He could've done it in a past alternate universe, depending on how you interpret that line and "worlds." It's kind of... iffy/vague considering sometimes it seems like he means planets, but then with all the time stuff (not to mention the movie tie in episode, regardless of what actually may or may not happen in the movie), you could infer there is/was a little looping going on here.I don't see how that evolution would be possible with the set up the show seems to have - after all, they make it sound like there's only one golden fruit per world, and Earth's hasn't been used yet.
Gaim does start off a bit weak or rather it feels off. The whole dance crew battles was a bit hard to accept, felt too forced as a thing, didn't really work for me. Things get better once the stakes start to happen in the series.