Recaps

Tornado overwhelmed Laxus with her psychic power, leaving him badly injured after a single exchange. As Jose arrived with hundreds of dark guild members, Bai Yu warned Freed that choosing the wrong side could get him killed, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Tornado immobilized Laxus with her psychic power and hurled him through buildings and a rocky cliff, badly injuring him.
• Tornado said she had used less than half her strength, while Erza and the others stared at the damage she had caused.
• Freed reached for his sword to deploy Dark Écriture, but Bai Yu warned him to reconsider his allegiance before he chose the wrong side.
• Jose gathered several hundred members of four dark guilds, and Makarov urged him to surrender before the Magic Council hunted him down.
• Jose recognized that events had turned out very differently from his plan to let Laxus and Fairy Tail exhaust each other before seizing the advantage.

Jose ordered the dark guilds to attack Fairy Tail, prompting Makarov to prepare Fairy Law. Bai Yu stopped him and cast the spell himself, leaving Laxus fearing that Bai Yu considered him an enemy.

• Jose unleashed hundreds of Shades and urged the dark guild members to destroy Fairy Tail.
• Erza and Mira prepared to fight, but Makarov stepped forward and began gathering magic for one of the Three Great Fairy Magics.
• Jose tried to retreat, but Bai Yu stopped Makarov, saying he knew how to cast Fairy Law too.
• Bai Yu cast Super Magic: Fairy Law, and its golden light swept across the battlefield.
• Laxus realized Fairy Law could kill anyone Bai Yu regarded as an enemy and tried to flee.

Bai Yu’s Fairy Melody defeated Jose and the fleeing dark guild members, while leaving Laxus alive but stripped of his magic power. Makarov welcomed Bai Yu as a true member of Fairy Tail and entrusted him with helping discipline Laxus, who fainted at the prospect.

• Freed, Erza, Mira, and the others rushed to save Laxus as Bai Yu’s Fairy Melody engulfed the battlefield.
• The Shades vanished, the dark guild members fell from the sky, and Jose plunged to the ground.
• Bai Yu told the rescuers that Laxus was alive and only pretending to be unconscious.
• Makarov thanked Bai Yu and said that casting Fairy Melody showed Fairy Tail had acknowledged him.
• Happy approached Laxus with a knitting needle, prompting Laxus to open his eyes and admit he was fine.
• Bai Yu gave Makarov a wrist guard and offered to discipline Laxus, who promptly passed out from anger and fear.

Bai Yu defeated Jose and stopped Laxus’s uprising, though he still could not complete the nightmare-level dungeon. As Magnolia’s Winter Festival began, he declined to join the celebration and left to bathe, telling Tornado to stay with the guild.

• Bai Yu received Phantom Sword Dance after slaying Jose, but he remained unsure how to complete the nightmare-level dungeon.
• Freed dropped Laxus, who struck his head on a rock and passed out again.
• Makarov thanked Bai Yu for stopping Laxus’s plan before it disrupted the Winter Festival.
• Mira thanked Bai Yu for helping her reunite with Lisanna, while Erza teased Lucy about asking Bai Yu to the festival.
• Tornado grew jealous as several women gathered around Bai Yu, so he jokingly offered to take everyone to a bath.
• Bai Yu rubbed Tornado’s head, told her to enjoy the festival without attacking anyone, and left to bathe alone.

Bai Yu discovered that defeating powerful opponents in the Fairy Tail World could earn System Points, then encountered Mystogan while heading for a bathhouse. He ambushed the S-Class Mage, whose magic failed to stop Bai Yu’s overwhelming sword attack.

• Bai Yu realized that defeating Laxus had earned him three thousand System Points and considered finding more strong opponents to fight.
• Bai Yu noticed white smoke putting passersby to sleep and recognized the likely work of Mystogan.
• Mystogan approached the seemingly unconscious Bai Yu, but Bai Yu grabbed his wrist and revealed he had been pretending.
• Bai Yu drew his katana and attacked Mystogan, who defended himself with his Three Layered Magic Circle: Mirror Water.
• Bai Yu’s slash multiplied and stacked into a powerful attack, leaving Mystogan alarmed and regretting his approach.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Mystogan in a fight, healed him with a Senzu Bean, and invited him to bathe, only for Tornado and several other women to arrive and leave Tornado wondering who was truly pitiful. Elsewhere, Ultear met General Brain at the Fiore border and asked whether he would restore Jellal after her Tower of Paradise plan failed.

