Recaps

Bai Yu easily dodged Chairman Zero’s attacks and unleashed Ultimate Ghost Swordsmanship: Storm Style, trapping Zero in a sword formation and battering him with a storm of blades. The chapter ended as Bai Yu brought a hundred-meter greatsword down on the bloodied Chairman Zero.

• Chairman Zero sent a spiraling attack after Bai Yu, but Bai Yu dodged it twice without looking back.
• Chairman Zero unleashed Genesis Zero, covering the area with black ghosts that surged toward Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu called Chairman Zero trash and used Ultimate Ghost Swordsmanship: Storm Style to conjure twenty-four blades and freeze Zero in midair.
• Bai Yu appeared before the blades and struck Chairman Zero with a storm of sword slashes, leaving him drenched in blood.
• Bai Yu reunited the twenty-four blades into a hundred-meter greatsword and cleaved down toward Chairman Zero, who felt regret.

Bai Yu defeated Chairman Zero of Oración Seis with a single slash, leaving Erza and the others stunned by his strength. At the eastern entrance to Nirvana Forest, Jura and Lamia Scale’s team sensed a powerful disturbance and considered heading to the Nirvana Magic Tower.

• Bai Yu’s slash sent Chairman Zero crashing into a distant mountain, where he died from the attack.
• Erza and the others arrived and learned from Robaul that Bai Yu had taken down Oración Seis alone.
• Robaul used Nirvana Magic to locate Wendy and left to warn her before a misunderstanding arose.
• Tornado realized Bai Yu had not grown weaker and felt relieved after witnessing his strength.
• Jura Neekis arrived at the church with Lyon Vastia, Yuka, and Chelia Blendy, and Sherry asked whether they should head toward the Nirvana Magic Tower.

Jura Neekis and the allied guild mages investigated a tremendous surge of magic power, and Hibiki Lates’s Archive Magic identified the likely enemy as a Super S-Class Mage. The chapter ended when Wendy and Carla arrived, prompting Jura to realize Fairy Tail was already fighting Oración Seis and call Lyon to help rescue them.

• Lyon and the Lamia Scale mages sensed the surge of magic power and judged that Jura Neekis would need to lead any intervention.
• Ichiya and the Blue Pegasus mages arrived, and Jura Neekis briefed them on the disturbance and the absent Fairy Tail and Cait Shelter members.
• Hibiki Lates analyzed the surge with Archive Magic and displayed the result, “Super S-Class Mage!”
• Ichiya explained that Hibiki’s analysis suggested the enemy could be stronger than Jura Neekis, so the group decided to wait for Erza and the others.
• Wendy and Carla arrived, and Jura Neekis ordered Lyon to prepare to rescue them because Fairy Tail was likely fighting Oración Seis.

Bai Yu returned after single-handedly defeating Oración Seis, shocking the gathered mages when Hibiki’s Archive Magic identified him as the SS-Class Mage. The chapter left Jura Neekis and the others confronting the truth about Bai Yu’s overwhelming strength as Erza arrived.

• Ichiya and Jura Neekis prepared to rush to help Erza and the others, but Wendy and Carla stopped them with news that Oración Seis had been defeated.
• Carla explained that Bai Yu alone had taken down Oración Seis, leaving Jura Neekis and the others incredulous.
• Bai Yu arrived at the church with Chairman Zero and casually said he had cut down Oración Seis by himself.
• Hibiki’s magical analyzer detected a Super S-Class Mage and identified Bai Yu as the SS-Class Mage, shocking everyone.
• Jura Neekis addressed Erza as she arrived and asked whether Fairy Tail had defeated Oración Seis together.

After Bai Yu defeated Oración Seis, he unlocked the Sword God realm and gained Ultimate Divine Swordsmanship. As the assembled mages questioned his victory, Lyon challenged him, and Bai Yu opened his eyes amid a terrifying divine aura.

• Erza explained that Bai Yu had defeated Oración Seis alone and revealed that Chairman Zero was a hidden seventh member stronger than the others combined.
• Hibiki used Archive Magic to analyze Chairman Zero and classified both him and Bai Yu as SS-Class Mages.
• Bai Yu received the Sword Saint Template extension and learned about the Sword God's powers, including Ultimate Divine Swordsmanship.
• The system granted Bai Yu the passive skill Ultimate Divine Swordsmanship, and divine power rapidly filled his body.
• Lyon asked Jura for permission to challenge Bai Yu, and Bai Yu opened his eyes as a golden light and divine aura swept outward.

