Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25787298-20160519120227/@comment-26090730-20160519134617

This Ritual thing in the episode implies that the people wrapped in the Shinju´s roots die during the Chakra sapping and by extention dead bodies could theoretically turn into (alived) white zetsu(?).

The manga (at least to my interpretation) implied that people turn into White Zetsus while they remain alive (albeit uncouncious).