In the beginning before existence, there was the One Being and the Elder Gods. The One Being fed off the Elder Gods. He was everything, then the six Elder Gods with the use of the six Kamidogus smashed the one being's consciousness into six major realms known as Earthrealm, Netherrealm, Orderrealm, Chaosrealm, Edenia, and Outworld as well as the rest of existence. The realms are the shattered consciousness of the One Being and he has been subconsciously working through the Dragon King to fuse the Kamidogu into one again which would merge all the realms together and eventually all the beings back into the One Being, if this happens everything will cease to exist once again. The Elder Gods hid each Kamidogu in each of the realms that was created from smashing the One Being. The Elder Gods then took on the policy of never to interfere in mortal destiny to ensure that they do not unknowingly assist in the return of the One Being.