The secret of creation and destruction

One of the more important insights of Max's tier8 promotion was the knowledge he gained about creation, destruction and the soul.

Because of the perfect warrior's challenge which spectacularly backfired on him, Max only needed passable understanding of creation and destruction to complete the tier promotion, whereas the rest of the knowledge was promised to be passed down to him should he succeed.

Since Max did indeed succeed, apart from all the other rewards, he was also passed down the knowledge of these topics and within it were some of the most important secrets of the universe.

In its purest form, everything was energy.

Everything was just a conglomeration of oscillating particles and that was pretty much it.

Mana and Divine Essence were basically energy in its purest form and it existed as a formless and intangible force.