User blog comment:YuutaScarlett/Direction of Fairy Tail/@comment-122.149.231.131-20150829031308/@comment-24264679-20150902234712

He never said that. He did say however that when we start to find out about Natsu's past that would be the start of the end of the series. Thus this arc is probably the last arc especially since everything is being wrapped up in this arc it seems.