What occurs before "power" and hierarchy?

It seems to me that at first it looks like only power defeats power---Nietzsche made a sort of God of the will to power which was the essence of his philosophy. But why does "life" seek power? Life seems to come before power and uses power for its needs.

"Love" doesn't really defeat power as some religions suggest, love is essentially the activation to reproductive and survival success---romanticism comes after that to help love along.

The ultimate goal of power, love, reproduction and survival, even the goal of natural evolution, is to evolve in the material world to the highest success possible, which is to evolve to supermaterial Godhood.

So the will or activation to Godhood is what "defeats" power. It seems to me that this makes, or will make, the religion or worldview that affirms the will or activation to Godhood (Tirips) the deepest foundation for civilization and culture. 

Then the elements that define being civilized, such as being educated, charming, elegant, and tasteful (which defines the old aristocracies) comes into play in any political system, even the ones that come to power as revenge or as envy against civilized people, like Marxism and other radical systems. It's the meritocracy of natural evolution toward Godhood always returning.