Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-28069348-20170808130250/@comment-422853-20170808210402

Yeah, he didn't appear in any of the visions, but like other arcade endings, you shouldn't really take Cassie's at face value. Even the Raiden Deception ending example was non-canon. Dark Raiden did try to kill Shujinko though, but failed to do so, just as he failed to stop Taven.

As for Shujinko's role in the new timeline? Who knows. The comics didn't really make it clear as to his purpose. *shrug*