After Bai Yu’s divine aura terrified the gathered mages, he revealed that he was still ranked B-Class despite his strength. Ichiya and Jura Neekis offered him leadership positions in their guilds, but Bai Yu showed no interest in becoming a guild master.

• Bai Yu’s divine pressure overwhelmed Lyon, Jura Neekis, Ichiya, Erza, and the others before he quickly reined it in.
• Lyon backed away from challenging Bai Yu, and Bai Yu explained that he was still a B-Class Mage because he had only recently joined Fairy Tail.
• Ichiya offered Bai Yu an S-Class promotion and the future guild master’s seat at Blue Pegasus.
• Jura Neekis offered to give Bai Yu the guild master’s position at Lamia Scale, prompting Erza to counter with Fairy Tail’s support for his promotion.
• Bai Yu reassured Erza that he was not interested in becoming a guild master, and she joked that he preferred booze.

After Bai Yu defeated the Oración Seis, Ultear revealed that Siegrain was alive and attacked Yajima and Lahar with a forest of roots. Yajima stayed his ground as Bai Yu arrived.

• Bai Yu agreed to Erza's request as long as there was enough booze, and told the group that help from the Magic Council would soon arrive.
• Bai Yu sensed familiar presences nearby and vanished to meet them, leaving Erza and the others behind.
• At the edge of Nirvana Forest, Yajima reassured Lahar that Bai Yu could handle the Oración Seis and then noticed Ur nearby.
• Ultear emerged with Siegrain trapped in a magic crystal and revealed that the Oración Seis's attack on Nirvana was part of her plan.
• Ultear attacked Yajima, Lahar, and the enforcement squad with enormous roots, but Yajima said Bai Yu had arrived.

Bai Yu arrived in time to save Yajima, Lahar, and the Custody Enforcement Unit from Ultear’s attack. He chose to face Oración Seis, but Ultear’s signal brought no response, leaving her plan in doubt.

• Lahar’s wind shield shattered under Ultear’s roots, but Bai Yu dropped from the sky and destroyed them with his impact.
• Bai Yu greeted Yajima, who offered him liquor, while Ultear recognized him as the Fairy Tail newcomer recommended for the Magic Council.
• Ultear demanded that Bai Yu either help kill the Custody Enforcement Unit or face Oración Seis, and Bai Yu chose to face them.
• Ultear sent up a green magical signal, but no one in the Nirvana Forest responded, and her confidence faltered.

Ultear fled with Jellal and met the battered Oración Seis, confirming that Bai Yu had defeated them. Bai Yu caught Ultear and offered to let her go if she agreed to one thing, but she misunderstood his demand and began undressing before he stopped her.

• When Oración Seis failed to answer her signal, Ultear shattered a crystal and teleported away with Jellal.
• After many spatial jumps, Ultear found the injured Oración Seis, who asked whether Bai Yu was chasing her.
• Ultear tried to flee, but Bai Yu caught her wrist and dispersed the magic she had gathered.
• Bai Yu said he would let Ultear go if she agreed to one thing, and Ultear mistakenly took this as a sexual demand.
• As Ultear pulled off her sash and her kimono skirt slipped, Bai Yu caught the garment before it fell further.

Bai Yu told Ultear to return to Grimoire Heart and lure the guild into attacking him, while giving her a Senzu Bean for Jellal's recovery. Far above Nirvana Forest, Hades and the Seven Kin of Purgatory discussed the mission's failure and dismissed Fairy Tail's rookie as unworthy of their attention.

• Ultear mistakenly thought Bai Yu wanted to seduce her, but he teased her and clarified that he had another task in mind.
• Bai Yu explained that Grimoire Heart would punish Ultear for Oración Seis's failure and asked her to make Grimoire Heart come after him.
• Bai Yu gave Ultear a Senzu Bean for Jellal, then vanished and left her stunned.
• Aboard Grimoire Heart's airship, Zancrow asked Hades whether they should intervene in the conflict near Nirvana Forest.
• Hades said Oración Seis was merely a front and that Grimoire Heart would not lower itself by fighting Fairy Tail's rookie.
• Hades continued to watch Fairy Tail as part of his efforts to find a way to awaken Zeref.

Hades and Grimoire Heart learned that Oración Seis had been defeated before they could use Jellal to unlock Nirvana Magic. Ultear revealed that Fairy Tail’s rookie Bai Yu had defeated them alone and warned Grimoire Heart not to challenge him.

