Recaps

Lin Yuan told Mira that he had no memories of his past, and her blunt advice helped him accept the memories he was making at Fairy Tail. Makarov brought out an ancient sealed book that opened for Lin Yuan and revealed that it knew him.

• Mira and Erza stopped Natsu and Gray's brawl, and Makarov warned the guild to stop fighting or repair the roof.
• Mira pressed Lin Yuan about what he had said in his sleep, and he admitted he remembered only fragments of his past and did not know his age or family.
• Mira told Lin Yuan to value the memories he made from now on, and he agreed.
• Makarov brought an ancient black book to the table, and its clasp opened when Lin Yuan approached.
• The book's blank page filled with writing Lin Yuan could read, and Makarov said it knew him.

Lin Yuan read that his Lost Magic was God Slayer Magic that consumed space, and Makarov warned him to handle it carefully. When the ancient book began revealing a mysterious figure and the source of Lin Yuan’s power, black flames destroyed the passage, leaving Makarov convinced that someone was hiding the answer.

• Lin Yuan translated the book’s description of God Slayer Magic, and Makarov explained how it differed from Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Lin Yuan demonstrated that his magic swallowed the space between him and an object, and Makarov identified space as the attribute he could consume.
• Makarov forbade Lin Yuan from experimenting near buildings and moved his training area to the backyard.
• The book showed a faceless man standing before a gate beside a slain serpent and began identifying him as the eleventh gatekeeper.
• Black flames burned away the passage, and Lin Yuan swallowed the space around the blaze to contain it.

After Porlyusica examined Lin Yuan, she found his magic stable but warned him that a seal in his soul protected a hidden power and its memories. Back at the Guild, the Magic Council summoned him for questioning within seven days over his Lost Magic, spatial barrier, and references to god slaying.

• Makarov took the scorched ancient book to Porlyusica, who examined Lin Yuan's magic and found it stable.
• Porlyusica discovered a hidden power and its memories sealed inside Lin Yuan, and warned him not to force the seal open.
• Lin Yuan tried to reach the eleventh door in his dream, triggering a golden mark before Porlyusica struck him and stopped him.
• Porlyusica told Makarov that the inner seal seemed to have been created by Lin Yuan himself, despite his apparent age of ten.
• At the Guild, a Magic Council representative delivered a letter demanding that Fairy Tail bring Lin Yuan for questioning within seven days.

Lin Yuan trained his spatial magic at Fairy Tail and won a sparring match against Mira after Erza intervened. Mira challenged him to a proper fight outside the city the next day, with the loser agreeing to do one thing for the winner.

• Makarov told Natsu that Lin Yuan would attend routine questioning by the Magic Council in three days and warned the Guild not to follow.
• Lin Yuan collected all ten bells during training, while Natsu and Gray knocked over posts and were assigned the compensation deduction.
• Mira challenged Lin Yuan to touch her once, but Erza tripped Mira and she fell into Lin Yuan, allowing him to claim victory.
• Mira challenged Lin Yuan to a proper fight outside the city the next day and proposed that the loser do one thing for the winner.

Lin Yuan and Mira fought to a draw in an official guild duel, then agreed that whoever became an S-Class Mage first would win their rivalry. As they made the wager, a faint glimmer stirred unnoticed on Tenrou Island.

• Makarov refereed Lin Yuan and Mira’s duel while the guild watched and placed bets.
• Mira used her demon forms and aerial attacks against Lin Yuan’s spatial magic, but neither could land a decisive blow.
• Makarov declared the duel a draw, and the spectators’ betting pool was canceled.
• Mira challenged Lin Yuan to see who could become an S-Class Mage first, with the loser agreeing to do one thing.
• Lin Yuan accepted Mira’s challenge, and their magic clashed as the guild flag fluttered.
• A glimmer on Tenrou Island briefly lit up among the branches of a giant tree, then went still.

Lin Yuan and Makarov went to the Magic Council, where examiners tested Lin Yuan’s magic power. The measuring column could not register his full strength, and the Council recorded his total magic power as impossible to measure.

