Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5446481-20150307140730/@comment-6881629-20150307192432

If your going by Mephala's voice to tell what level the Ebony Blade is i think the voice can sometimes just not trigger (can't remember where i heard that though), but also the count can be reset by things like the blade being forced out of your inventory from jail time or quests. You can check the progress with the PC console command -

sqv da08ebonybladetracking

Then checking the FriendsKilled_var number (on a console you'd have to work it out with the life steal effect). If upgrading the blade is actually stuck theres no bug or fix i can find but if the blade is fully upgraded and the quest won't finish on the PC you could end it with a console command.