你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:那一族强大到无法想象，可是因为祖训，不得随意返回祖地，避免将仇家引到那里，故此漫长岁月过去，早已寻不到回路。
翻译:
This tribe was powerful beyond imagination, however due to their ancestral training, they could not return to the ancestral land whenever they wanted to. They wanted to avoid drawing their enemies here, therefore after many, many years, they eventually lost track of how to return.
那一族强大到无法想象，可是因为祖训，不得随意返回祖地，避免将仇家引到那里，故此漫长岁月过去，早已寻不到回路。