Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25787298-20160519120227/@comment-4912646-20160519221615

There's no real indication the tree is feeding off of the humans' energies or chakra or anything. It's just converting them into soldiers for Kaguya while also feeding off of the natural energy in the environment. Which is in line with the God Tree on Momoshiki's planet that apparently sucked its world completely dry.

Natural energy disturbing the environment or shifting the terrain is one thing, but actually creating water and expelling it like a Water Release technique is something else. It makes the whole "balancing the three energies to use senjutsu" thing seem pointless if it can do all that on its own. Whatever happened to too much natural energy turning you to stone?