew about August’s long-cherished wish. The Games’ organizers announced a preliminary maze race, and Fairy Tail’s team realized that rival guilds would target them for their gold coins.

• Zorn resisted August’s magical pressure, and August praised his strength while questioning how much he knew about Alvarez.
• Mavis returned to the guild with the girls, puzzled by two strange magical fluctuations, and later learned that Zorn had disappeared again.
• A pumpkin-shaped projection announced that 120 teams would compete in a preliminary round, with only eight advancing; eight gold coins appeared as the town transformed into a maze.
• Zorn invited August to stay and watch the competition, and August agreed after Zorn alluded to his long-cherished wish.
• The pumpkin host explained that teams had to retrieve a gold coin and get all five members through the gate at Domus Flau to qualify.
• Erza, Gajeel, Elfman, and Laxus discussed the rules, while rival guilds turned their attention toward Fairy Tail as a target.

Fairy Tail entered the Grand Magic Games’ Sky Labyrinth first as the rival guilds raced after them. Outside the arena, Zorn brought August to Mavis, and August recognized her as his mother, leaving them reunited after years apart.

• Wendy used her magic to lighten Fairy Tail’s members, and Erza urged the guild to work together as they entered the Sky Labyrinth.
• The rival guilds accelerated toward the labyrinth, with Minerva reminding Sabertooth to follow its original plan and Lyon declaring he would defeat Gray and win Juvia.
• Zorn arrived with August to watch the games, while Kinana watched Erik on the arena screens with particular attention.
• Makarov sensed August’s unusual magic, and Zorn reassured him that August would not harm the guild.
• Mavis recognized August as her child, touched his cheek, and August called her “Ka... san!” as memories returned.

August reunited with Mavis and found comfort for the childhood love he had missed, while the maze preliminaries shifted as guilds searched for the keys. The chapter left Minerva holding a golden box as Laxus and Fairy Tail headed toward her group.

• August cried as Mavis embraced him, and his five-year-old self merged back into his adult body after thanking Zorn.
• Makarov was stunned to learn that Mavis had a grown son, while Zorn reflected on the regrets and dangers that had been changed.
• Inside the rotating maze, Elfman, Gray, Natsu, Gajeel, Levy, and Laxus found their teams separated and their sense of direction disrupted.
• Laxus used Observation Haki to locate the shifting gold coins, then led his group northeast toward another coin instead of ending the preliminaries early.
• Minerva retrieved a golden box with spatial magic after the maze rotated, and Laxus's approaching group threatened to contest the key.

Minerva and the other guilds’ plan to eliminate Fairy Tail began to unravel when Erik attacked Natsu and Laxus. As Fairy Tail cleared the maze of opponents, Minerva intervened, while Erza’s team confronted another guild for attacking Wendy.

• Minerva decided to let other guilds weaken Fairy Tail before Sabertooth struck, while Sorano warned her that the Guild Master might object.
• Erik ignored Minerva’s orders, rushed toward the fighting, and attacked Natsu with Poison Dragon’s Roar.
• Erik used sound magic to disorient Natsu and his companions, but Laxus resisted with noise-canceling headphones and sent Erik crashing through walls.
• Laxus fired Lightning Bullets at Erik as Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and Elfman defeated the other guild members in the maze.
• Minerva used Spatial Guard and Spatial Link to shield Erik and pull him back, then faced Laxus as he accused her guild of targeting Fairy Tail.
• Erza confronted another guild for attacking Wendy and lunged at its masked leader.

Erza discovered that Ivan had trapped her in a Phantom Magic illusion and used her Lightning Emperor's Armor to defeat Raven Tail's members. She blasted Ivan and his team out of the labyrinth, while the spectators remained stunned by Fairy Tail's strength.

• Ivan's Phantom Magic made the spectators see an illusion of Erza losing, while the real Erza recognized the deception inside the barrier.
• Erza equipped the Lightning Emperor's Armor and attacked Ivan and Raven Tail's members with her Lightning Emperor's Spear.
• Erza detected and struck Obra and Nullpudding despite Raven Tail's attempts to surround and ambush her.
• Erza's Blue Lightning destroyed Black Snake's sand drill, and she unleashed a sea of electricity that incapacitated Raven Tail's remaining members.
• Erza charged Ivan with a huge sphere of blue-black lightning and blasted him and his members through the labyrinth, leaving the other guilds staring in shock.

