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In chapter 671 of _Naruto_ , "Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths...!!", The Sage
of Six paths told Naruto that he was the reincarnation of Ashura and Sasuke
was the reincarnation of Indra. But then, he also mentioned that the previous
reincarnations were Hashirama and Madara.

Because Indra's soul is inside Sasuke, and now that Madara is alive, whose
soul does he have? Is there something that I've missed?


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How can there be two separate bodies with the same souls?


Yes, it isn't their "soul" which is reincarnated, it's their _chakra_.

As for how it splits between the two, it wasn't stated (and I doubt it will).
Madara's current power is the power of the Sage of Six Paths, not Indra's or
Ashura's alone.


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From what I understand, Indra and Ashura were transmigrated into Madara and
Hashirama respectively during their lifetime. After both Madara and Hashirama
died, their souls/chakra started looking for other hosts. We can say so
because of what the Sage said,

> Now that Indra's transmigration is over...

![The Sage explaining about Indra's
transmigration](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qDa3fl.jpg)

Now that the new hosts are Sasuke and Naruto respectively, Indra need not be
present in Madara (since he has come back to life). Madara had already
attained the chakra of The Sage of the Six Paths before he died, and since he
was brought back to life using the Edo Tensei, he retained the chakra of The
Sage of the Six Paths.

![Before the transmigration was over...](https://i.stack.imgur.com/erWPbl.jpg)

Also from the other things that were said in the chapter,

![Naruto reflected the difference of Ashura's
reincarnation](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E33m7.jpg)

It is safe to consider that the souls of Indra and Ashura were not controlling
the host, rather used it as a container and helping the host. So we can say
that both the souls of the host and Indra/Ashura existed in the same body.
After the death of the host, the soul/chakra of Indra/Ashura moved on to find
another host.

Now that Madara is back to life, he has his own soul in him and lacks the soul
of Indra as that is present within Sasuke.

So basically, Madara's soul is his own.


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It says in the anime, that Madara, having stolen the first Hokage's cells, and
gaining both chakras, he's more like The Sage of Six Paths than the two sons.


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