After General Zod came Steppenwolf and Darkseid.
Steppenwolf was nothing to fear, but Darkseid, who had conquered a hundred thousand universes and commanded countless subordinates, would not be so easy to deal with.
This guy, who looked somewhat like Thanos, was far stronger than Thanos.
Thanos had only wreaked havoc in one universe, while this guy had already destroyed a hundred thousand universes.
According to the information found by the main soul in the Marvel world, Darkseid was likely the most powerful New God in the DC Universe and the ruler of Apokolips. Not only was he immensely powerful himself, but having conquered a hundred thousand universes, he also had no shortage of powerful subordinates.
Jerry made a rough assessment. Darkseid's strength was probably not much weaker than the Celestial Supreme he had fought before.
If it were his main-world self, he would have a good chance of winning head-on. But now, having only recovered to the peak of Skyfather Level, he was definitely still somewhat weaker.
Even if he killed Steppenwolf later and gained enough Little Red Stars to advance to Single Universe Level, he would at most be able to fight Darkseid. The armies under Darkseid's command would still be troublesome.
That was why Jerry planned to create an army of powerful Kryptonians to fight against him.
That was also the real reason he had not killed Zod and the others.
It was not because he sympathized with the Kryptonians' experience of losing their planet, nor because he admired Zod's determination to rebuild Kryptonian civilization. He was not a Kryptonian, so where would all that empathy come from?
The Kryptonians' power came from the sun, and Jerry himself could create suns. Although creating a sun with his current strength was somewhat difficult, he had the Artificial Sun-Making Machine.