Outer Path

The is the seventh path, an ability granted to the wielder of the Rinnegan. With the Outer Path, the user is able to control life and death by reviving the dead, bind and restrict foes, as well as create and control the Six Paths of Pain.

Overview
With the Outer Path, Rinnegan wielders are able to control six bodies separate from their own, each of which possess a Rinnegan of their own and are able to use one of the Six Paths' abilities. Each "path" shares visual information with each other and with the original body, as well as the creatures summoned by the Animal Path and the King of Hell, which also possesses the Rinnegan. To control the bodies, they would each be pierced with chakra receivers, which allow the original body to transmit chakra directly to them, usually by remaining in a high location or remaining close to the bodies. A more powerful binding could also be used to control the bodies, which was used by forming chakra chains between the receivers and the hand of the one controlling them.

Said to exist outside the realm of life and death, Nagato could use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect the recently deceased. The souls of these people would be released from the mouth of the King of Hell and return to their bodies, eliminating any injuries they may have received in the process. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kabuto Yakushi made note of how he could have Nagato kill the jinchūriki temporarily, store their souls in the King of Hell and then revive them at a later time.

Trivia

 * , derived from the Sanskrit Tīrthika, refers to any doctrine which "treads the outer path" to enlightenment. This is opposed to the teachings of orthodox Buddhism (the "inner path"), and is thus considered misguided and heretical.
 * The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path may be related to this ability, due to the name.
 * Naruto referred to the control of the Six Paths of Pain as, and that the path's ability to share visual information stemmed from that technique.