Dominion Spreading effects

[Zooko]

So when I get a successful temple check, is the resulting dominion increase guaranteed to occur in *some* province, even if it is several provinces away from the original temple? Dominion is observed to spread further than just provinces adjacent to temples, so it must be able to do so sometimes. In my game where I took only 4 dominion starting strength my dominion has spread far and wide in independent lands. Perhaps the low maximum level made it spread wider.