Flying Sword (飞剑, Fēijiàn)
Summary
English: A sword artifact used for flight, attack, or travel.
中文： 可御使飞行、攻击或代步的剑类法器。
Definition
English: Flying Sword is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. A sword artifact used for flight, attack, or travel. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 飞剑（Fēijiàn）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。可御使飞行、攻击或代步的剑类法器。不同作品会有各自设定，但它通常用于解释境界进阶、资源分配、修炼风险或文化想象。
Role in Cultivation
English: Flying swords are iconic xianxia imagery, linking travel, sword cultivation, and artifacts.
中文： 飞剑是仙侠视觉符号之一，连接御剑飞行、剑修和本命法宝。
In Classic Works
English: In works such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Stellar Travel, and Xian Ni, this concept is usually embedded in a larger system of realms, techniques, sects, and resources.
中文： 在《凡人修仙传》《飘邈之旅》《仙逆》等作品中，这一概念通常与境界、功法、宗门和资源体系共同出现，帮助读者理解角色成长逻辑。
Related Concepts
References
- Baidu Baike entries for 修仙 and 修真
- Taoist inner-alchemy background materials
- Representative cultivation-fiction settings