Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33953813-20171226015659/@comment-734582-20171226181954

Ravenlot 27 wrote: C`mon, I think that during the meeting with Naruto Hagoromo explained that the IT itself doesn't just lock people within a genjutsu, but it's also meant to keep them alive as dreaming slaves forever via the God Tree lifeforce and their own chakra. The God Tree actually uses their chakra as nourishment, since it drains them of chakra and personality and turns them into White Zetsu. Sure it ensures these people don't need to eat, but it's not healthy. And it's not clear what Black Zetsu or the Monument tell about the mechanics of IT, and whether Madara understood they'd be maintained.