"To obey the rules" means to follow and respect the guidelines or instructions that have been set by someone or in a specific situation. Full definition
I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression for novels. (bookbrowse.com)
It's best to think of them as an alien life form that does not obey the rules of other mammals. (thesprucepets.com)
Hence they entered a compact with one another and with someone selected to rule them to obey his rule as long as this rule provided security. (religion-online.org)