• Mystogan used Seven-Layered Magic Circle: Nothingness, but Bai Yu’s Phantom Sword Dance shattered it and sent Mystogan flying into the river.
• Bai Yu apologized to Mystogan, gave him a Senzu Bean that healed his injuries, and invited him to bathe.
• Tornado arrived in a bathing kimono and found several other women gathered with Bai Yu, leaving her to wonder whether she was the pitiful one.
• General Brain called Ultear out aboard a magic airship near the Kingdom of Fiore’s border.
• Ultear asked General Brain whether he had decided to restore Jellal after the Tower of Paradise plan failed.

Ultear joined Brain and the other members of Oración Seis aboard an airship, where they discussed unlocking Nirvana and the threat of Fairy Tail. After Ultear identified Bai Yu as the person who had ruined Jellal’s plans, Oración Seis dismissed his strength and prepared to pursue their own goals.

• Brain told Ultear that Jellal was still their ally and that unlocking Nirvana would let them reverse good and evil across the world.
• Brain promised Ultear that Oración Seis would succeed where Jellal had failed and asked which Fairy Tail member she wanted dead.
• Ultear named Bai Yu as the person she was watching, explaining that he was a Fairy Tail newcomer who had defeated Phantom Lord and become a Wizard Saint.
• Midnight said Jose had hired three guilds to attack Magnolia and claimed Bai Yu had only fought Jose to a draw before Makarov intervened.
• Brain and the others dismissed Bai Yu as no threat, believing any of them could easily defeat Jose.

Brain revealed that Oración Seis planned to use Nirvana Magic against the other dark guilds and seize control of Ishgar. The next morning, Bai Yu visited the Fairy Tail Guild, where an awkward reunion with Mira and Lisanna was interrupted by Laxus challenging him over the claim that Laxus had defeated Jose.

• Ultear congratulated Brain on Oración Seis’s supposed mission, then left through spatial magic.
• After Ultear vanished, Brain admitted Oración Seis intended to use Nirvana Magic against Grimoire Heart and Tartaros and make Ishgar theirs.
• Bai Yu entered the Fairy Tail Guild the next morning, embarrassing Mira and Lisanna as they remembered the previous night’s failed attempt to bathe with him.
• Bai Yu recalled Tornado’s complaint about floating and realized she had been upset by Mira’s and Lisanna’s figures.
• Laxus arrived wrapped in bandages and demanded to know why Bai Yu had told everyone that Laxus defeated Jose, then proposed a duel of words followed by fists.

Laxus thanked Bai Yu and refused to claim he had defeated Jose, showing that he had accepted the guild's importance after nearly dying. The mood shifted when Lahar and another Magic Council representative arrived and asked Bai Yu whether he wanted to become chairman.

• Laxus challenged Bai Yu to a duel of words, but Bai Yu's taunts left him unable to respond.
• Laxus thanked Bai Yu, then said he would never claim to have defeated Jose.
• Mira and Lisanna smiled at Laxus, while Makarov and the Thunder God Tribe cried over his change in attitude.
• Makarov thanked Bai Yu and said he could beat Laxus again if he misbehaved.
• Bai Yu noticed visitors at the guild entrance, and Lahar arrived with another Magic Council representative.
• The representative asked Bai Yu whether he wanted to be chairman of the Magic Council.

Yajima offered Bai Yu a seat on the newly formed Magic Council, but Bai Yu initially refused. After Lahar warned him against attacking the Custody Enforcement Unit, Bai Yu changed his mind so he could gain the authority to cut Lahar.

• Yajima asked Bai Yu if he wanted to become a Magic Council chairman, then clarified that he was recommending him as a councilor.
• Lahar told Bai Yu that the current Magic Council would be dissolved and that Yajima had recommended him for the new council.
• Bai Yu refused the council seat, and Lahar challenged him to name what would interest him.
• Lahar warned that attacking the Custody Enforcement Unit would lead to imprisonment and trouble for Bai Yu's guild.
• Bai Yu said Yajima's recommendation had made him want to become a councilor after all, because the position would give him another chance to cut someone.

