Recaps

Erza and her companions returned from Garna Island to find Phantom Lord advancing on Magnolia, while Sonia’s plans and the princesses’ schemes became entangled in the battle. Fairy Tail repelled Phantom Lord’s attacks, but Jose and Sonia’s larger conflict remained unresolved.

• Erza and her companions shattered the false moon over Garna Island, reunited Bobo with the villagers, and returned to Fairy Tail with a golden Zodiac key.
• Two ancient spells transformed members of Fairy Tail, while Jose sent Phantom Lord scouts toward Magnolia and later ordered an assault on the city.
• Gildarts was attacked by a black-blue dragon near Zonia Peak, while Philiers sent a search party to find him.
• Gajeel attacked Shadow Gear and Fairy Tail, but Sonia defeated him and left him in the guild’s custody.
• Erza led Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy into Phantom Lord’s moving castle, where Natsu defeated Totomaru and Erza and Gray faced Jose.
• Sonia rescued Erza, Gray, and Natsu from Jose, while Phantom Lord’s Jupiter cannons threatened Fairy Tail and Sonia organized a counterattack.
• Natsu and Gajeel fought near the sea, Gray battled Juvia and discovered her body healed in water, and Crimson defeated Totomaru.
• Sonia knocked out Aria as Jose learned that his subordinates had fallen and Red Ponytail had vanished.

Lucy helped Loke return to the Spirit World after the Spirit King reformed Celestial Spirit contracts, while Fairy Tail’s vacation was interrupted by Erza’s abduction. The Magic Council and Erus moved toward a confrontation over the Tower of Paradise, leaving Jellal’s fate unresolved.

• Natsu and Gray’s fight against Gajeel ended as Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord, and Makarov destroyed Jose’s Autonomous Destruction Magic Array with Fairy Law.
• Lucy returned to the Heartfilia estate, confronted Jude about his plans, and reunited with her friends at her mother’s grave.
• Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Erza helped the Scheherazade Troupe stage a play before meeting Loke near Housenka Village.
• Lucy discovered that Loke was Leo the Lion and was dying because he could not return to the Spirit World, so she accepted the Spirit King’s commission to reform Spirit Magic.
• The Spirit King and Laxus established new rules requiring spirits’ consent for contracts, then Loke returned to the Spirit World and reunited with the other spirits.
• At Arcane Resort, Simon’s group abducted Erza while Gray searched for Lucy and Happy, and Natsu and Happy joined Sordil aboard a battleship to pursue the kidnappers.
• Erus prepared military operations as the Magic Council sent Ogg and Leizhi to negotiate over the Tower of Paradise, and Ultear joined them in Philiers.
• Chancellor Red said the Empire would destroy the Tower and try Jellal and his accomplices within its borders, while Ogg and Leizhi demanded a public trial.

The Tower of Paradise crisis drew the Magic Council and Erus Empire into conflict, while Erza’s fight against Jellal led to her reunion with her imperial family. The Emperor prepared for the Flying Dragon Festival and planned new military campaigns as Laxus headed alone for the palace.

• Ulu and Red agreed on a joint trial for Jellal, while Sordil led Natsu, Happy, and Lucy into the Tower of Paradise to find Erza.
• August freed Erza and revealed that her father and their companions were alive, while Jellal prepared to activate the tower and sacrifice Erza to resurrect Zeref.
• The Magic Council voted to fire Etherion, but Lazy God intercepted the beam, and the Emperor’s forces arrested Ogg, Leizhi, and Black Long Straight Hair after the attack struck Kaelum.
• The Heavenly Kings forced changes in the Magic Council, Makarov secured a council seat for Fairy Tail, and Sordil stopped Etherion and knocked out Jellal.
• In Philiers, Gray joined Leon’s challenge to Ace, and Irene declared Gray the winner after Ace jumped out of the arena.
• At the Eve Festival, the Emperor announced that Erza was his eldest daughter, and Erza reunited with her family and learned that Makarov, Gildarts, and Xiao Ou had helped arrange it.
• The Emperor apologized to Erza and then ordered preparations for the Flying Dragon Festival while revealing plans to attack the Leshade Islands and the Aursdai Ice Field.
• Laxus left the Snow Dragon Inn for the palace alone, and Viola and the Thunder God Tribe followed after sensing Negus heading there.

As political tensions and Grimoire Heart’s preparations grew, Fairy Tail faced Laxus’s guild-wide challenge during the Harvest Festival. Laxus’s fight with Natsu and Gajeel ended after Sordil intervened, while new threats gathered around Fiore and the Heartfilia railway shipment.

• Laxus defeated Natsu in one punch, while the Emperor explained that Laxus needed to resolve his inner conflict to keep Fairy Tail from splitting apart.
• Lucy and Sonia helped Erza recover Hilda’s treasured gemstones, and Crimson gave Erza crystal discs that let her see Hilda’s spirit.
• Laxus began his festival challenge by petrifying guild members and giving Fairy Tail two hours to defeat him and the Thunder God Tribe before the statues turned to dust.
• Mirajane defeated Evergreen, while Kana defeated Bickslow, and Mystogan confronted Laxus before leaving Natsu and Erza to face him.
• Laxus defeated Natsu and Gajeel, then cast Fairy Law, but the spell did not bring down the people he had targeted.
• Natsu and Gajeel fought Laxus again until all three were exhausted, and Sordil broke Raijin’s Hall’s protective barrier and sentenced Laxus to two years of cleaning.
• Sordil and Makarov agreed to treat the challenge as a prank, while Grimoire Heart’s leader revealed mass-producible machines that used Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Iron Block gave Makarov a note about Guild Master Ivan’s whereabouts, while a gang waited in a valley to rob an approaching Heartfilia shipment.