Recaps

Fairy Tail and its allies fought Grimoire Heart to rescue Wendy and stop Nirvana, while the Oración Seis’ secrets and Jellal’s revival complicated the battle. The teams began destroying Nirvana’s Magic Crystals, but Brain transformed into Chairman Wu and opened a spatial rift.

• Milliana and her companions learned that Jellal had been kidnapped, and the Emperor agreed to join them in traveling to Magnolia and fighting Grimoire Heart.
• Makarov assembled an allied team for the campaign, while Lazy God named Sordil, Sonia, and Gildarts as examiners for the S-Class candidates.
• Grimoire Heart attacked the allied forces, captured Wendy, and forced Fairy Tail’s strongest mages to mount a rescue while Erza failed her examination.
• Wendy healed the injured team and revived Erza, while the allies learned that Grimoire Heart had revived Jellal and was stalling for time.
• The allies defeated several members of the Oración Seis and reunited separated companions, while Nirvana emerged and advanced toward Cat’s Inn.
• Christina intercepted Nirvana’s attack on Cat’s Inn, and Hibiki explained that destroying its six Magic Crystals would disable it.
• The mages divided into teams to destroy the crystals, and Jellal joined Pink Ball’s group as they confronted Cobra at Crystal Six.
• Pink Ball’s team subdued Cobra, while Erza’s group defeated Brain, who rose again as Chairman Wu and opened a spatial rift.

Fairy Tail’s victory over Chairman Wu led into the Heartfilia family’s return, the Emperor’s hunt for the Phoenix Stone, and a trip that drew the guild into Gray’s trap for the Fire Dragon Knight. Natsu was freed from the machine, but the flames from its explosion gathered toward the center.

• Viola and the guild defeated Chairman Wu, while Ichiya and the other teams destroyed the Magic Crystals and brought down the giant spider.
• Sordil helped the Nirvit Tribe pass through the Spirit Summoning gate, and Robinsru entrusted Wendy and Sherry to Ichiya and the others.
• The Emperor learned that thieves had stolen the Phoenix Stone and ordered his forces to recover it, while Lucy reunited with Jude and rescued the injured Eclairea.
• Attackers seized Eclairea from Fairy Tail, but the Emperor and his troops struck at enemy bases as the guild set out for Crocas.
• Gray followed clues about the Dragon Rider, then lured Natsu and the others toward the Fire Dragon Knight with a report of a dragon sighting.
• Gray and Gildarts revealed that Gray’s apparent betrayal was a ruse coordinated with Lazy God, Natsu, and Silent City to draw out the machine.
• Viola freed Gajeel and the others from a burning black ball, while Laxus and the guild attacked the Fire Dragon Knight and Gajeel freed Natsu from the Red Ruby.
• The guild fired flaming arrows at the machine, and the flames from its explosion gathered rapidly toward the center.

The Fairy Tail mages were drawn into Edolas, where they reunited with old allies and uncovered competing plans involving Anima, Jellal, and the kingdom’s magic. The arc ended with the Dragon Lock Cannon pulling a floating island toward Exceedalia as the heroes raced to stop it.

• Gajeel absorbed the Fire Dragon Knight’s flames, and Natsu destroyed Daphne’s machine before the Fairy Tail mages celebrated with Silent City’s residents.
• Sordil told the guild that Lucy’s birthday fell on race day, and Fairy Tail secretly arranged a celebration that greeted her at the finish line of the 24-hour race.
• The masked youth opened a vortex that transported the guild into Edolas, where Mystogan joined Sordil and the Emperor as they searched for the missing mages.
• The group learned about Edolas and its magic crisis, while Natsu, Mira, and Mystogan were captured and the others reunited with Edolas’s Fairy Tail guild.
• Lazy God revealed that his plan would transfer Jellal Fernandes’s magic and Magic Source to Prince Jellal in exchange for Prince Jellal’s identity and kingdom, prompting Irene, Viola, Negus, and Prince Jellal to attack him.
• Fairy Tail’s allies began rescuing the captives and confronting the royal forces, while Lisanna revealed that she had survived in Edolas after Anima pulled her there.
• Shakart learned from Sordil that Faust planned to use the charged Dragon Lock Cannon to bring a massive Magic Crystal into Exceedalia, as Black Cloak began reversing Anima.
• The king and Demon fired the Dragon Lock Cannon, and the Emperor, Pink Ball, and Bartender Girl failed to halt the floating island as Black Meow Meow warned the queen it was heading for Exceedalia.

After Edolas lost its magic, the Exceeds settled in Fiore and Fairy Tail resumed its affairs, including an S-Class promotion exam on Tenrou Island. The exam continued as Grimoire Heart intruders appeared, Mest’s identity came under suspicion, and two fleets advanced toward the island.

• Shakart led the Exceeds in defending their homeland, while Mystogan received Irene’s escape key and mission from Old Suo.
• Mystogan and the guild fought Faust’s forces, then Jellal explained the plan to send Edolas’s magic to Asland as Anima reversed and transported magic-bearing creatures away.
• The Emperor established Exceed Territory in Fiore, while new threats emerged as Ignia sensed a presence awakening and a black-haired youth discovered strange power within himself.
• Sordil announced the Tenrou Island promotion exam, and the candidates began its trials against illusions, lightning, and powerful gatekeepers.
• The Emperor defeated several candidate teams, while Natsu, Gray, and Leena passed Lazy God’s test just as the allotted time expired.
• A Black Dragon overwhelmed Jilia and the other Dragon Slayers, while Lord Azuma and other Grimoire Heart members infiltrated Tenrou Island.
• Lazy God reported encountering a powerful Grimoire Heart member, prompting Makarov to send him, Gildarts, and Laxus to search the island as the exam continued.
• Panther Lily’s group confronted Mest and Azuma near Wendy, Dorbalt identified himself as a Magic Council investigator, and opposing fleets advanced toward Tenrou Island.