This application provides an information processing method in digital asset certificate inheritance transfer, and a related apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a will of a user; and triggering, in response to that a signature made on the will by using a public key of the authoritative entity node is successfully verified by using a private key of the authoritative entity node, transmission of a signature made on at least one digital asset certificate in the will by using a public key of a corresponding inheritor personal security kernel node to the inheritor personal security kernel node corresponding to each inheritor personal security kernel node identifier in the will. In the embodiments of this application, the digital asset certificates of the user are uniformly maintained.