In Mortal Kombat like every mythology, even the gods die. In Norse Mythology, Balder was killed by Loki via Hodur who was tricked into firing an arrow of mistletoe wood and Ragnarok is the destruction of the old gods in the favor of new gods. In Greek Mythology, Zeus killed his own father Cronus. In Marvel Comics, both Zeus and Odin have died. Not surprisingly, Mortal Kombat affirms even the impermanence of things have reached even the gods. As the Buddha would cite impermanence as a part of life, even the gods are not spared from it though they have souls themselves. In Mortal Kombat 4, it is mentioned a lot of gods were slaughtered during Shinnok's onslaught. In Mortal Kombat Armageddon's outcome, Raiden was killed by Shao Kahn who was now infused by godlike might (due to Taven's quest gone wrong that made everybody more powerful). Even some are reborn into mortals and mortals into gods. In fact, Noob Saibot who was once Kuai Liang had been in his non-canon endings of MK Deception have taken over Shinnok's place as the ruler of Hell, Liu Kang had become a god in his non-canon endings of Armageddon and MK9. So everything starts with a cycle of never-ending rebirth in Mortal Kombat which was evidenced that after Armageddon, another timeline happened.
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