In a Vast Unknown place.
'Hmm, what is this place?' (Rio)
Rio tried to look around him but the dense fog blocked his view. Beneath his feet was a pure white floor shining brightly. The atmosphere of this place seemed solemn, majestic, and ancient.
Rio had a feeling in his heart that this place, perhaps didn't exist in the material world at all.
'Am I inside someone's 'Plane of consciousness, Right now?' (Rio)
Rio was sure that this wasn't his plane of consciousness because his plane of consciousness was pitch black and looked like a vast void between galaxies and stars. (He visits his plane of consciousness every night in his dreams so he is sure about its looks as mentioned in a previous chapter.)
Just when Rio was in confusion a figure of a man in luxurious clothes appeared in front of him. The person seemed illusionary, his form was unstable and his face was radiating bright white light.