Recaps

Bai Yu stopped Gajeel from harming Levy and the others, while Makarov arrived ready to confront Phantom Lord. At Phantom Lord’s guild hall, Gajeel returned wounded and kicked open the doors, shocking the assembled guild with his broken defenses.

• Erza asked Bai Yu if he could help her grow stronger without magic armor, and he told her she would understand in time.
• Makarov approached with Natsu and Gray after Gajeel attacked Levy, Jet, and Droy, and Bai Yu said war with Phantom Lord was finally beginning.
• Bai Yu collected an Attribute Fragment dropped where Gajeel had stood and received a new skill.
• Jose gathered Phantom Lord’s members and the Element 4, explaining that he expected Makarov to retaliate after Gajeel’s attack.
• Gajeel reached Phantom Lord’s hall, heard Jose mock Fairy Tail, then kicked open the doors and revealed the wound across his abdomen.

Bai Yu led Fairy Tail into Phantom Lord’s guild hall and declared war, prompting Jose to launch an attack and spring his trap for Makarov. Aria used Airspace Magic against Makarov, leaving Jose confident that he could defeat Fairy Tail without its master.

• Jose questioned Gajeel about his defeat, and a lackey revealed that a newcomer from Fairy Tail had wounded him.
• Bai Yu arrived with Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy and declared war on Phantom Lord.
• Jose accused Bai Yu of ruining his plans, then unleashed Darkness Impact and blasted everyone in the guild hall.
• Jose revealed that he had anticipated Makarov’s arrival and ordered Aria to attack him.
• Aria thrust his magic-draining Airspace sphere at Makarov as Jose counted on it to leave Fairy Tail helpless.

Bai Yu intercepted Aria’s surprise attack on Makarov and wounded him with a swift sword strike. Aria claimed Bai Yu had still taken the magic-draining attack, leaving everyone watching to learn what had happened to him.

• Jose launched his plan against Makarov, but Bai Yu appeared between Makarov and Aria’s attack.
• Aria hurled Airspace: Extinction toward Bai Yu and retreated, but Bai Yu cut his abdomen.
• Aria said Bai Yu had received enough of the attack to lose his magic power and warned that Bai Yu’s swordsmanship made him dangerous.
• The Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord mages fell silent and stared at Bai Yu, waiting to see the attack’s effect.

Bai Yu challenged Gajeel to fight despite claiming Aria’s Airspace Magic had dispersed his magic power, wagering that Gajeel would join Fairy Tail if he lost. As Gajeel braced for the duel, Bai Yu surged forward with golden power and drew his katana for a lightning-fast slash.

• Makarov thanked Bai Yu for protecting him, and Bai Yu insisted he could still fight after drinking rum.
• Bai Yu told Jose that Aria’s magic had dispersed his power but claimed nobody could kill him even without magic.
• Bai Yu challenged Gajeel and wagered that Gajeel would leave Phantom Lord and join Fairy Tail if he lost.
• Jose and Aria urged Gajeel to accept, and Gajeel agreed to fight Bai Yu.
• Gajeel activated Iron Dragon Mode, but Bai Yu charged at him with golden power and unleashed a swift reverse-grip katana slash.

Bai Yu one-shot Gajeel, but Jose unleashed his life-draining Shades and forced Fairy Tail into a battle against Phantom Lord’s forces. As Jose prepared to attack Gajeel, Bai Yu saved him and stood against Jose.

• Bai Yu used Sky-Splitting Rising Dragon Strike to launch Gajeel through the guild hall and leave him gravely wounded.
• Jose unleashed Death Breath, collapsing the guild hall and creating a growing swarm of Shades that drained life force from anyone they touched.
• Makarov warned Erza, Natsu, and Gray about the Shades and moved to confront Jose while they tried to clear a path.
• Jose revealed the Element 4 and used them and the Shades to block Makarov’s advance.
• Bai Yu emerged carrying the unconscious Gajeel, cut down the Shades attacking him, and declared that Jose would have to kill him first.

Bai Yu gained Gajeel’s Raging Dragon Dankū Slash and faced Juvia, whose rain magic covered the battlefield. Rather than attack her, he told her that rainy days could be romantic, leaving Juvia questioning how she viewed the rain.

