Didn't jiraiya state that each path was a person that he fought in the past of his past battles
whiskco.
You forgot The Outer Path, which is the seventh path that grants the user the power to control life and death. With this power, the user is able to revive the dead, transmit their chakra into black receivers, and manifest chakra chains. However, it takes away that user's life by draining every last bit of chakra they have left when activating the outer path
