**Preprint | Continuum Field Entropy Empirical Validation Series** Standard CDM cosmology interprets the dimming of high-redshift Type Ia Supernovae as evidence for Evolving Dark Energy. The Continuum Field Entropy (CFE) framework alternatively postulates that the universe is a shear-thickening Cosserat continuum, where geometric expansion is strictly matter-dominated and optical dimming is a thermodynamic consequence of Amplitude Vacuum Field Drag (₅₋ₔₗ). Previous tests demonstrated that both the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) plasma and deep-space supernovae exhibit a fractional vacuum field impedance of 0. 721. However, unconstrained Bayesian analyses suffer from mathematical degeneracy between a supernova’s Absolute Magnitude (M) and vacuum field drag. In this paper, we execute a strict two-step anchoring pipeline using the Pantheon+ dataset. Step 1 isolates 77 local Cepheid-calibrated supernovae (z < 0. 01) —where CFE optical depth is mathematically negligible—to permanently lock the absolute baseline luminosity at M = -19. 2600 0. 0390. Step 2 applies this frozen baseline to 1, 513 deep-space supernovae, forcing the algorithm to attribute all high-redshift dimming to vacuum field friction. The analysis yields ₅₋ₔₗ = 0. 6871 0. 0225, closely approximating the universal 0. 721 primordial saturation limit within 1. 5 error bounds. Furthermore, subjecting the dynamic CFE relaxation integral to the full 1701 1701 systematic covariance matrix seamlessly recovers the universally accepted local expansion baseline (H₀ 72. 92 km s^-1 Mpc^-1), establishing a causally unbroken mechanical timeline of entropic vacuum field relaxation that renders Dark Energy obsolete. **Project Integration: **This document is a standalone validation report. The underlying universal field equations, foundational axioms, and the complete multi-disciplinary validation framework can be found in the primary master manuscript (DOI: 10. 5281/zenodo. 20631794).
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