There is no Buddhist story about how the creation of the universe. Buddhism posits no beginning of the universe in the sense that the Christian tradition does. Early Buddhism shared an understanding of time and the nature of the universe with the Brahmanic religion of the period, which taught that the universe had been created and destroyed over and over again throughout vast periods of time.
According to Buddhism, ultimate reality is samsara, endless existence, but it is also impermanent, ever in flux, ever changing. It is empty, yet full. That is, form is always a temporary state of being. Some forms last for millennia, like mountains and oceans, and some are as brief as a lightning bolt. Elements come together to create a particular form, but eventually those elements will break apart and the object will cease to exist. This is true of everything in the universe.
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