Journey to the West: The Chess Player of Calamity

The Investiture of the Gods has passed, and the Journey to the West has not yet begun. The sages have retired, and the Three Realms are seething with undercurrents. A transmigrator who only wishes to avoid the world and not incur karmic consequences is regarded by Taishang Laojun as the only variable outside the Heavenly Dao. With a sword of Yin and Yang, he finds himself in the game, yet strives step by step to become the player. — Description from novelcodex.org