Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26258406-20150915102507/@comment-4912646-20150915232412

The manga's a little inconsistent about how substances created from chakra work. In Part 1, Tobirama's water seems to vanish after his soul is sealed, but Hiruzen's Earth-Style Wall remains after his death. Both were made entirely out of chakra spat out from the mouth, so there's no real reason they should behave differently.

On a related note, I wonder what would happen if a jutsu using preexisting water or earth was launched against the Preta Path. Would it be able to absorb the chakra out of the substance to prevent getting hit, or is that an unexploited weakness to the technique?