Recaps

Ifrit built his influence in Edolas, rescued captured demons, and became entangled in a royal conspiracy that put him against Fairy Tail. After the guild brought him home, he returned to Magnolia and reunited with old friends.

• Ifrit rescued Kyōka Suigetsu, contracted with her for Illusion Magic, and used his magic-staff business to gain wealth and influence.
• Ifrit led Fairy Tail in a raid on a demon transport stop, where the freed demons formed contracts with several guild members before the group split up.
• When the king’s order threatened to force Ifrit to the capital, he resisted, but later appeared to betray Fairy Tail and accept a betrothal to Princess Anita.
• Fairy Tail rescued Ifrit, then fought the X Knights and Lib, and the guild defeated the demons while Ifrit struggled over whether he threatened the world.
• Natsu welcomed Ifrit back, and Ifrit negotiated an end to the conflict before Fairy Tail returned to Shirashi Town.
• Three years later, Sidrina became ruler and invited Ifrit to her wedding with Anita, but Mirajane intervened when they tried to conceive a child with him.
• Ifrit led Fairy Tail through the Magic Circle back to Magnolia, where Emily welcomed the returning guild and explained how she had helped cure Jude.
• Ifrit reunited with Mirarite at home, while Banjou cared for him as an official maid of House of Valier.

Fairy Tail won the Grand Magic Games, but the Eclipse Gate released dragons and Future Rogue’s plan threatened the world. As Ifrit sought a way to counter his curse, Natsu and the guilds began fighting the dragons, and Fervor recognized Natsu as Igneel’s son.

• Lucy’s invisibility potion began erasing her from everyone’s memory, but Natsu sensed her absence and called her back into existence.
• Fairy Tail entered the Grand Magic Games, defeated its rivals, and Natsu and Gajeel exposed the weakness in Sting and Rogue’s claims of strength.
• Princess Emerald’s Eclipse Plan brought Lucy and Fairy Tail into conflict with the kingdom, while Future Lucy warned that dragons would destroy the world and Future Rogue revealed his plan to control them.
• Future Lucy died saving Lucy, and Ifrit fell silent as the Eclipse Gate opened and released dragons, and Laxus rallied the guilds to protect Lucy while she closed it.
• Ifrit and Future Ifrit traveled to the God-forsaken Land, where Ifrit began the Demon Reversal Equation to counter his curse.
• Lucy and the Dragon Slayers closed the Eclipse Gate, but thirteen dragons escaped, and the assembled mages struggled to break through their defenses.
• Mavis assigned the guilds to fight the dragons, and Natsu rallied the battlefield before Fervor recognized him as Igneel’s son and offered to help him.

After the dragons were defeated, Ifrit and the Fairy Tail mages returned to guild life, rescued Sun Village, and learned that the Gate of the Underworld had launched a war against the Magic Council. The arc left Fairy Tail’s teams racing to protect former councilors as attacks began.

• Ifrit helped the mages destroy the Eclipse Gate and send the dragons back, then told Lucy how he had changed the past and removed the curse from his former self.
• Emerald apologized to Ifrit, who refused to restore their friendship through her broken drum but reassured her that she and Emily had never lost it.
• Ifrit and Mirajane investigated the orphanage’s supposed monster and uncovered that Rirom had staged the disturbance to comfort Eddie, whose parents had been missing for two years.
• The guild celebrated its annual events and relationships, while Ifrit gave Mirajane and Banjou matching House of Valier earrings.
• Ifrit joined Erza’s team to investigate Sun Village, where Minerva attacked the mages and Deliora’s Regression Magic weakened them before Ifrit and Gray defeated the demon.
• Natsu reignited the Eternal Flame and summoned Atlas Flame, who entrusted his embers to Natsu and warned him that E.N.D. would be his enemy.
• Ifrit infiltrated the Gate of the Underworld’s castle as its war began, while Crawford attacked Yajima’s group and Tiffanya absorbed the poison from his self-destruction.
• Laxus declared war on the Gate of the Underworld, and Fairy Tail split into teams to protect former councilors as Natsu’s group faced an attacker and Gajeel’s group found Beluno dead.

Fairy Tail and its allies fought Gate of the Underworld, stopped Face, and confronted Acnologia and Zeref. The dragons returned to battle, while Zeref took the Book of E.N.D. and left Natsu with a threat, and Ifrit comforted Mavis.

• Natsu defeated Tempes, then Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Cana, and Charle defeated Ezel as Fairy Tail learned that Gate of the Underworld planned to use Fies to erase magic across the continent.
• Mavis organized a campaign against the dark guilds, and Fairy Tail’s allies joined the assault on Underworld Island while Emily killed Crawford for his attacks on Tiffanya and others.
• Wendy awakened Dragon Power and helped defeat Hades, while Mirajane defeated Seilah and Erza defeated Kyoka, and Lucy and her allies survived Mard Geer’s Alegria when Ifrit brought Tenrou Island crashing into Underworld Island.
• Fairy Tail defeated the demons’ forces, with Sting and Rogue defeating Jiemma, Gray learning Silver was his father before Silver gave him Ice Devil Slayer Magic, and Laxus defeating Jura.
• When Pluto revealed that three thousand Faces would detonate, Ifrit and his allies destroyed them, while Ifrit treated Jura and Silver and explained his plan to eradicate Zeref’s demons.
• Acnologia arrived and attacked the mages, but Igneel and the other dragons emerged from the Dragon Slayers and joined Fairy Tail in fighting him, and Igneel told Natsu to give Ifrit the Book of E.N.D. without opening it.
• Zeref reclaimed the Book of E.N.D. and fought Ifrit, who wounded him, while Zeref dismissed Pluto and warned Natsu that he would bring him despair, and Ifrit comforted Mavis and promised Fairy Tail would cherish her.