• Bai Yu taunted Gajeel and challenged Jose and the Phantom Lord members to fight him.
• Jose ordered Juvia to deal with Bai Yu, and she stepped forward as his opponent.
• Bai Yu collected a golden Attribute Fragment dropped by Gajeel and gained Raging Dragon Dankū Slash.
• Juvia summoned a downpour and warned Bai Yu that he would have to defeat her to pass.
• Gray offered to fight Juvia, but Bai Yu declined and wondered about her sorrow and the rain.
• Bai Yu told Juvia that someone would eventually find a rainy day romantic, leaving her stunned and questioning the rain.

Bai Yu comforted Juvia by showing her the romance of rainy days, prompting her to leave Phantom Lord and walk away from the battle. Jose, enraged by her departure and Bai Yu’s interference, prepared to retaliate.

• Jose angrily ordered Juvia to attack Bai Yu, while Makarov and the Fairy Tail guild members grew indignant at how Jose treated her.
• Bai Yu appeared beside Juvia, shared her umbrella, and spoke about the closeness and romance that rain could bring.
• Juvia remembered people finding comfort beneath umbrellas, smiled through her tears, and embraced Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu folded the umbrella as the rain stopped and sunlight revealed a rainbow, and Juvia thanked him, declared she was leaving Phantom Lord, and walked off the battlefield.
• Jose became furious that Bai Yu had disrupted his plans and persuaded Juvia to leave without fighting.

Bai Yu stopped Jose from attacking Juvia and unleashed Raging Dragon Dankū Slash, destroying Phantom Lord’s guild and driving Jose into the sea. Makarov praised Bai Yu, while Bai Yu sensed that someone had taken Jose away.

• Jose erupted in anger and attacked Juvia from behind with Darkness Shadow Sneak.
• Bai Yu intercepted Jose with Raging Dragon Dankū Slash, battering him through the guild ruins and into the sea.
• Phantom Lord’s remaining members fled as Fairy Tail’s forces saw the guild reduced to ruins.
• Makarov thanked Bai Yu for preventing Fairy Tail from suffering heavy losses and wondered about Jose’s fate.
• Bai Yu told Makarov that someone had taken Jose away.

Bai Yu defeated Phantom Lord single-handedly, and Jose fled while Laxus secretly rescued him. After gaining Phantom Sword Dance from the system, Bai Yu learned he had completed the first stage of the Fairy Tail Nightmare Dungeon and received the option to leave temporarily.

• Makarov, Erza, Natsu, and Gray left after Jose fled and Phantom Lord's defeat ended the battle.
• Levy thanked Bai Yu, who joked that closing her eyes would repay him, then flicked her forehead and rubbed her head instead.
• Bai Yu collected nearby Attribute Fragments and obtained Phantom Sword Dance from the system.
• Bai Yu suspected Laxus had secretly rescued Jose after witnessing Bai Yu's strength and deciding he was a threat to his plans.
• The system announced that Bai Yu had completed the first-stage mission and offered him a chance to leave the dungeon temporarily.

After Bai Yu completed the first stage of the dungeon quest, he chose to remain in the Fairy Tail world and prepare for the coming conflict. Laxus approached Jose and proposed a pact: Jose would keep Bai Yu occupied while Laxus launched a civil war to take control of Fairy Tail.

• Bai Yu learned that defeating Phantom Lord had completed the dungeon quest’s first stage, but he stayed in the Fairy Tail world and asked the system about a reward.
• The system told Bai Yu he would receive a random reward after leaving the dungeon, and Bai Yu decided to strengthen himself before Laxus’s planned conflict.
• Laxus confronted the battered Jose outside Magnolia, and Jose vowed revenge on Bai Yu and Fairy Tail.
• Laxus offered to start a civil war, take Makarov’s position, and give Jose a chance to kill Bai Yu in exchange for Jose keeping Bai Yu occupied.
• Jose questioned Laxus’s chances, and Laxus claimed he was certain he could seize the guild; Jose considered the deal necessary to save Phantom Lord.