• Makarov pulled Natsu, Gray, and Mira out of the luggage, and Erza took them away as Lin Yuan boarded the train with Makarov.
• The Magic Council examiners questioned Lin Yuan, who could provide little information beyond his name, approximate age, and amnesia.
• The examiners asked Lin Yuan to channel magic power into a measuring column while Makarov stood ready to protect them.
• Lin Yuan’s magic power passed all twelve markings, overwhelmed the room’s protective spells, and triggered an overload alarm.
• The elderly examiner ordered Lin Yuan to stop, and Lin Yuan said he had released less than half his magic power.
• The elderly examiner crossed out the preset ranks and recorded Lin Yuan’s total magic power as impossible to measure.

Lin Yuan's Magic Council test overwhelmed its measuring equipment, but the Council classified his power as Non-Elemental God Slayer Magic and left his supervision to Fairy Tail. Back at the Guild, he revealed that he had used less than half of his magic power during the test.

• The examiners ended Lin Yuan's test after all twelve marks lit up and the backup Magic Crystals activated, then questioned him about his magic and training.
• The Magic Council provisionally classified Lin Yuan's magic as Non-Elemental God Slayer Magic and assigned Fairy Tail to supervise him without detaining or restricting him further.
• Makarov brought Lin Yuan's test report back to the Guild, where the members reacted to the result that his total magic power could not be measured.
• Mira resumed her contest with Lin Yuan, and Lisanna asked how much magic power he had used during the test.
• Lin Yuan told the Guild that he had used not even half of his magic power.

Makarov challenged Lin Yuan and Mira to carry glasses of water to the Guild entrance without spilling, using the contest to teach them awareness and control. They reached the door with their glasses intact but overlooked a spilled kettle, and the chapter ended with the Guild ordered to clean up.

• Makarov stopped Natsu from demanding another magic-power demonstration and set up a water-carrying contest for Lin Yuan and Mira.
• Lin Yuan used spatial magic and Mira used a demon wing and tail to maneuver through the chaos while keeping their glasses steady.
• Lin Yuan and Mira reached the entrance almost together, and both glasses remained full.
• Lisanna pointed out a trail of water from a knocked-over kettle, revealing that the contestants had ignored what was happening around them.
• Makarov ordered everyone involved in the commotion to wipe the floor, while Mira and Lin Yuan prepared to race again until Makarov forbade more contests.

Lin Yuan and Mira delivered thirty fragile magic glass lamps through a crowded street, saving a fallen girl and stopping a runaway wagon along the way. They reached the station with every lamp and the cup of water intact, and Mira admitted that they had both won.

• Makarov assigned Lin Yuan and Mira a delivery job carrying thirty glass lamps and a full cup of water to the station before noon.
• Lin Yuan and Mira carefully navigated the crowded street, working together to protect the lamps and keep the water from spilling.
• When a runaway wagon bore down on their cart, Lin Yuan rescued a fallen girl while Mira shielded the lamps and pulled the cart clear.
• Lin Yuan slowed the wagon by folding the road, and Mira kicked its flying barrels into an empty fodder shop; together they saved the cup of water from spilling.
• Lin Yuan and Mira delivered all thirty undamaged lamps on time, and Mira told him, “This time, we both won.”

Laxus returned to the Guild, challenged Lin Yuan, and took an A-rank job at a northern mine. Before leaving, he invited Lin Yuan to join next year's S-Class Exam, telling him not to keep him waiting.

• Laxus confronted Makarov about Lin Yuan's Magic Council test report, then challenged Lin Yuan to a fight.
• Mira offered to fight Laxus, but Makarov stopped them and warned them against fighting inside the Guild.
• Laxus took an A-rank job to drive a metal-eating armored beast away from a northern mine without collapsing its tunnels.
• Laxus tested Lin Yuan with a lightning-charged gold coin, and Lin Yuan made it vanish and reappear behind him.
• Laxus announced he would take next year's S-Class Exam and invited Lin Yuan to join him.

Laxus returned to the Guild after defeating the carapace beast, then rushed with Lin Yuan to rescue six miners trapped by a tunnel collapse. While locating the survivors, Lin Yuan sensed another heartbeat sealed behind a deeper rock wall.