• Hades reflected on his plan to awaken Zeref and his interest in Bai Yu, while Bluenote mocked Oración Seis.
• Ultear returned to Grimoire Heart with Jellal still sealed in a purple crystal, surprising Hades and the Seven Kin of Purgatory.
• Ultear revealed that Oración Seis had been defeated and Brain had been captured by the Magic Council.
• Ultear explained that Bai Yu had defeated Oración Seis alone, captured her, and then let her return with a message for Grimoire Heart.
• Ultear warned the assembled mages not to throw their lives away.

Ultear warned Grimoire Heart that Bai Yu could defeat them, then used the pea he had given her to awaken Jellal. The guild saw the cure as proof of Bai Yu’s power, while Hades was left regretting his claim that a pea could never succeed.

• Hades and the others laughed at Ultear’s warning that Bai Yu could kill them, but Ultear repeated that her instincts said they would meet the same end if they ignored her.
• Hades stopped Zancrow from attacking Ultear and said Grimoire Heart would target Fairy Tail in three days to obtain the power needed to summon Zeref.
• Ultear showed the guild the pea Bai Yu had given her to save Jellal, but Hades doubted it could work and warned her not to joke again.
• Ultear broke Jellal’s crystal prison and placed the pea in his mouth, and Jellal soon opened his eyes.
• Hades was stunned that the pea had awakened Jellal, while Ultear felt relieved and more certain of Bai Yu’s message.

After defeating Oración Seis, Bai Yu tried to prompt the next stage of his dungeon quest by sending a challenge to Grimoire Heart, while Erza’s group brought Wendy to Magnolia. Bai Yu then encountered Gildarts, Fairy Tail’s strongest S-Class Mage.

• Hades crushed his scepter and vowed that Grimoire Heart would give Bai Yu a deadly surprise in three days.
• Erza and her group arrived in Magnolia with Wendy and Carla, and Lucy noted that Wendy still seemed dejected.
• Bai Yu teased Wendy with an offer to bathe together, and Wendy accepted while asking him to visit Robaul with her.
• Bai Yu left the carriage, reflecting that he had challenged Grimoire Heart to trigger the next dungeon quest and suspected its next stage involved Tenrou Island.
• Bai Yu sensed someone following him and confronted Gildarts, who landed behind him.

Bai Yu challenged Gildarts to a fight, eager to test himself against Fairy Tail’s strongest S-Class Mage. After trading powerful attacks, Bai Yu used a bottle of liquor as bait to probe Gildarts’s Crush Magic and declared he had found a way to slash him.

• Gildarts confronted Bai Yu about his strength and asked why he had joined Fairy Tail.
• Bai Yu attacked Gildarts, launching him out of town and pressing him with a series of sword strikes.
• Gildarts revealed that Makarov had expected Bai Yu to find an excuse to slash him and asked him for a drink before their fight.
• Bai Yu tossed Gildarts a bottle of liquor, then used the moment to launch a high-speed slash.
• Gildarts shattered the slash with Crush Magic, while Bai Yu claimed he had figured out how to slash him.

Bai Yu used his divine swordsmanship to overwhelm Gildarts in a spar, leaving him convinced he had faced a god. After Bai Yu gained a new ultimate technique, Gildarts hurriedly made an excuse to leave.

• Gildarts dismissed Bai Yu’s claim that he had found a weakness in his Crush Magic and prepared to end the fight quickly.
• Bai Yu activated Domain of God and struck Gildarts with Divine Swordsmanship: Draw Sword: Death Lion Song, carving a vast scar into the earth.
• Gildarts realized Bai Yu could have split him in two and wondered whether his opponent was a god.
• Bai Yu apologized for the dangerous spar and said Gildarts alone was worth the entire Oración Seis.
• Bai Yu gained Ultimate Divine Swordsmanship: Sky-Rending Slash, while Gildarts made an excuse about the master looking for him and left.

Bai Yu reunited with Gildarts, who teased him about marrying Cana until she arrived and attacked him. When the guild asked about their fight, Bai Yu claimed they had drawn, but Laxus examined the enormous slash mark and denied it.

