Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-27485918-20151227214038/@comment-4708902-20170714115420

Maybe in this timeline, Liu Kang was Kai's role model/idol. Someone who looked up to as a kid, and when he learned Liu Kang was undead, he joined the Shaolin, but was unable to intervene in X because he was still in training. But now his training is complete and he now seeks to free Liu Kang from the undead curse, be he returned to life, or be allowed to die.