• Laxus returned to the Guild with the carapace beast's back plate and reported that the mine had not collapsed during his fight.
• A miner reported that a tunnel had collapsed and trapped six workers, so Makarov sent Laxus and Lin Yuan to help.
• Lin Yuan used spatial magic to shorten the journey, and he and Laxus raced to the mine.
• At the collapsed tunnel, Laxus held back from blasting the rock after the mine foreman warned it could bring down the supports.
• Lin Yuan sensed six living miners beyond the rubble, then detected another heartbeat behind a sealed rock wall.

Lin Yuan and Laxus rescued seven miners from a collapsing tunnel and safely disabled a box of explosives. They returned to the Guild with all the miners alive, and Makarov stamped their completion certificate.

• Lin Yuan used his spatial perception and Laxus traced knocks along the rails to locate six trapped miners and a seventh heartbeat deeper inside the tunnel.
• Lin Yuan held back the collapsing strata while Laxus shattered the rock, and the rescuers brought the six miners out.
• Laxus used the mining lamp’s metal handle to help Lin Yuan locate Old Hake, who was shielding a blasting box beneath the rubble.
• Lin Yuan routed a thin bolt of Laxus’s lightning through folded space to extinguish the fuses, then rescued Old Hake and recovered the explosives as the tunnel collapsed.
• Mira and Erza treated the injured outside, and Lin Yuan and Laxus argued over who had caused the tunnel to collapse.
• Makarov tore up Laxus’s earlier proof of completion, but the mine supervisor presented a new certificate, which Makarov stamped after confirming everyone had survived.

Lin Yuan and Laxus fought a bell-grabbing spar that ended in a draw, with each taking the other's bell at nearly the same moment. Mira challenged them next, but Makarov stopped the escalating fight by knocking all three into the dirt.

• Lin Yuan refused his share of the mine reward, but Laxus insisted he take it for finding Old Hake.
• Makarov set rules for Lin Yuan and Laxus's spar, and the two fought using lightning and spatial magic.
• Laxus reached for Lin Yuan's bell while Lin Yuan used folded space to take Laxus's bell, making the bells ring nearly simultaneously.
• Makarov declared a draw as the spectators argued over their bets and Natsu demanded another round.
• Mira challenged Lin Yuan and Laxus, but Makarov turned giant and slapped all three into the dirt.

After their duel, Lin Yuan and Laxus asked to enter the S-Class Exam, but Makarov told them to build their mission records before he chose candidates. They set out on separate missions, leaving the candidate list blank until their work could answer whether they were ready.

• The Guild divided the training-ground repair costs among Lin Yuan, Laxus, Mira, Natsu, and Gray, who was charged for his betting pool.
• Lin Yuan and Laxus asked to be considered for the S-Class Exam, but Makarov said their mission experience and other qualities still needed to be weighed.
• Lin Yuan accepted a twenty-day mission to repair seven magic signal towers in the western canyon, while Laxus chose a thunderbird subjugation mission.
• Macao led Lin Yuan's team, Mira traveled with Wakaba, Erza joined another team, and Laxus set out alone as several teams departed the Guild.
• Makarov watched the young members leave and put away the still-blank S-Class candidate list, saying their missions would provide the answer.

Lin Yuan, Macao, and a repairman reached the western canyon to investigate seven disabled signal towers. After restoring the first tower, they discovered someone had sabotaged it to direct caravans toward an abandoned northern route, and they followed the clues toward the next ridge.

• Lin Yuan, Macao, and the repairman traveled to the canyon and learned that all seven signal towers had been out of service for half a month.
• Macao found hemp rope near the first tower, and the repairman discovered its anchor bolts had been deliberately loosened.
• Lin Yuan used his magic to set the tower upright while the repairman replaced the bolts and restored its circuits.
• Macao and Lin Yuan shielded the tower from a sudden gale, and the repaired crystal sent a signal toward the second ridge.
• The repairman found that someone had shifted the tower’s positioning dial, aiming its light at an abandoned northern route.
• Macao concluded that someone was trying to lure caravans north and followed the drag marks toward the next ridge.