Bai Yu defeated and nearly killed Lahar after Lahar tried to flee, then healed him and offered him a chance to retaliate. Bai Yu gave up the councilor position so he could join Fairy Tail, and Makarov welcomed him.

• Lahar fled from Bai Yu, but Bai Yu caught up with him and shattered his strongest wind shield with Phantom Sword Dance.
• Bai Yu struck Lahar into a crater, leaving him gravely wounded, while Yajima and the others watched in shock.
• Bai Yu put a green bean into Lahar’s mouth, healing him completely; Lahar stood up and immediately dropped to his knees in fear.
• Bai Yu said he would relinquish the councilor position after beating Lahar and asked Makarov whether Fairy Tail was accepting members.
• Makarov laughed and welcomed Bai Yu into the guild.

Bai Yu rejoined Fairy Tail and learned that Oración Seis planned to use Nirvana to awaken Jellal, so Yajima appointed him to lead the mission. As Bai Yu received new Sword Saint abilities, he wondered whether the Sword God was the next advancement and saw Oración Seis as a chance to find out.

• Bai Yu refused Yajima’s offer to become a councilor, and Yajima agreed to overlook what had happened with Lahar.
• Yajima revealed that Jellal had survived and fallen into Oración Seis’s hands, and that the dark guild planned to use Nirvana to awaken him.
• Yajima changed the mission and appointed Bai Yu to lead the team against Oración Seis, while Lahar questioned the decision and was rebuked.
• Bai Yu received the Sword Saint Awakening Mode and the Ultimate Ghost Swordsmanship techniques Cutting Iron Style, Cutting Steel Style, and Storm Style.
• Bai Yu wondered whether the Sword God existed beyond the Sword Saint and considered Oración Seis an opportunity to test his limits.

Bai Yu set out to stop Oración Seis with Erza, Lucy, and Tornado, while Juvia joined them after asking to come along. At the magic carriage station, they encountered a dark-haired girl Bai Yu recognized but said he barely knew.

• Makarov kept Natsu and Gray at the guild to stabilize their newly opened second magic power origins and sent Erza and Lucy with Bai Yu.
• Lahar worried that Bai Yu was leaving to face Oración Seis with too few people, but Yajima told him to watch as Mira, Lisanna, and Cana considered following too.
• Juvia asked to accompany Bai Yu, and he welcomed her, reassuring her that he would not abandon her after inviting her to join Fairy Tail.
• Bai Yu left with Erza, Lucy, Tornado, and Juvia, while Tornado silently regretted agreeing to follow him as more women gathered around him.
• At the magic carriage station, Tornado teased Bai Yu about the dark-haired girl they saw, and Bai Yu said they had only met before.

Bai Yu and the Fairy Tail mages joined a magic-carriage caravan bound for Nirvana Forest, where they met Wendy and Carla of Cait Shelter. After choosing not to intervene when mercenaries mistreated Wendy, Bai Yu explained that she needed room to grow; as the caravan traveled, he sensed danger approaching.

• Wendy and Carla invited Bai Yu, Erza, Lucy, and the others to board the caravan to Nirvana Forest.
• Happy emerged from Erza’s luggage and eagerly approached Carla, who kicked him away.
• A tattooed mercenary berated Wendy, but Bai Yu stopped Erza from intervening, and Carla led Wendy away.
• Bai Yu explained that he wanted Wendy to learn to handle trouble herself and had let Happy follow her partly to ease her stress.
• Bai Yu warned that dark guild members might target the caravan because Oración Seis had moved against the Tower of Nirvana, then announced that enemies had arrived.

Bai Yu sensed an ambush in Nirvana Forest and stopped Erza from intervening as Wendy helped Sylph Labyrinth’s mercenaries drive off the attackers. After the merchant paid the group, Lala took Carla’s share, and Wendy confronted him.