Jose agreed to cooperate with Laxus before leaving Magnolia, where the battle’s end sparked talk about Erza defeating Phantom Lord. At a weapons shop, Erza encountered two old men selling a blueprint for the legendary Heavenly One God Armor, and a merchant urged her to help buy it.

• Jose agreed to work with Laxus but warned him not to break his promise, then vanished as a swarm of bats.
• Less than half a day later, the battle ended, and Magnolia’s residents celebrated Phantom Lord’s defeat while rumors credited Erza with crushing the guild alone.
• Erza hurried to a weapons shop and saw two ragged old men retrieve a blueprint she recognized as the Heavenly One God Armor’s design.
• The East Garden Chamber of Commerce president tried to buy the blueprint for one and a half million, but could produce only eight hundred thousand.
• The president asked Erza to lend him five hundred thousand, promising to sell her a suit of armor at cost, and Erza was caught off guard by the offer.

Erza nearly bought a fake Heavenly One God Armor blueprint from three scammers, but Bai Yu stopped her and knocked them unconscious with his Conqueror's Haki. He offered Erza two ways to become stronger, leaving her to decide which one to choose.

• Erza decided the Heavenly One God Armor blueprint might help her become stronger and reached for her black card to buy it.
• Bai Yu stopped Erza and warned the sellers that he knew they were scammers, prompting them to attack him and Erza with daggers.
• Bai Yu released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out the three scammers, nearby pedestrians, and the weapon shop owner.
• Erza realized how far Bai Yu's strength exceeded her own, and Bai Yu asked her not to tell anyone about what had happened.
• Bai Yu offered Erza two methods to become stronger, one slower and one dependent on luck, and asked her to choose.

Bai Yu gave Erza weighted wrist guards and advice on balancing physical and magical training before preparing to leave the guild temporarily. Erza chose to focus on the wrist guards, then secretly wondered if they were tokens of love as she walked away.

• Erza asked Bai Yu if choosing both ways to grow stronger was greedy, and he encouraged her to pursue both.
• Bai Yu told Erza he would leave soon to handle something and might return in two or three days.
• Bai Yu gave Erza four weighted wrist guards and explained how they could strengthen her body and help her control her magic.
• Bai Yu offered Erza a red button that could grant a random surprise, but she returned it and chose to train with the wrist guards first.
• Erza walked back toward the guild in the heavy wrist guards and wondered if Bai Yu had given them to her as tokens of love.
• Bai Yu watched Erza leave and considered pressing the red button himself.

Bai Yu gambled on Erza’s luck refreshing the System Shop, found Mark 50 armor, and bought it for 10,000 system points. Before setting out, he met Mira, gave her gifts for the guild, and promised to prepare her desired birthday present while he was away.

• Bai Yu refreshed the System Shop, hoping Erza’s luck would produce a valuable item.
• Bai Yu found Mark 50 armor in the shop and exchanged 10,000 system points for it, leaving him with 200,000 points and a three-month cooldown.
• Mira found Bai Yu and gave him a backpack of liquor for his journey, asking him to return to the guild.
• Bai Yu gave Mira a bag of gifts for the guild, including a special item for her, and promised to try to prepare the birthday present she wanted.
• Bai Yu said he had to leave and vanished, leaving Mira frozen in surprise.

After Bai Yu left, Fairy Tail voted to accept Juvia and Gajeel into the guild, while Erza arrived and revealed that she had accepted a magic item from him. The guild celebrated as Erza admitted she had wondered whether the gift was a token of love.

• Mira examined the valuable magic-item wrist guards Bai Yu had given her and wondered what regret he meant to help her remedy.
• After the battle with Phantom Lord ended, Makarov proposed that the guild vote on accepting Juvia and Gajeel as members.
• Mira, Natsu, Jet, Droy, and the other gathered members voted in favor, and Makarov welcomed Juvia and Gajeel into Fairy Tail.
• Makarov announced that the party's bill would go under Bai Yu's name, and the guild continued celebrating.
• Erza arrived, voted in favor of Juvia and Gajeel joining, and revealed that she had accepted a magic item from Bai Yu because she thought it might be a token of love.