Macao and Lin Yuan uncovered sabotage of the canyon’s signal towers and raced to stop an ambush on a caravan. They discovered the caravan was bait for the attackers, whose trap turned against them when the wagons revealed hidden armor.

• Macao had Tower One’s positioning dial corrected and ordered the canyon entrance to stop caravans while he and Lin Yuan investigated the sabotaged signals.
• At Tower Two, Macao identified a wind-gathering device, and Lin Yuan redirected its stored gale safely out through the tower roof.
• They found a list targeting a royal capital medicinal herb caravan and hurried toward Tower Three, where fresh tracks showed twelve wagons had entered the northern road.
• Macao sent a warning to the canyon entrance, and he and Lin Yuan followed the tracks to a valley where masked attackers had trapped the caravan.
• Macao and Lin Yuan realized the caravan drivers were ready to fight and that the wagons concealed armor; the covers were pulled back, shocking the ambushers.

Lin Yuan and Macao helped the guards defeat the bandits who had been sabotaging the signal towers and stealing from caravans. With the captives secured and Tower Two repaired, they headed toward the still-dark Tower Three.

• The guards revealed their hidden shields as the masked bandits attacked, and Lin Yuan redirected falling boulders away from the caravan.
• Macao trapped the bandits at the canyon entrance with Purple Flare while Lin Yuan pursued an ambusher carrying a pouch of Magic Crystals.
• Lin Yuan folded the distance between the ambusher and Tower Three, took the pouch, and left him tangled in his own wind magic.
• The guards captured all nineteen bandits, who had used the signal towers and wind-type magic devices to lure caravans and obstruct repairs.
• The repairman reported that Tower Two was fixed, and Lin Yuan led Macao toward Tower Three.

Lin Yuan led Macao and a technician in restoring the signal towers, adapting his spatial magic to transport supplies and stabilize Tower Seven during a storm. After the team completed the commission in nine days, Makarov approved Lin Yuan to lead his own team on future A-rank missions.

• Lin Yuan chose to repair Tower Five before Tower Four so its position could serve as a coordinate for transporting supplies.
• Lin Yuan refined his spatial magic to keep tools and parts in place during transfers, and the team restored Tower Four and Tower Six.
• When the wind season threatened Tower Seven, Lin Yuan fixed the tower’s position to its original coordinates while Macao burned incoming debris and the technician repaired the foundation.
• The seven signal towers came back online, and the team returned to Magnolia with three completion stamps after finishing the commission in nine days.
• Makarov reviewed Macao’s evaluation and told Lin Yuan he could lead his own team on his next A-rank mission.

Over the year, Lin Yuan and his Fairy Tail friends completed jobs and grew stronger, while Lin Yuan’s spatial magic improved. When Makarov posted the annual S-Class exam candidates, only Lin Yuan and Laxus had been selected.

• Lin Yuan led Natsu and Gray on a job, and the client complained about the trouble they caused while recovering the cargo.
• Lin Yuan, Mira, and Laxus completed jobs through the seasons as Mira stabilized her Satan Soul and Lin Yuan’s spatial perception grew.
• Lisanna and Elfman began learning Take Over Magic, and Lisanna teased Lin Yuan about his magic.
• Lin Yuan and Laxus fought four more times without either winning decisively.
• Makarov posted the S-Class exam list, naming only Lin Yuan and Laxus as candidates.

Gildarts returned to the Guild, accidentally destroyed a wall, and was named examiner for the S-Class promotion exam. As the candidates prepared, he announced the first stage: Lin Yuan and Laxus had to take his map and reach Black Reef Island before sunset the next day.

• Makarov announced that the S-Class promotion exam would begin in three days, with Gildarts overseeing the combat portion.
• Gildarts broke through the Guild wall by accident and met Lin Yuan, warning him about the danger of trying to analyze his Crush magic.
• Makarov named Gildarts as examiner, while Gildarts told the Guild that passing would take more than simply defeating him.
• Lin Yuan prepared for the exam with help from Mira, Erza, and Lisanna over the next three days.
• Gildarts told Lin Yuan and Laxus that they had to take his map and reach Black Reef Island before sunset the following day.

