But who can summon the statue? If the "Hyuga" guarding the Gedo statue was would've dampened the continuance of Kugaya's revival then I'm sure BZ would've weaved in a Trip To The Moon in the grand scheme of things. In essence it being on the moon means nothing being that it can be and was summoned to earth by awakening the Rinnegan. Yes in the grand scheme of things, the Hyugas aren't irrelevant but in the specific task of awaking Kaguya they were (which was my original point).
Side note: the Byakugan came from the Juubi? What?
lol who said Byakugan came from the Juubi?
In any case, we can't really know for sure whether summoning the gedo statue is solely a rinnegan tech. While the rinnegan is required, we do not know whether it is due to that. For all we know, tenseigan can also summon it.
They or Hamura managed to bring it up to the moon. We know that he can also create and destroy things. Hamura is RS of the Moon while Hagoromo is RS of Earth. So the full capabilities of tenseigan is not revealed to us, mainly due to the fact that the tenseigan came AFTER shippuden.
But really the whole thing is due to plot. I'm just messing around but that is why Hyuga is considered "hype" they are shown to be incredible but never really built on afterwards.
We just see the Uchihas progress further and further while others remain static but that's because of Kishi. He tried to fix things but due to the progression of the story, it all seems retcon.
So I believe that tenseigan is the same as rinnegan in terms of 6 paths. but doujutsu tech itself is the only thing that is different. Maybe it is more reality based rather than genjutsu as it is a Yang path and not Yin.
So to leave out Hyuga is making the same mistake as Kishi.
Hyuga clan was not a part of the plan but they might as well could be.
But that would drag on the series, which he did not want as he just wanted to retire.
Imagine having to have Madara retrieve a tenseigan on top awakening the rinnegan and summoning the gedo statue and gathering all 9 dragon balls, I mean tailed beasts.
Wait for Shenron to to pop up errm the flower to bloom, to fully absorb it.
Too much requirements. Like getting it into a rinnegan requires one to awaken sharingan and further develop that into MS but have to get an MS transplant to make it permanent. THEN get a body of a Yang path mixed in with that EMS.
Like how are you going to do the same with a tenseigan? grab a hyuga? ok check. but they have a seal. Oh just steal Ao's or Hanabi's or whatever but now how are you going to get a Yang path chakra? traveling to the moon would require the rinnegan teleportation tech or knowing that there is a portal somewhere.