Laxus overwhelmed Minerva and countered her Space Shockwave with his Lightning Dragon's Halberd, while Pumpkin announced that Raven Tail had been disqualified because its member Ivan was secretly its Guild Master. As Fairy Tail's fighters continued to impress the crowd, the cats teased Lily after discovering he was afraid of thunder.

• Laxus relentlessly attacked Minerva, who struggled to keep up with his speed and unleashed Space Shockwave to restrict him.
• Laxus formed the Lightning Dragon's Halberd and hurled it into Minerva's spatial attack, triggering an explosion that blasted other competitors out of the match.
• Pumpkin revealed that Ivan had entered the competition as a Raven Tail member and announced that Raven Tail was disqualified from all subsequent matches.
• Makarov reacted angrily to Ivan's scheme while Mavis watched silently and August draped his cloak around her shoulders.
• Tami imitated Laxus's fighting style as the cats watched the battles, and Carla and Happy discovered that Lily flinched at thunder.

Minerva discovered that Laxus had taken the key and began casting dangerous space magic, ignoring her teammates’ pleas to stop. As the maze shook and civilians faced danger, the guilds raised defenses while Mavis identified the spell as Ten Demon God Slayer Magic and ordered an evacuation.

• Gray froze Richard’s quicksand attack, while Sabertooth and Fairy Tail’s fight remained a stalemate.
• Minerva realized Laxus had the key and unleashed a massive surge of magic power that shook the maze.
• Minerva cast Closed Space, trapping Sorano, Richard, and Erik and draining their magic power for her spell.
• Erza shielded Wendy, Juvia, Cana, and Lucy, while Jura, Lyon, and Kagura formed defenses for their groups.
• Laxus stopped Natsu from rushing at Minerva and reminded him that Zorn was outside.
• Mavis recognized Minerva’s magic as Ten Demon God Slayer Magic, and Pumpkin ordered residents to evacuate.

The Magic Council's guards activated a defensive formation to contain the explosion inside the labyrinth, but Zachary's squad struggled to hold it. Zorn arrived to take control of the barrier and avert the crisis, then vanished so the guards could receive the townspeople's praise.

• The Magic Council's guards surrounded the labyrinth and used their trained Magic Power to raise the Blue Domain Sky-Defending Formation.
• As Minerva's attack triggered a violent explosion, the captain Zachary and his squad strained to keep the barrier from failing.
• Zorn appeared beside Zachary, took control of the formation, and strengthened its blue barrier with golden light.
• After the explosions stopped, Zorn dispersed the remaining energy into sparkling motes and spoke with Zachary about their past and his work with Soya.
• A little girl thanked the guards, and Zachary turned to find Zorn had disappeared; from the hotel rooftop, Zorn explained that the glory belonged to everyone who had protected the town.

Minerva’s attack failed to defeat the other guilds, and Zorn subdued her and Orga for the Magic Council. When Jiemma arrived to stop their arrest, Zorn crushed him with Gravity Magic, leaving August watching Zorn with newfound seriousness.

• Minerva saw that Fairy Tail and the other guilds had survived her explosion, then faltered as her strength ran out.
• Orga deflected Laxus’s attack and tried to flee with Minerva, but Zorn appeared and handed them over to Captain Zachary under an investigation warrant.
• Zorn restrained Orga and Minerva with chains of light as Jiemma arrived and threatened Zachary and the others with his Magic Power.
• Jiemma attacked Minerva and Orga, but Zorn used Gravity Field to slam him into the ground and leave him unable to fight back.
• Zachary’s group took Minerva and Orga away while Makarov, Mavis, and August watched Zorn’s display of power.

The Grand Magic Games preliminaries ended as Zorn crushed Jiemma and launched him through the night sky. Erik rushed toward Fairy Tail after recognizing a familiar voice, while Zorn spotted a mysterious golden-haired figure and pursued it, fearing it was connected to a future disaster.

