Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-28893060-20200626104131

Nah. The only one who gains experience specifically through Ivala's blessing is the Chosen. The rest, I think, has more to do with what Mestan said when Simon first met him in Eustrin.

Something changed when he got the shard that "unjammed" him and let him finally grow in experience as well.