Chinese Man Sends Flying Swords Into the Sky

When you grow up watching Chinese fantasy shows, you expect flying swords to stay on the screen, not hover past your window like confused mosquitoes with attitude, yet here we are. Fan Shisan, an influencer from Sichuan, has decided gravity is optional and swords should move like flocks of well trained metallic pigeons. Futurism reports this really weird but fun news.

His latest clip shows him standing there like a budget Doctor Strange, arms raised, summoning a swarm of spinning swords that immediately obey, probably because they know better than to disappoint a man who casually chops paper mid air for world records. Each sword looks like a slim quadcopter wearing medieval cosplay, with a propeller on the tip, another on the pommel, and two more on the sides, as if the sword itself said, “Fine, I guess I will fly if it shuts you up.”

Watching it, you cannot help but think, this is what happens when a drone pilot and a blacksmith fall in love and nobody stops them.

Motion Control That Makes Jedi Look Undertrained

According to the caption, Fan controls these sword drones with pure hand gestures, which means he has now unlocked a superpower the rest of us can only dream of. With a quick push or pull of his palm, the swords glide, adjust, and turn like obedient metallic pets, although much more dangerous if you try to scratch their chin.

The whole thing feels like a scene pulled from wuxia novels, anime, or the fever dream of someone who stayed up too late building LEGO mechs. The internet quickly pointed out how natural he looks commanding them, as if he did not build drones but simply convinced ancient spirits to become interns on his channel.

And this is not even peak Fan Shisan energy. Earlier this year, People’s Daily showed him riding a giant flying sword big enough to surf on, which feels like a crossover between martial arts and Back to the Future that nobody asked for but everybody needed. He said he and his four man team tried twenty ducted fans, realized it was basically a decorative floor fan with ambitions, then slapped on four more until lift off happened. True engineering is just adding more power until the universe gives up.

World Records and a Thousand More Swords to Come

Fan is not just a man with creative aerial weapons. He holds two Guinness world records, including “fastest time to cut five pieces of A4 paper in mid air” which he did in 7.46 seconds, proving that printers are no longer his natural enemy because he wins every time.

The second record involves slicing ten watermelons like a fruit ninja possessed by caffeine and destiny.

His next dream is to grow his sword swarm to “ten thousand swords as one.” If you think that sounds excessive, remember that this is the same man who looked at a sword and thought, “Needs propellers,” so his ambition has no ceiling. Honestly, by the time he is done, the rest of us will still be trying to connect our drones to WiFi, while he is commanding a metal cloud of aerial cutlery like it is completely normal.

DroneXL’s Take

Fan Shisan continues to blur the line between drone innovation and pure martial arts fantasy, and while most drone pilots are still arguing about propeller guards, he is summoning obedient airborne swords with hand gestures that belong in a movie. It is ridiculous, impressive, slightly terrifying, and absolutely delightful, and we cannot wait to see just how big his flying arsenal becomes.

Photo credit: Guinness World Records