There're several ways to look at the Planes. Most people strongly believe in the concept of good vs. evil. Those tend to differenciate between the "good planes" and the "evil planes". When someone talks about the Upper (or "good") Planes, he's refering to the Planes of Arcadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, the Beastlands, Arborea, and Ysgard. The Lower - or "evil" - Planes are Acheron, Baator, Gehena, the Gray Waste, Carceri, the Abyss, and Pandemonium.
After the Twin Serpents ouroborus had instituted the unity of rings and established the importance of rings in planar geography and philosophy, Jazirian and Ahriman's turned their attention to the other laws that would rule the planes. In honor of their triple aspects - Law, Good, and Evil - the serpents established the law of the threes, dereeing the importance of the number three in all spheres. After applying this law, the decided they needed another law to complete their triumvirate. Both agreed they should define the center of the universe, about which they would remain coiled. Despite the clear advantages of choosing the Outlands, a place already given over to neutrality, Jazirian pushed for Mount Celestia, while Ahriman agitated for the inverted mountain of Baator.
For the first time, the Twin Serpents disregarded the importance of law. Ahriman wanted the plan of law and evil to have pride of place, while Jazirian felt the same way about the home of law and good. The two Cosmic Serpents struggled back and forth, neiter willing to concede the point in the interest of law. The Great Ring shook as the two serpents rocked the foundation of the Outer Planes. With Jazirian pulling toward Heaven and Ahriman straining towad Hell, the two serpents tore themselves apart.
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