Cannot access endgame due to Spilled Blood quest not updating

Hi, I have delivered many Plagued Ichor over the course of the campaign yet the quest is still on the very first step. I have finished all main quests as well as defeated the Echo Knight but I cannot do the endgame corruption because the quest is stuck.

Just a quick update, I made a new character on the realm and when I loaded in, the quest updated. I was then able to go back onto my original character and progress the quest in the rookery as intended. Things are working properly now.

So I had the same problem, I used the return spell instead of running back from the madrigal into nameless pass. The quest didn’t start. I exit the game reload and I am back with the madrigal again even though I used the whisper in sacrament. I ran back from the madrigal into name less pass and then spilled blood updated and I got the pestilence message for the black trench.