Talk:Quan Chi/Current Timeline/@comment-24868970-20140510213538/@comment-422853-20140511072648

It's more than likely just another one of those what-if noncanonical endings, so I suppose the latter. As for your other question, I guess Shinnok didn't have his amulet on hand at the time during that ending. With the real amulet he has full access to his powers as an Elder God, but without it he can be beaten by mortals. It's because of this he chose not to partake in the battle of Armageddon and created a magic clone to fight in his place.