Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160614093346/@comment-734582-20160618185043

UltimaDude wrote: SPSM comes from the SP chakra Agreed. UltimaDude wrote: The SP chakra is maintained by Hag's chakra and Hag's chakra alone. Disagreed.

Kaguya's Byakugan vision clearly shows a mass of chakra in their hands far greater than in their bodies. They lost that hand. There's absolutely no way they still have the chakra Hagoromo gave them. But why would they still need it? Sasuke gained Hashirama's cells. Naruto gained the Biju (and thus became Pseudo-juubi-jinchuriki). Both are based upon Hagoromo's power (Sasuke his body and eyes, Naruto his Jinchuriki status and sage mode) as the Sage of Six Paths.

Since it's specified that Rinnegan is awakened by recreating Hagoromo's chakra, it's a bit misleading to say it's sustained by Hagoromo's chakra. It is (since that's how rinnegan is defined) but not the way you suggest (that hagoromo's original gift still sustains them).

It's not how chakra works, it's never worked that way. Their bodies have to be able to make Six Paths chakra themselves.

The whole thing is not terribly relevant to the discussion here though. There's nothing to suggest Nagato is strong enough to deal with Sasuke.