Many people would rather become lantern archons than be hurt more. Even if it's because they're weak, and afraid, and too exhausted by the pain they've already felt in their lives; yes, even genuinely evil people, who've dealt hurt to others, can feel that way. And he would destroy a universe to protect even them, the same way he'd destroy a universe to prevent them from being turned into lantern archons.
There's a lot of gods he may be handing demands to, at the end of this, and it may be that the god CARISSA will be one of those.
