Six Paths Jutsu are advanced techniques in the Naruto world powered by the Sage of Six Paths' chakra. This chakra can be obtained through Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's power, either by combining Indra and Asura's chakra or by the Sage directly bestowing it.
Although these jutsu are extremely powerful, only a handful of Naruto characters can perform Six Paths Jutsu. By harnessing Hagoromo's power, they add more to already-established jutsu or create an entirely new technique for their repertoire. Regardless, these attacks make these characters even more of a threat, depending on which side they take.
Updated on August 2nd, 2022 by Olivia Subero: Before and after the Fourth Great Ninja War, there were several talented individuals blessed with the Sage of Six Paths' chakra. Their legendary abilities have even spilled over into the Boruto universe, re-introducing this fearsome power to a new generation of shinobi.
15 The Six Paths Of Pain Grants More Flexibility While Fighting
Nagato Uzumaki became the first to use the Six Paths of Pain, a pretty powerful jutsu. By implanting his chakra receivers, he could control six corpses at once. Each body gained one of the Rinnegan's six abilities. The seventh, known as the Outer Path, remained in hiding.
His Rinnegan allowed Nagato to share six fields of vision with the other bodies, allowing them to see each other's blind spots and increasing defensive and offensive capabilities. The Six Paths of Pain made it challenging for anyone to challenge Nagato in direct combat. If someone destroyed one of the corpses, the others could still fight independently.
14 Planetary Devastation Has The Power To Seal Most Things Away
Planetary Devastation is a large-scale jutsu reserved for Rinnegan users. This jutsu uses the Deva Path and allows a user to produce a core with its own gravitational field, capable of attracting anything within its range toward itself. Planetary Devastation can act as a powerful sealing jutsu, able to suppress Tailed Beasts within it and restrain their power.
Planetary Devastation requires massive amounts of chakra. Those capable of Sage of Six Paths have enough reserve to keep the core from collapsing. However, the user must keep a close eye on the sphere if trapping a Tailed Beast or a Jinchūriki within its walls. Someone with a stronger will and more substantial chakra reserves can break free from the inside, like Naruto in his Tailed Beast state.
13 Almighty Push & Pull Grant The Power To Attract & Repel
The Deva Path's signature jutsu, the Almighty Push and Pull, have become the Rinnegan's most dangerous abilities. One can use them interchangeably, offensively, and defensively, only adding to their frightening power. Pain frequently uses these jutsu, making him a massive threat.
Almighty Push allows a user to produce a force capable of repelling any obstacle in its path. It's primarily used as a defense. The second ability, Almighty Pull, enables the user to attract everything towards them. The gravitational force is so strong the victim loses control of their movement and gets sucked into the jutsu's momentum.
12 Heavenly Hand Power Can Teleport Sasuke Over Short Distances
Heavenly Hand Power is a space-time ninjutsu primarily used by Sasuke Uchiha, thanks to his Rinnegan. Infusing his own chakra, the Sage of Six Paths' bestows this power onto Sasuke due to his connection with his eldest son, Indra.
When used, Heavenly Hand Power allows Sasuke to teleport himself over short distances by swapping places with objects. He's gradually learned to refine its usage to where he can easily take someone like Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki by surprise. It's a supplementary jutsu, but it's very effective when dodging close-range attacks.
11 Sasuke Uchiha's Space-Time Dojutsu Allows Interdimensional Travel
After the Fourth Great Ninja War, Sasuke continued to train his Rinnegan further, gaining the power to open portals to different time spaces. This power remains one of his most significant assets, as he can travel to any of Kaguya's dimensions, along with many others.
According to Jigen, Sasuke's Rinnegan usage made him much more of a threat than Naruto Uzumaki, the sitting Hokage of the Leaf Village. The only downside of this power was that it consumed an excessive amount of chakra, depending on how many people Sasuke transported with him.
10 Border Jail Was One Of Madara Uchiha's Strongest Jutsu
Upon awakening the Rinnegan, Madara gained access to a terrifying ability called "Border Jail." This jutsu allowed him to immerse his opponents into a graveyard-like "limbo," an invisible world blended with reality that regular humans couldn't detect. In this world, he created up to four untrackable clones of himself.
Unlike regular clones, these replications are impossible for ordinary humans to see or sense. In addition, these "Border Jail" clones share Madara's abilities and take advantage of their undetectability to strike. Only fellow Rinnegan users can see them, while those who've awakened the Six Paths Sage Mode can perceive them.
9 The Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth Comes At A Cost
The Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth is one of Rinnegan's most powerful singular-use jutsu, and not because it's used in combat. Simply put, users must sacrifice their lives to ensure its success. Rinnegan users — particularly the Naraka path — have control over the King of Hell, a deity that swallows the souls of the deceased.
When activating the Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth, the King of Hell emerges from the ground and releases the dead's souls from its gigantic mouth. According to Nagato, a user immediately exchanges his life to revive the dead. However, Obito Uchiha uses the same jutsu and delays his death.