• Pumpkin announced that the final guilds had passed the Sky Labyrinth preliminaries.
• Zorn trapped Jiemma under crushing gravity, then struck him with a powerful kick that sent him flying through the sky.
• Lucy invited Natsu and Kinana to watch a shooting star, and Kinana silently wished to learn whether the voice in her heart belonged to someone she knew.
• Erik recognized a familiar voice coming from Fairy Tail's hotel and hurried there, leaving Runa to manage Sabertooth.
• Sting and Rogue silently resolved to work for Sabertooth's future while Runa comforted Yukino.
• Zorn spotted a cloaked, golden-haired figure and pursued it, determined to discover its connection to the future.

Future Lucy arrived exhausted and unconscious, warning Fairy Tail that ten thousand dragons would appear in X791. Her claim that she had never seen Zorn in her future left him and the guild wondering why he was absent from her world.

• Zorn found Future Lucy crying, caught her as she collapsed, and discovered that she did not recognize him and lacked her Fairy Tail mark.
• Zorn brought Future Lucy to the hotel, where Mavis recognized her as Lucy from another time and Makarov worried over her condition.
• The next day, Future Lucy woke from a nightmare, recognized Natsu, and begged Fairy Tail to help the country as she warned that ten thousand dragons would soon appear.
• Erza urged the guild to suspend the games and warn the other guilds, while Lucy and Levy sought information and countermeasures.
• Zorn asked when the dragons would appear, and Future Lucy answered X791; she then said she had never seen Zorn at Fairy Tail in her future.

Future Lucy recounted how Acnologia sank Tenrou Island, leaving Fairy Tail sealed for seven years and leading to a devastating dragon invasion. The present group vowed to protect Lucy and change the tragic future, which Zorn’s arrival had already made different.

• Zorn explained that Future Lucy came from a different timeline and revealed that it was seven years earlier than she expected.
• Future Lucy began recounting how Grimoire Heart invaded Tenrou Island during the S-Class exam, and how Cana was reunited with Gildarts.
• Future Lucy described Acnologia’s attack, Fairy Sphere sealing the guild for seven years, and Fairy Tail’s decline before the Grand Magic Games.
• Future Lucy sobbed as she told the group that tens of thousands of dragons appeared after the games and that her companions fought to their deaths.
• Natsu and the others promised Lucy they would protect her and save the bright future, and she nodded through her tears.

The Grand Magic Games officially began, with Zorn serving as safety officer and drawing the crowd’s attention. As the guilds gathered for the opening ceremony, Zorn noticed unfamiliar teams and Blueno, while Future Lucy felt hopeful about the changed future.

• Pumpkin announced the start of the Grand Magic Games, and Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, and the other Fairy Tail contestants prepared in their tunnel.
• Jabadirola introduced Yajima and Zorn, who had been invited to protect the spectators as the competition’s safety officer.
• The guilds that passed the preliminaries entered in order, and Zorn recognized Blueno, the apparent vice master of Grimoire Heart, among the unfamiliar teams.
• Future Lucy worried about Blueno, but Lisanna reassured her that Fairy Tail could face any challenge.
• Ultear, Meredy, and Éclair shared pastries with the guild, and Future Lucy felt hopeful as she enjoyed her strawberry cake with her friends.

Fairy Tail’s teams prepared for the Grand Magic Games as Jabdirola announced the day’s competitive event and duel rules. The opening event, “Secret and Hidden,” began with contestants from three guilds being sent out.

• Natsu and Gajeel argued over who would win, and Erza stopped them while Laxus refused to intervene.
• Lucy worried about Fairy Tail’s powerful rivals, while Wendy declared that she would not give up.
• Blueno watched Laxus and plotted, while Kagura fixed her attention on Erza with malice.
• Jabdirola revealed that each team could choose one contestant for the ranked competitive event, followed by fan-selected duels scored ten points for a win and five for a draw.
• Jabdirola announced “Secret and Hidden” as the opening event, and Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, and the Kingdom Guard sent out Ieka, Beth Bondawut, and Gyosuke.

