<P> The Kunlun mountains (spelled "Kuen - Lun" in the book) are described as the location of the Shangri - La monastery in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English writer James Hilton . </P> <P> The Kunlun mountains serve as the location of a high - security Chinese - government political prison of which the captured protagonist characters attempt to escape from in the 2013 video game Battlefield 4 . Additionally, the multiplayer map' Operation Locker', also takes place within the same location . </P> <P> The Chinese TV series Candle in the Tomb mentions a secret government fort when they hike these mountains and find the fictional Nine Story Demon Tower . </P> <P> The Kunlun mountains are also referenced in Marvel's Iron Fist as containing the mythological Kunlun (spelled K'un - Lun per the Wade--Giles romanization,) the place where protagonist Danny Rand is sheltered and taught by Buddhist monks and gains the power of the iron fist, thus becoming Iron Fist . </P>

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