The spirit and soul could be passed on, but the body would decay and die. Martial arts could not be passed on.
&Nbsp; thus, the successors of the Great Tribulation temple's divine Masters had a requirement. They had to have extremely high bloodline talent and extremely strong martial arts.
Usually, the successor of each generation's great Tribulation temple's Divine Master would be appointed when he was in his teens. Then, the entire Great Tribulation Temple would do everything to nurture him. They would use a few decades to let him train his martial arts to the strongest level. Then, when he was about 50 or 60 years old, he would Enter Ghost city to receive the soul inheritance and become the new generation's great Tribulation Divine Master.
By then, their wisdom and spirit would be able to link seamlessly, and their martial arts would also be at their peak. There would not be a situation where they were weaker than their master.