After a long while, Jueyangzi finally steadied his emotions and climbed to his feet, saying apologetically, "I lost my composure just now and let you all laugh at me."
His gaze landed on Fairy Xiaoduan, and he could not help showing a look of shock. After studying her for a few more moments, he hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency has already achieved Dao Integration? Why did you not undergo demonic transformation when you integrated with the Dao?"
Fairy Xiaoduan said, "I did not integrate with the Dao of heaven and earth. Instead, I integrated with the space within the small temple behind his head, so I was not demonized."
Jueyangzi was slightly startled. He looked at the small temple behind Chen Shi's head with some confusion and asked, "Why would one not be demonized by integrating with the space inside his temple?"
Fairy Xiaoduan said, "His temple is a temple of the Huaxia Deities, and the space within it has no demonic Qi. Therefore, integrating with the Dao allows one not to be demonized. But integrating with the space inside the temple also has many drawbacks. First, the heaven and earth one can integrate with is truly too small. Second, once you step out of the small temple, you cannot stray too far from him, otherwise you will be eroded by the external demonic Qi. As for the third point..."
She hesitated for a moment and did not say more.
The third point was that Chen Shi, as the master of the small temple, possessed control over the space within the temple. For instance, Chen Shi had once directly plucked a demonized hair from her body. If it were outside the temple, Chen Shi would have been completely unable to accomplish this, but inside the temple, Chen Shi seemed to possess