When Lex felt the teleportation formation activate, he was not too concerned. Once he got what he wanted, he'd ask the hosts of the convention to send him back since he was no longer interested. He was prepared to continue confronting Sim until he yielded, but when he reappeared, he found himself alone on an entirely different planet.
From the air, the spirit energy, the gravity, and countless other minor details he could feel that he was somewhere else. More importantly, he could also feel countless formations observing him at every moment through various ways.
The convention was… a strange one. Lex was not sure how they went about getting the participants to become familiar with one another if they were all so far apart. He spread out his spirit sense in search of anyone else, and immediately found someone.
They were down in the volcano behind him. Furthermore, they were unconscious and even locked in a cage. The situation was far from normal.