• Bai Yu gave Gildarts a bottle of liquor, and Gildarts joked that Bai Yu wanted him as a father-in-law because he had taken a fancy to Cana.
• Cana and the other Fairy Tail members arrived after hearing the tremor, and Cana chased Gildarts for his teasing.
• Natsu asked whether Bai Yu could beat Gildarts, and Bai Yu said their fight had ended in a draw.
• Gildarts backed up Bai Yu’s claim, while Cana continued attacking him and Natsu announced he would challenge Bai Yu.
• Freed questioned whether Bai Yu could really match Gildarts, and Laxus examined the vast slash mark before replying, “No!”

After Bai Yu defeated Oración Seis, Laxus volunteered to guard a trial in the upcoming S-Class Mage exam, saying he had a plan to deal with Bai Yu. Meanwhile, Black Dragon King Acnologia heard that a Dragon-Slaying Mage had appeared on Ishgar and recalled an ancient group of humans who fought dragons with swordsmanship and magic.

• Laxus concluded that Bai Yu had narrowly defeated Gildarts, while Makarov praised Bai Yu for taking down Oración Seis and improving Fairy Tail's standing.
• Makarov confirmed the guild would hold an S-Class Mage exam in three days, and Laxus offered to guard one of its trials for Bai Yu's sake.
• Laxus told Bickslow and Freed that he had thought of a way to deal with Bai Yu, though he had not found a direct counter to him.
• Acnologia destroyed the Oles Kingdom and landed at its devastated dock, where a black-robed figure reported that a Dragon-Slaying Mage had appeared on Ishgar.
• Acnologia recalled that humans had once combined swordsmanship and magic to fight dragons, relying on techniques that pushed physical power to its limits.

Acnologia learned that a self-proclaimed Dragon-Slaying Mage had appeared and flew toward Ishgar, while Ghost Shadow hurried there to serve as his pawn. Three days later, Bai Yu defeated Natsu and Gray in training before Makarov announced the participants and rules for the S-Class Mage promotion trial on Tenrou Island.

• Acnologia told Ghost Shadow that humans had once slain dragons with blades and declared he would go to Ishgar to confront the new Dragon-Slaying Mage.
• Acnologia transformed into a dragon and flew away, while Ghost Shadow set off for Ishgar and planned to spread fear of the Black Dragon King.
• Three days later, Bai Yu dodged Natsu’s fire and knocked him into a pillar with his katana.
• Bai Yu shattered Gray’s ice dragon with Dragon Claw Fist: Breath, sending Gray flying.
• Makarov announced that Bai Yu, Natsu, Gray, Cana, and Elbaf would take part in the Tenrou Island S-Class Mage promotion trial, while Laxus, Gildarts, Erza, and Makarov guarded the checkpoints.

As Fairy Tail prepared to sail to Tenrou Island for the S-Class Mage exam, Bai Yu offered to team up with Wendy, but she chose Carla and Mest while Tornado paired with her. After the guild departed, the Magic Council received a decrypted warning of a catastrophe that could destroy Fiore and the entire Ishgar Continent, but could not reach Fairy Tail.

• Gildarts praised Bai Yu for teaching him a new way to use power, and Bai Yu suggested that Laxus could learn it too.
• Makarov announced that the guild would sail to Tenrou Island and wished the S-Class exam candidates success.
• Bai Yu offered to team up with Wendy, but she chose Carla and Mest and suggested that Tornado partner with him.
• Tornado refused to team with Bai Yu, and he decided to take the exam alone as the guild members formed their teams and left.
• Lahar told Yajima that the Magic Council had decoded a warning of a disaster threatening Fiore and Ishgar, then failed to reach Fairy Tail by telephone.

Lahar decided to go to Fairy Tail himself, while Yajima’s confidence in Makarov and the others eased his fear of Acnologia. On a hidden Grimoire Heart airship, Ultear warned Hades and the others that Acnologia might appear and declared that Bai Yu would cut down even the Black Dragon King.

• Lahar gave up trying to reach Fairy Tail by phone and set out to contact Doranbalt before Acnologia appeared.
• Yajima told Lahar he was not afraid because he trusted the young people with Makarov, leaving Lahar eager to witness the coming battle.
• Ultear gathered Hades and the Seven Kin of Purgatory aboard Grimoire Heart’s concealed airship and shared an urgent letter from the Oles Kingdom.
• Hades and Zancrow doubted the warning that Acnologia would appear and questioned whether Bai Yu had forged the letter.
• Ultear admitted she did not know whether Bai Yu knew about Acnologia, but said her intuition told her he would cut down even the Black Dragon King.

