Recaps

Ye joined Fairy Tail, rose to become its strongest S-Class Mage, and built a relationship with Mirajane while taking on major threats across Fiore. After clashing with the Magic Council over his actions, he returned to defend Fairy Tail from Phantom Lord and defeated Jose, leaving Makarov to consider retirement.

• Ye fused with the Yujiro Hanma Template, gained Haki and Kamehameha, and entered Fairy Tail after Makarov found him in the Great Forest of Monsters.
• Ye defeated Mirajane in a guild fight, then joined Erza on a bandit mission and killed the summoned Minotaur before exposing the manor lord's deception.
• Ye passed the S-Class examination after defeating Laxus and fighting Gildarts, then used Conqueror's Haki to stop a monster riot and defeated Glingfins while saving its cub.
• Ye recovered from his battle, confessed his feelings to Mirajane, and named Glingfins's cub Hati before Lucy joined Fairy Tail and Natsu began taking jobs with her.
• Ye helped stop Iron Forest's plan to use Lullaby against the guild masters, destroyed the summoned monster, and went before the Magic Council to answer for the damage.
• Ye joined Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy on Demon Island, where he exposed the Moon Drip illusion and helped Gray and Lyon accept Deliora's death.
• After Phantom Lord damaged Fairy Tail, Ye destroyed its base and defeated Gajeel, prompting the Council to sentence him and Makarov, disband the guild, and then face Ye's destruction of its headquarters.
• Ye returned to block Phantom Lord's Jupiter cannon, organized Fairy Tail's counterattack, rescued Levy's side through his allies, and killed Jose after shattering Purgatory Shatter.

Fairy Tail welcomed new members, faced Laxus’s rebellion, and later joined an alliance to stop Oración Seis from finding Nirvana. The alliance discovered the enemy’s base, while Lucy and Erza defeated Angel and Brain moved deeper into a tunnel.

• Lucy declared her love for Fairy Tail, and the guild welcomed news that Ye had become a Ten Wizard Saint as its members began rebuilding.
• Ye helped Lucy restore Loki’s right to return to the Celestial Spirit World, then joined Erza’s effort to confront Jellal at Paradise Tower.
• Ye stopped Etherion from destroying Paradise Tower, defeated Jellal, and destroyed the tower before returning to Fairy Tail with Erza and the others.
• Laxus challenged Fairy Tail during the Harvest Festival, but Ye defeated him after Laxus threatened Magnolia with Thunder Palace, and Makarov expelled him.
• Ye postponed a reward job to join Fairy Tail’s alliance with Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Cat Shelter against Oración Seis, whose goal was to find Nirvana.
• Ye defeated Laser and Cobra, while Wendy healed the injured alliance members after Oración Seis overwhelmed Natsu’s group.
• The alliance split up to search for Nirvana, and Angel attacked Lucy and Erza after the group learned Oración Seis had a base in an abandoned village.
• Erza defeated Angel after Lucy’s Celestial Spirits were forced to fight, and Brain uncovered a tunnel and entered it.