After Erza and Lucy mistook Bai Yu’s matching wristbands for tokens of love, Mira revealed that he had brought enough for the whole guild and explained their training benefits. The guild members eagerly accepted them, while Laxus arrived and challenged their trust in Bai Yu.

• Erza tried to explain that she and Bai Yu were not romantically involved, but Lucy revealed she had the same wristband, prompting Makarov to joke that Bai Yu loved them both.
• Gajeel accused Bai Yu of hiding beautiful women and started to leave with Juvia.
• Mira revealed stacks of wristbands and said Bai Yu intended one for every Fairy Tail member, including Juvia.
• Mira explained that the wristbands could suppress and regulate magic power, aid physical training, and might awaken a Second Origin.
• Gajeel abandoned his plan to leave and sat beside Juvia to get a wristband.
• Laxus arrived with the Thunder God Tribe and accused Mira and the others of trusting Bai Yu and accepting a cheap attempt to buy their loyalty.

Bai Yu returned to the Sea King World after leaving the Nightmare Dungeon, but found himself far from familiar territory and worried about how much time had passed. He flew toward an island where a battle was underway, while the chapter left the island’s defenders facing a dense mass of figures at sea.

• Mira offered wristbands to Laxus and Freed’s group, but Laxus dismissed them and left with the others.
• Bai Yu emerged from the ancient tower on a deserted island and found that his Kenpachi Zaraki Main Body Template power had returned and its unlocking progress had risen to 94 percent.
• Bai Yu found no nearby Flying Thunder God Marks and used Observation Haki, discovering signs of a fight on an island northeast of him.
• Bai Yu flew toward the island, hoping he had not returned too late.
• At the island, the docks and ships had been destroyed, and the militia and Marine soldiers watched a dense mass of figures covering the sea.

Commodore Isuka and the remaining defenders faced a charge of three thousand berserk Sea Kings while isolated from reinforcements. After ordering a final stand, Isuka watched the Sea Kings close in, and one enormous Sea King reached the wall through the smoke.

• An aide told Isuka that three thousand Sea Kings were approaching and urged her to retreat with the two hundred defenders and their dwindling ammunition.
• Isuka refused to retreat, recalling the words of War Demon Bai Yu, and hoped that others would come to help them.
• Isuka ordered the defenders to open fire, and their cannons killed or crippled dozens of Sea Kings.
• The Sea Kings advanced to within three hundred meters as the defenders reloaded, forcing Isuka to prepare for close combat.
• A massive Sea King broke through the smoke and charged the wall, and Isuka’s adjutant raised his axe to attack it.

Isuka and the Marines fought a surging horde of Sea Kings until Sabo and Revolutionary Army reinforcements arrived to help. Sabo warned that Sea Kings were gathering and asked whether Marine Headquarters or Bai Yu had found a way to turn the war around.

• Isuka severed a Sea King's tail and cut open its belly, killing it as more Sea Kings charged.
• A gigantic Sea King stunned Isuka and swung its tail at her, but Sabo blocked the blow and blasted it into the oncoming Sea Kings.
• Revolutionary Army soldiers opened fire from the battlements, briefly slowing the Sea King assault.
• Isuka recognized Sabo, who said the Revolutionary Army would help repel the current tide before taking everyone to its base.
• Sabo told Isuka that Sea Kings were gathering hundreds of nautical miles away, the Revolutionary Army's base was also under attack, and Marine Headquarters risked falling without a countermeasure from Bai Yu.

Sabo and the Revolutionary Army fought an overwhelming wave of Sea Kings while hoping Bai Yu could provide a way to turn the tide. As Koala and Sabo were caught in a surprise attack by scaled humanoid monsters, a lightning strike smashed into the battlefield, leaving the newcomers’ identity unknown.

• Sabo estimated that roughly two thousand Sea Kings were advancing and asked Isuka and Koala to hold the wall while he attacked.
• Sabo charged into the Sea Kings, crushing one with his body and killing several more with his Armament Haki-coated pipe.
• A scaled humanoid monster attacked Koala from behind as three similar monsters ambushed Sabo.
• Lightning descended from the sky, struck the monster attacking Koala, and shattered the wall beneath the defenders.
• Koala and the people nearby were thrown away by the shock wave, and everyone waited to learn whether the uninvited arrival was an enemy.

