Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-39350828-20200424153111/@comment-6769189-20200428084436

Ninja Of War wrote:

Well maybe not, as I recall when edo Madara was absorbing Mei and Ay's combined lightning water jutsu, Gaara's sand was wrapping around Madara. The same sand that supposedly is infused with his chakra, making it faster and stronger. That sand didn't have it's chakra absorbed though. So why would wood release be any different? That whole scene is weird. He just stopped absorbing everything when he noticed the sand. He seemed to absorb the chakra in the sand in 560

I think he was just playing with them again. Like when he pretended to be captured and let them hit him to expose Hashiboob.

Jason of the Mangekyou wrote: Wood Release has a unique property where it converts materials into wood/plants and then makes that grow. This explains why stuff made with WR tends to stick around
 * They are not completely dependent, as the knowledge exists that people can create ninjutsu EITHER from chakra or by bending nature with chakra, so no it's not. In fact in part 1 Edo Hashirama proved this when he created a small forest in the barrier, the forest naturally came out of the roof.