Recaps

Fairy Tail competed in the Grand Magic Games as Chen Fan defeated Jura, surrendered to Kagura, and quickly knocked out Bacchus. The arc left Sabertooth’s master Jieman rebuking his guild while Rufus stood before him.

• Fairy Tail’s teams entered the Games, and Gildarts won the opening event by wrecking the magical town and earning 10,000 points.
• Chen Fan defeated Jura with his psychic power, then Lucy fought Freya and Chen Fan stopped Freya from attacking spectators.
• Chen Fan faced Kagura, endured her sword attacks, and surrendered when she began to cry, dropping his team to sixth place.
• Natsu and Gajeel struggled through the Chariot event but earned the crowd’s respect, and Erza fought Erza Knightwalker to a draw before Knightwalker and Mystogan returned to Azeroth.
• Black Snake defeated Toby, and Mirajane beat Jenny in a battle-form contest to earn Fairy Tail B-Team ten points.
• Kagura defeated Yukino after Yukino summoned Pisces and Libra and threatened to make Kagura open the thirteenth gate.
• Bacchus challenged Chen Fan and was knocked out with one kick, after which Jieman scolded Sabertooth and called Rufus forward.

Fairy Tail surged ahead in the Grand Magic Games as its members won key matches, while Sabertooth’s harsh leadership drove Sting to turn against Jieman. The arc left Natsu and his companions discovering a Dragon’s Graveyard beneath the arena and wondering whether Igneel’s bones were among its remains.

• Jieman expelled Yukino from Sabertooth and took her Celestial Spirit keys, but Lucy refused to accept them because she valued the bonds between Celestial Spirit Mages and their spirits.
• Natsu confronted Jieman over his treatment of his guildmates, and Chen Fan destroyed Sabertooth’s inn before the Grand Magic Games continued.
• Erza defeated all one hundred monsters in the Demon Subjugation Hall, while Chen Fan’s overwhelming power pushed the magic power tester to its limit.
• Fairy Tail’s competitors won several matches, including Natsu’s decisive victory over Sting and Rogue, helping Fairy Tail A-Team take first place in the standings.
• After Natsu’s defeat, Jieman beat Sting and Rogue, then struck Lector when he pleaded for them, and Sting retaliated by punching through Jieman’s abdomen.
• Natsu followed a strange scent beneath the arena with Gajeel, Wendy, and the others, and they discovered enormous dragon skeletons in the Dragon’s Graveyard.
• Happy wondered whether Igneel’s bones were among the remains.

Fairy Tail reclaimed its standing at the Grand Magic Games, but the Eclipse gate unleashed dragons upon Crocas. Chen Fan and the guilds began fighting back as Gray and Lyon prepared a powerful joint attack.

• Gilconis told Wendy and Natsu that the Dragon King Festival began after Dragon Slayer Mages turned against the coexistence faction, and that a human transformed into Acnologia.
• Argadius revealed that the Grand Magic Games had gathered magic power for Eclipse, a gate that could send them four hundred years into the past, and asked Lucy to open it with her twelve keys.
• Sabertooth dominated the final survival match until Chen Fan defeated opponents from multiple guilds, and Fairy Tail took first and second place in the Grand Magic Games.
• King Toma announced that ten thousand dragons would arrive on July 7th, and Makarov assigned Fairy Tail to guard the central park.
• Lucy warned Princess Emerald that Eclipse connected to the past, but the gate opened and dragons attacked Crocas as the man behind the invasion revealed his plan to control them.
• Chen Fan entrusted his sleeping children to Mira and Erza, then challenged the dragons and began defeating them as they attacked the city.
• Natsu and the Dragon Slayer Mages combined their Roars to defeat a dragon, while Jura and Laxus led other mages into battle.
• Gray and Lyon arranged a joint attack with Juvia and Sherry, and the four activated a massive magic circle as the gathered mages watched.

After Fairy Tail defeats the dragons and returns to Magnolia, Chen Fan’s story shifts to Soul Society, where he trains as a Shinigami and awakens his Zanpakuto. The arc leaves him renowned in Seireitei after he accidentally trespasses at the Shihōin residence and flees from Yoruichi.

• Gray and Lyon combined their magic with Juvia’s support to cast Absolute Zero and freeze three dragons, but an approaching dragon threatened them before Makarov intervened.
• Marcus, Alzack, and Bisca killed a dragon, while Sting, Rogue, and the other mages fought the remaining injured dragons.
• Chen Fan shielded the people of Crocas, shattered the dragons’ Roar of Ten Thousand Dragons with God’s Roar, and helped end the attack.
• Future Lucy revealed the ruined future caused by Chen Fan’s death, but Chen Fan defeated Future Rogue, sent the remaining dragons back, and closed Eclipse.
• The mages celebrated their victory at the royal banquet and returned to Magnolia, where the townspeople welcomed Fairy Tail to its rebuilt guild hall.
• After Chen Fan’s body was destroyed by a spatial storm, Isshin sent his surviving soul toward Soul Society, where Chen Fan enrolled at Shino Academy and trained under Kaien Shiba’s guidance.
• Chen Fan destroyed a Giant Hollow with a single strike, passed his graduation assessment by defeating Jushiro Ukitake, and joined the 13th Division as an ordinary Shinigami.
• Chen Fan awakened True Self after a desperate struggle, formed a powerful Zanpakuto, and later escaped the Shihōin residence after Yoruichi identified him.