I guess that's what he was inferring. But Shodaime being able to beat Madara is a bit questionable isn't it? The revived Shodaime that fought the Sandaime along with the Nidaime wasn't all that, though it is a revived corpse. Though, I'm sure it had all his abilities or whatever. Sandaime couldn't touch the Nine-tails when it attacked Konoha, no one could for that matter. That's when the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi, something so powerful summoned by someone even more powerful/sinister Madara. And the Shodaime beat him?

Either there's a myth discrepancy or it's like a Rock Paper System...