Six Paths Technique
Name
Kanji	六道の術
Rōmaji	Rikudō no Jutsu
Literal English	Six Paths Technique
Debut
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game and Movie
Data
Classification	Kekkei Genkai, Fighting Style, Ninjutsu, Dōjutsu
Class	Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary
Range	All ranges
Derived jutsu Animal Path Asura Path Flaming Arrow Missiles Flaming Arrow of Amazing Ability Deva Path Banshō Ten'in Celestial Axis Chibaku Tensei Deva Path:Flight Technique Second Dynasty: Airspace of Shu Shinra Tensei Human Path Naraka Path Outer Path: Twelve Nidānas of Origin Siddha Outer Path Demonic Statue Chains Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique Outer Path: Twelve Nidānas of Origin Preta Path Blocking Technique Absorption Seal Kuzuryū Six Paths Technique: Pure Destruction
Users Rikōmichi Madara Uchiha Sage of Six Paths Zukia Tojiro Daikoku

The Six Paths Technique (六道の術, Rikudō no Jutsu) is a Rinnegan technique used by those who possess the legendary eye power. With it, one is able to control the "Six Paths", six powerful techniques unique to the Rinnegan itself. The Six Paths technique can be used by a single user, like most techniques, or it can be divided up and given to reanimated corpses, as shown in both Nagato and Tobi's incarnation of the technique.

Uses Edit

Through the use of the Outer Path, the user is able to control six corpses as additional bodies and channel one of the first six of the aforementioned abilities into each, thus compensating for any physical limitations. However, while the strength and speed of the techniques are greater when used through the main body than when used through the corpses, and multiple Paths can also be activated simultaneously by the main body, there are advantages granted by the use of corpses. As the main body's vision is linked to the Rinnegan possessed by the corpses, the user is able to easily coordinate their movements and is given a form of protection, since the user can control the corpses from a distance, rather than putting their own body at risk.

Influences Edit

Based upon the six Buddhist Paths of Reincarnation, each technique was named after one of the different "Paths": Deva, Asura, Human, Animal, Preta, and Naraka. Each of these Paths, or realms, represents one of the realms a being is reborn into after death, determined by the accumulated karma of their past lives. While the two lower Paths, Preta and Naraka, are hellish, and the two higher Paths, Deva and Asura, are heavenly, all six are considered to be Paths of suffering because they perpetuate the cycle of Reincarnation; the only way to break it and ascend to a higher state of existence is to attain enlightenment.