User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 435 & 436: The Cry of Victory & Memoirs, Review and Commentary/@comment-112.198.79.30-20150518132830/@comment-9595671-20150518143431

From what I remember hearing, the Sun Village arc was the halfway point of the series.

Although climax doesn't always mean end either, it's usually when a story reaches its peak point, but I don't think we've gotten there either.