According to Professor Von Schlemmer, Genesis Portals are essentially shards of the previous multiverse, created when the Super Genesis Wave shattered the Prime Zone and destroyed the old multiverse. Regrettably, the Council who ruled Von Schlemmer's time sought to use the portals for their own twisted agendas. At some point after their creation, Silver the Hedgehog began traveling through time to close all of the Genesis Portals. One such portal allowed the Ifrit to travel to Apotos, forcing Sonic the Hedgehog and Silver to force it back through. As a result of this, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik became aware of the Genesis Portals and began plotting to use them to his advantage. (SCO: #6, SU: #75, #79, #80, #81, #82)