Overview
- Everstone Studio and NetEase confirmed Heaven’s Threshold as Hidden Mountain Chapter 2 will arrive on August 20, 2026, and the update uses a community Cloudtop Ascent event to progressively open the new mountain region.
- The expansion adds two colossal mechanical world bosses, the Inkpincer Scorpion and the Cloud-Seizing Serpent, which require players to time attacks on exposed joints rather than simply dealing steady damage.
- Players will also gain access to the Evershift Labyrinth, a gear-driven underground dungeon that asks teams to manipulate moving floors and mechanisms to progress, plus the Campaign of Mirkvale story missions in an abandoned industrial valley.
- New systems include two Mystic Skills (Bursting Nine and World to Sword), Reflection Temple solo survival content tied to China’s Ghost Festival, Chasing with Kite high-speed racing, and the Pangolin Peddler trading mechanic for route-based commerce.
- By tying access to a community unlock and mixing combat and non-combat activities, the update pushes cooperative play and broadens live-service content that Everstone and NetEase will roll out after launch.