8 Madara Collaborates With The God Tree To Create The Divine Genesis: World Of Trees
Every shinobi is desperate to escape the Divine Genesis: World of Trees' clutches. Madara's terrifying jutsu manipulates a God Tree, a gigantic tree that feeds off the blood of the fallen, to ensnare any living creature in its branches.
The God Tree catches multiple victims at once, and once they're caught, Madara can trap them in an Infinite Tsukuyomi genjutsu. Its hypnotic effects keep the victims locked in place, their eyes resembling Rinnegan, as they drift into a slumber. The tree gradually sucks out their chakra that, in turn, bears a chakra fruit.
7 Six Paths Sage Mode Is Naruto's Strongest Power
As the name suggests, the Six Paths Sage Mode is a form of Sage Mode combined with Hagoromo's chakra. Only those with an iron will can achieve this advanced form of Sage Mode. It's a given that Naruto inherits this new power, granting him the opportunity to use an array of new jutsu.
The Six Paths Sage Mode significantly heightens the wielder's physical attributes and grants them the power to sense all things in the universe. It even surpasses the Tailed Beast Mode Naruto can activate, but he sometimes combines it with his Tailed-Beast chakra. With this ability, Naruto can hold his own against the war's final obstacle, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
6 Six Paths: Kunitsukami Could Rival The Mighty Susanoo
Hagoromo's younger son, Asura, created Kunitsukami. Like Indra's Susanoo, it's a gigantic being completely composed of chakra. Naruto created his own Kunitsukami during the Fourth Great Ninja War, fusing his Six Paths' chakra with three variations of Kurama to create a three-headed avatar.
According to Japanese mythology, Asura are deities commonly depicted with multiple limbs and heads, so it makes sense for Naruto's Kunitsukami to share similar features. A user remains within and controls the avatar's limbs, protected by the cloak of chakra. What distinguishes it from Indra's Susanoo is that using Truth-seeking Orbs serves as a weapon when Kunitsukami has been activated.
5 Since Its Creation, The Chakra Transfer Jutsu Can Be Used For A Multitude Of Techniques
Hagoromo created the Chakra Transfer Jutsu to "connect" living beings through spirit energies. However, as humanity became more corrupt and wars became more frequent, the spiritual energy called "chakra" became a tool for destruction.
A handful of shinobi know of Hagoromo's Chakra Transfer Jutsu, but they use this technique in different ways. The primary purpose is self-explanatory: to transfer chakra between individuals. This jutsu has many uses such as molding or changing chakra natures and healing wounded shinobi.
4 Kamui Lightning Cutter Is Impossible For Anyone To Counter
Upon his death, Obito Uchiha passed his Mangekyo Sharingan to his teammate, Kakashi Hatake. It's revealed later in the series that Obito also bestowed his Six Paths' chakra, giving rise to Kakashi's "of the Sharingan" moniker one last time. Now, he could simultaneously utilize both variants of Obito's Kamui, having acquired both the Rinnegan and the Sharingan.
As the Lightning Cutter Jutsu's creator, Kakashi can combine his lightning chakra with his Six Paths' chakra to create a new technique. Along with Kamui, he can move at lighting-fast speeds and take opponents by surprise, sending whatever he cuts into the time-space dimension.
3 One Of Susanoo's Jutsu Utilizes All The Tailed Beasts' Power
Susanoo remains one of Indra Ōtsutsuki's most diverse jutsu, now a Kekkei Genkai that's been passed down throughout the Uchiha Clan. A gigantic humanoid clad in the user's chakra, it works as an offensive and defensive technique that's quite the asset. The fascinating thing about Susanoo is that it can act independently and serve its master.
The arms and legs move as the user commands, but when fully developed, the Susanoo will manifest to protect the user. There are several Uchiha-based jutsu Susanoo can use. Indra's Arrow infuses tailed beast and lightning chakra. Amaterasu: Flame Wrapping Fire protects the user in eternally burning flames. Finally, Kamui Shuriken produces giant shuriken that can transport enemies into time-space dimensions.
2 Six Paths Yin And Yang Power Combine To Create A Powerful Sealing Technique
As one of Asura's descendants, Naruto becomes eligible to inherit Hagoromo's raw power. He bestows the young shinobi with Yang Power, represented by a white sun-shaped seal on his right palm.
The Six Paths' Yang Power is light- and life-based, allowing its wielder the power to heal and give life. It's also believed to augment others' abilities and work alongside Sasuke's Yin Power, as the tradition suggests. Together, the two powers create a powerful seal and jumpstart the Six Paths Planetary Devastation.
1 Asura Attack Can Destroy Any Place On A Large Scale
Asura Attack is a frightening Six Paths Jutsu, primarily used by the titular Asura Path. This body has more body modifications than its other Path counterparts, particularly a head that houses a giant chakra cannon. The condensed chakra creates a large blast large that's extensive enough to devastate a large-scale area.
In addition, Nagato can use his own body to utilize this jutsu. Instead of his head, he uses his arm that's built similar to the Asura's head cannon. It's hard to escape such a powerful attack unless the opponent has an equally powerful defensive maneuver or can escape quickly enough to avoid the blast.