Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-5561191-20150405013552

@Kimarous Got it. But he should only say that to have a reason to fight his opponents, as if Shao Kahn was still there to tell him to fight them. Also, he was created to serve Shao Kahn after all, which is why "his creator is part of him". Perhaps his bound with him wasn't completely broken in this timeline too. Don't ask me how.

All I know is that there's no way Ermac could have acquired Shao Kahn's soul. Even if the Elder Gods did kill Shao Kahn, they'd probably have captured his soul as well to torment it. Or destroyed his soul as well.