It improvises movements, like a dancer. Other than sheer exuberance there is no aim and no goal in this. Yet there is a kind of progress. We are not talking about progress towards humanity as the pinnacle of creation. But there is evolution, in physical and in biological systems.
Progress is towards a better fit between individuals and their environment.
Those that are adapted survive. Destruction and creation are two sides of the same coin Destruction and creation are inseparably linked. Without destruction there could be no new creation. Everything would be irrevocably fixed for all time. Massive destruction paved the way for the emergence of humans.