Changeless Heart, also known as Zhang Wanshi, is one of the new bosses added with Where Winds Meet’s Hidden Mountain expansion, the update that opens the game’s 2.0 era. It belongs to the region’s set of mechanical enemies, and its signature threat is a set of deadly puppet formations that fight alongside it.
Quick answer: Treat Changeless Heart as a mechanical fight, not a damage race. Watch the puppet formations, learn their attack patterns, and aim for structural weak points instead of hitting the boss body indiscriminately.
Where Changeless Heart fits in Hidden Mountain
Hidden Mountain went live on July 23, 2026, adding four main areas built around Mohist culture and a vertical map that stretches more than 2,000 meters through underwater ruins, underground caverns, clockwork towers, and a mechanical city above the clouds. The region introduces more than ten new bosses, and several of them, including Changeless Heart, are built around machinery rather than pure swordplay.
The story that surrounds these fights centers on the split between Mohist Hill, which uses mechanisms to help ordinary people, and the Qiongqi Artificers, who treat mechanical power as a means of control. That mechanical theme carries directly into how the bosses behave.
Changeless Heart (Zhang Wanshi) mechanic
The core of the encounter is the puppet formations Zhang Wanshi commands. Rather than facing a single body, you deal with a controlled group of mechanical puppets that press you together. Reading how those formations move is more important than raw output.
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Boss name | Changeless Heart (Zhang Wanshi) |
| Region | Hidden Mountain (Where Winds Meet 2.0) |
| Enemy type | Mechanical boss |
| Main mechanic | Commands deadly puppet formations |
| Priority target | Structural weak points |
How to fight a mechanical boss
Higher-difficulty encounters in Hidden Mountain reward observation over aggression. The mechanical bosses telegraph their moves through their moving parts, so the fight becomes a question of when to strike rather than how hard.
Note: The same principle applies to the region’s other mechanical enemies. Bosses like the Rosy-Faced Swordsworn, Ci & Cuo, and the Ironheart Centipede all reward pattern reading and precise timing, and both the Bell Toller and Golden Colossus are set to arrive as future additions.
| Boss | Main mechanic |
|---|---|
| Changeless Heart (Zhang Wanshi) | Deadly puppet formations |
| Rosy-Faced Swordsworn | Twin blades and hanging wires |
| Ci & Cuo | Synchronized mechanical duo |
| Ironheart Centipede | Multi-leg attacks and toxic mist |
| Bell Toller | Announced as a future enemy |
| Golden Colossus | Announced as a future enemy |
Tools that help before the fight
Because Changeless Heart sits inside a mechanical region, the same skills that solve Hidden Mountain’s puzzles also make the encounter cleaner. Celestial Seize has a larger role here and can move objects and rearrange structures, which matters when the environment itself is part of the challenge. Completing the early Divinecraft quests teaches how Mohist mechanisms work, and that mechanical literacy carries over to reading a puppet-driven boss.
On the loadout side, Version 2.0 adds the Gauntlets weapon type built for close-range pressure and fast bursts, paired with the Bamboocut Kite martial art that mixes Gauntlets with a Rope Dart for movement. Test it before investing heavily so you know whether its aggressive melee style suits a fight where positioning against formations matters.
You confirm the fight is going your way when the puppet formation breaks and structural weak points stay exposed long enough to punish. If the boss keeps regrouping and your hits feel like they do nothing, that is the sign you are attacking the body rather than the weak points, so reset, watch the pattern again, and strike on the opening.
