As everyone knew, wizard was an extremely broad concept.
In the "Wizard Codex," all individuals and groups capable of wielding magical power and other natural energies—including, but not limited to, traditional wizards, Daoists, monks, Confucian Cultivators, ascetics, clergy, priests, Ninjas, Onmyoji, Fox Immortals, Blood Clan members, zombies, Werewolves, ghosts, Genetically Mutated Unnatural Creatures, superpowered individuals using special equipment, and so on—were classified as wizards and placed under the unified supervision of the Wizard Alliance.
But that was merely the Wizard Alliance's one-sided claim.
Just as, more than a century after the Eastern Jin had unified the realm, there were still people living in Peach Blossom Spring in the Qin Dynasty, "unaware of the Han, much less the Wei-Jin Period." Even though the Wizard Alliance possessed indisputable dominion over the entire world, there were still ancient organizations and individuals in the gaps of its oversight who refused to acknowledge themselves as wizards.
In other words, not every Daoist, every priest, every Ninja, or every monk considered themselves a wizard.
They believed they had missions greater than those of wizards and inheritances more civilized and glorious than those of wizards.
By the standards of Modern Wizard Theory, these groups all belonged to the Extreme Conservatives among wizards—completely opposite to those wizards who would even become liches in pursuit of further growth, the Extreme Radicals.
Under normal circumstances, as long as they remained obedient to the Alliance, were willing to abide by the Wizard Codex, and accepted the Alliance's summons, perhaps only once every hundred years, the Alliance would not nitpick over such trivial matters with these stubborn factions. It allowed them to continue their respective inheritances, treating it as a way of preserving the ancient culture of the Wizarding World.
But clearly, the Alliance's attitude could not satisfy these groups surviving in