Bai Yu arrived on the battlefield and killed three monsters and over a thousand Sea Kings with a single sword slash, saving Isuka and stunning the Marines and Revolutionary Army. The surviving Sea Kings fled, leaving the island’s defenders to take in the scale of his power.

• Sabo and Koala joined Isuka as lightning struck the city wall, and Isuka recognized the arrival as Bai Yu.
• Three monsters attacked Isuka from behind, but Bai Yu told everyone to duck, and she trusted him enough to obey.
• Bai Yu drew his sword and cut down the three monsters’ weapons and bodies, then severed more than a thousand Sea Kings with the same slash.
• The three monsters died, the remaining Sea Kings fled into the water, and the battlefield fell silent.

Bai Yu reunited with Isuka and Sabo after saving them from the Sea King tide, then revealed that Dragon was his uncle. The Revolutionary Army learned that Bai Yu intended to help them because of his family ties to their leader.

• Bai Yu rescued Isuka and the Marines from a Sea King tide, and Isuka embraced him before organizing the evacuation of the island's residents.
• Isuka's Marines teased her about her affection for Bai Yu, then followed her to evacuate the residents.
• Bai Yu greeted Sabo, who did not recognize him, and promised to help restore Sabo's memories someday.
• Koala urged Sabo to ask Bai Yu for help because the Revolutionary Army faced devastating losses and needed new power.
• Sabo asked Bai Yu to share his power with the Revolutionary Army, and Bai Yu said he would help because Dragon was his uncle.

After Baldigo sent an urgent call for help, Bai Yu agreed to accompany Sabo and Koala back to Revolutionary Army Headquarters, using his spatial ability to speed their journey. At Baldigo, the Revolutionary Army’s last harbor defenses faced a vastly larger Sea King attack after its members had lost their Devil Fruit powers.

• Koala received an emergency message saying Baldigo was under attack, but the Den Den Mushi signal cut off before she could learn more.
• Bai Yu promised to go with Sabo and Koala and left a Flying Thunder God Kunai behind so he could return quickly if needed.
• Sabo asked whether Bai Yu could grant new powers, and Bai Yu discovered the Mark 50 was available for purchase again without limits.
• Bai Yu spent twenty thousand System Points to obtain a Mark 50, then put it away and carried Sabo and Koala toward Baldigo.
• At Baldigo’s harbor, the Revolutionary Army held its last defensive wall while a report warned that Sea Kings were converging in numbers many times greater than before.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army prepared to face a massive Sea King assault after losing their Devil Fruit powers, while Lindbergh equipped the commanders with jetpacks. As the Sea Kings surrounded them, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck toward Dragon.

• Dragon assessed how badly the Revolutionary Army had been weakened after the Five Elders and Imu reclaimed the Devil Fruits.
• Ivankov and Belo Betty questioned whether the Revolutionary Army should retreat and whether Sabo’s absence had left them vulnerable.
• Lindbergh presented his newly built jetpacks, and the army commanders reluctantly took the equipment.
• Thousands of Sea Kings gathered around Baltigo as the sea boiled beneath them.
• A blue bolt of lightning shot toward Dragon, who stepped in front of the commanders to take the attack himself.

Enel attacked the Revolutionary Army at Baltigo after Dragon's jet device was destroyed, forcing Dragon to defend the last wall from his lightning. Dragon blocked Enel's thunderbird attack, but the wall was left badly cracked and the battle remained unresolved.

• Enel arrived aboard the Golden Ark, boasted of his godlike power, and threatened to defeat Bai Yu after dealing with the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon told the commanders to protect the walls from the Sea Kings and faced Enel alone, while Lindbergh took the damaged jet device.
• Enel struck Dragon with El Thor, but Dragon used Soru to evade the lightning, which tore a huge breach through the defensive wall.
• Enel unleashed a 30,000,000 Volt Thunderbird, and Ivankov urged Dragon to retreat rather than risk the wall.
• Dragon met the thunderbird with Dragon Claw Fist, sending a figure flying back as the damaged wall developed more cracks.