lui kang was accidentally dug from the grave by the evil sorcerer shang tsung at a local cemetary in outworld where he works as a part time undertaker. since shang tsung lost his wife 300 years ago, he thought he might need a company. he resurected lui kang and made him his right hand and his best friend for life. one night shang tsung went home early from work to give his new found best friend a birthday surprise. to his shock he caught lui kang and quan chi naked in "the garden of love play"(rumored to be a new arena). he immediately killed quan chi with a single blow of his flaming skull fireball. the flaming skull bounced at lui kang leaving him unconscious. shang tsung drag lui kang to the forest where he cast a spell at him and turned lui kang into a tree, forever!!!