Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-21005855-20150217062402

Macaulyn wrote: Wait, isn't Shang Tsung's life made by lots of souls? Like, if he doesn't have souls he dies? Shao Kahn took all the souls from him, he is worst than dead, he ceased to exist, and became merely a part of Sindel's power.

At one point, Shang Tsung was human from Earthrealm. He started to learn sorcery and learned how to steal souls. Once he was doing this on a grand scale, the Elder Gods then cursed him to steal souls just so that he can stay young or else he would rapidly age. So, I believe he has a soul like his original soul but now the souls that he had were all taken away and he instantly died.