There is merit to your thought process but it could just as easily be that life is the spark that sets off an explosion that irrevecobly changes the universe.
Think of a virus. A handful of specially shaped molecules has permanently changed human society.
I think it's fair to assume that life will have practically zero impact on the universe. Even if the universe was teeming with it, it would be of such little significance at scale that it might as well be a rounding error in reality.