What changed everything was the law of conservation of energy.
The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted from one form of energy to another.
Being exposed to this law changed Norman's view of life.
His master always hid it from him, insisting that he was not matured enough but when Norman took a secret glimpse at this law that defined the universe as a whole, his outlook of energy and its uses was overturned.
'So, super energy is just a form of energy in the universe'.
'The same way there is gravitational energy, magnetic energy, kinetic energy, so also is there super energy or mana roaming in the universe simply waiting to be harnessed and converted into useful form'.
'Through super knowledges, we learned to convert energy into useful forms'.
'Through technology, aliens learned to convert the universal energies into basic energies like electric energy and mechanical energy'.