Fairy Tail chose Wendy and Gray for the Hidden event, where the competitors were scattered through a magically created town. The pumpkin host explained that they had to find and attack their opponents while avoiding convincing duplicates.

• Erza sent Wendy to compete for Fairy Tail Team B, and Gray volunteered for Team A after seeing Lyon and the other mysterious contestants.
• Juvia wished to compete alongside Gray, while Lyon privately resented Gray for winning her affection and Sherria glared at Juvia.
• The pumpkin host conjured a town and scattered the contestants, leaving Gray and Wendy alone on separate streets.
• Gray searched for the others but found his Observation Haki had only a short range, while Wendy used her Haki and air perception to stay alert.
• The pumpkin host explained that each successful attack on an opponent earned one point, but attacking a duplicate cost one point; convincing contestant dolls appeared throughout the town.

The Hidden contest began, with contestants using lookalike mannequins and other tricks to conceal themselves across the Town. Gray used Observation Haki to evade Gyosuke’s attack and scored the first point for Fairy Tail, leaving the other guilds wary of his strength.

• Gaban Lola announced the Hidden contest, and the contestants began hiding among mannequins and other distractions.
• Lucy, Natsu, Erza, Juvia, Mirajane, Gajeel, and Future Lucy watched the crowded arena and reacted to the confusion.
• Gray surveyed the Town with Observation Haki as Gyosuke attacked him with Gravity Band magic.
• Gray dodged Gyosuke’s attack and kicked him into a building, earning Fairy Tail the contest’s first point.
• Gaban Lola and Yajima praised Gray’s apparent ability to foresee attacks, while Fairy Tail cheered and Future Lucy judged him stronger than the Gray she remembered from seven years later.

Wendy used her Observation Haki and air magic to defeat several opponents and earn four points in the arena match. As the contest grew more intense, Eve was sent away after Gray and Lyon attacked him, and the two Fairy Tail Mages began fighting each other.

• Wendy sensed Beth’s underground carrot attack, dodged it, and watched a wolf send Beth away.
• Wendy evaded Dirokaterō’s snakes and hit him with Sky Dragon’s Claw, reducing his score to zero and teleporting him away.
• Wendy used Air Enchantment to strike Lyon, Gyosuke, and Eve, sending all three to restart elsewhere and raising her total to four points.
• Snow began falling across the arena, and Eve attacked Belly, Gyosuke, and Dirokaterō before Gray and Lyon froze and teleported him away.
• Gray dodged Lyon’s ice sculptures as contestants across the battlefield joined the brawl, with the two Fairy Tail contestants still leading.

Wendy helped Fairy Tail Team B win the competition event, and the first battle matchup was announced as Lucy Heartfilia versus Cosmos. As Lucy entered the arena, her father Jude recognized Future Lucy and comforted her, leaving her reunited with him in tears.

• Wendy and Gray dominated the competition field, helping Fairy Tail Team B take first place with 20 points.
• Gaban Lola announced the rankings, and Wendy returned to her friends as they celebrated her victory.
• Lucy Heartfilia was matched against Cosmos of the Kingdom Guard for the first battle round.
• Lucy saw Jude in the stands and was surprised that her father had come to cheer for her.
• Jude noticed Future Lucy crying, understood who she was, and embraced her as she confessed how much she had missed him.
• Jude reassured Future Lucy that he loved her and was proud of the friends and family she had found.

Lucy battled Cosmos in the arena, using several Celestial Spirits and coordinated attacks against Cosmos’s plant magic. As Cosmos’s giant flower began pulling Lucy toward its maw, the match remained unresolved.

• Lucy summoned Taurus, but his axe became lodged in Cosmos’s man-eating flower.
• Lucy summoned Scorpio, whose sand tornado overwhelmed the flower and forced Cosmos to defend herself with a plant wall.
• Cosmos attacked Lucy with vines, but Lucy dodged them while Taurus and Scorpio launched a sandstorm combination attack that struck Cosmos.
• Cosmos unleashed a barrage of fruits, and Lucy dismissed Taurus and Scorpio before summoning Aries to shield her with wool.
• Cosmos grew a giant flower whose suction began dragging Lucy toward its open maw.