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"The Elder Gods look down upon the scorching Universe. Of the millions of realms in existence almost all are at war with other realms or already destroyed. The Elder Gods can hear, even upon their lofted perch overlooking the Universe, they can hear the screams of mortals dying, they can see The Gods the ones that were supposed to protect the realms leading more mortals into battle and then destroying enemy mortals in the process. They can see Pures, the futures of the Universe being slaughtered by the Gods or by countless mortals who are sacrificing their existence to serve their God. They see slaves being raped and sacrificed in what are supposed to be gifts to them but do nothing but disgust them instead. The Elder Gods look upon their perch and realize they, alone with the one true being, The Creator, have failed the Universe. The Universe has no other fate than destruction and therefore the Elder Gods will destroy themselves instead of leaving to the hands of the Gods and the Pures that have betrayed them.

As the Elder Gods meet in their assembly hall that rests upon their perch they look up to the heavens and shed their bodies. With their souls finally free of their carriers they form their souls together to form a powerful celestial force...a dragon. The Dragon soars to the heavens, the home of The Creator, The Creator looks upon the Dragon and then down upon his creation and sighs, he also sheds his body and forms himself into the Dragon giving the Dragon an all-powerful force. This moment is the dawn of the creation of the Dragon God."

The small children who sit with their legs folded underneath them encircle the Shaolin Monk around the holy fire open their mouths in awe of the teaching. A small boy raises his hand from his sitting position.

"Why didn't they form the Dragon God sooner? They could have ruled as one and saved the Universe?"

The monk smiles down at the child, "Because the Gods, all of them, were and are still filled with greed. The creation of the Dragon God was a great sacrifice, a sacrifice of pride that they were not the most important God in the Universe, they all were, and by the time they realized that, it was much too late. Let me continue the teaching and it will show you what the Dragon God learned from its failure."

The Monk clenches his fist and shoots a ball of fire in the air launching another vision for the children to see.

"The newly created Dragon God flies over the Universe, and with its breath of fire, ignites all the realms of the Universe until they burn to ashes, with all the Universe destroyed, the Gods who swore to protect their realms ceased to exist any further. Once the Universe is nothing but ash and dust the Dragon God engulfs all of what remains until absolutely nothing is left but emptiness. The Dragon God then spews the remains into the empty Universe into one concentrated location , then it unleashes its first Dragon roar and using a special fire from The Creator called Kamidogu, he lights the remains on fire. The combination of the remains and the Kamidogu causes a massive explosion that causes the remains to spread all over the Universe.

Some of the remains of the Universe mixed with the Kamidogu form two new realms. Edenia, this is the realm where the Dragon God will make its lair and he will live with souls who lived in the new Universe with honor. The other realm is Netherrealm this is where the souls that did not learn the lesson of the old Universe, they will go to be tortured by the flames. The remaining space in between remains in darkness, in the darkness once the Komidogu ashes begin to cool they will form new realms. The first two realms to form within the darkness are Orderrealm and Chaosrealm.

In this new Universe to prevent the temptation of invading the realms those who live on realms are shielded from visibly seeing other realms except for small glimpses of light for which we on Earth call stars."

The young children look up at the clear night sky and stare in wonderment at the stars.

"You mean every star in the sky there exist a realm with people living in it just like us?"

The monk smiles, "Not entirely some realms haven't developed enough to have humans on them, some realm will never develop humans, but every star in the sky represents life. Let us continue the story shall we?"

The children nod in anticipation for another vision.

"As further realms develop the Dragon God creates a new role for mortals in the realm. In the old Universe, mortals were nothing but slaves, servants, or warriors to their Gods and Pures. In this realm, the Pure would protect the mortals, the more intelligent and independent the mortals became the more powerful the Pure of that Realm would become. The Pure that was created by that generation would no longer have any significant control over the mortals. The Dragon God also created a new role for immortals called a Protector. The Protector would only become a God once they could prove that they could protect and rule their realm appropriately.

The Dragon God also limited the creation of new realms to once a year, or as an expansion of a God's power as a gift for ruling properly. On Earthrealm one Dragon Year is approximately seventy-five years for us. Once a new unclaimed realm is created an event called a Gathering will occur. At this Gathering the Pures would fight in a tournament, the winner of this tournament would be rewarded as Protector of the new realm."

"But aren't Pures mortal?" A little boy asks.

The monk nods, "Yes they are."

"But what happens if the Pure is born right after the previous Gathering, then at the next one they would be really old?"

"Age to a pure means nothing, it is their power that they harness which is most important."

"Are you a pure?" Another child asks.

"No," the monk pauses, "And I know what your next question will be young girl, then why am I able to do magic?" The monk smiles once more, "Shaolin Monks swear their souls to our God of Earth, by giving up our souls to him we forever live a life of servitude, for our service our God provides us with the power of sorcery to not only provide you with teachings but to protect our newest pure from others who may want to kill it."

"Is there a Pure in the Temple right now?"

The monk laughs, "I swore an oath to protect him, so I cannot tell you for sure."