• Bai Yu warned that attackers were nearby and stopped Erza from rushing into the fight.
• Dark guild members ambushed the caravan, but Wendy enchanted Lala the Hammer Wielder and Hong the Swordsman, prompting the attackers to withdraw.
• The merchant paid Lala, Wendy, and Carla for their work escorting the caravan.
• Lala took Carla’s pouch and told Wendy that Carla did not deserve a share.
• Wendy stood up to Lala and offered her own payment in exchange for Carla’s pouch.

Giant Hammer Lala attacked Carla and Happy after they demanded an apology, but Bai Yu appeared and blocked his hammer with one hand. As Bai Yu faced Lala and the Sylph Labyrinth mercenaries, Erza and the others remained confident he could handle them.

• Giant Hammer Lala knocked Wendy’s money pouch away and refused to apologize to her.
• Carla and Happy stood in Lala’s way and demanded an apology, prompting him to attack them with his magic hammer.
• Bai Yu appeared in front of Carla and Happy and stopped Lala’s hammer with his bare hand.
• Lala claimed he had used only a fraction of his strength and challenged Bai Yu, while Swordsman Hong moved to join him.
• Bai Yu told Happy to take Carla aside and said he wanted to see how the mercenaries would show no mercy.
• Wendy worried about the Sylph Labyrinth’s numbers, but Erza and the others showed no concern about Bai Yu facing them.

Bai Yu endured attacks from Sylph Labyrinth’s leaders without being harmed, then faced the guild’s mass charge after mocking their strength. As the mercenaries rushed him, he unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

• Lala attacked Bai Yu with his giant magic hammer, but Bai Yu stood firm and left Lala’s hands stinging.
• Hong struck Bai Yu in the abdomen with his magic blade, but the attack failed to pierce him.
• A hidden sniper fired a magic-powered kinetic bullet at Bai Yu from a distant rocky mountain, but Bai Yu remained unharmed.
• Bai Yu taunted Lala and Hong, then walked toward them as they ordered Sylph Labyrinth’s fighters to attack together.
• More than fifty mercenaries charged Bai Yu, and he released his Conqueror’s Haki.

Bai Yu used Conqueror's Haki to incapacitate most of the Sylph Labyrinth, then defeated Lala, Hong, and Rekuto. He ordered Wendy to heal the wounded enemies so he could cut them down again, leaving the others stunned by his plan.

• Bai Yu released Conqueror's Haki, knocking out more than fifty Sylph Labyrinth members and stopping Lala and Hong in their tracks.
• Lala and Hong tried to retreat while Dorek fired at Bai Yu, but Bai Yu dodged the bullets and struck them both with a single slash.
• Rekuto fled after seeing Lala and Hong defeated, but Bai Yu caught and struck him down.
• Lala accused Bai Yu of risking Fairy Tail's standing with the Magic Council, and Bai Yu said he had spared them to demonstrate Wendy's healing magic.
• Bai Yu told Wendy to heal the wounded enemies so he could cut them down again, leaving Wendy, Carla, Erza, Lucy, and the others horrified.

Bai Yu chose to confront Oración Seis alone, while Erza and the others followed behind with Tornado. At Nirvana Forest, Brain attacked the Tower of Nirvana but found its barrier absorbed destructive magic and strengthened the defenses.

• Bai Yu frightened Lala the Giant Hammer and his companions by threatening to heal and slash them again, then let Wendy treat their injuries.
• After the group recovered, Bai Yu used Observation Haki and announced that he would search for Oración Seis alone.
• Bai Yu agreed to let Erza and the others follow Tornado, but told them to stay on the sidelines, and asked Wendy to tell Cait Shelter that Fairy Tail would handle the mission.
• Bai Yu launched himself toward Nirvana Forest, and Tornado carried Erza and the others after him on a flying stretch of rocky ground.
• Brain attacked the Tower of Nirvana with Dark Rondo, but the Nirvana Magic Barrier absorbed the strike and strengthened its defenses.

Brain and Oración Seis attacked the Tower of Nirvana, and Robaul tried to summon reinforcements before they could break its magic circle. Wendy told him that Bai Yu had already gone to face Oración Seis alone, leaving Robaul stunned.

