(2.)
souls typically fuse to hosts. uncouple after death. an Intermission comes before rebirth. the cycle repeats...
alternatively one may ascend beyond this. metamorphose into a lesser God. unbound to physical form. this outcome depends on various factors such as attachments, karma...
(many of these inhabit certain domains: settlements, countries, planets. soon presiding overhead. saturating them with their influence. the majority benevolent. some not. others vulnerable to corruption. Satan for example...)