Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180621162725/@comment-6769189-20180624084649

No proof he released himself. In fact he wasnt shown moving about again until Madara was dying, at which point the Rinnegan rods would have faded away.

If Madara could use Hashirama's cells to create senjutsu chakra he would have, but instead he went far out of his way to steal it from Hashirama.