• Brain said he would need thirty minutes to unravel Nirvana's magic circle and ordered Cobra and Racer to stop Robaul from interfering.
• Cobra struck Robaul with Poison Dragon Magic, but Nirvana's power reversed the poison's effects and protected him.
• Robaul realized he could not stop Oración Seis alone and urged Wendy to summon the other guilds' reinforcements.
• Wendy told Robaul that Bai Yu had found Oración Seis and was heading to face them alone, then asked whether Bai Yu could defeat them.
• Robaul froze in disbelief at Wendy's news.

Bai Yu charged into the Nirvana Magic Circle and struck Midnight so hard that the Oración Seis member was left badly injured. Robaul watched in shock as Wendy’s claim that Oración Seis was weak began to seem possible.

• Brain learned that a single intruder was approaching and ordered the dark guild members to stop him.
• Bai Yu burst through the dark guild members’ defensive line and continued toward Brain and the other five.
• Bai Yu reached the sleeping Midnight before his Reflector Magic could fully take effect and slammed him into the Tower of Nirvana’s barrier.
• Midnight spat out blood, leaving Brain and the others stunned that someone had injured an Oración Seis member with one strike.
• Robaul wondered whether Oración Seis really was weak.

Bai Yu faced Oración Seis alone, shrugging off their attacks and taunting them as they tried to overwhelm him. After Cobra claimed he could predict Bai Yu’s every move, he launched Poison Dragon’s Horn at him.

• Bai Yu injured Midnight with a single strike, and Midnight explained that his Reflector Magic could not fully distort the attack’s power.
• Brain told Oración Seis that their numbers gave them the advantage, while Bai Yu welcomed the chance to fight them alone.
• Hoteye turned the ground into a swamp and sent mud-and-stone tentacles at Bai Yu, who dodged into the sky.
• Sorano summoned Scorpio, whose sandstorm Bai Yu split with an upward slash.
• Cobra confronted Bai Yu, boasting that he could foresee his movements, and attacked with Poison Dragon’s Horn.

Bai Yu used his swordsmanship to defeat Cobra and Racer, then cut down Sorano’s summoned Daylight Angel. Sorano was left badly injured as Scorpio returned to the Celestial Spirit World.

• Cobra attacked Bai Yu with Poison Dragon Magic, but Bai Yu dodged and struck him down with a two-sword draw.
• Hoteye sent a giant mud python at Bai Yu while Racer used Sensory Magic, but Bai Yu cut through the python and wounded Racer with a draw attack.
• Sorano summoned Daylight Angel and planned to call more angels, but Bai Yu crossed the distance and cut the angel in two.
• Sorano used Scorpio as a shield against Bai Yu’s slash, sending both of them flying; Scorpio returned to the Celestial Spirit World, and Sorano collapsed injured.

Bai Yu incapacitated most of Oración Seis, prompting Brain to attack Hoteye and reveal that Zero was sealed within him as the guild’s seventh member. Brain released the seal, and immense evil magic power spread as Zero began to emerge.

• Bai Yu grievously injured Cobra, Racer, and Sorano, causing Brain’s face markings to fade as their magic-sealing link weakened.
• Brain struck Hoteye with Dark Capriccio, leaving him badly wounded, and Midnight explained that Zero was Oración Seis’s hidden seventh member.
• Brain announced that Zero would defeat Bai Yu, but Bai Yu calmly drank liquor and said he would wait for Zero to appear.
• Brain’s final seal faded, releasing the personality of Zero as immense evil magic power spread outward.

Brain’s seal broke, releasing Chairman Zero, who challenged Bai Yu after learning that Bai Yu considered everyone present trash. Chairman Zero attacked with Genesis Zero, but Bai Yu dodged, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Chairman Zero took control of Brain’s body after the life-link seal vanished and mocked the defeated Oración Seis.
• Midnight told Sorano and the others that Chairman Zero was stronger than Brain and could rival all six of them together.
• Cobra tried to hear Bai Yu’s thoughts and reported that Bai Yu had called everyone there trash.
• Chairman Zero angrily launched Genesis Zero at Bai Yu, who swayed aside and let the attack miss.