Recaps

Ywen gathered powerful allies and drew Ignia into Fairy Tail’s plan to defeat Acnologia, while the guild’s S-Class examinations and Lucy’s departure reshaped its members. The arc ended as the latest examination began and Zeref joined as its final candidate, ready to reveal his plans.

• Makarov turned a guild brawl into an S-Class Mage Examination, while Neinhart’s summoned dead disrupted the trial and Gildarts reunited with Cana through Cornelia.
• Ywen and Aileen defeated Selene, returned Magnolia to Earth-land, and Ywen raised his Azure Dragon Form to level 16.
• God Serena challenged the Wizard Saints, joined Fairy Tail, and defeated Jellal in a rematch before Ywen set him against stronger opponents.
• Ywen recruited Ignia by luring him to Elentir, then defeated him and brought him into Fairy Tail’s plan to fight Acnologia alongside Zeref and the Dragon Kings.
• Ignia won Fairy Tail’s examination brawl, and Ywen offered Kagura and the other mages a route to S-Class certification by defeating Jose Porla or Zero at BLACKVOX.
• Kagura defeated Jose, while Lucy escaped the Heartfilia home with help from Michelle, Brandish, Aquarius, and Ywen, who agreed to guide her to Fairy Tail.
• Ywen and Ultear helped Fairy Tail develop its Second Magic Sources, raising Natsu’s power and testing the method on the guild’s other mages.
• August opened another S-Class examination, and Zeref arrived as its final candidate after Precht suspected him of being behind Fairy Tail’s fall into a dark guild.

Lucy joined Fairy Tail, discovered her family ties and helped witness the Alvarez Empire’s merger with the guild. As Fairy Tail prepared for its next S-Class Mage Examination, Loke and Makarov secretly arranged to give Lucy an advantage.

• Zeref revealed that Natsu was his younger brother, won the S-Class Mage Examination, and reunited with Mavis and August before leaving.
• Lucy met Natsu and Happy in Hargeon, escaped Bora’s trafficking scheme with their help, and joined Fairy Tail.
• Lucy witnessed Dragons battle above Magnolia, learned Fairy Tail’s name and history, and saw the guild hall restored after its displacement to Elentir.
• Erza’s team seized Lullaby and brought it to the Guild Master Gathering, where August subdued the demon and made it Fairy Tail’s pet.
• Brandish revealed Lucy’s identity as the Heartfilia heir, then joined Fairy Tail as Lucy chose to stay with the guild instead of returning home.
• August brought the Shield of Spriggan into Fairy Tail, and Fairy Tail’s representatives defeated them in a six-on-six tournament before the groups merged.
• Jude visited Lucy, accepted her decision to remain a mage, and returned home as Fairy Tail began preparing for the S-Class Mage Examination.
• Loke trained Lucy and arranged with Makarov to rig the examination in her favor, leaving Lucy stunned when she learned of their plan.

Lucy became an S-Class Mage alongside Acnologia, and Fairy Tail relocated to Guiltina, where it defeated Diabolos and began the Hundred-Year Mission. After Ywen absorbed Mercphobia’s power, the group traveled to Drasil to stop the awakening of Aldoron.

• Makarov announced the S-Class Mage Examination, and Lucy was paired with Acnologia after he joined Fairy Tail and helped defeat Acnologia’s challenge on Tenrou Island.
• Makarov declared Lucy and Acnologia the examination’s winners, and Ywen ordered Fairy Tail to relocate to Guiltina to train and face the organizations there.
• Aileen moved the guild hall to Guiltina, where Fairy Tail fought Diabolos and Erza offered its members a choice between joining Fairy Tail and swearing an oath against harming dragons.
• Ywen defeated Jorg, Laxus defeated Kirin, and Fairy Tail repeatedly fought Diabolos until its exhausted members lost faith in their guild.
• Ywen, Aileen, Selene, Ignia, and Acnologia met Elefseria to discuss the Hundred-Year Mission and agreed to target only Dragon Gods who threatened humanity.
• The group traveled to confront Mercphobia, and Mercphobia asked Ignia to kill him because his growing power threatened those he cherished.
• Aileen separated Mercphobia’s power and attached it to Ywen, who absorbed it before the group traveled to Drasil to destroy the crystals that could awaken Aldoron.

Ywen’s Fairy Tail joined forces with Lucy from another timeline to stop Future Rogue’s invasion of ten thousand Dragons. They defeated Rogue, brought the Dragons under Ywen’s rule, and returned to Magnolia, where the two worlds’ guild members reunited and compared lives.

• Ywen defeated Aldoron, completed the Hundred-Year Mission, and brought Fairy Tail and Diabolos into Damagral’s Great Labyrinth, where Elefseria reclaimed his heart.
• The Grand Magic Games ended with Jellal’s team victorious, while Future Rogue and Lucy arrived through the Eclipse Gate in separate timelines and found versions of Fairy Tail unlike their own.
• Anna joined Fairy Tail, and Future Rogue learned that Ywen’s guild included Acnologia, the Dragon Gods, and other powerful mages before Erza captured him in the labyrinth.
• Future Lucy reunited with Layla, who brought her to Ywen, after Lucy chose Ywen to take the mission, he assembled Fairy Tail, Diabolos, and their allies to travel through the Eclipse Gate.
• Ywen’s forces entered Future Rogue’s timeline and battled the ten thousand Dragons, while the two Natsus confronted Future Rogue and Acnologia, Ignia, Selene, and the other Dragon allies attacked the invasion.
• Ywen crushed most of the Dragons and claimed them as their Dragon Emperor, while the two Natsus defeated Future Rogue and Future Lucy’s timeline faded, leaving her memories with Lucy.
• Masagrea surrendered, Ywen named Ignia the Fire Dragon King, and Queen Hisui rewarded Fairy Tail before the two worlds’ guild members celebrated together in Magnolia.