For Ryu to be stuck in a daze for so long, one could imagine that he had yet to make a decision. With his speed of thought, the pause that had given Old Wan the chance to attack him might as well have been years.
Ryu had always loved his Dao. The choice to give it up for a new one wasn't easy. But at the same time, while the gamble to use his Living Spiritual Foundation to trigger his Bone Structure reformation was one he felt that he could still win, this path was like giving over his life to the Phoenix Sky God on a silver platter.
It might even be the case that all along… this was precisely what the Phoenix Sky God wanted him to do.
But, there was another thing to consider as well. Ryu now knew that at some point in the distant future, his future self returned to play the role of Ancestor to the Zu.