Lin Yuan and Laxus worked together to steal the map to Black Reef Island from Gildarts, then set off toward the coast after memorizing the route. Gildarts stayed behind with Makarov, who ordered him to repair the road he had destroyed.

• Laxus and Lin Yuan separately tried to take the map, but Gildarts stopped them with his Crush True Magic.
• Lin Yuan and Laxus coordinated their attacks, and Laxus used lightning to break the clasp while Lin Yuan grabbed the map.
• Lin Yuan and Laxus argued over who should keep the map before realizing they could both travel to Black Reef Island.
• Lin Yuan memorized the land routes, Laxus memorized the sea route, and they left together for the coast.
• Makarov told Gildarts to repair the shattered road, while Gildarts studied the map and watched Lin Yuan and Laxus race ahead.

Lin Yuan and Laxus raced to Black Reef Island for the S-Class Exam, but diverted to rescue fishermen in danger. They reached the island just before sunset, and Makarov stamped their records, affirming that saving lives mattered more than the deadline.

• Laxus and Lin Yuan reached the seaside town but missed the last ferry, so they rented a fishing boat to take them toward Black Reef Island.
• Laxus became seasick during the voyage, while the island came into view and the sun neared the horizon.
• After a distress flare appeared, Laxus and Lin Yuan redirected the boat and helped rescue three fishermen from a wrecked vessel.
• Lin Yuan folded the safe stretches of water to speed the boat to Black Reef Island, where they arrived just before sunset.
• Makarov checked that everyone was safe and stamped the exam records, telling Lin Yuan that the living mattered more than the sunset.

Lin Yuan and Laxus carried fragile magic lanterns through separate routes to the island fortress, where Gildarts tested their ability to protect the flames. Both passed the second round, and the flames illuminated stairs leading deeper into the fortress.

• Makarov explained that Lin Yuan and Laxus had to carry their lanterns to the fortress before noon without letting the flames go out.
• Lin Yuan avoided traps in the forest, crossed a bridge guarded by a giant crab, and reached the fortress with his lantern intact.
• Gildarts attacked Lin Yuan's lantern with Crush True Magic, but Lin Yuan distorted space to protect its flame and passed through the fortress gate.
• Laxus crashed through another entrance with his lantern broken but held together by lightning, keeping its flame lit.
• Makarov confirmed both candidates had passed and placed a second seal on each of their records.
• The flames on the platform rose and illuminated stairs leading deeper into the fortress.

Laxus faced Gildarts in the final combat judgment and used a carefully planned attack to make him step outside the white circle, earning his pass. Lin Yuan then entered the hall to begin his own test.

• Makarov set the final test: Laxus had to take the guild flag or make Gildarts move both feet outside the white circle within ten minutes.
• Laxus used lightning, decoys, and the terrain to attack Gildarts while avoiding damage to the fortress’s load-bearing walls.
• Laxus launched the flag into the air, forcing Gildarts to extinguish the lightning pillar and step one foot beyond the circle as he stopped Laxus’s final strike.
• Makarov stamped Laxus’s plaque with a third red mark and declared him passed.
• Laxus told Lin Yuan not to lose too badly, and Lin Yuan entered the hall to face Gildarts.

Lin Yuan faced Gildarts in the third S-class exam round and used his spatial magic to reach the Guild flag despite Gildarts's Crush magic. He passed the exam, leaving Laxus questioning how he had taken the flag.

• Lin Yuan tested Gildarts's Crush magic with folded space, then tried to slip past him and attack at close range.
• After their clashes revealed how Gildarts's magic worked, Lin Yuan marked pieces of rubble and used them to create several folding paths.
• Gildarts crushed the rubble and paths, but Lin Yuan swallowed a fragment of shattered space and erased the distance to the flag.
• Gildarts knocked Lin Yuan out of the circle, but Lin Yuan emerged holding the Fairy Tail Guild flag, which had vanished from its pole.
• Makarov confirmed Lin Yuan's shoulder was only bruised and stamped his third red mark, passing him; Lin Yuan told Laxus the ten steps to the flag no longer existed.