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The Eight Guardian Generals who knew only war are no more! We Seven Deities rule and maintain order throughout the world. We have become gods! And you are a fossil, Asura. Your power is nothing more than a vestige of the past. | 
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Old Friends, New Enemies is the 4th episode of Asura's Wrath.
Overview
After a long slumber, Asura awakens on Gaea. 12,000 years have passed. The world he knew was no more, yet nothing had changed. The struggle between the humans and the Gohma continued to rage. As Asura witnesses the Gohma attack a village, a familiar face appears before him...
Story
Asura wanders through the lands on Gaea, finding a village along the way where villagers are praying, in which he enters. When Asura approaches the villagers, a group of Gohma abruptly attack the village, which he proceeds to fight off. Asura is angered and almost disappointed by the fact that even after 12,000 years Gaea was still being corrupted by the Gohma. In the midst of battle, Shinkoku soldiers drop down from airships to also fight off the Gohma, encountering Asura along the way. They try to fight Asura but fail. Suddenly, a Gohma Crusher appears and tries to take the souls of the dead villagers, however, Wyzen strikes the Gohma Crusher and kills it, resulting in the souls being collected by Wyzen instead.
Wyzen then introduces himself as one of "The Seven Deities". He then starts to go on a rant and to gloat about his status as a deity. Asura, getting tired of Wyzen's gloating, punches him in the face, starting a battle between the two. Asura manages to overpower Wyzen, grabbing him by the head, dragging him through the ground and finally throwing him off a cliff. Wyzen then transforms into his Vajra form, stating that this power was brought by Asura's daughter, Mithra. Asura remembers Mithra and demands to know what the deities had done with her, but Wyzen refuses to tell him and goes in to strike Asura.
Interlude
In the interlude for this episode, the other deities are watching Wyzen fight Asura. They discuss that Asura came back from Naraka. Most of the deities comment on that they are all significantly more powerful than they were 12,000 year ago and doubt that Asura would defeat Wyzen. However, Augus says nothing is impossible and thinks that Asura can still defeat Wyzen.