Recaps

Bai Yu joined Fairy Tail after defeating its newcomer challengers and soon uncovered Phantom Lord’s plans to attack the guild and target Levy’s team. He drove off Gajeel after rescuing Levy, while Phantom Lord’s larger assault remained underway.

• Bai Yu joined Fairy Tail after demonstrating his swordsmanship against Natsu, Gray, and Elfman, then challenged Laxus and defeated Bickslow before Makarov accepted him as a guild member.
• Bai Yu won Erza’s bet by helping Mirajane fall asleep, learned that Phantom Lord was taking Fairy Tail’s jobs, and warned Makarov that the rival guild might attack.
• Gajeel’s iron pillar attack struck Fairy Tail, but Bai Yu blocked it and urged Makarov to report the assault rather than give Phantom Lord a pretext for war.
• Bai Yu stayed at Lucy’s apartment, gave her a wristband to help train her magic, and sensed Phantom Lord forces approaching as Erza tested her weapons against an iron pillar.
• Phantom Lord assassins attacked Lucy’s apartment while more than a hundred enemies occupied Fairy Tail, and Bai Yu killed the attackers and destroyed their dark puppets before rushing to help Levy’s team.
• Gajeel attacked Levy, Jet, and Droy, but Bai Yu appeared and caught Gajeel’s Iron Dragon’s Club before challenging him to stand still for a slash.
• Bai Yu used Draw Sword to wound Gajeel and send him through a city wall, then stopped Erza from pursuing him and explained that Gajeel could recover by eating iron.

Bai Yu helped Fairy Tail defeat Phantom Lord, brought Juvia and Gajeel into the guild, and left Erza and the others with training wristbands before returning to the wider conflict. He rescued Isuka’s defenders from a Sea King assault and hurried with Sabo and Koala to Baldigo, where Dragon faced Enel as the Revolutionary Army’s defenses crumbled.

• Bai Yu protected Makarov from Aria, defeated Gajeel, and then drove Jose off while persuading Juvia to leave Phantom Lord, and Fairy Tail later welcomed Juvia and Gajeel as members.
• Bai Yu suspected Laxus had rescued Jose, then stopped Erza from buying a fraudulent armor blueprint and gave her weighted wrist guards and a choice of ways to grow stronger.
• Bai Yu left Mira gifts and wristbands for Fairy Tail, and Mira explained that the bands could regulate magic and aid training before Laxus rejected them as an attempt to buy loyalty.
• Bai Yu returned to the deserted island and flew to Isuka’s besieged island, where he cut down three monsters and more than a thousand Sea Kings with one slash.
• Bai Yu agreed to help Sabo and the Revolutionary Army because Dragon was his uncle, then traveled with Sabo and Koala toward Baldigo after receiving word that it was under attack.
• At Baldigo, Enel attacked the Revolutionary Army while thousands of Sea Kings surrounded the harbor, and Dragon evaded El Thor before meeting Enel’s thunderbird with Dragon Claw Fist as the wall cracked.

Bai Yu helped the defenders survive the siege of Marineford, then sent allies into a dungeon and traveled through other worlds. He returned Lisanna to Fairy Tail and revealed the guild’s hidden strength as Laxus’s rebellion came to a head.

• Dragon used Bai Yu’s Mark 50 armor to absorb Enel’s lightning and destroy many attacking Sea Kings, while the Revolutionary Army pressed Bai Yu for more suits.
• After Marineford’s exhausted defenders joined forces with Whitebeard and the Red Hair Pirates, the Five Elders’ forces attacked with Golden Lion, Pacifistas, beasts, and Sea Kings.
• Bai Yu arrived and erased the enemy army and the Five Elders with Fairy Melody, then feigned exhaustion while Imu watched from Mary Geoise and chose not to attack.
• Bai Yu summoned a dungeon tower for Akainu, Shanks, Ace, and Sabo, who entered a mission to defeat Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Bai Yu and Tornado traveled to Edolas, where he found Lisanna and promised to bring her home, then gave Lucy an Iron Man armor to help the Fairy Tail guild.
• Bai Yu returned Lisanna to Mira on her birthday, while Laxus’s mockery and rebellion brought him into conflict with the guild.
• Mira used Satan Soul against Laxus, and Erza and the others removed their bracers to unlock suppressed power as Laxus activated Lightning Dragon Mode and charged toward a little girl.

Bai Yu joined Fairy Tail, led the mission against Oración Seis, and fought his way through most of the dark guild. The arc left Zero awakened and facing Bai Yu.

• Tornado defeated Laxus, but Bai Yu stopped the battle from escalating and used Fairy Law to defeat Jose and the dark guild forces.
• Bai Yu defeated Mystogan, refused a Magic Council seat, and joined Fairy Tail after battling Lahar.
• Yajima appointed Bai Yu to lead the mission against Oración Seis, and Bai Yu set out with Erza, Lucy, Tornado, and Juvia.
• Wendy stood up to Lala over Carla’s stolen pay, and Bai Yu defeated the mercenaries who attacked them.
• Bai Yu rushed ahead to Nirvana Forest while Tornado carried the others after him, and Brain began trying to unlock Nirvana.
• Bai Yu broke through Oración Seis’s defenses and defeated Midnight, Cobra, Racer, and Sorano as Brain’s seals weakened.
• Brain released Zero, who took control of his body and attacked Bai Yu with Genesis Zero, but Bai Yu dodged it.