Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-25033529-20150505005712/@comment-72.197.202.154-20150505015118

Dynamo68 wrote: While he is a Fallen Elder God, I don't think Shinnok can truly die. Heck, even though his head is all that remains, it's alive and well.

Well, you don't know what really happened to the rest of the body. The game's ending never revealed that. When Cassie defeated him, Shinnok's body was still intact. Just because Raiden brought the head to Liu Kang and Kitana doesn't mean the body is destroyed.