Grimoire Heart watched Fairy Tail approach Tenrou Island, while Jellal struggled with the urge to warn them and Ultear insisted she trusted her instincts. After Tenrou Island appeared from behind its magical barrier, Makarov began the S-Class Mage examination with a ten-minute trial to reach the island.

• Zancrow challenged Ultear for claiming Bai Yu could defeat Acnologia, but Hades intervened and said Fairy Tail was not worth worrying about.
• Bluenote spotted Fairy Tail's ship, and Jellal considered warning them about Grimoire Heart until Ultear stopped him.
• Hades explained that Tenrou Island was concealed by a fairy magic barrier and appeared only to those bearing Fairy Tail's mark.
• Tenrou Island emerged from the hidden space, and Bai Yu described it as the place where Fairy Tail's faith resided.
• Makarov started the S-Class Mage examination and gave the candidates ten minutes to reach Tenrou Island or be disqualified.

Cana, Warren, and the other Fairy Tail members rushed toward Tenrou Island to begin the trial, using boats, magic, and flight to gain an advantage. After Gildarts and Makarov set off, Bai Yu stayed behind with his drink and looked toward the clouds.

• Cana and Warren launched the first lifeboat and paddled toward Tenrou Island.
• Lucy summoned Aquarius, who swept Lucy and Juvia toward the island with a waterspout.
• Natsu flew off with Happy while Gray froze the sea into a path, letting the remaining contestants follow.
• Erza donned Heaven's Wheel Armor and flew toward the island, hoping to encounter Bai Yu.
• Laxus transformed into lightning and raced toward the island, then Gildarts joked with Bai Yu before leaving with Makarov.
• Bai Yu watched Gildarts and Makarov disappear toward Tenrou Island, then drank and looked up at the clouds.

Bai Yu reached Tenrou Island openly while Grimoire Heart watched from a disguised airship and debated whether he had detected them. He met Erza at the shore, ready to face the next stage of the trial rather than sneak past it.

• Bai Yu glanced toward Grimoire Heart's hidden airship, making the Seven Kin of Purgatory fear they had been discovered.
• Hades searched the airship for traces of detection magic and concluded that their disguise was intact.
• Bai Yu crossed the ice toward Tenrou Island without using magic, while Ultear secretly enjoyed Zancrow's frustration.
• Hades used detection magic to show Bai Yu arriving at the shore, where Erza was waiting for him.
• Zancrow anticipated that Erza would weaken Bai Yu, but Bai Yu asked her whether the next trial stage required another fight.

Erza surrendered to Bai Yu before their duel began, letting him pass the first trial and frustrating the onlookers who had hoped to see his strength tested. As Bai Yu continued across Tenrou Island, Hades’s surveillance magic eye found Laxus ahead, whom Hades identified as stronger than Erza and a secretly powerful Second Generation Dragon Slayer Mage.

• Erza released her magic and armor, then conceded to Bai Yu without fighting.
• Ultear took satisfaction from Erza’s surrender, while Zancrow complained that no one had tested Bai Yu’s strength.
• Erza joked that she had conceded because she could not beat Bai Yu and asked him for a bottle of liquor; he gave it to her and continued onward.
• Zancrow urged Hades to find someone who could reveal Bai Yu’s abilities, and Hades used a surveillance magic eye to search the road ahead.
• Hades’s magic eye found Laxus, whom Zancrow described as Fairy Tail’s powerful, unruly mage and Hades said was stronger than Erza and secretly a Second Generation Dragon Slayer Mage.

Hades revealed that Laxus was a Second Generation Dragon Slayer Mage, but Laxus surprised the observers by surrendering to Bai Yu and handing him a bottle of liquor. As Bai Yu continued toward the next stage, Hades warned that Gildarts guarded it, and Ultear confirmed that Gildarts had recently fought Bai Yu to a draw.

• Hades revealed that he had given Ivankov the Lightning Dragon Lacrima implanted in Laxus and the method for doing so, making Laxus a Second Generation Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Laxus told Bai Yu that he surrendered and gave him a bottle of liquor, citing the assessment rule that prevented Bai Yu from attacking him afterward.
• Bai Yu thanked Laxus, teased him about a rebellious phase, and continued on while Laxus regretted showing off and began drinking.
• Zancrow called Laxus a fake and wanted to test him, but Hades stopped him and said Gildarts guarded the third stage.
• Bluenote said he had heard Gildarts and Bai Yu had fought to a draw, and Ultear confirmed the report.