It can add tension and drama. The gagged damsel creates a sense of helplessness and raises the stakes in the story.
The gagging of a comic damsel can symbolize powerlessness or vulnerability. It might be used to focus attention on the villain's dominance or to make the audience empathize more with the damsel's plight. Sometimes, it's just a common trope used for shock value or to create a sense of urgency in the plot.
Chapter 331, "Zhu Shun and Huang Tianxi, the 3rd Year Cold Yuan Banquet of Great Xia, and Xia Yuzong (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Huang Tianxi's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from Seeing his sister in such a state, Zhu Shun's heart softened... to How could they bear to let their wives go out and risk their lives....
Chapter 328, "Unexplainable Unease, Jade Dew Stone, Li Xuanling's Panic (Part 4)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Cold Apple Jade's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from I don't have the ability to control the Deceitful Monster. to Xia Hong walked over and used the Cold Blood Blade to pick it up..
Chapter 222, "Indecisive, Blood Guard Army, Sudden Turn of Events (2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Bai Qiucheng's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from Dong Zhong thanks the Young Lord for sparing his life." The trio of... to Cold Resistance Level experts themselves are not afraid of arrows....
Chapter 296, "Keen Instincts, Rallying the Troops, Bai Qiucheng's Cunning Scheme", is the clearest early answer because it turns Hive Station's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is The forty-eighth year of Longyou, June 22 At the first light of dawn,..., but the pressure keeps building through Li Xuanling looked into the depths of the passage, her brows....
Chapter 267, "Stunned, the Astonishing Zhao Yuankong (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Cold Beast's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with A shoulder was pierced directly, flying over ten meters from the... and follows through with Impressive!" "Being willing to think and able to think already puts....
Chapter 334, "Hanqiong's Seven Divisions, Moao Mountain, Hearing Beishuo Again", is the clearest early answer because it turns Zhu Shun's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from Lu Dong and the other six stood up with a rush, their faces full of... to A person covered in mud, looking somewhat disheveled, rushed in from....
Chapter 312, "Reining In, Killing, Shock and Submission (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because the violence around Meng Ying becomes final instead of hypothetical. It opens with You overestimate those so-called high-level figures you keep talking... and closes on The resource allocation model of the Longyou camps predestined that a....
Chapter 231, "Investigating Yang Lu by Day—Whose Side Are We On?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Yangyuan Peak's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Except for Long Mountain, there are no more tall mountains on the... and closes on This is considered Yang Lu's only strength..
Chapter 317, "Wrapping Up the Migration, Great Xia's Flourishing Scene, Star-picking Hall (Part 4)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xiao Ning's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Madam, Seniors, I'm truly sorry, the young one wasn't meant to... and closes on Han Yue greets the two Ministers' Wives!" "Greet the Minister's....
Chapter 270, "The Terrifying Red Carp and the Precious Flora (2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xing River's situation into a concrete plot event. Early on, The two voices echoed one after the other in an instant!. By the end, Of course, considering the size and strength of that fierce beast and....