Recaps

Chen Fan helped Fairy Tail stop King Fast’s plan in Azeroth, then returned to Estland with the guild and reunited Lisanna with her family. As the guild settled back into its noisy routine, Makarov announced the S-Class Promotion Trial and named Chen Fan among its examiners.

• Mystogan revealed that the monstrous Chen Fan was his brother, while Chen Fan stopped the Lacrima from crashing into Edolas and Fairy Tail fought King Fast’s forces.
• Chen Fan destroyed the Iron Dragon and used Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy’s Dragon Slayer Magic to send the guild back to Estland, as the black-clothed Chen Fan vanished.
• Chen Fan urged Mystogan to rule Azeroth, then returned to Estland, where Lili joined Fairy Tail and Lisanna reunited with Mira and Elfman.
• Fairy Tail celebrated Lisanna’s return, while Chen Fan’s teasing and the guild’s brawls continued amid the council’s warnings about the guild’s misconduct.
• Kana considered leaving Fairy Tail after repeated failures in the S-Class exam, while Charle began controlling her ability to foresee the future.
• Makarov announced the S-Class Promotion Trial on Tenrou Island, named eight candidates, and said Erza, Mira, Gildarts, and Chen Fan would assess them.
• Natsu chose Happy as his partner and rushed off to train, while Lisanna told Lucy that Chen Fan did not intend to let Natsu pass because Natsu wanted the rank to help him find Igneel.

Fairy Tail’s S-Class examination on Tenrou Island was interrupted when Grimoire Heart arrived seeking Zeref, and Chen Fan turned the exam into a contest against the invaders. The guild members began fighting the enemy while Chen Fan and Makarov confronted Azuma near Wendy and Mest.

• Chen Fan joined the examination journey to Tenrou Island, where Makarov explained the island’s sacred history and began the first stage.
• The candidates fought through guarded routes, and Makarov announced that five teams had passed the first stage before setting a six-hour search for Mavis’s grave.
• Zeref appeared on the island and nearly killed Elfman and Evergreen with his magic, but Natsu intervened as Zeref sensed Chen Fan nearby.
• Demon’s Heart approached Tenrou Island, and Chen Fan repeatedly attacked its airship with coins before Urutia restored it and Hades ordered his guild to avoid confronting him directly.
• Gajeel and Levy defeated two Demon’s Heart members, and Erza learned that the invaders were searching for the sleeping Zeref before suspending the exam and firing a warning flare.
• Chen Fan revealed that Hades was Precht, then resumed the exam as a battle against Demon’s Heart and assigned points for defeating its members.
• Caprico removed most of Demon’s Heart from the airship, while Chen Fan attacked the departing vessel and urged Fairy Tail’s mages to fight without following the exam’s usual rules.
• Azuma attacked Wendy, Mest, Charle, and Lili, and Mest revealed he was with the Magic Council, and Chen Fan caught Wendy after a blast while Makarov arrived beside him.

Chen Fan and Fairy Tail fought Hades’s Demon's Heart to stop its plan for the Great Magic Era, then joined forces against Acnologia. After Chen Fan collapsed and Tenrou Island was destroyed, Fairy Tail disappeared for seven years, leaving its members scattered and its guild struggling in X791.

• Chen Fan defeated Blue Note and waited for Azuma as Fairy Tail fought Demon's Heart across Tenrou Island.
• Hades confronted Makarov at Mavis Vermillion’s grave, where Laxus and Gildarts joined Makarov against him and learned that Hades was Precht, Fairy Tail’s second master.
• Chen Fan revealed that Hades’s Great Magic Era would kill most ordinary people, and Fairy Tail gathered to oppose Hades and his allies.
• Chen Fan broke Meredy’s link magic and ordered Fairy Tail to attack Hades, but Acnologia appeared and forced Chen Fan to fight it alone.
• Acnologia overwhelmed Chen Fan until Makarov and the rest of Fairy Tail joined the battle, and Chen Fan stopped Acnologia from reaching the guild members before tearing off one of its wings.
• Acnologia fled, but Chen Fan collapsed with his life force fading as Erza and Mira caught him, and the Magic Council voted to fire Edilio.
• Edilio’s Elf Magic Power destroyed Tenrou Island while Makarov and Fairy Tail faced it together, and the Magic Council later declared Fairy Tail and Demon's Heart dead.
• Seven years later, Fairy Tail lived in a small house on Magnolia’s outskirts, where Tiber and four Phantom Lord members insulted Macao and the guild.

Chen Fan reunited with Fairy Tail, confronted the Magic Council, and helped the guild prepare for the Grand Magic Games. The games began with Fairy Tail returning to the arena, where Chen Fan gathered powerful allies and Jura asked to fight him.

• Chen Fan returned to Fairy Tail with Wells and Alice, reunited with the guild, and explained that Mavis had cared for him on Tenrou Island and that the two had children.
• Macao became Fairy Tail’s fourth guild master and reinstated Laxus, while the guild welcomed returning members and allies from other guilds.
• Chen Fan confronted the Magic Council over firing Edilio, destroyed the weapon and the Council headquarters, and killed the councilors who tried to flee.
• Fairy Tail decided to compete in the Grand Magic Games, and its members trained for three months as news spread that Chen Fan had destroyed the Magic Council.
• Makarov resumed his role as Fairy Tail’s fifth-generation guild master and led the guild to Crocas, where Natsu confronted people mocking Fairy Tail.
• Natsu encountered Sting and Rogue, and the Grand Magic Games preliminary race sent teams through the Sky Palace maze, with Fairy Tail placing ninth.
• Fairy Tail S-Team, summoned by Chen Fan, placed first in the preliminary match, while the audience reacted to Fairy Tail entering three teams.
• Chen Fan brought Gildarts, Mystogan, Erza Knightwalker, and Lili to the arena, and Jura asked Chen Fan to honor their old agreement with a fight.