"Adhesive?"
"Yes, but it's not exactly accurate to call it an adhesive, perhaps a 'fusion agent' would be more appropriate," Earl Sanaxis chuckled lightly. "It's like the difference between bone armor and flesh and blood. Rules form the most basic framework of divinity, while the original body and soul are the 'flesh and blood' used to fill in the gods."
"And it's because every thread of divinity in the body of a being at the level of the gods contains the power of rules, that these deities have such a qualitative dominance over life forms of lower levels."
"Rules are at the core of the divine, like 'Distortion' for that chaotic hound, and 'Judgment' for that little guy from the Gray Mist World. Hmm... Of course, his can only be considered a rudimentary form of rule, for the power of 'Judgment' is extremely formidable. Even mastering just a small part of it is enough for him to ascend to godhood..."