If Bai Ning could break through to the Saint Realm in the future, he wouldn't lack too far behind the rest of his juniors and seniors. Not to mention, being focused on a Dao like the Dao of Blacksmithing, it was given that he should be able to close any distance between himself and the rest by relying on the different artifacts he crafted. At the very least he himself believed so.
The only potential situation where he might find himself outmatched being Mui, as even he had no idea how to comprehend the different things she created even with his current comprehension of the Dao of Blacksmithing. Everything she ended up making should be impossible but still ended up appearing somehow.
