Recaps

Chen Fan entered Fairy Tail, built a reputation as its miraculous healer, and became an S-Class Mage while trying to win Mira’s affection. As Lucy joined the guild and Erza prepared a mission with Natsu and Gray, Makarov brought Chen Fan to meet other guild leaders.

• Chen Fan was betrayed and killed after discovering that Yan Wei had brought four fighters whose combined Space Tear abilities could reach Level 6, then awoke as an eight-year-old with greatly reduced power.
• Makarov found Chen Fan and brought him to Fairy Tail, where Natsu and Gray knocked him unconscious before the guild welcomed him as a new member.
• Chen Fan opened a clinic, secretly healed patients, and became known as the Hand of God, later reaching the peak of Level 3 and receiving S-Class Mage status from Makarov.
• Chen Fan patented Mahjong under Fairy Tail’s name and repeatedly tried to court Mira, who refused his proposals and grew upset when she learned he had sung the same song to Erza.
• When Romeo worried about Macao’s disappearance, Chen Fan comforted the boy and claimed through divination magic that Macao was alive, then Natsu returned with the injured Macao and Chen Fan healed him.
• Lucy joined Fairy Tail, and Chen Fan agreed to help Romeo before Natsu brought Macao home, and Erza later returned and asked Natsu and Gray to join her on a mission.
• Makarov introduced Chen Fan to the guild leaders at a villa, where they praised him as the Hand of God and Bob tried to touch him.

Chen Fan intervened in Erza’s trial, then joined Gray’s mission to bring Natsu back from Garna Island. The group learned the island’s purple moon was transforming its people, while Chen Fan confronted Urutia and Natsu and Gray remained missing.

• Makarov asked Chen Fan to become Fairy Tail’s next guild master, but Chen Fan instead went into the forest and killed the Magic Council agents who ambushed him.
• Chen Fan destroyed Lala Bai and ended the Curse Song crisis, then returned to Fairy Tail, where Erza knocked him unconscious after he ran toward her.
• Chen Fan interrupted Erza’s trial, helped secure her acquittal, and secretly directed an informant inside the Magic Council.
• Laxus challenged Chen Fan, then Natsu challenged Laxus, while Chen Fan later returned home and reassured Sister Lily that they could discuss their past another time.
• After Happy took an S-Class request to Garna Island, Makarov sent Chen Fan and Gray to retrieve Natsu, and they found Natsu, Lucy, and Happy refusing to abandon the quest.
• A storm wrecked the group’s boat, but Chen Fan carried everyone safely to shore, and they reached a village whose people transformed under the purple moon.
• The group traveled to the Moon Temple, where Natsu collapsed the floor and separated himself and Gray from Lucy and Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan confronted Urutia, stopped her attack, and warned her to leave Fairy Tail alone, then returned to the village while Natsu and Gray were still missing.

Chen Fan helped Fairy Tail defeat Phantom Lord, then joined Erza’s team and supported Lucy as she made Rocky a Celestial Spirit. When Erza’s former companions revealed their connection to the Tower of Paradise, the group sailed there with Chen Fan comforting Erza as the tower came into view.

• Chen Fan confronted Phantom Lord after its attack on Fairy Tail, rescued Lucy, and helped Makarov bring the conflict to an end with Fairy Law.
• At the Magic Council hearing, Chen Fan defended his actions, and Makarov ordered him to join Erza’s team before inheriting the guild master position.
• On the team’s jobs and visits, Chen Fan spied on Erza and Lucy at a hot spring, while Lucy searched for Rocky and made him her Celestial Spirit.
• Chen Fan joined the guild’s beach and amusement-park outings, where Erza reunited with Shu, Milliana, Wally, and Simon after Shu trapped people in cards.
• Simon confirmed that Erza had not betrayed her former companions and explained his plan to lure powerful wizards to Paradise Island.
• As the group sailed toward the Tower of Paradise, Chen Fan comforted Erza when she trembled at the sight of it.

Chen Fan helped Erza and Fairy Tail destroy the Tower of Paradise, then returned to Magnolia as Laxus challenged the guild and tried to seize control. The guild defended the city, and Laxus was brought back to Fairy Tail as preparations began for Fantasia.

• Chen Fan and Fairy Tail entered the Tower of Paradise, where Chen Fan fought the guards and learned that Jellal had drawn them into his scheme.
• The Magic Council voted to fire Magical Espers' Power, while Jellal revealed his plan to sacrifice Erza and resurrect Zeref.
• Chen Fan rescued Erza from the magic crystal and defeated Jellal as the Tower of Paradise exploded, then returned to the ship with Erza and the others.
• Fairy Tail welcomed Juvia and Gajeel as new members, but Laxus attacked Gajeel and later petrified the pageant contestants as part of his challenge to become guild master.
• Chen Fan broke through Freed's enchantment and confronted Laxus, defeating him after Laxus's Fairy Law failed to harm him.
• Fairy Tail's members coordinated an assault on the magic threatening Magnolia, while Chen Fan brought the defeated Laxus back to Makarov.
• Erza praised the guild for defending the city, and the members prepared for Fantasia as Laxus came down from the second floor.