In "Mortal Kombat X", Kenshi is part of a task force consisting of Earthrealm survivors Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, with the assistance of their mentor, Raiden and fellow god, Fujin, leading Special Forces and Shaolin armies against Shinnok and Quan Chi's force during the Netherrealm War, personally defeating Nightwolf. In the following years, he discovers he has an illegitimate son named Takeda with his former lover, Suchin, but after she is killed by Red Dragon forces, Kenshi leaves Takeda in Hanzo Hasashi's care for training and protection while he goes to avenge Suchin's death. This strains the relationship between Takeda and Kenshi, but the two reconcile in a flashback during the main story, with Kenshi teaching Takeda how to use his telepathic abilities in the intervening years. He later appears at the Special Forces base with the other elder Earthrealm heroes after Jax Briggs captures Quan Chi. However, Quan's capture was revealed to be a ruse, as he intentionally allowed himself to be captured to be brought behind Earthrealm's defences. Concurrently, D'Vorah betrays both Earthrealm and Outworld, stealing Shinnok's Amulet and meeting Quan Chi as he is about to be executed. Hanzo is unable to kill Quan before he finishes the spell to release him from the Amulet in Earthrealm, setting Shinnok free. Kenshi is one of the heroes that attacks Shinnok, but is quickly blasted into submission. His fate afterwards is left unknown.